<p>Hello. Im going to Auburn starting Fall 2011 and was just wondering how hard it is for students to get Student section tickets to the games. Doesnt seem like it should be too hard since the stadium holds 80000+ people and there are only 20000 students but ive heard otherwise.</p>
<p>My understanding is that, for upperclassmen, you usually do okay. However, as a freshman, it’s a lottery. You can buy tickets that aren’t student tickets or, I understand, you can watch the game on a big screen in the Student Center.</p>
<p>Our child got Mini-Season (4 games this year - of course the small games), some of her Freshman classmates did get full season. We decided that since she would go to all of the games and actually selected Auburn over some private very selective schools because of this it was worth giving her the “full” experience which she was looking for. We purchased a full student season from someone on Ebay - yes, a chance, but the persons ratings were wonderful. She picked up the Ignited Card from the person and everything was okay. The athletic department has information regarding fraud and how the cards can be scanned prior to purchase from someone each year (usually a couple days before the first home game). We had some communication with the person and felt comfortable along with putting it on our VISA should we have a problem we could bring it up with them.<br>
Some students just purchase game by game - seems like there is always someone selling theirs, i.e. their funds are low!
I think this year we got the bargain with the season they are having and the prices people are charging!</p>
<p>Thanks for responding. Did you try to buy the tickets right when they were available to freshman or did you wait a while. Just wondering if its true that they sell out within 30 seconds which is what I heard from someone else.</p>
<p>Tried the second they were open for Freshman to purchase!</p>
<p>For season tickets, it goes by the credits you have accumulated WHILE AT AUBURN. Freshman get the last chance to buy tickets. It is very hard for freshmen to get the full season ticket package. My daughter did get lucky and got season tickets. You log on about ten minutes before the ticket office opens up on teh designated day, then just keep refreshing the page and you hope to get lucky. It’s kind of like getting tickets to a Taylor Swift concert. They cost $116 for the eight game schedule this year. If you don’t get a season ticket, you can easily go on Facebook and buy a season ticket from another student. They will cost you in the neighborhood of $300-$400. This is well worth the money-the games are incredible. You can also buy single game tickets. We paid $100 for a student ticket for our younger daughter to attend the LSU game. For “lesser games” like Arkansas State, they might be $20.</p>
<p>my freshman son and his friend (oos students) were both able to get full season tickets. they did as suggested above: log on before eligible time and refresh.</p>
<p>My freshmen daughter bought a student season pass this past week from a student advertising it on one of the FB Auburn Ticket pages. He gave her the ID (which I guess is scanned as the ticket for admission) and she gave him $400 in cash. The next day she went to get it scanned and it was blank - no games on it at all. She thinks that she can id him and it seems that he was not so smart and gave her his real id - must have purchased a replacement one with his $400. We’re eager to see what will come out of this. She’s devastated.</p>
<p>Yeah, they use the Auburn Ignited card as the conduit for all sports tickets – he had to have given her that particular card – it has his name on it. (unless he found one somewhere and then sold it to your daughter)</p>
<p>That’s a horrible story! I hope this guy gets in big trouble. He also really overcharged for the (fake) ticket(s) – I thought my daughter paid $120.00 for her season ticket through the lottery (I’m not positive about that) – $400 seems pretty steep … eek! I would have thought the supposed re-sale price could have been a little more than double the lottery price, but this scammer had absolutely no shame.</p>
<p>Evidently he wasn’t smart enough to think about his name being on the card as sisters in the sorority she’s pledging say that they know him and pulled him on on face book to show her. The tickets sold for $125, I think, to students who got them through the lottery. But on the secondary market the prices are crazy. Since she no longer has the tickets she though she had, she’s been trying to purchase some (will insist upon immediate scan with the seller). She offered someone $150 for an Ironbowl ticket yesterday and he turned her down saying he’d already received an offer of $175. Right after the lottery, full season was selling for upwards of $500! I’m hoping that he does get punished - the police seem as though they really are pursuing him. We’ll see. Just wish she’d get her money back and and end up with tickets and never see that guy on campus again!</p>
<p>Wow, I had no idea those tickets (outside the lottery) could sell for as much as $500. Considering this season could be up and down (that Utah St. game was crazy), it may make more sense to just wait before each game to purchase (if that’s even possible).</p>
<p>Our daughter was lucky I guess. She purchased hers last year on Ebay from a grad student at AU. His selling history had a comment from the buyer of his the year before as very positive. I belive we paid $440 which in our eyes was well worth the 8 homes games they had last year! We also felt “safer” with Ebay since it was charged to our VISA where we could at least dispute the charge vs. cash.
So sorry to hear about your daughters experience.
If she purchases tickets again there is a way to check it and here is last years info:
For football, the Auburn Ignited Card will be scanned at the student gates at Jordan-Hare Stadium to make sure that the ID is valid and that a ticket has been purchased by that student. The student is responsible for checking the validity of the Card prior to game day. The Card may be checked at the Ticket Booth next to gate 6 the week of each home game beginning on Tuesday and continuing until 4 pm the day before the game. By checking your Card, you are determining that your Card is readable, that a ticket has been purchased by that Cardholder, that it is the current Card, and that the Cardholder is enrolled for Fall of 2010.</p>
<p>We are so new at this - guess we are learning through a mistake. Considering that our daughter has the name, address of the student that sold her the ticket, do you think that the student code of conduct will call for any sort of “punishment” for lack of a better word? I hope that he has to return her money.</p>
<p>It may be in her interest to go to Student Affairs to seem how to proceed.</p>
<p>I’m very to hear that story. Last year the student season tickets on the secondary market were about $300. (at least that’s what my D’s friend paid) The reason for the increase this year is mostly because of the Iron Bowl being held in Auburn. That student ticket alone usually goes for around $200. On StubHub the reserved seats are selling for around $500.
I wished I had mentioned going to the ticket office together and have the card scanned to see if it is legitimate. Hopefully he will be prosecuted AND your daughter will get her money back.</p>
<p>Feedback, I’m so glad your son and his friend was able to get the tickets. They will have a blast at the games!</p>
<p>The Auburn Police are now involved (Auburn Security told my daughter that this was necessary to pursue money back) and I plan to call student affairs tomorrow. It seems to me that an offense such as “ticket scamming” would be against the code of conduct. Hopefully there will be some answers tomorrow. Meanwhile, she is still on the hunt for tickets. Whether the $400 is paid back or not, I do not want her to not be able to go to as many games as possible. She’s really a good kid and is just blown away with the realization that somebody at her own school has done this to her. I went to the University of Maine and so did my husband and our other daughter is at FSU. But the Ironbowl is a huge deal, I beginning to understand.</p>