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I get it. People who spend more than I spend on their season tickets--in some cases much more--need at times a vehicle to sell game tickets that they are using to recoup some of their ticket costs. But when you go to the games and find that the person next to you is an obnoxious supporter of the visiting team--and when you know that a business controls the tickets--the merits of Ticket Exchange seem questionable.
I have season tickets for two seats. Great seats, especially for the money. Upper Box, end zone, first row. We have a good group in our section. But there are four seats next to mine controlled by a retail business in the city. I have tried to buy two of the seats without success. At times, the business gives the tickets to customers. At times, the business sells the tickets on Ticket Exchange.
Yesterday, there were two women dressed in Carolina blue. Sadly, it appears that they were from New Orleans and are huge Cam Newton fans. One woman had a large sign proclaiming that she was black and blue though from New Orleans, and went out of her way to stand and wave the sign and to irritate those around her. After a security person and a police officer spoke with her, she engaged in a foul, obscenity-filled tirade. The man sitting across the aisle from me--I have two seats at the end of the row--said he was going to complaint to the Saints' office today and wanted to know the name of the business that sold the tickets.
A problem is that with the Saints playing so poorly at home over the past two or three years, more and more fans are selling their tickets to the fans of visiting teams, who seem to be showing up in greater numbers than in the past. And it seems that more and more, a problem in the Superdome is not how the fans of visiting teams are being treated, but how provocative some of those fans can be.
I would love to see NFL teams set aside sections in the stadium where the fans of visiting teams can sit, much like the colleges. But I know that (a) yesterday's game experience was unacceptable, (b) I am glad that my grandson and my wife were not with me, and (c) a negative aspect of Ticket Exchange is the type of experience I had yesterday.
I have season tickets for two seats. Great seats, especially for the money. Upper Box, end zone, first row. We have a good group in our section. But there are four seats next to mine controlled by a retail business in the city. I have tried to buy two of the seats without success. At times, the business gives the tickets to customers. At times, the business sells the tickets on Ticket Exchange.
Yesterday, there were two women dressed in Carolina blue. Sadly, it appears that they were from New Orleans and are huge Cam Newton fans. One woman had a large sign proclaiming that she was black and blue though from New Orleans, and went out of her way to stand and wave the sign and to irritate those around her. After a security person and a police officer spoke with her, she engaged in a foul, obscenity-filled tirade. The man sitting across the aisle from me--I have two seats at the end of the row--said he was going to complaint to the Saints' office today and wanted to know the name of the business that sold the tickets.
A problem is that with the Saints playing so poorly at home over the past two or three years, more and more fans are selling their tickets to the fans of visiting teams, who seem to be showing up in greater numbers than in the past. And it seems that more and more, a problem in the Superdome is not how the fans of visiting teams are being treated, but how provocative some of those fans can be.
I would love to see NFL teams set aside sections in the stadium where the fans of visiting teams can sit, much like the colleges. But I know that (a) yesterday's game experience was unacceptable, (b) I am glad that my grandson and my wife were not with me, and (c) a negative aspect of Ticket Exchange is the type of experience I had yesterday.