Saints Tickets on Sale Wednesday at 10am

[midgetonadonkey]

NEW: Saints tickets go on sale Wednesday morning
Web Posted: 09/13/2005 03:28 PM CDT

Tom Orsborn
Express-News Staff Writer

The New Orleans Saints announced today that tickets for their three games at the Alamodome this season will go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Those interested in buying tickets should call the Saints at (210) 208-9520 or TicketMaster at (800) 877-0898.

Tickets are also available at the Alamodome box office and online at neworleanssaints.com and ticketmaster.com.

Prices for individual game tickets range from $30 to $125. Group packages range from $28 to $123. Tickets can also be bought in three-game packs ranging from $75 to $360.

The three games in San Antonio are Oct. 2 against Buffalo, Oct. 16 against Atlanta and Dec. 24 against Detroit. The Saints also will play four home games in Baton Rouge, La.

A portion of the revenue from ticket sales will go to the New Orleans Saints Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund.



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[IceColdBrewski]

I'm in for all 3 games!

This is it people. Time to get off your asses and prove that we can support an NFL franchise. This is our one and only chance to prove it. Opportunity is knocking. And if we fail to pack the house and show our enthusiasm, the NFL will NEVER come knocking again. At least not in the near future.

[ZStomp]

I'm in baby.

[coz]

First on the list with the saints ticket office. i'm all about pro football in SA

[IceColdBrewski]

I can almost see it now when I close my eyes.

It's the not-so-distant future. I'm in the Parking lot of the new and improved AlamoDome. I came early to experience what it's like to mill around some major-league tailgate parties. It's playoff time. The Packers are in town to play San Antonio. I spot a huge RV decked out in Packer green and yellow. The guy tending to the grill calls out to me. "Hey man, Wanna Wisconsin Brat?" Hell yes. "Common over. Grab a Beer and sit down." I grab a cold one out of the cooler and sit down in the lawn chair. He hands me a Wisconsin style Bratwurst on a Hoagie with grilled onions on top. The steam from the Brat cuts through the cold air. I take a whiff just to make sure I'm not dreaming. The game will be starting in about an hour. I have a cold beer in one hand. A hot Brat sandwich in the other. Life is good.

[ZStomp]

I can almost see it now when I close my eyes.

It's the not-so-distant future. I'm in the Parking lot of the new and improved AlamoDome. I came early to experience what it's like to mill around some major-league tailgate parties. It's playoff time. The Packers are in town to play San Antonio. I spot a huge RV decked out in Packer green and yellow. The guy tending to the grill calls out to me. "Hey man, Wanna Wisconsin Brat?" Hell yes. "Common over. Grab a Beer and sit down." I grab a cold one out of the cooler and sit down in the lawn chair. He hands me a Wisconsin style Bratwurst on a Hoagie with grilled onions on top. The steam from the Brat cuts through the cold air. I take a whiff just to make sure I'm not dreaming. The game will be starting in about an hour. I have a cold beer in one hand. A hot Brat sandwich in the other. Life is good.


You're gonna make me cry.


:lol

[Vashner]

I think I might go to Buffalo game instead....

You could always claim you where at the first regular Season game EVER in SA.

[Kori Ellis]

CLUB:

End Zone (Sections 201-204, 220-226, 242-244): $75 Individual Game, $210 3-Game Pack, $73 Group Rate
Corner (Sections 205-206, 218-219, 227-228, 240-241): $80 Individual Game, $225 3-Game Pack, $78 Group Rate
Sideline (Sections 207-217, 229-239): $125 Individual Game, $360 3-Game Pack, $123 Group Rate

PLAZA:

End Zone (Sections 101-103, 121-125, 143-144): $55 Individual Game, $150 3-Game Pack, $53 Group Rate
Corner (Sections 104-108, 116-120, 126-130, 138-142): $70 Individual Game, $195 3-Game Pack, $68 Group Rate
Sideline (Sections 109-115, 131-137): $90 Individual Game, $255 3-Game Pack, $88 Group Rate

TERRACE:

End Zone (Sections 301-305, 320-329, 344-348): $30 Individual Game, $75 3-Game Pack, $28 Group Rate
Sideline (Sections 306-319, 330-343): $45 Individual Game, $120 3-Game Pack, $43 Group Rate

http://www.neworleanssaints.com/photos/genimages/alamodiagramsmall.gif

[scott]

Surprised at the high end of some of these prices... High end of Saint's tickets in NO were $90...

