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Tickets: It takes a little work, but you can find them

Posted August, 2005
by Mike Hoeft, PackersNews.com

Hey, buddy, need a ticket to the game? Plenty of us do and there are a lot of ways to get a ticket, some riskier than others.

Green Bay Packers home games have been sold out on a season-ticket basis since 1960, a reflection of the team’s lasting draw. The waiting list for season tickets topped 68,000 this year, said Carol Edwin, supervisor of ticket operations for the Packers.

Here’s what you can do in the meantime.

• To buy tickets and tour packages to home and road games, contact Packer Fan Tours, the official tour company for the Packers. Tickets are not available through the team. Event USA, which also has tickets, is affiliated with Packer Fan Tours.

• Ask around. Take out a classified ad or put up a sign at your barbershop looking for tickets. Make friends with season-ticket holders, your minister, neighbors or co-workers who get tickets.

• Scalping tickets on game day is legal in Ashwaubenon’s Scalper’s Alley, a section of Armed Forces Drive between the Don Hutson Center and Brown County Arena. To sell there, vendors must buy a season permit, which is worn as identification. Prices often drop quickly after kickoff if you can wait that long. Green Bay repealed its ordinance against scalping tickets in the city near the stadium, but does not regulate vendors. So it’s buyer beware. Ask to see the seller’s identification, since the tickets could be counterfeit or stolen.

• Lambeau Field season-ticket prices went up $4 across the board this year. Face-value prices are $67 per game for seats between the 20-yard lines, $59 for sideline seats and $54 for end-zone seats. Club seat prices are dictated by the lease between the ticket buyer and the team, generally $175 for indoor club seats and $250 for outdoor club seats. Individual seats in private boxes are $67.

• Lambeau’s 167 private skyboxes come in three sizes: Champion boxes seat 16-20 people and cost between $57,500 and $72,500 per year. Legend boxes seat 20-25 people and cost between $90,000 and $95,000. Super boxes seat 25-30 people and cost $115,000. This is luxury. We’re talking TV monitors, access to catered food and private restrooms.

According to market demand, tickets to the Sept. 18 home opener against Cleveland are ranging from $175 to $335 each, depending on section.

Ticket demand has climbed since the 1997 Super Bowl and even more since Lambeau Field’s renovation in 2003.

“Even though capacity went up, demand went up significantly more,” said Dennis Garrity, president of Packer Fan Tours.

“More people are pouring into Green Bay from all over the country. Last year we sold tickets to people in 47 states and 13 foreign countries. That tells me it’s become a real event destination,” Garrity said. “Lambeau Field has an accommodating atmosphere. That obviously puts more pressure on ticket demand.”

Garrity, who also is vice president of the National Association of Ticket Brokers, urged fans to use caution when buying tickets online. Scammers can create an official looking Web site for $500.

"What's scary now ... because of the comfort level consumers have gotten using the Internet, it opens a lot of opportunity for abuse," said Garrity.

• Brown County residents can sign up for the chance to purchase single-seat game tickets. The deadline this year was March 17, but people can register for next year. The 2005 season will mark the third year that 4,000 seats per game are available to Brown County residents. Registration forms are available at the Packers' ticket office, the Packers Pro Shop and the guest services desk in the Lambeau Field Atrium. Fans can fill out the form, and with the proper identification (picture I.D. and proof of Brown County residency), register in person. Residents who have already registered do not have to re-register.

• To add your name to the Packers season-ticket list, send a written request and include the name, address, phone number and the number of tickets requested (limit four) to the Packers Ticket Office, P.O. Box 10628 Green Bay, WI 54307-0628. Separate lists are maintained for club seats and private boxes. If interested in premium seats, contact the Packers Premium Guest Services Department.

Source: PackersNews.com