Ticket Brokers

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

If you can't find it by yourself then rope like 3-4 friends together and go in as a group.

Then put the playoff tickets in a hat and draw or something random like that, luck of the draw determines who gets what come playoff time.

[Phenomanul]

It's pathetic that people think they are owed a chance to see the Spurs in the Finals just cause they watched all the games on TV this season. Why should seats be empty most of the season so that IF the Spurs make the Finals the fans that only are interested in $10 final seats will have a chance?

You can buy a 10 game pack for $100 during the last months of the season and it gives you the oppertunity to buy the 16 game playoffs pack. If you are truly a die hard fan you would find a way to beg, borrow, steal and save for this $300 investment and a chance that you would get to see the Spurs live and in the Finals. $300 a year is less than $10 a week.

Stop your whining...if you cant be bothered to find $10 a week then why should anyone be bothered to listen to you?

Dude.... calm down.

All I was saying was that it would be a nice gesture by the Spurs organization to let more people "experience" history in the making.

The Alamodome can seat more people... it makes perfect sense.

Being there is completely different from watching it on TV... you should know that since you apparently get the priviledge of attending multiple games per season. I on the other hand can only schedule one or two games per year... if lucky.

You are in no position to lecture me or anyone else about our devotion to the Spurs. You have been fortunate to obtain tickets... good for you... but please don't gloat about it or mock others who were more unfortunate.

Get off your high horse already.

[goliath]

Im a season ticket holder. I would hate it and be royally pissed off if the Spurs moved the Finals to the dome. Way to reward the fans who payed money all year to go to the games by screwing with their sightlines, moving there seats farther back, ect, ect just so a few thousand more can spend $10 to go to the game in the dome. I understand that some people cant afford to go to games but you cant punish the fans who can just to satisfy those who cant.

[GoSpurs21]

Dude.... calm down.

All I was saying was that it would be a nice gesture by the Spurs organization to let more people "experience" history in the making.

The Alamodome can seat more people... it makes perfect sense.

Get off your high horse already.

For those of us who work hard so that we can afford to get full or partial season tickets and then invest our hard earned money for a chance to see the Spurs play in the playoffs, we dont want to have to change seats. For us that make that kind of investment it does not make sense to have to be moved back to the Alamodome so that more people can see the games.

As for high horse, the only thing I am preaching is that if you really want to see the Spurs (like anything good in life) you will have to work hard at it. Since this is exactly what the Spurs coaches and players expect from themselves (working hard), is it such a stretch that the fans expect it from each other.

If you can afford an internet connection you should be able to afford a 10 game pack plus playoff in the $10 seats. It's just that you think the internet connection is more valuable. Others may view the Spurs tickets as being more valuable. It's a matter of priorities.

But one of the biggest problems in America today is that some people think that they are owed something that most others work hard to obtain.

[mouse]

They need to get rid of all WWW buying all together.
If those ticket agencies want there tickets let them stand in line like the rest of the tax paying Spur fans,

And a little heads up folks. by the time they let you get on line to buy your tickets?
The employees and there families that work for ticket master get a 15 minute jump on your ass it's one of the perks you get for working for ticket master.

[rl64tx]

They need to get rid of all WWW buying all together.
If those ticket agencies want there tickets let them stand in line like the rest of the tax paying Spur fans,

And a little heads up folks. by the time they let you get on line to buy your tickets?
The employees and there families that work for ticket master get a 15 minute jump on your ass it's one of the perks you get for working for ticket master.

Preach it Bro!!! It's all about bendin' over the little guys!!!

[GoSpurs21]

They need to get rid of all WWW buying all together.
If those ticket agencies want there tickets let them stand in line like the rest of the tax paying Spur fans,

And a little heads up folks. by the time they let you get on line to buy your tickets?
The employees and there families that work for ticket master get a 15 minute jump on your ass it's one of the perks you get for working for ticket master.

The brokers dont get their tickets online jackass, corporate and private season tickets holders sell them their tickets at profit. If you can make enough money to pay for a whole season with a couple of finals games that's why some people invest in extra tickets. It's called the American way. If you dont like it...you are free to leave.

