Disappointed in season ticket holders (4 Viewers)

[rsmith2783]

I am not very familiar with the selling side of ticket sales apps and sites, but is there a way to limit ticket resales to a specific zip code, area code, or physical location?

If the powers that be can determine what parish your phone is in when making a legal sports bet, (and disallowing it if that type of bet is not legal in that parish) why can't seat geek, stubhub, etc allow sellers to limit sales to a specific area?

I understand there will always be ways around the rules, however, today was truly disheartening. Disappointing and frustrating are not strong enough words to use for today's experience.

The combination of their sheer numbers (had to be 25-30 thousand), their obnoxiousness, and their feaux tough guy schtick made leaving Gate E after the game quite the exercise in patience and restraint.

Today's embarassment was probably the worst in my 20 years of having season tickets. Yes, I remember the 49ers, the Broncos, and most recently the Lions, but today was worse.

There are a lot of STH whom should be ashamed at what took place on Poydras St today.

Revoke their rights

 

[Clintonrebel]

The Saints were 2-0 going into this game. We may not end up being winners but if you gave up your ticket now what’s it going to look like if we lose a couple more. Nobody is going undefeated so if you can’t get excited when you are 2-0 what’s it going to look like if you’re 3-2 going into Tampa game. Just saying.

Likely a lot were sold back in July

 

[Remy]

Matt Bowers and some others were suggesting that the Saints gave a bunch to ticket brokers this season.

 

[Clintonrebel]

Matt Bowers and some others were suggesting that the Saints gave a bunch to ticket brokers this season.

They were begging people to buy season tickets so that doesn’t surprise me. I changed locations this year with great ease.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

To be fair I was out of town and the prices skyrocketed….my bad

Don't apologize. They are you seats. You can't control who they are resold to.

 

[HoustonGold]

The simple facts are that season ticket holders aren't going to game and Saints fans are not buying the tickets. Why aren't Saints fan buying the tickets? Don't blame the sellers because most games they take a loss.

Saints fans rather travel to games much like Eagles fans and Lions fans. Perfect example was the Cowboys game.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

This happens every year and my response is the same... STHs don't need to justify nor apologize for selling their tickets on the market.

Those who complain should buy season tickets or get on the waiting list. There are been plenty of seats available for the past few offseasons. Your ridicule solves nothing.

 

[HoustonGold]

Revoke their rights

You think Gayle Benson likes lawsuits?

 

[Waymer]

The Saints were 2-0 going into this game. We may not end up being winners but if you gave up your ticket now what’s it going to look like if we lose a couple more. Nobody is going undefeated so if you can’t get excited when you are 2-0 what’s it going to look like if you’re 3-2 going into Tampa game. Just saying.

I agree for those that sold the game this week. But from listening to most of the Eagles fans near me, they bought the tickets many weeks and months ago, before the season. So I think most of the damage was done before 2-0 was a reality.

 

[rsmith2783]

You think Gayle Benson likes lawsuits?

This whole thread exists because Green is the only thing that matters.

 

[Zanedavis1]

I always give all my friends first Dibs. I'm going to start offering on here to avoid this happening. I haven't had mine long, but I couldn't make it last minute, and it would have been a blow to flush that $ down the drain, ya know? no idea who got them, but thats a ton of money to throw away

 

[Waymer]

They were begging people to buy season tickets so that doesn’t surprise me. I changed locations this year with great ease.

Likewise. I actually added seats this year as I plan for my two boys getting older and going with my wife and I down the road (I currently attend with my parents most weeks as I have done for the nearly 30 years we've had season tickets).

In terms of what I think happens:

1. I think the amount of people that buy season tickets in the hopes of selling them for a profit or even break even at this point is less than 1-2%. As Brennan alluded to earlier...there's simply no market to expect to make profits.

2. I think some out-of-towners sell a few games a year so that they can pay for the rest.

3. Most plan to attend every single game they can. But I do think the reality is that over the course of a 9-10 game season (counting preseason tickets you are required to buy), there will be times when family obligations simply get in the way of attending every game. I think its silly not to expect a decent amount of tickets to be sold every week just through that function alone. If 10% of fans have a commitment, that's 7,000 tickets available essentially. Some of those will be bought by fans of the other team unfortunately.

I always try to sell to a Saints fan first and foremost, and frankly always at face value. Part of that is my section is fairly close, and I don't want some terrible opponent's fan to be bothering them. Same for parking pass. We pay $50 a game for parking. When I can't make a game (or if it's a primetime game and we are staying in NOLA overnight) I sell to a member here for $25 even though they go for more online. I take a loss, but I like the relationship we have had for a decade or so doing this (back when we had to mail physical passes in advance) and I know it's a fellow fan. That's good with me. But not every seat ticket gets taken, so the rest go on the market, often at a loss.

At the end of the day, I wish all games were all Saints fans, and I wish I was at each one. But inevitably there is one or two games that we can't make as a family because the game falls on a family member's wedding, or it's Christmas Day or Thanksgiving Day and I have twin boys and live three states away and would prefer to be with them on that day, etc. We'll almost always make most games outside of one or maybe two, but it happens. I'm not going to ridicule fans who have to do that. I know that's not what this is about, but we have to be careful when we lump this into one singular issue.

 

[austxsaintfan]

I am an out of town season ticket holder.

I have owned season tickets almost 20 years.

I attend when I can but it's not as frequent as I like.

I may have made a profit on an occasional game during the Drew Brees heyday, but otherwise, the vast majority of the games are at a loss and in some cases not sold at all. I do sometimes find a local friend to give them to, but more and more people don't want to deal with the hassle of traffic, parking, and concessions costs. In many respects, it's more enjoyable on tv.

Why do I invest money every year (almost 20 years) on something I lose money on and cannot even use? I love the Saints. I love the city where I was raised.

Anyone who questions what I do with my tickets can provide me with a certified check of six figures to match the investment i've made over the years or can Please stop!.

 

[St. Geezy]

Fun fact - an incredibly abnormal number of tickets did not suddenly get SOLD for yesterday’s game, but rather an incredibly abnormal number of tickets got purchased by visiting team fans, and quickly, while Saints fan demand was at nearly two decade lows.

 

[HouseCall]

I agree for those that sold the game this week. But from listening to most of the Eagles fans near me, they bought the tickets many weeks and months ago, before the season. So I think most of the damage was done before 2-0 was a reality.

Absolutely. The reason ticket prices jumped so much after the Dallas game was probably from all the Saints fans who had sold their seats in July trying to get back in.