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For those fans still looking for tickets, they are getting cheaper! On Stubhub upper deck tickets are posted for under $500 and lower deck tickets (end zone) at just over $600 (before fees). The best deals right now are on eBay. Lots of Alabama fans offering tickets. Upper deck have been sold for just over $500 and lower deck for mid $600s (no fees). Face value on these tickets are $425 and $550, respectively. Lots of auctions with tickets above $1,000 have ended with no bid. The are 2 upper deck for sale now offered at $900 with no bid. It is a buyers market Tiger fans. I predict tickets will be selling for below face value before long. The prices posted on TigerNet are not reflective of where tickets are changing hands.

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You pretty much have to be a top 2-3%er in SC to have

Jan 4, 2016, 9:39 AM

any hope of going to AZ. Husband. wife and two kids need around 4-6K to make the trip, with airfare, food, hotel, tickets, etc.

Sure, some people will spend 10% or more of their average yearly household income to make this trip, and that would be the price an AVERAGE SC family would pay. If they bought 4 season tickets and donated to IPTAY, you could tack on another 10-15%. That means for the AVERAGE SC family (2 kids + 2 adults), they would end up spending 20% or so on Clemson football.

Keeping all of this in mind.....

Our AD is adding a new, $55,000,000 football facility to replace another $50,000,000+ facility built for the same purpose less than 10 years ago, and only finished completely this year. That's around $100,000,000 spent on football facilities geared to players, coaches, AND attracting recruits. In a different market, and in a different time, this could be a recoverable expense from the fans. Get better recruits, win NC's and more games, become a national power, and the value of seats climbs, bringing in more money. BUT, you see the numbers above. The X factor is TV revenue, which will be the only hope of recovering these expenses. Nothing has been done to add another seat to the stadium, and the math just isn't there for a ticket price increase, or IPTAY donations to increase to a level, with steady seating, to lift revenue $100,000,000.

My grandfather joined IPTAY on day 1. Was an IPTAY member his whole life. Had good seats for 50+ years. Never missed a game. He was a farmer. My father graduated in 65, and has been an IPTAY member since then. He has not missed many games until recently. I joined IPTAY in 1999 when I graduated. But given the costs today, my grandfather could not have afforded a lifetime of Clemson football. My father can barely afford it now. I don't see all of these facility upgrades being paid for by a concurrent overall increase in support from fans. Maybe TV can be the difference, but that would be the only possibility as I see it.

My grandfather never dreamed of spending 20% or even 10% of his household income on Clemson football. As much as he loved it, he would not be spending this if he were alive today. And for those who want to talk about inflation (accurately), in 1935 an IPTAY donation of $10 was the equivalent of around $170 today. In 1935 the average family, even back then, could join IPTAY, watch every home game, for less than 1% of their net AVERAGE yearly income.

I hope we win, and I hope we/ACC/whatever get a sweet TV deal, because the fans have certainly changed, and they are about to tap out.