Cowboys Try To Avoid Blackout, Ticket Holders Fume

[DallasCowpoke]

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As of mid-day Wednesday the only people guaranteed to watch this weekend's Dallas Cowboys home opener in North Texas are those with tickets to the game. The game hasn't sold out yet and if it doesn't by 7:15 pm Thursday it will be blacked out to the Dallas/Fort Worth television market.

But, one step the Cowboys took to ensure a sellout isn't sitting well with some season ticket holders.

The Dallas Cowboys have released 1,200 reserved seat tickets for Sunday's game against the New York Giants. Most of those seats are close to PSL's (private seat licenses) which cost the owners $5,000 on top of the price for game tickets.

Many of the seats are close to season ticket holders Tom and Sandra Gipson of Flower Mound. The couple has only missed two Dallas Cowboys home games since 1978. They forked over the $10,000 for their PSL's.

"I don't quite understand why there's tickets available without the PSL's if they are good seats. But I guess with the price they couldn't sell them all," Tom said.

"I know [Jerry Jones] wants to sell out the stadium so everybody can see it at home and I think that's great," explained Sandra. "But it is unfortunate for those of us who bought PSL's to be there, and now there's going to be people offered just the tickets themselves."

While the game hasn't sold out the Cowboys are expecting more than 100,000 fans. That's thanks to standing room only Party Passes which sell for $29. A Cowboys spokesman said there are 82,000 tickets that guarantee you a seat, so that would leave roughly 18,000 Party Passes for this Sunday's game. Those fans will be fighting for spots to see the game on six large decks that span over 180,000 square feet.

The Cowboys wouldn't say how many tickets they have left to sell before the NFL's 72 hour pre-game deadline.

Tickets are available on the Ticketmaster website. As of mid-day Wednesday the cheapest seats available cost $239. With taxes and fees, the total price for two tickets comes to $495. That does not include parking nor any food and drink.

 

[xWraithx]

oh my... just shut up, you *****.

"oh noooo, the poor people are going to be next to me and my Herb.... "

*facepalm*

 

[Dallas]

oh my... just shut up, you *****.

"oh noooo, the poor people are going to be next to me and my Herb.... "

*facepalm*

You don't like being poor, do you? You are angry at the rich, huh? :starspin

 

[Doomsday101]

You would think the NFL would allow a set number of say 80,000 sold to unofficially call the game a sellout

 

[xWraithx]

You don't like being poor, do you? You are angry at the rich, huh? :starspin

um, I'm not poor by any means

got anything else you want to fail at?

 

[DallasCowpoke]

Yea xWraithx, don't blame the Gipsons 'cus they they have and you fetch. :

 

[DavidS]

You would think the NFL would allow a set number of say 80,000 sold to unofficially call the game a sellout

lol. yeah. you would think.

Whoever wrote that article should be punched in the face.

 

[Dallas]

um, I'm not poor by any means

got anything else?

My point is that I understand what Herb and Bertha are saying. If you paid that amount of $ to only see the seats next to you open up at a cheaper prise, that wouldnt iritate you?

Please

 

[YosemiteSam]

It won't be blacked out. You can't release reserved tickets a week before the game and then say it's is no longer sold out.

The Cowboys are just trying to make threat / get publicity so they can sell the tickets they reserved because they get molded and couldn't get PSL money for those tickets.

 

[Colo]

which is true, expected record attendance or possible blackout? Something's wrong if both happen on the same weekend.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

You would think the NFL would allow a set number of say 80,000 sold to unofficially call the game a sellout

So, stadiums that only hold 60k can be considered "sold out" at 48k? If you're going build a stadium that holds 100K you better make sure you can sell that many tickets to avoid the black-outs.

This is simply a case of JJ rolling the dice that those tickets would have been bought by season ticket holders and their PSL $$.

 

[xWraithx]

My point is that I understand what Herb and Bertha are saying. If you paid that amount of $ to only see the seats next to you open up at a cheaper prise, that wouldnt iritate you?

Please

oh, because going by what you said ("so you don't like being poor? angry at the rich huh huh huh"), it seemed to me that your point was to say that I was poor - which isn't close to being true

maybe you should have started out by saying what I'm now quoting if you wanted to make that clearer

 

[YosemiteSam]

So, stadiums that only hold 60k can be considered "sold out" at 48k? If you're going build a stadium that holds 100K you better make sure you can sell that many tickets to avoid the black-outs.

This is simply a case of JJ rolling the dice that those tickets would have been bought by season ticket holders and their PSL's.

There are only 80k seats, yet they are expecting 100,000 and still not calling it a sellout.

Jerry would NEVER allow it to be known that the stadium didn't sell out on opening night.

 

[Danny White]

My point is that I understand what Herb and Bertha are saying. If you paid that amount of $ to only see the seats next to you open up at a cheaper prise, that wouldnt iritate you?

Please

I'm in that exact situation (having paid $5000 PSL per seat for my seats) but the difference here is that Jerry's charging $239 for these seats, which is quite a bit above face-value.

If he was charging face value for them and not making them buy a PSL, then I'd really be upset.

As is, I'm only mildly inconvenienced because I'm still trying to sell two of my own tickets, and this flood on the market place (along with the party passes) has hurt the demand somewhat.

 

[Dallas]

I'm in that exact situation (having paid $5000 PSL per seat for my seats) but the difference here is that Jerry's charging $239 for these seats, which is quite a bit above face-value.

If he was charging face value for them and not making them buy a PSL, then I'd really be upset.

As is, I'm only mildly inconvenienced because I'm still trying to sell two of my own tickets, and this flood on the market place (along with the party passes) has hurt the demand somewhat.

I completely understand why someone would be irritated. It grated a bit on me seeing Wraith make it out like these folks were upset because the hillbillies

"oh noooo, the poor people are going to be next to me and my Herb.... "

are moving in next to them, when that had nothing to do w/ it.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

but the difference here is that Jerry's charging $239 for these seats, which is quite a bit above face-value.

I'm not sure that's correct DW? If they're "C" level seats, $239 is right on target.

 

[DavidS]

You my friend, are terribly misinformed!

No you are terribly misinformed...


NYC is correct.

 

[dogberry]

Are the 1200 the only tickets Jerry hasn't sold out of his 82,000 base?

If yes, Jerry really hit his supply/demand curves, or maybe he should have raised the prices a little more.

 

[CowboyWay]

My point is that I understand what Herb and Bertha are saying. If you paid that amount of $ to only see the seats next to you open up at a cheaper prise, that wouldnt iritate you?

Please

I agree. That would tick me off to no end. It has nothing to do with "poor people sitting by me". It has to do with I had to drop 10K, and the guy next to me didn't.

 

[DallasCowpoke]

No you are terribly misinformed...


NYC is correct.

Yea I know. I misread can't for can. Why I deleted the post. Sorry NYC. :