[GoSpurs21]

Preach it Bro!!! It's all about bendin' over the little guys!!!

Little guys get bent because they dont want to put in the hard work that others do. Little guys would rather be lazy and blame others for thier problems. That's why they are little guys. If you want to be a big guy you must work hard (like the Spurs organization) or be born into it.

[mouse]

Preach it Bro!!! It's all about bendin' over the little guys!!!

My ex boss's wife takes 30 tickets ,and sell them to the same broker every year, last year she made enough money to go to vegas, I have no idea what she will make this year.

[rl64tx]

Little guys get bent because they dont want to put in the hard work that others do. Little guys would rather be lazy and blame others for thier problems. That's why they are little guys. If you want to be a big guy you must work hard (like the Spurs organization) or be born into it.

How bout a blow me samwich?? It's not that the little guy doesn't work hard it's because of people like George in the white house that want his buddies to get richer so the poor get poorer.... wake the up!!! do you get your hands dirty on a daily basis?? i bet not!!

[GoSpurs21]

My ex boss's wife takes 30 tickets ,and sell them to the same broker every year, last year she made enough money to go to vegas, I have no idea what she will make this year.

and this is wrong because some little lazy asses like you think you are owed the oppertunity to buy these tickets at face value cause you buy bootleg t-shirts on the corner and have lived in SA your whole life but have been unable to hold a job for more than 6 months at a time but have been supporting the Spurs all season?

[mouse]

How bout a blow me samwich??

You will get your wish brah , GoSpurs21 is a flaming

[rl64tx]

and this is wrong because some little lazy asses like you think you are owed the oppertunity to buy these tickets at face value cause you buy bootleg t-shirts on the corner and have lived in SA your whole life but have been unable to hold a job for more than 6 months at a time but have been supporting the Spurs all season?

Take the silver spoon out yo mouth!!!

[mouse]

Take the silver spoon out yo mouth!!!

and don't forget the wooden broom from your ass also

[pineflatt]

Agree with GoSpurs21. It boils down to a matter of priorities. We WILL spend our money on what's important to us. If going to a Spurs play off game is REALLY important, most of us will find a way to pay for it. Some of us will even start to save a few dollars in advance to make sure the money is there when the time comes.

In the final analysis, we all dribble away lots of money on just plain stuff. We could spend on the things that are more important to us (Spurs Playoff tickets for example). The problem is that when we are "dribbling" away our scarce dollars, we don't consider that we are blowing off our Spurs playoff tickes at the same time.

My advice...plan ahead, think before we act and divert money from other things to Tickets. It doesn't matter if we are a Little Guy or Corporate Executive, if we really want Playoff tickets well get them. That's the American way.

[Phenomanul]

Agree with GoSpurs21. It boils down to a matter of priorities. We WILL spend our money on what's important to us. If going to a Spurs play off game is REALLY important, most of us will find a way to pay for it. Some of us will even start to save a few dollars in advance to make sure the money is there when the time comes.

In the final analysis, we all dribble away lots of money on just plain stuff. We could spend on the things that are more important to us (Spurs Playoff tickets for example). The problem is that when we are "dribbling" away our scarce dollars, we don't consider that we are blowing off our Spurs playoff tickes at the same time.

My advice...plan ahead, think before we act and divert money from other things to Tickets. It doesn't matter if we are a Little Guy or Corporate Executive, if we really want Playoff tickets well get them. That's the American way.

BULL CRAP.... GoSpurs21's $10 a week lay-away doesn't work unless you live in San Antonio...

He proclaims to embody the American Way.... lectures about priorities... Well, then he should realize that most out of town workers, such as myself, could not possibly even consider buying season packages; no matter how much we loved the Spurs. I have to get up for work at 5:15 AM -- everyday -- and don't leave for home till 5-6:00 PM. I'm sorry if my hard work does not grant me the freedoms to embellish my life with the comforts of "high society."

Can I afford it??? I probably could. Would it be practical. No.

