section 146 row 35 seats 1&2 are available Jets drive me nuts, now I did some more recon and these seats pop up, wouldn't something like this and only one seat from TC and on an aisle ihave been sold one year ago?
The part about knowing the people around you was great for us in section 107. We knew all the people around us (Except for the four seats behind us that we never met since they seemed to sell every game on eBay for twice face). There was a group of guys, probably mid to late 20's that sat in front of us. They were always super nice to our daughter, making her feel like one of the gang. You don't get that kind of stuff sitting somewhewre different every game. We hope to get to know our neighbors in our new seats this season.
You said it brother, in my quest for row one or very low row tickets tickets one thing I did notice Scalpers love first four rows. The downside of having super great low row seats is most of the seats around you will be different people each game. Last year when I was in row one it was pretty good. The front row club pretty much had no scalpers as the tickets were so expensive and I had two nice families in front of me and fox and cbs retirees had seats in my row, however row two and three behind me were all scalpers. Several times I talked to nice people behind me who bought off stubhub/ebay tickets but I liked the people in my row and in front of me who even if I did not talk to at least noded. Best experience ever was I sat next to for two games the camerman for the 1969 superbowl. He does not have seats in new stadium. He got his seats when CBS was trying to broadcast games and they offered seats to the employees. He actually bought his seats before the Jets first televised game. Wanna talk about shooting the breeze. That was great.
Corporate seats will also promote a different set of people in the seats each week. Worst yet these will be people who may not really root for the Jets and really don't give a rats ass about cheering for anyone at all, or may not even know anything about football. Like those people you see sitting behind home plate in the World Series talking on the cell phone and paying no attention to the game at all. There because they are being buttered up for business by the corporation or status. The seats may also potentially be empty. Will have a deadening effect on fan noise.
I think that is mainly the commisioners club, suites coaches club, GHC or Mezz Clubs. I noticed scalpers avoided there. They seem to have bought a low of seats in th first five rows of 5k, 6k, 7.5k, 15k and UD. Bout only seats in stadium that can break even or make a profit once you factor in PSL fee. They avoided high row UD EZ and Mezz B like the plague. Got a few Mezz Corners low rows. It is funny the disconnect between corporate, rich folk, real fans, budget peoples and scalpers buying habits. Budget people are UD, Most fans on a budget but want to be a bit closer are mezz a corners Trade up fans paying on their own dime are in 5k, 6k and 7.5k New Jet fans with no seats or real crappy seats in old stadium but younger and with some money are in 15K seats Well off older fans are in Mezz Clubs Insanely wealthy are corporate seats are in Coaches Club, Suirtes or Commissions Clubs. Scalpers who never plan on attending game picked tickets soley on resale are as low a row as possible, maybe aisle towards higher priced section and all below row ten and 6k and 7.5k were the main target. Interesting from a sociology standpoint alone where people are sitting and why. Also interesting are people who were offered a good UD seat with senority and turned it down. Makes no sense. Is it to spite jets you turned down a 40 yard line first row seat? Principals are also in play here.
You certainly have my situation pegged correctly I fall into the "Most fans on a budget but want to be a bit closer are mezz a corners" Although once a season ticket holder for about 10 years from 89-99, went in with a friend who had 1 year seniority. Went to a "see your seat" event and we had sec 307 row 24 (next to last) in the very corner of upper deck. We decided it was either one or done with those seats or improve to tickets offered in mezz endzone 222a row 3. After mulling it over a few days took the mezz a seats. Funny how they weren't moved for the 5 days we thought about it. Took the 15 year finance with no money down, first payment Sept 1, 2010 deal on 4000 PSL. We will pay the minimum and see how it goes the first year, if it goes ok, we will work on paying off the PSL at an accelerated clip. The good thing on the 8% interest is it is compounded annually. I had a concern about them raising ticket prices obscenely once you commit to the PSL in the following years. The tour/sales guy said they would not raise ticket prices more the 3% a year, however I don't believe I saw that verbage in PSL agreement. So I guess we'll see on that one. BTW I think it is obscene what they are doing with the parking for UD people.
If the language is not in your contract, then it doesn't exist. And the sales rep will be long gone when and if the first 7%-10% price increase hits. We had 10% per year for 8 years in a row in the Mezz under Woody Johnson's watch. Ticket prices doubled from $60 to $120... do the math. Just sayin'...
I was told a similar line of bs when looking at my seats. As sec 227 says, the only thing we can believe is what is written in the contract. I remember when I first got my tickets and they were around 40-50 dollars. The guy I was sharing them with told me they would go up about $5 a year, and he was right. They get us by small amounts each year, hoping we don't notice. Next thing you know, a decade has passed and your tickets are double......just like you said.
