vol94
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I have to disagree as there will always be people willing to spend money on sporting events, esp after Covid.CFB ticket prices are already encouraging people to stay home rather than physically attend games at stadiums. The enticement of ever larger 4K & 8K TVs is adding to that encouragement. Eventually, they will price themselves out of the market. Tickets, travel costs, and whatever else fringe services get tacked on. All will force people to reconsider stadium attendance.
Another factor is the rise of streaming, undercutting satellite and cable service. Satellcables learning nothing from how their greed pushes people away, now seek a monopoly. Basically, limited customer choices and making it easier to bully customers with ever increasing fees. All with no avenue to do anything about it. But they are wrong, it will ignite defiance, and increase the birthrate of alternative access. Likely even outlaw underground, offshore, or perhaps balloon based streamers who resent the incessant greedy milking of customers. I even foresee creative hackers coming up with computerized capture and decrypting devices that hijack broadcast signals. People can be very imaginative when pushed into a corner and bullied long enough. Streamers had best be careful to not repeat the bullying of customers. Otherwise, face a similar fate.
The idea of gaining and keeping customer loyalty via fair play, pricing, superior service etc. doesn't factor in the minds of these tick-leeches. It's going to cost them long term. Just as people opt to stay home with their giant TVs, and streaming services, they will double down by cutting their Satellcable cables for alternative assess to watching CFB games.
TN has a waiting list of about 15k while other elite teams are constantly sold out. There may be “no shows” but the university already got paid.
NFL games are outrageous, too. The cheapest ticket for The Steelers @ ATL was over $300 plus fees. And that was game one of a new season.
While I may not pay $700 for a TN/ Bama game, many will. But I will pay a premium for a playoff or championship ticket as I rarely spend $$$ on myself.
Sporting events are similar to concerts as people will continue to pay for live entertainment imo.
No price was too much for the TN- Bama game. I will never forget they might!