Need some guidance with Football tickets

[nineliveslost 2794]

Been over a decade since I have been to a game in Austin. Reservation at the Austin Hilton for 5 nights (Wednesday - Monday) for the Texas Tech game. Trying to make this a short "getaway" with the wife. 

Any recommendations or guidance of seats to get, ticket price and when to buy?

I am guessing $500 - $800 for 2 tickets with a good view ???? Upper deck first row????

 

What about these?

Edited June 7, 2021 by nineliveslost
added possible seats

[TKthunder2 4997]

3rd home game, 2nd weekend in a row, Big 12 opener, Tech’s not supposed to be great but their fans will represent.

$250 for a good ticket sounds reasonable, it’ll probably be closer to $300 if it’s a night game and close to $200 if it’s 11am.

I’m not a fan of the upper deck for the lack of concession options but that’s a great view.

[cabowabo 4507]

No need to buy this early.

[nineliveslost 2794]

14 hours ago, TKthunder2 said:

3rd home game, 2nd weekend in a row, Big 12 opener, Tech’s not supposed to be great but their fans will represent.

$250 for a good ticket sounds reasonable, it’ll probably be closer to $300 if it’s a night game and close to $200 if it’s 11am.

I’m not a fan of the upper deck for the lack of concession options but that’s a great view.

Ahhh I didnt think of concessions. 

I wanted to get a seat where there isnt anyone in front of us so we could sit down and watch if we wanted to without losing the view. 

[nineliveslost 2794]

2 hours ago, cabowabo said:

No need to buy this early.

My fear is losing out on "good" seats if I wait too long . Figured 3 months out would be close enough. 

[Blotto 23565]

My recommendation is not to buy now, you will pay a premium this early. I doubt you will need to spend that much for Tech as I can't see that ticket being too hard to get.  If it were me, I'd probably wait until a day or two prior, but I live in Austin. If that makes you nervous coming in from out of town, I get it. 

As a reference, I bought 4 tickets for USC a couple of years ago (bought 5 days prior) for $250 ea in section 26, row 40ish. Prior to the season they were $600+. admittedly, Herman shitting the bed vs Maryland didnt hurt when it came to prices.

 

[nineliveslost 2794]

16 minutes ago, Blotto said:

My recommendation is not to buy now, you will pay a premium this early. I doubt you will need to spend that much for Tech as I can't see that ticket being too hard to get.  If it were me, I'd probably wait until a day or two prior, but I live in Austin. If that makes you nervous coming in from out of town, I get it. 

As a reference, I bought 4 tickets for USC a couple of years ago (bought 5 days prior) for $250 ea in section 26, row 40ish. Prior to the season they were $600+. admittedly, Herman shitting the bed vs Maryland didnt hurt when it came to prices.

 

Thanks. 

Yea, I'll be driving 10 - 11 hours to get there and thought screw it $560 (2 tickets) for piece of mind, but damn I am waffling now.  

 

[LebongJames 1813]

Have foundation tickets even been mailed out? I’m sure there are ton of tickets people haven’t received yet. I wouldn’t buy anything this far out.

[TKthunder2 4997]

1 hour ago, Blotto said:

My recommendation is not to buy now, you will pay a premium this early. I doubt you will need to spend that much for Tech as I can't see that ticket being too hard to get.  If it were me, I'd probably wait until a day or two prior, but I live in Austin. If that makes you nervous coming in from out of town, I get it. 

As a reference, I bought 4 tickets for USC a couple of years ago (bought 5 days prior) for $250 ea in section 26, row 40ish. Prior to the season they were $600+. admittedly, Herman shitting the bed vs Maryland didnt hurt when it came to prices.

 

I sold my section 12 USC seats for $350 a pop.

If you want non end zone seats you’re going to pay unless you go uppers...but yeah an early loss always drops the price.

[gmr548 16593]

You will be able to get cheap tickets a week or two before the game. Do not pay $300 for a Texas football ticket lol

[TornACL 7722]

On 6/8/2021 at 1:32 PM, nineliveslost said:

My fear is losing out on "good" seats if I wait too long . Figured 3 months out would be close enough. 

If you're willing to pay $300 a seat you're not going to miss out on buying good seats right now. You're going to be overpaying when you could buy better seats closer to game day. 

 

[nineliveslost 2794]

Thanks for the replies. I will hold off 

[Jkwellborn 6718]

I sat somewhere along there on my honeymoon. I enjoyed the game. I forget what I paid for the tickets when I bought them in august. Of course, Texas won a National Championship that year so it was a good idea to buy early.

[Your Mom 4837]

On 6/8/2021 at 2:31 PM, nineliveslost said:

Ahhh I didnt think of concessions. 

I wanted to get a seat where there isnt anyone in front of us so we could sit down and watch if we wanted to without losing the view. 

If you buy seats under the upper deck it'll be all olds who don't stand.  

[Bullneck 19196]

On 6/8/2021 at 2:31 PM, nineliveslost said:

Ahhh I didnt think of concessions. 

I wanted to get a seat where there isnt anyone in front of us so we could sit down and watch if we wanted to without losing the view. 

I second what TKt said about the view.  

[Armybrat 40866]

On 7/4/2021 at 9:40 AM, Bullneck said:

I second what TKt said about the view.  

You can see Elgin from up there.

[WithoutAClue 15414]

On 8/2/2021 at 8:33 AM, Armybrat said:

You can see Elgin from up there.

the last time I sat high in the upper deck I watched a small rain cloud pass below me...

[Texastaco20 32]

On 6/8/2021 at 8:58 PM, nineliveslost said:

Thanks. 

Yea, I'll be driving 10 - 11 hours to get there and thought screw it $560 (2 tickets) for piece of mind, but damn I am waffling now.  

 

I am a season ticket holder in section 27. This is the view from my seats for the USC game. Let me know if you are interested! I shot you a message. Hook 'Em!