Rose Bowl Ticket Thread

by Gorbachav5 on Dec 4, 2009 1:45 PM PST

As a Duck fan living in Southern California, I’m incredibly excited we made it to the Rose Bowl, for the obvious reason that we’re Pac 10 champs in a BCS bowl, but also because it’s conceivable that I could attend! I’ve only been able to go to one game since I graduated from school in 2004, and that was the eminently forgettable 16 – 0 ugliness that occurred against UCLA the week after we lost Dennis Dixon for the season.

Anyway, I’m interested in getting Rose Bowl tickets, as I’m sure others of you are as well. However, I have no idea how to go about obtaining them. A quick Google search led me to the Rose Bowl website, which explained that a “limited number” of tickets were going on sale at Ticketmaster on Tuesday, December 8th. Here’s the link, if anyone’s interested: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0B00436D9F964973?brand=rosebowl

A couple of issues:

1. It appears tickets are $145, which are dang expensive. I could still swing that, but then there are Ticketmaster’s fees, which will probably wind up in the $15 per ticket range, if not more, plus overnight shipping, which seems completely unnecessary, but will cost another $10 - $20. Yikes.

2. These are general admission tickets. It would be really nice to be able to sit amongst Oregon fans.

So here’s my purpose for this thread, if the rest of you wise, all-knowing ATQers out there are willing to participate. What are our options for getting tickets? Is the University selling tickets? Are there any ways to buy tickets to avoid all the extra fees? Does anyone have any alternate ticket-purchasing methods to recommend?

As I said, I would love to go, and I would especially love to meet any of you ATQ community members who attend. I’m pretty much a novice at tailgating, but living in SoCal, I would be driving there and would be able to host a tailgate for those of you flying in from other parts of the country. So any help is greatly appreciated.

Go Ducks!

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They are expensive

But not that expensive. The AVERAGE price of playoff tickets in the Wildcard round of the NFL playoffs, for example, is $121.

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by skywaker9 on Dec 4, 2009 1:47 PM PST reply actions

They may not be expensive related to other big sporting events, but they ARE expensive in relation to my normal entertainment budget. That’s what I meant. It’s more of a personal thing.

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by Gorbachav5 on Dec 4, 2009 1:59 PM PST up reply actions

Here’s a link for those that contribute to the DAF. I’m not sure if you can request tickets through the same process but you might be able to.

http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=204836496

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by dvieira on Dec 4, 2009 1:51 PM PST reply actions

Thanks for the link

I signed up for the Duckmail thing, so maybe I’ll get an email about bowl tickets. I’ll post it here if I do.

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by Gorbachav5 on Dec 4, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions

Find a season ticket holder

Each Oregon season ticket holder can buy two RB tickets, so find one that’s not going.

Also, I’m not sure, but I think UCLA season ticket holders might get some tickets, so find a UCLA booster and check.

by grimc on Dec 4, 2009 2:02 PM PST reply actions

Unfortunately, I don’t know any season ticket holders other than the ones on here. I do know a couple UCLA boosters. I’ll see if I can find anything out from them.

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by Gorbachav5 on Dec 4, 2009 2:04 PM PST up reply actions

Last year....

There were tickets available for the Holiday Bowl from ticketmaster, but then the University did a ticket sale through GoDucks.com that was for not related to being a season ticket holder. I would expect the same this year, but it is the Rose Bowl so it’s hard to say. I’m crossing my fingers for the University to sell tickets so I can get one there and be with the rest of the roudiest fans in the land.

by oregonsportsaddict on Dec 4, 2009 2:34 PM PST reply actions

On the plus side

The Rose Bowl is a huge stadium, they should have more tickets available.

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by skywaker9 on Dec 4, 2009 2:38 PM PST up reply actions

Just talked to the ticket office

And they said that there are unlikely to be any rosebowl tickets available through the university to the general public after the season ticket holders get their share. Which means unfortunately that ticketmaster seems like the best choice. They told me that if any are left over after season ticket holders get them they should be available the 15th.

by oregonsportsaddict on Dec 4, 2009 2:52 PM PST reply actions

Thanks for that info

Even though it’s not encouraging.

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by Gorbachav5 on Dec 4, 2009 3:19 PM PST up reply actions

Straight from the stadium's site:

Here.

Public Ticket Sale

Ticketmaster will offer a limited amount of 2010 Rose Bowl Game tickets for sale via website and phone on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 8 a.m. PST. Tickets may be purchased at the Ticketmaster Website or via phone at (213) 365-3675.

There is a maximum of two tickets per call and maximum of four tickets per person. Single tickets are available. The price will be $145 per ticket plus Ticketmaster handling fees.

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by QuackQuackAttack on Dec 4, 2009 4:15 PM PST reply actions

I'll be coming down from the Bay Area

so if there’s an ATQ tailgate, definitely post it here. My flight arrives around 8:30am, so I’ll have some time to join in any pregame festivities. :)

From what I’ve heard, the best way to get tickets is either through the universities themselves, or through stubhub. Ugh.

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by gigglingone on Dec 4, 2009 6:52 PM PST reply actions

Start contacting every season ticket holder you know if you need tickets.

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by jtlight on Dec 4, 2009 7:05 PM PST up reply actions

That's the thing

Every season ticket holder I know is a poster here, which is why I put up this post.

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by Gorbachav5 on Dec 4, 2009 9:04 PM PST up reply actions

I’m in the donor “lottery” to get 2 tickets. If it’s just me and my wife (and a silly buckeye fan with us), we’ll have some sort of ATQ presence there.

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Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on Dec 4, 2009 8:19 PM PST up reply actions

They sold out on Ticketmaster within 5 seconds.

Pretty disappointing really. Stubhub is now an option but those are going for 270 at the cheapest, which is out of my price range. I’m still waiting to hear on student tix, but I’m pretty sure its gonna be disappointing news. This is so f’d.

by StuckeyDuck on Dec 8, 2009 8:39 AM PST reply actions