NFL Season Tickets For Profit?

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Do you guys think it's possible to buy season tickets to a team like the NY Giants and actually turn a profit on the investment if you sold all the tickets?

I would imagine unloading the tickets on stubhub or whatever wouldnt be too difficult but the question is what premium can you get on them? It's hard to find this data because you can see what people price them at but not what they sell at.

There would be two ways to do this....find someone to buy season tickets from at Face Value (which is possible, I know someone with a PSL) or buy a PSL and then buy season tickets (a much more risky approach since then you need to cover both the PSL and the season tix)

Wondering if this is a profitable business model.
 


AdHustler said:
Do you guys think it's possible to buy season tickets to a team like the NY Giants and actually turn a profit on the investment if you sold all the tickets?

I would imagine unloading the tickets on stubhub or whatever wouldnt be too difficult but the question is what premium can you get on them? It's hard to find this data because you can see what people price them at but not what they sell at.

There would be two ways to do this....find someone to buy season tickets from at Face Value (which is possible, I know someone with a PSL) or buy a PSL and then buy season tickets (a much more risky approach since then you need to cover both the PSL and the season tix)

Wondering if this is a profitable business model.
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Keep an eye on FeeBay's completed auctions. The more loyal the fan, the higher the premium
 
AdHustler said:
Do you guys think it's possible to buy season tickets to a team like the NY Giants and actually turn a profit on the investment if you sold all the tickets?

I would imagine unloading the tickets on stubhub or whatever wouldnt be too difficult but the question is what premium can you get on them? It's hard to find this data because you can see what people price them at but not what they sell at.

There would be two ways to do this....find someone to buy season tickets from at Face Value (which is possible, I know someone with a PSL) or buy a PSL and then buy season tickets (a much more risky approach since then you need to cover both the PSL and the season tix)

Wondering if this is a profitable business model.
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I looked into this awhile ago. There's a couple of problems to work out. One, of course, is supply and demand. While the Giants may have no problems selling out, the Jaguars do. So you have to pick the right teams. Additionally, the Giants and many other NFL teams employ Personal Seat Licenses, a license you have to pay just for the opportunity to buy tickets. I'm not exactly sure what that does to the second hand market, but if you need a PSL just to go to some teams, that'll likely knock down some of the higher end profits.

The biggest challenge of all is waiting lists. The Patriots have a multi year waiting list on their season tickets. I would imagine the Giants, Redskins, and Cowboys are the same. Probably true for Packers, etc.

So those are some of your biggest barriers to entry. Then you have to check to see how rabid the fan bases are. Will a Lions ticket go for high prices like a Saints ticket would? That kind of shit.

And that's not even mentioning how you could pull it off as a business as selling your tickets. I don't know if some teams have restrictions on who can buy their season tickets and what they plan on doing with them.

I've looked into selling tickets in the past but it wasn't feasible for me. I didn't have enough capital to invest in season tickets or anything like that.

Good luck!
 
The Packers waiting list is famously 30 years long.

That being said, you can upsell the shit out of Packers tickets if you can get ahold of them.
 
joconnor424 said:
I looked into this awhile ago. There's a couple of problems to work out. One, of course, is supply and demand. While the Giants may have no problems selling out, the Jaguars do. So you have to pick the right teams. Additionally, the Giants and many other NFL teams employ Personal Seat Licenses, a license you have to pay just for the opportunity to buy tickets. I'm not exactly sure what that does to the second hand market, but if you need a PSL just to go to some teams, that'll likely knock down some of the higher end profits.

The biggest challenge of all is waiting lists. The Patriots have a multi year waiting list on their season tickets. I would imagine the Giants, Redskins, and Cowboys are the same. Probably true for Packers, etc.

So those are some of your biggest barriers to entry. Then you have to check to see how rabid the fan bases are. Will a Lions ticket go for high prices like a Saints ticket would? That kind of shit.

And that's not even mentioning how you could pull it off as a business as selling your tickets. I don't know if some teams have restrictions on who can buy their season tickets and what they plan on doing with them.

I've looked into selling tickets in the past but it wasn't feasible for me. I didn't have enough capital to invest in season tickets or anything like that.

Good luck!
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I have been on packer waiting list for 10 year's and still have nearly 70k people ahead of me.

Edit: I have moved up about 5,000 to 6,000 places in that time.
 
joconnor424 said:
I looked into this awhile ago. There's a couple of problems to work out. One, of course, is supply and demand. While the Giants may have no problems selling out, the Jaguars do. So you have to pick the right teams. Additionally, the Giants and many other NFL teams employ Personal Seat Licenses, a license you have to pay just for the opportunity to buy tickets. I'm not exactly sure what that does to the second hand market, but if you need a PSL just to go to some teams, that'll likely knock down some of the higher end profits.

The biggest challenge of all is waiting lists. The Patriots have a multi year waiting list on their season tickets. I would imagine the Giants, Redskins, and Cowboys are the same. Probably true for Packers, etc.

So those are some of your biggest barriers to entry. Then you have to check to see how rabid the fan bases are. Will a Lions ticket go for high prices like a Saints ticket would? That kind of shit.

And that's not even mentioning how you could pull it off as a business as selling your tickets. I don't know if some teams have restrictions on who can buy their season tickets and what they plan on doing with them.

I've looked into selling tickets in the past but it wasn't feasible for me. I didn't have enough capital to invest in season tickets or anything like that.

Good luck!
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You can buy PSLs on the secondary market easily - Also you can just buy the full season from a PSL holder
 
Bros, a much more realistic approach nowadays would be to target concerts and music festivals.

Coachella, spring awakening, summer fest, EDC, and lollapalooza are all examples of festivals that sold out months before the events date.

Popular rappers and country singers like drake, wiz khalifa, meek mill, Luke Bryan, Blake shelton, Florida Georgia line, etc. all sell out.

All of these tickets were selling for profit weeks before the day of the event. Some even going for double or triple.... Which would be a $xxx profit
 
I'm a long time Lakers season ticket holder. The better the seats I have the easier they have sold even though they are more expensive...my guess is the same for NFL seats. Obviously, the NFL having only 8 home games is a lot easier than selling 41 games each year. I go to 5 - 7 games and sell the rest and about break even in the process.

Bottom line for me is if you don't want to attend any of the games then don't buy the tickets. If the team ends up sucking even loyal fans stay home!
 
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