Other high end prices for other teams:

Dallas - $93
Oakland $91
Seattle - $82
New York - $90

Oh well, I'll buy anyway.

[tlongII]

This pisses me off. I want an NFL team in Portland!

[Kori Ellis]

The $125 seems a little high, but the other prices are pretty good.

Other high ends:

Panthers - $350
Patriots - $125
Broncos - $362

[tlongII]

I would pay $125 for NFL football.

[Kori Ellis]

I would pay $125 for NFL football.

Me too.

[Horry For 3!]

Sideline (Sections 109-115, 131-137): $90 Individual Game

Saints vs Falcons for me :smokin

[Horry For 3!]

It will be Me & Kdfelicity going to the Falcons game. :smokin

[blaze89]

Many of those seats are out of my price range...however one NFL game can cost less than a full tank of gas! More likely its the Detroit-N.O. game for me.

[tw05baller]

hoe fast do u think tickets will sell tomorrow

[hussker]

If the city can sell out and show support, then so be it...we deserve a team here. BUT, it will take much more than those who post in any of these forums to make it happen. I see SA more as a place to fill Benson's pockets for a year, and the let down will continue.

BUT, we will always have YOUR 2005 NBA WORLD CHAMPIONS!

[NINERS4LIFE]

Surprised at the high end of some of these prices... High end of Saint's tickets in NO were $90...

Other high end prices for other teams:

Dallas - $93
Oakland $91
Seattle - $82
New York - $90

Oh well, I'll buy anyway.

$90.00 Plaza Level are better than the club level $125.00 seats.

With the $90.00 you are closer to the action.

I would consider those the high end. Cause the Club level seats are limited seating and a little futher from the action.

[blaze89]

hoe fast do u think tickets will sell tomorrow

Not as fast as some are making it out to be but they'll sell, particularly the Atlanta game.. Michael Vick in the dome?

[Horry For 3!]

Not as fast as some are making it out to be but they'll sell, particularly the Atlanta game.. Michael Vick in the dome?
Yes, I am going to that game because I want to see Vick. The Saints are cool though, I like Deuce McAllister.

[NINERS4LIFE]

CLUB:

End Zone (Sections 201-204, 220-226, 242-244): $75 Individual Game, $210 3-Game Pack, $73 Group Rate
Corner (Sections 205-206, 218-219, 227-228, 240-241): $80 Individual Game, $225 3-Game Pack, $78 Group Rate
Sideline (Sections 207-217, 229-239): $125 Individual Game, $360 3-Game Pack, $123 Group Rate

PLAZA:

End Zone (Sections 101-103, 121-125, 143-144): $55 Individual Game, $150 3-Game Pack, $53 Group Rate
Corner (Sections 104-108, 116-120, 126-130, 138-142): $70 Individual Game, $195 3-Game Pack, $68 Group Rate
Sideline (Sections 109-115, 131-137): $90 Individual Game, $255 3-Game Pack, $88 Group Rate

TERRACE:

End Zone (Sections 301-305, 320-329, 344-348): $30 Individual Game, $75 3-Game Pack, $28 Group Rate
Sideline (Sections 306-319, 330-343): $45 Individual Game, $120 3-Game Pack, $43 Group Rate

http://www.neworleanssaints.com/photos/genimages/alamodiagramsmall.gif

KORI, where did you find this diagram and detailed info????

[Horry For 3!]

KORI, where did you find this diagram and detailed info????
http://neworleanssaints.com/newsroomarticle.cfm?articleid=1765 :tu

[NINERS4LIFE]

Thanks!!!! ^^^^^^^^

[Horry For 3!]

Thanks!!!! ^^^^^^^^
Your welcome.

[IceColdBrewski]

Better get em while you can. I've already talked to my brother and he's gonna be snatchin up five of em tommorrow when the selling starts.

[Kori Ellis]

I think you can only buy 4 at a time, unless you are buying a group of 20 or more. Or something like that. I'm not sure though.

[Horry For 3!]

