2009-09-08T11:20:54-04:00 2008-12-17T22:51:58-05:00 97 2008-12-17T22:51:58-05:00 1 10 10 2008-12-19T13:42:19-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/396/7/thumb/markazi_arash.jpg 118 CA Arash Markazi Los Angeles 3987 100 Yeah, I'm guessing tickets will be selling for super cheap if you show up the day of the game. That's always a risk, but I think you'll be in good shape this year. 3715061 2008-12-19T05:06:39-05:00 5 CA redhorse Sausalito 637649 99 would it be better if I jsut show up at the game like I did before the Ut game and buy a tickets. this has alway worked before. 3709256 2008-12-19T05:05:47-05:00 5 CA redhorse Sausalito 637649 98 people have the tickets but nto selling them as fast... 3709255 2008-12-19T05:04:51-05:00 5 CA redhorse Sausalito 637649 97 yea, I thought about it because Im not seeing the tickets go like crazy. I remember going to the UT/USC game and tickets were gone. Before this UT game, I could get it for less. I had to ask you because I don't see the tickets selling out on craisglist and else where... 3709321 2008-12-19T03:23:09-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/396/7/thumb/markazi_arash.jpg 118 CA Arash Markazi Los Angeles 3987 96 Redhorse, I'd wait it out if you can, these ticket prices seem to be dropping daily as we get closer to game day. I'm guessing you'll be able to get a nice pair for below face value next week. I certainly wouldn't pay above face value for any ticket this bowl season. 3709243 2008-12-18T23:58:42-05:00 5 CA redhorse Sausalito 637649 95 I'm thinking of buying two for $$$$ ....I'm just having second thoughts on this? 3708568 2008-12-18T23:57:32-05:00 5 CA redhorse Sausalito 637649 94 Arash do you think the usc and penn st game is worth every penny? 3708538 2008-12-18T23:24:06-05:00 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/396/7/thumb/markazi_arash.jpg 118 CA Arash Markazi Los Angeles 3987 93 Cincycat, are you sure you don't want to write another couple comments basically stating the same thing? The $1 tickets look like they've been sold since this story was posted, sorry you were late, but considering we are two weeks away from the Orange Bowl, I'm sure they'll be back. Who knows, maybe they'll be cheaper. If you're in a hurry to get your Orange Bowl tickets now hopefully the hundreds of $10 tickets currently available aren't out of your price range. For what it's worth, I still think it's a bargain. 3708260 2008-12-18T22:17:23-05:00 2 OH cincycat30 Cincinnati 637620 92 Ticket for a dollar? Really? You might want to check your facts. Just because an auction starts at one dollar doesn't mean that is what they sell for. This is irresponsible journalism at its finest. I know you are looking for a good story, but this isn't it. Please do not go to the Orange Bowl, that way none of us have to read another one of your sorry stories. 3707845 2008-12-18T22:15:52-05:00 2 OH cincycat30 Cincinnati 637620 91 This is irresponsible journalism at it's finest. Tickets are not selling for 1$. There are auctions that start at one dollar. They do not sell for 1$. Next time check your facts before you write a story. You should be embarrassed. I would appreciate it if you would stay home from the Orange Bowl so we don't have to read another one of your crap stories. Thanks. 3707812 97 <div class="photo_container image_center" style="width: 615px;"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/ftr.orangebowl.getty.jpg" alt="Ftr" width="614" height="250" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">Orange Bowl tickets can be had on the cheap at StubHub.com. Cincinnati and Virginia Tech will play on Jan. 1.<br />Doug Benc/Getty Images</div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm a sucker for bargains. It's really an addiction. I can't drive past a yard sale without scouring through someone else's junk for a deal and I'm a regular costumer at the 99&cent; Only store near my house. It's so bad that I'm actually thinking about going to the Orange Bowl.&nbsp;</p> <p>Why not? Tickets <a href="http://www.stubhub.com/orange-bowl-tickets/" target="_blank">are going for only $1</a>.