Illinois tickets

[huskeralk]

So I have never done this in all of my years of being a Nebraska fan but this Friday, my friend and I are driving up without tickets in hand. We're going to a collegiate cross country meet on Saturday morning and decided that we might as well try to go to the Husker game while we're there. I didn't want to pay the ridiculous service fees so our plan is to see if we can find some reasonably priced tickets and if not we will just find a brewery to watch the game at. I realize that with both teams being ranked now that I his could be a little bit more tricky.

Can anyone give me some suggestions on where the best place to look for tickets would be? It's been about five years since I've been to a game but I always remember seeing people selling tickets but didn't know if there was a certain area that would be the best place to start at.

 

[drubendall]

So I have never done this in all of my years of being a Nebraska fan but this Friday, my friend and I are driving up without tickets in hand. We're going to a collegiate cross country meet on Saturday morning and decided that we might as well try to go to the Husker game while we're there. I didn't want to pay the ridiculous service fees so our plan is to see if we can find some reasonably priced tickets and if not we will just find a brewery to watch the game at. I realize that with both teams being ranked now that I his could be a little bit more tricky.

Can anyone give me some suggestions on where the best place to look for tickets would be? It's been about five years since I've been to a game but I always remember seeing people selling tickets but didn't know if there was a certain area that would be the best place to start at.

You just walk around outside the stadium with two fingers up. You’ll talk to some sellers. if they are too high, just wait. If you get into the middle of the first quarter, their price will come down.. worst case, you walk to the bar like you planned to.

 

[Husker.Wed.]

You just walk around outside the stadium with two fingers up. You’ll talk to some sellers. if they are too high, just wait. If you get into the middle of the first quarter, their price will come down.. worst case, you walk to the bar like you planned to.

Sometimes I park at North Bottoms and walk across the 10th St pedestrian bridge across the railroad tracks. Upon exiting the bridge there at the northwest corner of the stadium there is usually a guy or two selling tickets. Maybe somebody has a better recommendation to offer up, but I have seen guys selling there.

In the past when needing tickets and not wanting to use a service like seat geek I have walked around some of the big tailgates and just asked groups of people, but often times that method is only good for singles, like someone's wife wasn't feeling well or someone had to take the kid to a game, so hubby had one extra.

 

[Spectrumalaska]

Make a Scarlet T shirt saying, "I need two tickets please," I have a feeling that would expedite things.

 

[BigRedBugeaters]

They are always selling down by Embassy Suites.

 

[Raptor10]

If you hit up husker hounds in omaha they help people sell tickets at face value only. It's first come first served. Can call ahead and see how many they have

 

[3fingershomer]

IMO, game being on a Friday is going to alternate this process a bit. Some folks might be scraping normal tailgate plans due to work and school schedules. I’d walk the sidewalk from the Park n Ride dropoff point by Lied/Sheldon complex down to the stadium and back. It’s purely luck, right place, right time type of thing. Good luck!

 

[huskerfan66]

You're going to find professional scalpers and ticket holders who have extra tickets. Personally I would use seat geek and get what you want and get it done and relax.

There was an article about scams

 

[huskeralk]

You're going to find professional scalpers and ticket holders who have extra tickets. Personally I would use seat geek and get what you want and get it done and relax.

There was an article about scams

I decided to avoid those with their $30 service fees. I would like to go to the game but not that badly.

 

[RBigredMax]

Are all tickets electronic now? If so, does the ticket scalper transfer them?

 

[TampaBaySkers]

I remember i purchased tickets to a Nebraska game via a scalper. My girl and I sat in our seats and the guy next to us says “those aren’t your seats.. my buddy is sitting there.” I showed him our tickets, and he asked where we got them. I said I purchased from a toothless black dude in the parking lot.

I don’t think his buddy received anymore tickets 🤣🤣

 

[salsa red]

Service fees are out of hand. We paid like $70 in fees per ticket for CO tickets.

 

[JDCasson02]

I have 2 extra tickets in section 18

 

[huskerfan66]

I decided to avoid those with their $30 service fees. I would like to go to the game but not that badly.

Is that a fixed fee or based on price 🤔

 

[nostromo78]

I have 2 extra tickets in section 18

If you still have them, Id be interested. shoot me a DM!

 

[nostromo78]

I use the Facebook husker ticket exchange group quite a bit. Have never been burned. BUT, there is always a chance you get scammed I guess. Ive just been lucky so far I guess.

 

[huskeralk]

Is that a fixed fee or based on price 🤔

I'm not sure. All I know is a couple weeks ago when I went to buy them on one of the sites, the tickets were $60 each but when I went to check out it was $180.

 

[huskerfan66]

I'm not sure. All I know is a couple weeks ago when I went to buy them on one of the sites, the tickets were $60 each but when I went to check out it was $180.

This much I think I know, seat geek takes 10% fee from seller

 

[scarletred]

This much I think I know, seat geek takes 10% fee from seller

Yes that is my understanding too.

 

[huskeralk]

This much I think I know, seat geek takes 10% fee from seller

So they take 10% from the seller and hit the buyer with 40% or more? Seems reasonable.

 

[huskeralk]

Our ticket hunt today was a great success even though the ending of the game was not. We got to Lincoln around 2:00 and immediately hit the town using all of the suggestions from this thread. Walked up to a couple tailgates but felt kind of weird doing it and the first two seemed a little annoyed that we were even asking. Could have been because neither of us had any Husker gear on at the time. 🤦‍♂️

After that we went to the Embassy where we found a couple scalpers asking $150-$175 per ticket. When we said no thanks they asked how much we were looking to spend. We said $100 and they laughed at us.

Finally we headed over to the pedestrian bridge where we watched two different people sell their tickets to scalpers. We posted up right next to them holding up two fingers. It wasn't long and a guy walked directly up to us and asked if we were actually going to the game or scalping. We explained how we had drove up without tickets in hopes of just buying some there. Turns out the guy's son is on the team and he had extra tickets. Face value was $60 and he sold us two for $60. The scalpers were really interested in knowing how much we paid for the tickets since they were right there watching the whole thing go down. 😂