My family is a real priority and buying season tickets on a speculation that the Spurs would reach the Finals (Even though it was my sig since day 1) is a risk I could have taken only if I lived in San Antonio -- because then it would have been easier to manage the tickets for the games I would not be able to attend.

First he derides my devotion to the Spurs...
Then he questions my role in society... as if I didn't earn my pay.
Now you question my financial decisions...

Again... all I was trying to say was that it would be a nice gesture for the Spurs organization to grant more of its fans an opportunity to "experience" history... You all seem to think that it is a bad idea only because you feel it would be a personal detriment to season ticket holders.

No one ever said you would lose your seat or that you would automatically have to sit in a worse locale. Both of you all need to lighten up.

More than anything I'm pissed at the fact that others can buy 100's of tickets for the sake of making money off of the true fans.

I would have been willing to pay $100 for a $10 seat. But that doesn't mean that the corporate injustice doesn't exist.

Quit trying to justify "scalping" as the American way. If that is your concept about capitalism, I pity you. The two things are not equanimous, because "stealing" is not the premise behind capitalism or the motor that drives it.

[efrem1]

This stuff about ticket brokers getting the bulk of the tickets has been going on for almost 25 years. I remember going to game 5 of the 1983 WCF at the Forum and called their box office for tickets; after they said they were sold out, I called a ticket broker called Murray's Ticket Agency and got two Loge level seats for $40 a piece. That sure dates me doesn't it?

[MannyIsGod]

The fact is that the Spurs are probably the best NBA franchise at doing exactly what you all are asking; bending over backwards for the everyday Joe. There were tickets available today for 17 freaking dollars! Thats for the NBA Finals!

17 freaking dollars!

There are only a certain amount of tickets available - even the dome can't sit every Spurs fan - and at some point there are going to be disapointed people. I was a poor as kid, and I hardly got to go to a game, and certainly not a playoff game.

You can knock the Spurs for being a cheap franchise, but by the same token they do so in some part to keep the prices down low. So complaining about them screwing the fans is BS.

[Phenomanul]

The fact is that the Spurs are probably the best NBA franchise at doing exactly what you all are asking; bending over backwards for the everyday Joe. There were tickets available today for 17 freaking dollars! Thats for the NBA Finals!

17 freaking dollars!

There are only a certain amount of tickets available - even the dome can't sit every Spurs fan - and at some point there are going to be disapointed people. I was a poor as kid, and I hardly got to go to a game, and certainly not a playoff game.

You can knock the Spurs for being a cheap franchise, but by the same token they do so in some part to keep the prices down low. So complaining about them screwing the fans is BS.

I never said, or implied it was the Spurs organization that was being cheap....

The only thing I said that would remotely imply their participation was that they built an Arena with fewer seats than I thought it required.... But that was only my opinion... In fact, I agree with you... the organization offers all sorts of promotions throughout the year to the "average Joe"...

Going from 35,000+ seats at the Alamodome to a little less than 18,500 at the SBC is a rough change though... Statistically it would be hard to disagree.

Even the Staples Center which was built in 1999 has a capacity of greater than 20,500 people. And SBC Center was built 3 years later... Should have been more modern.

Anyways I don't understand how anyone could be on the side of the scalpers... they are bad for sports.

And yes... I did realize that the tickets were on sale for $17 dollars... it's just that I don't own an internet connection that can connect faster than the speed of light -- warp 1 on signals is all we can do... not even SBC can claim more... Hence all of those tickets went away in less than a minute... Yes... all of 60 seconds...

[MannyIsGod]

Go look at the cost of the Staples Center Vs. SBC Center and explain to me why taxpayer money should be used to fund that difference. Especially when you consider how few games a year the Spurs sell out at the SBC center.

I'm not on the side of scalpers, and not all of my post was directed at you. It's directed at every comment about the Spurs screwing the fan, because that's far from what they do.

[Phenomanul]

Go look at the cost of the Staples Center Vs. SBC Center and explain to me why taxpayer money should be used to fund that difference. Especially when you consider how few games a year the Spurs sell out at the SBC center.

I'm not on the side of scalpers, and not all of my post was directed at you. It's directed at every comment about the Spurs screwing the fan, because that's far from what they do.

