Over 100,000 people attended this game, and very, very few of them paid these scalped prices at the last minute. This is not an accurate reflection of the original cost of these tickets
That’s true, too. Also, for a game like this, pretty much all season ticket holders want to go to the game, so they’re less likely to give up the tickets on secondary market sales.
Still, for this particular program, in this particular season, the season ticket holders need to have been paying at least $3000/season, if not more, for pretty much the last 5-10 years (including some mediocre seasons), in order to even get the tickets shown on the original image. So pretty much anyone sitting at the game either spent $1000+ for a single ticket or spent thousands for multiple tickets.
Many UT alum build $3000/season into their regular expenses. It’s a totally manageable expense for lots of professionals, especially after their careers have progressed. It’s hard to overstate how popular football is at the University of Texas, and it’s also a top-tier research university with hundreds of thousands of graduates who are doing really well for themselves
I agree, and why I was saying that plenty of people are willingly paying thousands of dollars per year for live events, whether sports, concerts, theatre, standup comedy, etc.
The specific events might be more or less likely to attract a ton of secondary ticket buyers at very high prices, but for something like this, where the season ticket waitlist is years long, there are plenty of people willingly buying tickets to the less competitive games to get a chance at a face value ticket to these types of top 5 matchups.
Over 100,000 people attended this game, and very, very few of them paid these scalped prices at the last minute. This is not an accurate reflection of the original cost of these tickets
That’s true, too. Also, for a game like this, pretty much all season ticket holders want to go to the game, so they’re less likely to give up the tickets on secondary market sales.
Still, for this particular program, in this particular season, the season ticket holders need to have been paying at least $3000/season, if not more, for pretty much the last 5-10 years (including some mediocre seasons), in order to even get the tickets shown on the original image. So pretty much anyone sitting at the game either spent $1000+ for a single ticket or spent thousands for multiple tickets.
Many UT alum build $3000/season into their regular expenses. It’s a totally manageable expense for lots of professionals, especially after their careers have progressed. It’s hard to overstate how popular football is at the University of Texas, and it’s also a top-tier research university with hundreds of thousands of graduates who are doing really well for themselves
I agree, and why I was saying that plenty of people are willingly paying thousands of dollars per year for live events, whether sports, concerts, theatre, standup comedy, etc.
The specific events might be more or less likely to attract a ton of secondary ticket buyers at very high prices, but for something like this, where the season ticket waitlist is years long, there are plenty of people willingly buying tickets to the less competitive games to get a chance at a face value ticket to these types of top 5 matchups.