I am getting 2 Sideline tickets tomorrow right when it opens up, I have my information in ticketmaster already in. I just click and its mine :)

[gameFACE]

If you want to see views of the field by section go here (http://www.sanantonio.gov/dome/Football.asp).

[Dex]

According to KISS this morning, lines are already piled up to the point of being visible from 37. And this was at 7:30. :wow

[Horry For 3!]

This is bullshit! I get on ticketmaster right when tickets go on sale, only thing available was like 300s.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

$90 and up tickets, along with the $30 seats, are all that's left for the first game.

Still $50 seats for the Atlanta game.

[Kori Ellis]

No Lions tickets? :(

[Horry For 3!]

$90 and up tickets, along with the $30 seats, are all that's left for the first game.

Still $50 seats for the Atlanta game.
I wanted $90 for the Falcons game :pctoss

[Clandestino]

fucking bullshit... i managed to get 2 endzone corner seats for 55+fees... i wanted 3-4 for anything lower level..

anyway, i checked some of the ticket broker sites and they are selling the exact same tickets i bought for $130-145!

ticketmaster is a fucking fraud. same shit in the finals. i know a person who has a friend who works there. he bought 1 entire row of seats(20) for the fnals. he was nice to sell 2 to her for double face and the rest for way more than that.

[SWC Bonfire]

I think you can only buy 4 at a time, unless you are buying a group of 20 or more. Or something like that. I'm not sure though.

I just bought 10 on ticket master for terrace sideline Oct 16th.

Gonzales, TX is comin' to town. :lol

[mookie2001]

Buckees is coming to town

[Horry For 3!]

I just bought 10 on ticket master for terrace sideline Oct 16th.

Gonzales, TX is comin' to town. :lol
:tu

[King]

Yeah, they went really quickly. At 10:01, they were already sticking me in the upper ends.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Sucks, I have to be in town for the 3rd-4th for business, tried to pick up some Bills tix, the only crap left after it told me no on $50 and $55 tickets was the $125 stuff.

Screw that, that's halfway to a Spurs 10-game minipak.

[diceman]

They have Lion tickets available as of 1 minute ago. Go to search feature and put in Lions and use calendar. I managed 2 $55 endzone tickets to the Bills game and 2 $75 tickets to the Falcons.

[Kori Ellis]

Okay I got 3 Lions $90 tickets at the 25-30 yard line.

[blackbucket]

I got 4 tix for the Atlanta game and 2 for Bills. I'll be going back home for Christmas so I won't be here for the Dec. 24th game. I wanted to buy a pair and give them away just to do my part to make sure all 3 games sellout. However, the way tix are going, they should sell out very soon if not today.

[Kori Ellis]

They just released a bunch more tickets

[mikester]

what happened to the 3 game packages?

[Kori Ellis]

We got $75 tickets for Bills, $55 tickets for Falcons, $90 for Lions.

[batman2883]

man those tickets are out of my price range i needed to get like 3 but not in the nose bleed section

[blackbucket]

what happened to the 3 game packages?

I tried for the first five minutes to get the 3 game pack but it kept saying "not currently on sale" so I just picked the two games I really wanted.

[batman2883]

I just bought 10 on ticket master for terrace sideline Oct 16th.

Gonzales, TX is comin' to town. :lol


lets give it up for Gonzales, Tx people...

[erbo]

Earlier there were none but just got 4 lower level seats to Detroit game. During the early surge a lot of people checked on prices and Ticketmaster automatically saves those seats for a few minutes but as people decide not to buy, those seats are becoming available again.

[John T]

Does anyone know where Row BB is in the lower level? The map at the Aladmodome site only shows rows 1-35. Thanks!

[Kori Ellis]

It's closer than row 1 I believe.

We got section 102, row AA for the Falcons game.

[erbo]

Probably row 28.

[CubanMustGo]

Also remember that, unless they hear that the season ticket holders don't want them, those tickets are not available. Most of those would be lower-level seats, you'd think. An article I read yesterday somewhere (E-N?) said that the seats season tickets holders don't want would be released a couple of weeks before each game.

[John T]

Thanks for the quick reply! Kori, we'll be almost directly across from you at that game, we'll wave :)

Carie

[Horry For 3!]