</p> <p>That's right; tickets for the Orange Bowl, one of the oldest and most prestigious bowl games, are going for the same price as tissue paper, Floam or a Hannah Montana Notebook if it were available <a href="http://www.99only.com/stores/documents/CAAZNV121608.pdf" target="_blank">at my favorite discount store</a>.</p> <p>Something tells me the Floam will be a more popular item this holiday season.</p> <p>It's no secret that the Orange Bowl features the worst matchup of all the BCS games (Virginia Tech-Cincinnati), but when was the last time you heard of tickets being sold for a buck for any sporting event by scalpers? I'm fairly certain even the WNBA requires fans to donate more than four quarters before walking through the turnstiles.</p> <p>The Orange Bowl is by far the cheapest ticket available of all the bowl games according to StubHub.com. Tickets for the Music City Bowl (Boston College-Vanderbilt) can be had for $1.99 while the Sun Bowl seems to be gauging fans for $7.50 to see Pittsburgh play Oregon State.</p> <p>There are only two bowl games, the Rose Bowl and the BCS National Championship Game, where the lowest ticket price is over $100. There are 25 bowl games where the lowest ticket price is less than $50. You can see the Holiday Bowl (Oklahoma State-Oregon), my dark horse pick for best bowl game this season, for $12.</p> <p>It's amazing that ticket scalpers, long despised by common fans that could barely afford tickets at face value, let alone the hiked-up prices they were hawking them for, are now becoming the best friend of fans looking for bargain tickets to big games.</p> <p>Make no mistake about it, the Orange Bowl isn't offering tickets for a buck. Scalpers are. If you went through the Orange Bowl or Ticketmaster for tickets, the cheapest ones you'd find in the upper level are going for $120 if you include services charges. General parking at Dolphin Stadium is $30. Scalpers are selling <a href="http://www.gotickets.com/sports/college_football/bowl_games/orange_bowl/opa_locka_614407.php" target="_blank">premium parking passes for $5</a>. Don't be surprised that it costs more to park your car than to watch the game. The price of a beer and hot dog, which scalpers unfortunately can't help you with, will probably cost about 10 times more than the ticket.</p> <p>No one has been more critical of the outdated tradition of college bowl games than me and no one cursed ticket scalpers growing up more than I did, but it seems the combination of a bad economy and mediocre bowl match-ups has created a temporary opportunity for families to enjoy live sporting events at affordable prices. Sure, the 75th Orange Bowl might not be as exciting as many of its predecessors, but how many chances will you have to take a family of four to a BCS bowl game for less than $10, parking included?</p> http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/396/7/thumb/markazi_arash.jpg 118 CA Arash Markazi Los Angeles 3987 33541 <div class="photo_container image_center" style="width: 615px;"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/ftr.orangebowl.getty.jpg" alt="Ftr" width="614" height="250" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">Orange Bowl tickets can be had on the cheap at StubHub.com. Cincinnati and Virginia Tech will play on Jan. 1.<br />Doug Benc/Getty Images</div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm a sucker for bargains. It's really an addiction. I can't drive past a yard sale without scouring through someone else's junk for a deal and I'm a regular costumer at the 99&cent; Only store near my house. It's so bad that I'm actually thinking about going to the Orange Bowl.&nbsp;</p> <p>Why not? Tickets <a href="http://www.stubhub.com/orange-bowl-tickets/" target="_blank">are going for only $1</a>.</p> <p>That's right; tickets for the Orange Bowl, one of the oldest and most prestigious bowl games, are going for the same price as tissue paper, Floam or a Hannah Montana Notebook if it were available <a href="http://www.99only.com/stores/documents/CAAZNV121608.pdf" target="_blank">at my favorite discount store</a>.</p> <p>Something tells me the Floam will be a more popular item this holiday season.</p>