Ticket Prices for Grey Cup 2014

[firstandgoal]

Logged into "My BC Lions Account" and saw the bill for the 2014 Grey Cup tickets. Yikes, $708.25 for my two seats! As a Lions collector junkie, I have the stubs from the '05 cup ($252 per ticket) and the '11 cup ($280 per ticket) tacked on my garage wall. mmmmm "inflation" or "gouge"?

Although I am a big fan, I am having a hard time convincing myself to pony up that kind of cash. Am I the only one? Thoughts.........

[TheLionKing]

I hear you. My 3 tickets cost me $945.00 When I renew my season tickets this afternoon I told my customer representative that if Chapdelaine was returning I wouldn't have renew my tickets. He said that he had been hearing the same sentiments from a number of season ticket holders.

[Hambone]

Mine is also $350 and change which is $50 less than it cost me this year in Regina for almost an identical seat as I have at BCP. Same yardline just 3 rows higher.

[notahomer]

I'm still contemplating the Grey Cup seat. If I go it won't be in my usual ST seat. I'll probably go for an endzone seat. For the Grey Cup game they use a different truck for the cameras and it sits higher. Between that and the price, I'm still hemming/hawing. Tempted to keep the $$$ and enjoy it at home......

[Belize City Lion]

My only Grey Cup was 1994. Paid $80 each for upper deck end zone seats. According to this inflation calculator http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi those same seats would cost $122 in 2012 dollars. End zone seats will be $150 for non season ticket holders at the 102 Grey Cup, so given the overall improvement of the CFL, the game presentation, and the stadium itself, the ticket prices (for the "cheap" seats at least) don't appear to be greatly out of whack.

[sj-roc]

My season seat + Grey Cup ticket in 2011 was $424.59. Don't have breakdown, just total. For the record the 2011 WF ticket was $42.48.

For 2014, same seat, season ticket alone is $419.15. Grey Cup is $262.25. So the 2014 invoice for the same package (in the same seat) as 2011 comes to $681.40. Over 60% higher in just three years.

Is there supposed to be a price break on the GC ticket (as has been the case in some previous years) if you include it with your ST package? Doesn't look like it.

For 1994GC I was seated second row lower deck in what is now approx Section 237 (at any rate I was around the 10yd line behind the Lions' bench in this area). Don't recall exact total invoice for that ticket, but pretty sure it was $13x.xx. 1999GC ticket with similar field position was under $100 with a price break for buying it with STs.

IIRC Frank Cosentino in his book A Passing Game said that for 1983GC every seat in the house was $30. No differential pricing at all.

[Spud387]

I passed on the grey cup tickets. Will I regret it if we're in the final? Yup, but the insane price isn't worth it for an at home grey cup. I'd rather save that and go to one in another city.

[DanoT]

With all the new stadiums being built it may be a while before there is another GC held in Vancouver. That and the fact that the last GC that I attended was in Hamilton in 1972 has prompted me to put a $50 deposit on a $350 sideline seat.

I will probably show up in Vancouver on Thur. or Fri of GC week and gypsy around staying in my truck camper.

[Upper Bowl]

Thanks for addressing this firstandgoal. The price is definitely ridiculous. I understand there's a lot more production value that goes into the big game these days, and that's a welcome reflection of the strides the CFL has made. But I think most of us still go to the Grey Cup to see the GAME, not the lip-synching pop stars they trot out for the halftime show; which I think is where some of our ticket price is going.

I'm buying the tickets, but if the Leos don't make the big game, I'll probably just flip them at face value. I'm not comfortable with the thought of making a big profit at the expense of another true CFL fan. Unless they're wearing green of course.

[Hambone]

Thanks for addressing this firstandgoal. The price is definitely ridiculous. I understand there's a lot more production value that goes into the big game these days, and that's a welcome reflection of the strides the CFL has made. But I think most of us still go to the Grey Cup to see the GAME, not the lip-synching pop stars they trot out for the halftime show; which I think is where some of our ticket price is going.

I'm buying the tickets, but if the Leos don't make the big game, I'll probably just flip them at face value. I'm not comfortable with the thought of making a big profit at the expense of another true CFL fan. Unless they're wearing green of course.

I don't think you'll have to worry about profiting unless BC is in it. History says if the home team isn't in it you will be fortunate to get face value. 2010 was the last time the home team didn't play in the GC game and I can tell you there were a lot of long faces on the dozens and dozens of folks who looked like they were likely season ticket holders holding up tickets they were trying to sell to people coming off the light rail trains outside of Commonwealth. Even with the Riders there they were not an easy sell.