I got Section 115 tickets to the Lions game :smokin

[Horry For 3!]

I'll be right across from Kori & LJ :lol

[Clandestino]

are the lower seats in the alamodome number oppositse. i want to say like 5 years ago i bought some seats, row 16 and i was all excited and then when i got there, it was 16 rows counting from the back(still lower level)! maybe i am mistaken...

[John T]

Well, the Alamodome seating chart shows them going from bottom to top. We'll see if it's right!

Carie

[SWC Bonfire]

Buckees is coming to town

It's a beaver.

[j-6]

Email from my mom:

Somethings wierd. Wnet online to ticketmasters at 10AM to try to get tickets for the 10/16 same 4 at $125.00 nothing available, tried $90.00 nothing
then tried best available; nosebleed row 28 in the end zone. The ticketmasters wasn't open 10 minutes and all the best seats were gone? tried the 10/2 same; same results. WILL NOT SET IN THE UPPER ALTITUDE. Will try ebay. Just want to know what the deal is.

[Kori Ellis]

Email from my mom:

Somethings wierd. Wnet online to ticketmasters at 10AM to try to get tickets for the 10/16 same 4 at $125.00 nothing available, tried $90.00 nothing
then tried best available; nosebleed row 28 in the end zone. The ticketmasters wasn't open 10 minutes and all the best seats were gone? tried the 10/2 same; same results. WILL NOT SET IN THE UPPER ALTITUDE. Will try ebay. Just want to know what the deal is.

They released them a little bit at a time.

I got lower level tickets, sideline for the Lions game way after any of the other tickets I got. It said no tickets available like 60 times in a row for Lions for me before they released more.

[Clandestino]

ticketmaster and all the brokers have deals... to me, it is insider trading.

[Clandestino]

getting 4 all together is also way harder than getting 2.

[Kori Ellis]

ticketmaster and all the brokers have deals... to me, it is insider trading.

True.

Brokers had them yesterday morning. They had the section numbers and everything listed and were already selling them.

[Kori Ellis]

getting 4 all together is also way harder than getting 2.


Yeah, we ended up getting 2 for the first two games and 3 for the Lions game.

[IceColdBrewski]

True.

Brokers had them yesterday morning. They had the section numbers and everything listed and were already selling them.

A little late? This information would have come in handy yesterday.

[John T]

Yeah Ticketbastard blows. Someone here posted an online broker yesterday and they were already selling tickets for these games. I have similar problems all the time with concerts.

Also, as far as tickets being available later that weren't initially, if someone's credit card doesn't go through I believe they release those tickets.

Carie

Edit: Kori types much faster than I do :lol

[Kori Ellis]

A little late? This information would have come in handy yesterday.


It was posted in 3 different threads yesterday -- including a thread of it's own. They are about 3-4 times face value.

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25095

[Clandestino]

also, were you willing to pay what the brokers charged. i just checked and mine were 145! no way i would have paid that for my seats. it is not the nba finals or anything

[Kori Ellis]

FYI, there's still lower level $75 seats available for the Lions game. (There's upper deck seats available for the other two games).

[erbo]

The very best seats will not be available until 10 days before each game. All season ticket holders (several thousand) have been assigned seats that are similar to the ones at the Superdome and they have until ten days before each game to claim those seats or they will be sold to the general public. Granted, because some of these seats are in prime locations many of them will go to San Antonio corporate buyers.

[Clandestino]

i don't have problems with things like that... i just have a problem with ticket brokers getting dibs before the gen public.

[blaze89]

I'm actally having a hard time getting into Ticketmaster Online. I guess going in person would be the best way to get tix.

[Kori Ellis]

You can probably call and get through.

[John T]

I've been on and off all morning without any problems, including just now. You might want to try again, good luck!

Carie

[John T]

Looks like they may have released more Atlanta tickets, I'm now pulling up Plaza level end-zone tickets.


Carie

[Kori Ellis]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA.091405.SaintsTickets.EN.58a9566e.html

Hundreds gather for Saints tickets
Web Posted: 09/14/2005 12:11 PM CDT

Tom Orsborn
San Antonio Express-News


Hundreds of football fans, many of them irritated by long lines and rumors of ticket gorging by brokers, congregated outside the Alamodome today as tickets to three New Orleans Saints games went on sale.