Be careful JI may find out you are cheating on them. I can't wait to sit in clubs, A guy I know at work bought a club corner up there and he only makes it to 5-7 games a year. I am number two on his request list for seats. I am close enough down front that I could put the ketchup on Marks Hotdog but I want to take my wife to a Nov/Dec game and clubs are perfect for that. My wife told me she will never go to a jet game with me again in bad seats after last year. She is so spoiled that when I was being offered row 2-4 sideline seats in the 6k and 7.5k sections she said don't feel bad maybe the "higher" elevation will make it easier to see. Higher elevation!!!! Row one in the 6k and 7.5k sections which I did not get I think was hardest ticket to get in stadium. $125 ticket and a low PSL payment. My wife at one point greenlighted me for a moment for the 15k section and I could of jumped on that row one until she went, 15k each? She thought 15k a pair. Then she was like 12k or 15k only for the pair and only buy the 15k seats if they are in a better location than the 12k seats. Women annoy me they want to know total dollar amount. I know I should not have brought my wife into it. But one of the reasons I did get banned on JI was when I brought up that Jets are talking rabid male Jets fans into PSLs who are often married with kids and a somewhat blue collar fan base in the middle of a recession. I personally knew one or two unemployed guys who bought no money down psls without telling wife. Very Bad Move. Stinks of subprime and time share sales. Jets also send no hard copy receipt home for the PSL purchase so guy does not have to worry about wife seeing invoice. I can afford a PSL buy my wife told me PSLs are like buying individual high risk stocks, never invest more than you are prepared to lose 100% of your investment. I am still glad in a way I did not buy those expensive row one PSLs even though I could sell them for a profit. Bottom line everytime I went to game it would cost me $650 so I would be tempted to sell them all and then I don't get to see any games. My cheaper seats, while still expensive I can still attend games somewhat guilt free. BTW the JI guys are as bad as TGG guys as they think anyone in the UD is scum. But bottom line there are more real fans up there then in the coaches or GHC club.
That's the one annoying thing with you ROJF, tickets are not a investment. Why can't you grasp that? You buy tickets to enjoy watching our team live, and that is their sole purpose for a real fan. If you want to make investments go to Wall Street not a Jets game.
if rojf post is longer than 3 sentences i dont read them.he posts like a 13 years texts. but yet he remembers coming home from a game in 1982???? 82?????????
A PSL or season tickets if you know up front you can only go to half the games is an investment. I need to sell those tickets to cover my cost or even better a little profit. A PSL or season ticket if you go to all ten games is not an investment. However, even a timeshare is an investment, a very bad investment but anytime you buy something you are going to resell at some point it is an investment.
If you can only go to half the games why not just buy on the secondary market? Then you have no money to recover and you could even get your beloved row ONE.
Jets tickets are an investment. An investment of my valuable time and money towards watching the games live and the whole experience along with it. I consider the time and money (reasonably) well spent. I only ask the team play their asses off in return. No monetary value return needed.
First of all, my buddy and I bought 2 tickets in Mezzanine A. 2 seats from an aisle, we are happy with our view from the endzone. Because of our schedule some of our tickets are up on Stubhub which allows me to see the "sold" prices. I toured the stadium before selecting our seats. Watching prices, I have been surprised at what fans consider the best "affordable" tickets to a football game. 1. Lower is Better: simply put, BS. If seats are too low they are the worst seats in the stadium. In particular, low seats in the corners are awful. If you are lucky, the far corner of the field is hard to follow. If you are really unlucky, the f'ing TV truck will roll in front of your seats every time play moves towards your endzone. (My ex had 7th row at Texas Stadium on the 5 yard line. I hated the seats b/c we couldn't see squat.) 2. Corners v. Endzone: People are paying a big premium to sit on the sides b/w the 10 yard line and the back of the endzone. IMHO - at that point, I would rather just be in the endzone. I think all the LTC and LGL seats are poor. 3. Upper Deck: Some of the upper deck seats in the stadium are excellent. If I could buy any seats in the stadium (except club), I would choose 50yd line, UD, 1st Row Aisle. 4. Lower Endzone - there are plenty of good seats in the Lower Endzone that are covered from the elements available. If I recall correctly, row 39 is the magic number. How we decided: As to what seats are available? We were offered our seats in Mezz A. Plenty of seats in Mezz B. Lower endzone - plenty of seats choices. They tried to push LTC and LGL, but we were not interested at all. If they had Touchdown Club Corner seats available, we would have bought them. The clubs seats are very nice. We considered the Touchdown Goal Line, but the nut was a little steep for our budget. In our mind, our Mezz A seats have no PSL. Considering the payment plan, they are not $120 per game seats, they are approx $200 per game seats. For $2,000 per year, we have nice seats with a good view of the action. For an additional $250, we have good parking.
Chrisp22: As they say, different strokes for different folks. One thing I have left out: watching the sales on Stubhub has been fascinating. Both buyers and sellers have been behaving in bizarre (aka stupid) ways. 1. Jets/Giants Opener: Someone paid $250 for Mezz B seats (row 10) on 224B on June 4th. The next highest sale price was $160 in Mezz A. When they bought their seats, they could have had essentially the same seats for $150 (and maybe $70). Another idiot sold his tickets for $70 when the next lowest price on the board was $120. 2. Ravens v. Jets: Home opener and MNF - should be a premium priced All the seats in Mezz A have sold in the $250-300 range. Idiot sells his for $200.
