Scene of the Ship
So who’s going to the BCS National Championship Game? Watched the video of the visitors’ locker
room and at first didn’t understand the Irish players yelling and dancing “Going
to the Ship”. Well come on, it’s
been 24 years and it wasn’t called the BCS National Championship Game back in
Tempe at the Fiesta Bowl nor nicknamed the Ship. Kids these days sure are different.
Apparently a lot of Notre Dame Alumni are wanting to go to
the Ship. According to the ND ticket office as of a
couple of days ago they had over 50,000 requests for tickets. The per school allocation is 17,000 and ND
indicated 3,000 would go to students. In
a way, 3,000 are not very many when you consider Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross
Junior College are in the mix as well. After
all they are the loyalist. It is their
team more than it is ours.
Each team member, coach, certain staff, university staff and
faculty member, Board of Trustee member and god knows who else gets 2 tickets
apiece (and obviously in some cases more).
I’m sure the mayor of South Bend is in mix somewhere. Everyone pays for those tickets.
A certain amount goes into a lottery for those alumni who
were in the 2012 season ticket lottery and made a donation to the alumni fund.
Face value of each ticket is $350.
The Sun Life Stadium (Orange Bowl) seating is 75,540.
So if you are the general public, Domers who got shutout of
the 17,000 allocation and subsequent lottery and Subway Alumni like us, what
are your options?
First the official BCS National Championship site. Notre Dame tickets are $1,690 and you buy
according to your team. These tickets
are from the BCS themselves and it is kind of a floating price crap game. Unique but scary. You can actually buy Alabama or Georgia
tickets and sit with the enemy. Right
now Alabama tickets are $890 and Georgia $475.
I’ve heard where a number of Irish fans are buying these tickets and
taking a chance. After the SEC
Championship game Saturday night, all hell is going to break loose on the
ticket front.
Second the official ticket exchange site sponsored and administeredby the BCS Orange Bowl people. Here you
are pretty much assured of not getting a counterfeit ticket. Tickets are bought and sold legally. Prices for one ticket range from $1,260
to $5,000.
Third place for tickets is Stubhub. Of course none of the sellers actually have
the tickets yet and this is a buyer beware type transaction. Stubhub is a marketing place for tickets to
just about any event. Prices right not
are between $1,390 and $1,597.95 for going to the Ship.
Fourth place to look is good old eBay. Even as we speak, $3,300 will get you two
tickets.
Fifth place is the Orange Bowl parking lot. Buyer beware.
Shameless scapler scam artist
A number of staff members are flying down and using The Station here as a base and taking a staff car down to Miami. Senior staff members here plan on laying in a generous supply of cold liquid refreshments, various hot and cold snacks, treats and munchies. We are close to the refrigerator, bathrooms, and instant replay. Plus our wallets and purses have not been depleted.
Go Irish. Beat Georgia or Alabama
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