Early reports from Saints officials indicated an exceptionally strong response on the first day of ticket sales to three Saints games booked for the Alamodome: Oct. 2 against Buffalo, Oct. 16 against Atlanta and Dec. 24 against Detroit.

Morning sales were slowed by computer problems and by confusion over what kind of seats were available for sale. One immediate headache: the Saints’ commitment to their season-ticket holders, a group that has claim to about 32,000 tickets that were originally stamped for games in the Louisiana Superdome.

Team officials say they are obligated to hold comparable seats in the Alamodome for those season-ticket holders, and will continue to do so until 10 days prior to each game.

If a season-ticket holder does not make arrangements to claim his seats, those tickets will be presented for general sale, Saints officials said.

The Alamodome seats 65,000.

Many fans who showed up early eager to buy tickets were told that only seats in remote sections of the Alamodome would be available today. A strong response by local corporations to pre-sale offers of tickets was also reported.

Rene Wise, a 26-year-old car salesman, claimed to be first in line. Wise, who said he arrived at 3:30 a.m., found that the honor wasn’t all he thought it would be.
While waiting for the ticket window to open, Wise was bombarded with shouts of “scalpers suck”from people behind him in line.

“I’m sorry, but I’m trying to take care of my family,” Wise shot back.

He ended up spending $560 for eight tickets to the Christmas Eve game against Detroit. Wise said he had hoped to buy eight tickets for all three games, but limited availability of good seats prompted him to change his plans.

“I’m sick and tired of this,” Wise said while in line. “I’m going to go home before I say something I regret to these people. I don’t mind waiting for tickets. I’m just tired of the people behind me. I’m not going to wait eight hours to be stuck in nosebleed seats. Those will be available at the game.”

Other fans could barely contain their excitement.
Roland Trevino, a 31-year-old building engineer, bought nine tickets to the Alamodome opener against Buffalo.

““I just want to be in the house for the first NFL game in San Antonio history,” Trevino said. “We’re fired up about it. Just to be in the house rooting on a team will be great. Hopefully, it will someday be San Antonio’s team.”

Terry Flores, 53, went to the Alamodome to buy tickets for the Oct 2 game for her husband, Raymond Flores, a contractor for Halliburton who has spent the past two years in Iraq. Flores said her husband will return home at the end of the month and go back in early October.

The Oct. 2 game, she said, is the only one he’ll be able to attend.

“He’s very excited about it,” she said.

Anthony Jaramillo, a USAA employee, claimed to be the Saints’ first Alamodome tailgater. He showed up with a Radio Flyer ago. In the wagon was a boom box and an ice chest. In the ice chest were two cases of beer.

“Rock and roll, San Antonio Saints, baby!” he yelled. “If I can’t get tickets, I’m still going to have a party.”

Jaramillo said his dream is to see NFL football permanently in the Alamo City.

“Now we have a chance,” he said. “None of this CFL stuff..”

San Antonio was home to a Canadian Football League team, the Texans, for the 1995 season.

[Horry For 3!]

Other fans could barely contain their excitement.
Roland Trevino, a 31-year-old building engineer, bought nine tickets to the Alamodome opener against Buffalo.

““I just want to be in the house for the first NFL game in San Antonio history,” Trevino said. “We’re fired up about it. Just to be in the house rooting on a team will be great. Hopefully, it will someday be San Antonio’s team.”
That is pretty good...first ever NFL game in SA.

[midgetonadonkey]

Anthony Jaramillo, a USAA employee, claimed to be the Saints’ first Alamodome tailgater. He showed up with a Radio Flyer ago. In the wagon was a boom box and an ice chest. In the ice chest were two cases of beer.

“Rock and roll, San Antonio Saints, baby!” he yelled. “If I can’t get tickets, I’m still going to have a party.”

God bless anybody who takes a wagon full of beer to buy tickets.

[goliath]

Anthony Jaramillo, a USAA employee, claimed to be the Saints’ first Alamodome tailgater. He showed up with a Radio Flyer ago. In the wagon was a boom box and an ice chest. In the ice chest were two cases of beer.

HaHa. He was like two people behind me in line. He was a cool guy, handing out beer to all of us. Also had beads he was giving out.