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Originally posted by Migs182005
I say bite me, not just to pre season game prices, but to regular season game prices. It's ridiculous, and worse thing about it is that the Dolphins offer one of lowest ticket prices in the league.
I'm as big of a Dolphins fan as anyone here, but even if i had the money I would never spend it on a Dolphins game for those prices.
Sorry, just me.
Value for people are completely different from person to person.
You won't find anyhing where people perform live that isn't somewhat pricey. Let me rephrase that.... find anything where professionals in a field perform live is going to be pricey.
Look at concerts.
The Eagles were just in concert down in Ft. Lauderdale.
Lowest ticket price was $45 and the highest was $150.
Non scalped tickets that is. Some were paying rediculous prices from scalpers. I would never pay that much to go to a concert. It's not my thing.
Look at plays or operas. These events range anywhere from $25 to hundreds of dollars per performance. Again, I would never feel good about spending that type of money for these events, but to some it's well worth the money. Again, it's just not my thing.
Dolphins football IS my thing.
I don't like that the games are that expensive but overall, I really don't think they are compared to other events.
Should the athletes be making rediculous amounts of money, agents living the life of luxury by leaching off athletes, TV execs spending billions and making millions off of our fan dollars.
Well that's a whole entirely diff. issue. I do think many athletes make rediculous amounts of money. It's no more rediculous than the amount of money movie or TV actors make however. It's our economic system take it or leave it.
To me going to the games are priceless.
I look forward to them all week, and I don't feel slighted in the least.
For one there is an electricity at these events that emanates from gathering 75,000 people together in the spirit of competition that many people never get to feel in their mundane daily grinds.
I'll never forget the 85 Bears game when Jim Mcmahon came off the bench to try and spark a comeback. He was sacked on the first play and the crowd got so loud that all the hair on my body stood up and my ears were ringing. You don't just hear that type of energy, you feel it. That's worth something.
Secondly, I'm not just buying the game, I'm also buying into being part of a family. That may sound corny, but we tailgate every week and have built a big base of friends from being at the games. It's like getting all your friends together 10 weekends per year to have a "family picnic". Our price of admission into this social club comes along with the price of Ticket admission for free.
So yes I agree that the games are expensive but I don't think they are anymore expensive than similar entertainment events.
I love going to the games and being part of the experience much more than being the couch potato watching on TV.
Go Fins! See ya at Joe Robbie!