NFL Ticket Packages
You'd pay for a NFL ticket for "da Bears" any time, but your wife threatens to dress up like Mike Ditka to dress your attention. Ouch. You can't catch all of "da Bears," but maybe you'll get your fill if you purchase a travel package with your NFL football tickets. Many travel sites have travel packages with college football tickets and pro football tickets. You can get Chicago out of your system before your wife puts on that Mike Ditka wig. Ticket brokers may also give you travel packages with your sports tickets--if you're a Jacksonville Jaguars fan and live in Florida, you can get a travel voucher so that your won't have to spend hours coordinating travel and make your wife roar like an angry jaguar. Then again, all the roaring and Mike Ditka lines may just be an act. Who knows--she might be glad to have you and your football memorabilia out of the house. Just the same, we recommend investing in concert tickets too.
NFL Ticket Offerings
Packers vs. Bears. Redskins vs. Eagles. The one thing you can count on other than football rivalries is fans willing to sell NFL football tickets--possibly because they're disgusted with how the team is playing. When you browse player marketplaces for your NFL ticket, and when you look for sports tickets on ticket broker sites, be wary of the claims: "Best seats in the house! Great seats in the end zone!" Most fans are honest, but you just have to beware of exaggerated benefits. Likewise, ticket brokers usually scrutinize the college football tickets and pro football tickets that sellers offer. Look for specific descriptions such as "piggy backs on the aisle 20 yrd line Cadillac Club," or "Cadillac Club sell as 4-pack only." That way, you can scope out the exact gridiron location. The third thing you can rely on is that football fans are loyal, but they hate to be duped when it comes to buying sports tickets for the game they love--so always provide clear exact descriptions if you're selling your football tickets.
Great Penn State Seats
Are you ready for some football? Are you ready for some Rolling Rock? Penn State fans are polite if you're coming to Beaver Stadium to watch your team play the Nittany Lions, so don't worry about being a stranger in a strange land. Whew. Now all you have to do is find great seats with your college football tickets! Rumor has it Beaver Stadium is second to University of Michigan as far as great venues go. If it's a great match up, you'll want to buy sports tickets on the fifty-yard-line. We also recommend buying college football tickets for seats several rows up on one of the lower decks. However, Richard Cirminiello of College Football News.com recommends bringing a folding chair and sitting on the roof atop the press box--in good weather, of course. It is Pennsylvania and winters can be rough--no football tickets are worth freezing! Pop a Rolling Rock and enjoy the good value that college football tickets give you as opposed to, say, NFL football tickets. Plus, there's something to be said for polite fans.
Scheduling College Football Trips
You wouldn't buy Maryland Terrapins college football tickets (we suggest the open end zone) without attending a crab-cake tailgate party. And you wouldn't go to South Bend, Indiana with your Notre Dame football tickets without catching Football Fridays, so plan to get to Indiana a day or two in advance if you can. But although the discount sports tickets from your broker helped, you still have limited discretionary funds. No problem--if your team is playing the Fighting Irish or the Michigan Wolverines, regardless of whether you bought tickets from the alumni ticket office, you can probably join a caravan and get discounts on travel packages. The Alumni Association for the #1 ranked University of Southern California is particularly helpful--'SC fans are notoriously zealous. See--you knew that staying in school was smart. Don't forget to make the same plans if you buy NFL football tickets--who knows, there could be a helpful alumnus who likes Maryland crab cakes and arranges a tour with your NFL ticket!
Cost of College Football Tickets
You're worried that kids these days are getting more and more spoiled. College athletics are out of control. There was the not-so-Fab Five in Michigan. These kids expect outrageous salaries and demand inflated prices for NFL football tickets--you're not going to pay through the helmet for college football tickets. However, if you live in Florida and you're watching the Seminoles at the ACC Men's Football Championship, you can get a break on a transportation package when you buy sports tickets from some brokers. A travel voucher with your football tickets will help you save on gas! Not bad considering that club seats on the 50-yard line can cost $430.00. But this is a championship, not an ordinary game in Podunk, Iowa. If you still refuse to buy a college football or NFL ticket at high prices to teach the kids a lesson, you may get stuck behind a post, but hey, you're protesting, right? However, we like the Corner Endzone tickets for $135 if you want to make a stand and still see the game. After all, you couldn't object that much--you're attending the game, right? Those boys should be grateful!
Cheap College Football Seats
Are cheap college football tickets necessarily bad? That's like saying that not paying $6 for a Heineken means you're niggardly. If you're not a member of an alumni association (hot tip: you can get health insurance too if you join), you're probably used to astronomical prices for football tickets. But some sports tickets can be good and inexpensive. Not necessarily NFL football tickets! For example, at Pro Player Stadium, the upper level corners and end zones require a bit of mountaineering but allow you to spring for that Heineken, which you're not buying because you're trying to get health insurance. Insiders also like the lower level end zones and corners, especially when the Baylor University Bears have the ball. Remember, education is expensive, but ignorance will bankrupt you, so do your research before you assume all cheap seats are bad. And for heavens' sake, get your health insurance.
NFL Hot Seats
NFL hot seats change from year to year, so what's a fan to do when buying NFL football tickets? It's enough to make you follow bowling. Well...not quite. Before you trade your pigskins for bowling pins, check out these hot seats...that have nothing to do with the NFL ticket and everything to do with the coach--college football tickets also have these "hot seats." A good coach and a good team deserve more expensive seating. Some great coaches in 2005:Houston Texans with coach Dom Capers--price $400 on the 30-yard line Minnesota Vikings with Mike Tice--price $175 on the 40-yard line, Vikings side Green Bay Packers with Mike Sherman--price $360.00 for the 50-yard line Seattle Seahawks with Mike Holmgren--price $485 for covered 45-yard line seats New Orleans Saints with Jim Haslett (bonus points for Hurricane Katrina recovery!)--$285 for the 25-yard line club level, support the Saints! Good coaches are hot NFL football tickets in themselves, so support a coach's good work with football tickets.