Any good ticket packages out there?
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Everything will be pricey. Seats I was looking at were $600 this morning. $800 when I purchased them after the bowl announcement. Just looked and same seats are $1500 on StubHub now. Flights from Omaha and KC were $750. Hotel By LAX only $215/night. Pricey trip but will be worth it.
I had some travel rewards points that I had saved up over the last couple of years on my Capital One credit card. I had always assumed I would use them to take a trip over seas or something, but it ended up working out perfect for a trip to see the Hawks play in Pasadena. I had enough to cover my flight from Denver to Burbank and three nights in North Hollywood (staying at http://www.thegarland.com/).
I can't think of a better way to bring in 2016. I will be meeting some buddies from college I hardly ever get to see anymore, and will get to watch the Hawks take on Stanford in "The Granddaddy of Them All." Still need to figure out tickets to the game, but it will work out.
I know, cool story bro, but I am unbelievably stoked for this experience and had to share. Hope to see some of you out there! Go HAWKS!
I can't think of a better way to bring in 2016. I will be meeting some buddies from college I hardly ever get to see anymore, and will get to watch the Hawks take on Stanford in "The Granddaddy of Them All." Still need to figure out tickets to the game, but it will work out.
I know, cool story bro, but I am unbelievably stoked for this experience and had to share. Hope to see some of you out there! Go HAWKS!
Maybe you're far West in RC, but that's not a 45min drive. In usual morning traffic you're looking at 75-90 minutes. Not sure what the drive will be like on game day, prob not as horrible for most of it, then a zoo closer to Pasadena. Give yourself 2 hours.
I'm wondering how many points you'll need to get your tickets. I've been a donating season ticket holder since graduating. But I'm not confident at all in my point total...
Something I read said you will need at least 150 to even have a remote shot of getting tix.
22000 tickets is the allotment. I'd like to think the priority level will be a lot lower than 150 before they get all those sold. Indy was 104 point cutoff and that was 11000 tickets.
150 points was the cut off for BCS game, if we'd beat MSU, I believe. Per an email from the U a week ago.
Correct, but that was for an allocation of 13000 tickets. Rose Bowl is 22000 ticket allotment for UI
Not true. I got tickets and my priority points are not that high. Season ticket holder since 02.
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The ticket office just told me they think they'll be able to fill all requests. Then they told me somewhere around 150 might be the cutoff. So who knows.
Curious what was your point total for being a season ticket holder since 2002? Ive got a buddy who wants to go I think he is getting some bad info. He has been a season ticket holder for about the same as you and is trying to get Rose tickets.
If I remember correctly, its not very high. Maybe 3 points a year. Maybe 39? But I have also purchased quite a few road tickets, so I am not sure if I get credit for those. Don't quote me on that yet, but I will call and ask what my point count is.
Thanks trying to help some friends out who are out of the country right now. Trying to work with the Stanford office as well
Someone just said that Jon Miller tweeted a minimum of 150 points to get tickets. I don't think that is right. We only have what....45K season ticket holder. Plus the I Club members, who generally double as season ticket holders. My math might be off, but something doesn't seem right. 45K and 22 allotment, so half of our season ticket holders are going to the Rose Bowl? And they all have over 150 priority points? Well, maybe I guess.
Anybody else having trouble getting through to the ticket office at Iowa? Everytime ive called today a message says all circuits are busy and to please call back later. They have to be one of the most uncustomer friendly ticket offices ive ever dealt with. Anybody have a different number?
We had closer to 35k season ticket holders this year. But I went to the ticket office because my priority points are off, and asked the guy what he thought the cutoff would be. He said he's thinking somewhere around 150. I think that's a complete guess. It makes no sense to me at all
Someone just pointed out on another board that they are letting I Club members and people with high priority points to buy up to 8 tickets. That is where it clears up the math.
Up to 8 tickets is a bit high in my mind. Fortune favors the rich however and the poor get priced out. Luckily I bought mine before they announced. Some dedicated friends of mine however might miss out.
I wish they would just allow STH to request as many tickets as they have for the season. If you have 10 tickets, request up to 10. If you have 2 tickets, request 2. I know that a couple people that have 2 STs requested 4 and got them. They sold the extra 2 for a grand on Stubhub, were telling people it paid for the trip to Indy. That really sucks for the fan that has been a STH for 12 years and can't afford to donate, yet goes to every home game. Obviously that will never change because donations are what make a football program run.
Yeah, that is true. But the 150 priority points means you have been buying season tickets and have donated money over the years. I guess they deserve it. I just wish they would lower the points, then offer everyone 2. After that, let the people with 150 points have as many of the left overs as they want.
Agreed.
My wife and I are both letter winners at Iowa, have donated $400/year and had season tickets since graduating and we are well short of 150 points. We just want a ticket for each of us. Sucks if we have to drop a small fortune on the secondary market...
You make a lot of good points. For your average fan, it really bites. And if I had to guess, overall, I would say we aren't the richest fanbase in the world. We aren't poor, but Iowa isn't necessarily booming either. Now your average joe, or Hawkeye fans that live out of state are going to get racked over the coals on the ticket prices. I was reading they are going for $500 a ticket on the secondary market. That hurts our fanbase.
Over $650 on Stubhub right now. Then add in 18% service fee and 7% tax, you're at about $800 a ticket. It's a rich mans game when it cost around 4k for a couple to attend. I think tickets will drop considering the Rose Bowl seats over 100k and Stanford has been there 3 times in 4 years, I hope anyways. Right now the average Joe is priced out of going.
I honestly do not understand why the schools are not in control of all the tickets in the stadium. I hope stubhub burns in hell. I will never use those price gauging pieces of trash every again. They are chiselers. What do the Rose Bowl care if the schools just divide it 50/50 and then let the schools worry about the tickets? Now, granted it wouldn't work for every bowl game, but the Rose Bowl is always going to be a sell out.
I understand the sponsors get some tickets and things like that, but if you gave each university 35k it would be a big help. That still leaves 30k tickets to spread around elswhere, they do that with about 60k now. Seems way to high. I wanna see the fans that are in Kinnick every Saturday cheering on their beloved Hawkeyes rewarded along with the ones that write big checks. There are a lot of loyal fans out there that deserve to be in that stadium cheering on the Hawks January 1, that won't be able to. I feel bad for those fans.
Thanks, you can send me a PM when you find out. If not, I'll keep an eye on the secondary market.
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