1500 add'l tickets available for every home game

[Seabiscuit36]

Im not sure where but the way it sounded, they just got permits or the clearance from local government to allow the extra people in.  My guess would be the main entrance/on the eagles nest maybe...

[cj2112]

Not a bad deal.  I stand for most of game, whether I'm at the Linc or not.  Sitting makes me more tense.

[ice grillin you]

leo carlin was on wip today and said the people will stand on the west side of the stadium at two different locations (north & south)

he wasnt very clear but im guessing the concourse by the headhouse and the concourse by the south gate

[mussa]

this is awesome news for non-ticket holders. at 50 bucks and a chance to get in. im def going to try for dallas and prob washington.
im guessing their will be some sort of barriers now, so people with the right tickets can get in. oh well its better than paying razorgator 400 or more for seats. 

do you guys think it is worth it. i've only ever been to the Linc once, i can somewhat remember those areas, but between the booze consumed it's kinda blurry.

[phillywin2k5]

The 2 endzone areas on the Eagles side of the stadium looks to be the place where they will stick there people.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Yep...those two "open" areas in the corners. Seems they can sell "seats" for those areas without all the bother (and expense) of actually building anything.

[mussa]

extra 600k for the team in tickets

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

It's actually more when you consider the extra cut they'll get from RazorGator on the re-sale.

[mussa]

shhhh, thats top secret man!

[phillywin2k5]

Yep...those two "open" areas in the corners. Seems they can sell "seats" for those areas without all the bother (and expense) of actually building anything.

Always thought that within 5 years they would have built seats in those 2 areas like those bleachers in the corner of the southside endzone Visitors side.

[ice grillin you]

i think they should chicken wire those two corners and put all the visiting teams fans in them....like internment camps

[phillywin2k5]

i think they should chicken wire those two corners and put all the visiting teams fans in them....like internment camps

just like Guantonomo Cuba

[mussa]

so where and the hell on the eagles website do you go for these tickets tomorrow? prob best bet is to call a different ticketmaster location. thoughts?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

prob best bet is to call a different ticketmaster location. thoughts?

Yep.  That's usually the best way to go.  Try one in Kansas or something.

[PhillyPhreak54]

PFT.com (has a screenshot_

EAGLES SLAM ON-LINE TICKET BROKERS

The Philadelphia Eagles recently announced that the team will be selling 1,500 standing-room only tickets to Sunday's home opener against the Giants.  The tickets will go on sale on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. EDT, for $50 each.

But even though the seats have not yet been offered up for sale, on-line ticket brokers (including the Eagles' official "Fan2Fan" ticket exchange service, RazorGator.com) are selling the seats. 

On RazorGator, the tickets were going for $175 each -- a healthy 250 percent markup.  (We took a screen shot of the page.  The link has since been revised to remove any reference to the SRO seats.)

Although the situation creates the impression that RazorGator is getting early access to the tickets, it appears that RazorGator and other companies are offering up for re-sale tickets that have not yet been re-sold.

And the Eagles aren't happy about it.  We've obtained from the team the following statement:

"We are aware of and distressed by the SRO postings on numerous ticket resale sites this afternoon," said Mark Donovan, Eagles Senior Vice President Business Operations.  "Absolutely no tickets have been, nor will be sold before 10:00 a.m. Wednesday and the only way they will be sold is over the internet or phone through TicketMaster as previously announced.  We are contacting the websites directly to inform them of the misleading advertisement and are taking action to determine what recourse we can pursue with the sellers as we identify them."

We have since learned that the team has found a way to get the tickets removed from these sites, and that the tickets are indeed being removed -- as evidenced by their disappearance from the RazorGator site.

But is that the end of it?  Who knows.  We've got a feeling, however, that the Eagles will pursue this matter aggressively, and that it will encourage any fans who were bilked out of $175 for the re-sale of tickets that hadn't even been sold in the first place to pursue and any all relief that the law allows. 

In our view, this episode should be a lesson to the Eagles and any other pro sports team regarding the dangers of doing business with high-tech ticket scalpers.  While there might be some real benefits to a system that allows a season-ticket holder to convert a couple of seats into a tidy profit and/or that permits folks who otherwise would be required to look for a guy with the laminated "I need tickets" sign in order to buy entry to the stadium, it doesn't mean that NFL teams should create partnerships and/or relationships with these companies, especially if they're going to sell products that they don't currently have in their inventory.

Sure, they might be legitimate businesses that have a right to purchase advertising space and/or enter into sponsorship arrangements with NFL teams -- but under that logic the new Cardinals stadium would bear the name "Pink Taco."

And at least the folks at Pink Taco restaurants would never try to sell a beef burrito before the cow has been killed.