Bad economy a good time to buy Eagles tickets
by JasonB on May 9, 2009 3:42 PM EDT
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Interesting article this week in the Philadelphia business journal about the cut rate prices that Eagles personal seat licenses stadium builder licenses are going for these days. By selling their seat license, a season ticket holder is selling the right to buy their tickets.
Lower-level SBLs at Lincoln Financial Field that were selling, on average, for $7,950 two years ago can be picked up for just over $6,000 today. Club-level SBLs selling for $5,800 in 2007 have plunged to $1,583, on average, this year.
The explanation is simple economics. There are less people willing to buy the licenses and more people trying to sell them. Supply is up, demand is down.
“People don’t have the discretionary cash to spend right now,” said Kyle Burks, president and founder of the Houston-based Season Ticket Rights, an online marketplace for seat license buyers and sellers. “We’ve seen an increased supply in secondary market and decreased prices. People are still buying [seat licenses], but they’re buying at lower prices.”
So if you've got a steady job and your savings or portfolio hasn't been ravaged... now might be the best time ever to buy Eagles season tickets. With the waiting list to buy season tickets from the team itself so long, getting them from other fans who need to sell could be a good option.
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So wait...
…you can buy the future rights to a club level seat for around $1,583? I don’t completely understand how this works – what happens if the person who owns their seat keeps it for another 10 years? Do you just keep waiting in the hopes you can get it? This is all very intriguing to me.
by ajay on May 9, 2009 3:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No, once someone sells you their license the seats are yours. You have to buy them from the team every year… but they’re your seats and you own the license. No one else can buy them.
by JasonB on May 9, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
holy crap!
If i wasnt settling on a house in the next month,i’d do that… in fact i still might… even if i bought the SBL’s and sold every game for the next five years, they’re still my seats. I’m only 24… you gotta figure by the time i’m 35 money should be a litle better…
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!!!!!
by 700 Level on May 9, 2009 5:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Keep in mind that if you do not make the payment for your season ticket and your playoff tickets on time, you lose the license with no reimbursement.
by Baron Dainer Von Tresvant on May 10, 2009 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
where
has anyone seen where anyone is selling these.? I will take a set of two right now!
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by LEKSensei on May 9, 2009 9:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
http://www.seasonticketrights.com/TeamSeats.aspx?lid=20
that’s the site the guy quoted in the article runs
by eagleyosh on May 9, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Call
The ticket office. I get calls every Spring asking me if I’m interested. They(SBL’s) have dropped each year. Funny enough regular seats (which I have) have continued to rise.
by Dark Donniee on May 9, 2009 9:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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