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They do have an absurd amount of tickets. Fatass Russ Bookbinder would sell his soul for money, so I can imagine some ways they may have gotten there.
I just went to ticketcity.com and I am disgusted with how many ing tickets they have. How in the do they have access to that many tickets? Or any tickets at all before we do?
I worked at the Erwin Center in Austin selling tickets and there was no way this could happen for any event there.
Does anyone know what kind of deal brokers have to get all these tickets before we do?
They do have an absurd amount of tickets. Fatass Russ Bookbinder would sell his soul for money, so I can imagine some ways they may have gotten there.
we should pe ion the Spurs organization and tell them we aren't going to take that crap anymore! We carry the team the whole year and then they leave us out in the cold when it comes to the big show! Screw that! I know I'm not the only one unhappy with the lack of tickets, why bother even advertising about it and making a big deal when it isn't.
This guy is right!
It's that way with any significant event. I'm not sure how it can be changed.
holy , i am disillusioned. all these brokers have loads of tickets. sports i quit.
All The Tickets That Should Have Been On Ticketmaster Were Sold To These Ticket Companies And The Spurs Get Kickbacks
You should do some investigation to find out where the tickets are coming from before you seek blame. My guess is that many corporate season ticket holders (that hold blocks of tickets) sell these tickets to the brokers at a profit.
I could sell my 2 seats for just game 1 of the Finals and make enough money to pay for all of next season tickets. You cant fault me if I did that cause that's just American capitalism. I could have bought 2 additional seats for the playoffs and just sold them for profit as the playoffs went on. I could certainly afford to do that. But because I dont want the hastle of looking for buyers and dont have the need to make money off the Spurs I didnt.
Either way if you really want to see the playoffs, you should invest in full or partial season tickets, then you have the oppertunity to buy all playoffs tickets. If you only want to go to a game here or there then you will just have to pay the going price. Besides if you really did carry the Spurs for the entire year (like you said) you would have bought your finals tickets many months ago like alot of us did. That's AMERICA, if you dont like it suffer.
Well it is a business, and I'm sure that them doing it this way helps them sell more season tickets/10 game packages for next year.
You are right; that's where a lot of the tickets at brokers come from. You can tell because the same blocks of tickets are available for games six and seven as well -- some are even like blocks of 20 or more.My guess is that many corporate season ticket holders (that hold blocks of tickets) sell these tickets to the brokers at a profit.
Amen. As a non-season ticket holder, I recognize this is how it goes if you don't buy season/partial season tickets. I drove 8 hours to SA in 2003 and had to watch the game at FATSOS! What kind of injustice is that???
J/K
That was one of the BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE!!!!
Do they sell season tickets in the upper decks on the baseline?
Kori and others are right in that a lot of corporate ticket holders sell those tickets. Think about it - by selling 4 tickets to the Finals they can pay for several SEASON tickets for next year. They're not stupid.we should pe ion the Spurs organization and tell them we aren't going to take that crap anymore! We carry the team the whole year and then they leave us out in the cold when it comes to the big show!
And BTW, not to sound cynical, but do think they're going to give a damn about what joe blow who doesn't give them a dime all season and then wants $17 NBA Finals tickets thinks?
They've got bills to pay, and your evil corporate season ticket holders are the ones s ing out the big money to pay for the players' contracts.
Well maybe some of us don't have the resources to invest a large amount of money to watch every single game ensuring us finals tickets. That doesn't make me any less of a die hard fan because you did and I didn't. I watch every single game and try to go to as many game as can be afforded, so you shouldn't question him or anyone carrying this team or not. I would just want the same fair chance and opportunity that everyone else deserves. But you are right, this is America, only I won't suffer through it.
You enjoy your game, Spurs fan.
Spurs are pulling in at least $50 mill per season since the SBC center opened. I keep saying that over and over again..........
Just from ticket sales at 41 regular season games, about 10 playoff games, 3 preseason games.............. Just this cash is at least 90 million. Plus parking, plus concessions, + team logo apparel and stuff sales and Television contracts.........
How about close to 200 mill per year in revenue?
I didn't get tickets, because of my own fault. I could've ordered up to 6 playoff tickets a couple of months ago, but decided not to...
Right now, if I get tickets, its ownly to resell them at 10 times the value.
Late.
If people wouldn't let themselves get raped by these scalpers, they'd go out of business. Don't buy from ticket brokers. Plain and simple.
I could make my money back from buying playoff tickets just by selling both of my tickets to the first two games of the Finals. I'd actually turn a profit on the Spurs.
But going to Spurs games is one of my only breaks from the business world, so I enjoy it for what it is.
You, I hate corporations more than the next guy...
But the fact is that without corporate support the NBA would not be what it is today. Telivised games? HA! Awesome promotiosn? HA!
Regardless of what htey do, there is no way to fill that place with every die hard fan, and people are going to be shut out.
It sucks, but I think it reaps more benefits than people realize.
George Gervin had an article that was posted here a few days ago...and he too, like us fans who think we should have a fair chance at tickets, was saddened by the fact that large corporations are the franchise's main priority over the 9-5'ers when it comes to tickets...
My immediate reaction is to form an angry mob ala The Simpsons and burn that barn that is the SBC Centre. But in my head I know not everyone can have tickets and this is just the way things work. There's a reason 99% of "regular" people can't go. I'm just going to go stand in line for my tickets to watch the game at a sports bar. I heard Fatso's is going quick.
i would say money is somehow behind this
The SBC should have been built with more seating capacity than what it was....
If there is a game 6 or 7, they need to move these games to the Alamodome.
this way more people have a chance to attend.
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?
Chill out man. Some people just can't afford it...even your so called $10 a week plan. Although I'm not ready to and moan over not getting tickets, I don't think it's fair for you to go and put down people who can't afford what you obviously can and for you to think of yourself as a "better fan" just because you can go to every single game and all of the playoffs. I know some pretty die hard fans and they don't even live in SA...does that make them any less of a fan because they don't go to all of the games?
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