Looking for advice on the best place to purchase Grey Cup 2019 tickets. Last year, I used Ticketmaster, which I found tedious and difficult. The previous year, I lucked out because a buddy in Ottawa was a season ticket holder and was able to get me decent seats.
Is there any other reliable outlet where an out of towner and off-grider can purchase Grey cup tickets. May 7 is when the whole shooting match will be up for grabs and I want to be ready…
Can’t say I blame you for not wanting to pay an extra 35% for the (in)convenience of using Ticketbastard.
I have also found that the seat selection for out-of-towners to generally lack lustre — even for the higher priced tickets, which makes getting a season ticket holder to get you tickets a better choice. There’s gotta be some Calgarians around here who can help a guy out.
Assuming all the blues are all that is available for sale, I would say there are about 7 - 8,000 left. Pretty much all the remaining seats are over $300. Very expensive, although that is not a surprise really as we knew months ago what the prices were going to be.
Bench seats in the back corner of one of the end zones are over $300.
Pay attention Hamilton as these are likely similar to the prices you will pay in 2021…probably a bit more actually.
curious to know, how many $120 tickets were available for them to advertise that was an option.
Right now on ticket master tickets available at$250 + fees, so about $280.
Also noticed that it does not appear the stamps are putting in any additional seating, so the capacity will be the same as normal.
At the same time I read that Edmonton Grey Cup impact was $81 million.
Funny how a stadium with $50K+ capacity and good range of ticket prices can do for the entire Grey Cup week impact. Now, they did have the advantage of not requiring temp seating, but I think this is where teams and cities are missing out in overall revenues by not expanding seating.
I am interested to see in a year from now what the impact will be for Calgary in comparison.
They are adding temporary suites rather than a temporary grandstand. It makes more sense as they probably make a similar amount of revenue without needing to overwhelm the McMahon amenities that an extra 10K of fans would have brought.
I have no doubt that a Grey Cup brings a lot of money into a city … but those estimates are always made be either the group that organized the Grey Cup or the a business association who benefited from the influx … so they are not necessarily objective, independent calculations … it is also important to understand that it means that an additional $81 million was spent in the city … not that all of it stays there (e.g., hotel chains take in extra money but it goes to head office) … the employment impact is all part-time (i.e., a few for the planning/organizing and the rest for the week folks are in town) … and, most importantly, the City only gets whatever is subject to local taxes/fees/charges … not saying it isn’t worthwhile, just saying that it always needs to be considered in context.