The other aspect of my annoyance was the hard stance some of the season ticket holders were taking against fans who just can't, by any stretch of the imagination, take the luxury of buying season tickets.... As if they felt that the high price of season tickets en led them to act condescendingly toward us....

It's almost as if the concept to move a Finals game to the Alamodome was premise enough to start a war...

[manu maniac]

Hi hegambo
I too am from Corpus. I was on the internet at 12:00 trying to buy tickets and couldn't believe I did not get anything, not even just 1 ticket. My niece was in line at ticketmaster, and not even the 1st person in line got a ticket. My husband said he heard on the radio that only 1200 tickets go out to the public (that sucks). I also cannot buy season tickets, due to living in Corpus but I attend at least a dozen games a year, which have to be weekend games. It's sad that those $17.00 seats are on ebay going for over $150.00 each. We true spurs fans suffer and I'm disappointed, but I'll feel better when I see the spurs during that river parade. GO SPURS GO!

[Steve Perry]

BULL CRAP.... GoSpurs21's $10 a week lay-away doesn't work unless you live in San Antonio...

He proclaims to embody the American Way.... lectures about priorities... Well, then he should realize that most out of town workers, such as myself, could not possibly even consider buying season packages; no matter how much we loved the Spurs. I have to get up for work at 5:15 AM -- everyday -- and don't leave for home till 5-6:00 PM. I'm sorry if my hard work does not grant me the freedoms to embellish my life with the comforts of "high society."

Can I afford it??? I probably could. Would it be practical. No.

My family is a real priority and buying season tickets on a speculation that the Spurs would the Finals (Even though it was my sig since day 1) is a risk I could have taken only if I lived in San Antonio -- because then it would have been easier to manage the tickets for the games I would not be able to attend.

First he derides my devotion to the Spurs...
Then he questions my role in society... as if I didn't earn my pay.
Now you question my financial decisions...

Again... all I was trying to say was that it would be a nice gesture for the Spurs organization to grant more of its fans an opportunity to "experience" history... You all seem to think that it is a bad idea only because you feel it would be a personal detriment to season ticket holders.

No one ever said you would lose your seat or that you would automatically have to sit in a worse locale. Both of you all need to lighten up.

More than anything I'm pissed at the fact that others can buy 100's of tickets for the sake of making money off of the true fans.

I would have been willing to pay $100 for a $10 seat. But that doesn't mean that the corporate injustice doesn't exist.

Quit trying to justify "scalping" as the American way. If that is your concept about capitalism, I pity you. The two things are not equanimous, because "stealing" is not the premise behind capitalism or the motor that drives it.

Rack this man !

[Phenomanul]

Hi hegambo
I too am from Corpus. I was on the internet at 12:00 trying to buy tickets and couldn't believe I did not get anything, not even just 1 ticket. My niece was in line at ticketmaster, and not even the 1st person in line got a ticket. My husband said he heard on the radio that only 1200 tickets go out to the public (that sucks). I also cannot buy season tickets, due to living in Corpus but I attend at least a dozen games a year, which have to be weekend games. It's sad that those $17.00 seats are on ebay going for over $150.00 each. We true spurs fans suffer and I'm disappointed, but I'll feel better when I see the spurs during that river parade. GO SPURS GO!

Welcome to the forum Manu Maniac... I too will take solace when our Spurs bring home the Larry O'Brien Trophy in about 20 days....

[MannyIsGod]

The other aspect of my annoyance was the hard stance some of the season ticket holders were taking against fans who just can't, by any stretch of the imagination, take the luxury of buying season tickets.... As if they felt that the high price of season tickets en led them to act condescendingly toward us....

It's almost as if the concept to move a Finals game to the Alamodome was premise enough to start a war...

Well, to be fair, a lot of people have been acting as though the best fans out there are the ones that can't afford season tickets.

I don't think it's a big deal, and I count my lucky stars for the ticket I scored, but I also remember in 99 and 03 having to watch from the comfort of a couch or sports bar.

All in all, being there is the best, but watching it with the SpursTalk crew is awesome as well.