Not sure if this its been discussed or how many sports fan there are on the forums but since its Superbowl Sunday, thought I'd share a trick that's been working for me on stubhub.com for the past two years. People are definitely catching onto this and its getting more competitive. Unfortunately, it's gotten to the media cause they are trying to stop this. So not sure how long it will last. Its not an exact science so don't exactly quote me on this but its been working for me for sporting events (Yankees, Nets, Jets)
This isn't going to work for everyone, especially those who are far from the stadium but being in Brooklyn, I'm very close to everything. Okay so here is the premise: When people put their tickets on stubhub, the smart ones put on a descending timer so as it gets closer to game time, the tickets drop drastically. The people who aren't smart leave their tickets for the same crazy ridiculous price and eat the money rather than getting at least something back. So if you're fortunate enough to live close to the stadium, if you buy tickets 45 minutes before game time, they usually drop drastically. Works best if you can actually wait like 30 or 15 minutes before game time. The tickets usually decrease in 15 minute increments. Sometimes its 5 minute increments. It really depends on the timer. Sometimes this doesn't work and you can't get a deal because people don't put it on the timer but it usually works a good percentage of the time.
Examples: I literally went to every single home Jets game this season and never paid full price for the ticket and sat lower section within the first 30 rows every time. Sat on the goal line 8th row for $53 on a Monday night against Texans. Two times (Dolphins & Cardinal game), we had club seats on the 50 yard line, which also had unlimited food. The face value for that ticket was $315 per ticket. We got them for $80 per ticket. Now granted, you might be thinking 'well the Jets sucked this season'. Very true. But it also worked when I went to the Yankees playoff games against the Tigers. And it also worked for Nets game at the new Barclay's Arena. Probably works better for basketball games because there just so many of them.
Note: I tried to see if it works for Knicks and Giants game but I haven't really delved into it too much so not sure how much their prices drop. Also, this works for shows. We were going to see Louie C.K. in Staten Island and when we went to pull the trigger to get the tickets, someone got it before we did.
So here are a few tips I've learned to make it work best-
1) be ready to jet to the stadium BEFORE you buy the ticket. Buying the ticket should be the last thing you do cause the longer you wait, the lower they go.
2) have a set price that you're willing to pay and an area you'd like to sit or not want to sit (for me personally, I'm not sitting in the upper seats and id never pay more than $100 to go to a game) -- this is important cause once tickets drop, they go fast nowadays.
3) don't be emotionally attached to going to the game cause there will be times when you go to purchase, someone is literally 2 seconds quicker than you and your out of a ticket or a situation where the tickets just don't budge.
Let me know if you have any questions or if you have a better experience/way to do games or shows for cheap
Hope this helps
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