My brother and I are in the planning stages of taking a trip around most of the NFL stadiums this year, going all the way through the regular season. At this point, it looks like we could hit about 20 or so stadiums during the season. As far as budgeting, we're trying to keep it around $15K combined. All of the games east of Denver are open (except for New England... too damn expensive), and we're putting priority on Texans games and Monday Night battles. Must sees: New Cowboys and Colts stadiums. As of now we have two different plans lined out. You would be surprised how much of a pain in the butt it is to try and "city-hop" when half the teams have bye weeks or three road games in a row. There are some cities on there more than once (Jacksonville, Charlotte, Dallas, New Orleans primarily (obviously Houston)), and plenty of double-backs getting up towards AFC North territory. The main thing I'm wondering from those of you who go to your teams' games regularly: 1) Are games mostly sold out before single-game tickets are for sale in July? 2) What is the price range for tickets on the lower level? 3) Is there a good-sized market for ticket selling/trading after games are sold out? 4) Are there any areas of the stadium that I should avoid considering I'll be in 'enemy territory' for some of these? At this point, these teams are on 'the lists', even though I could be adding a few more in the future. Bears Bengals Bills Browns Buccs Chiefs Colts Cowboys Dolphins Falcons Jaguars Lions Packers Panthers Rams Ravens Redskins Saints Steelers Texans Titans Vikings Plan 1 - 24 games, 12300 miles, $14700 total [TABLE]Week # Game Date Travel Date Leave Arrive Home Away Hotels Food Mileage 1 Sun Sep 13 Fri Sep 11 Houston Texans Jets 0 105 2 Sun Sep 20 Fri Sep 18 Houston Tennessee Titans Texans 385 105 850 3 Sun Sep 27 Fri Sep 25 Tennessee St. Louis Rams Packers 275 75 300 4 Sun Oct 04 Wed Sep 30 St. Louis Chicago Bears Lions 275 75 300 4 Mon Oct 05 MON Mon Oct 05 Chicago Minneapolis Vikings Packers 220 60 400 5 Sun Oct 11 Fri Oct 09 Minneapolis Detroit Lions Steelers 385 105 700 6 Sun Oct 18 Fri Oct 16 Detroit Cincinnati Bengals Texans 275 75 250 7 Sun Oct 25 Wed Oct 21 Cincinnati Pittsburgh Steelers Vikings 275 75 300 7 Mon Oct 26 MON Mon Oct 26 Pittsburgh Washington Redskins Eagles 220 60 250 8 Sun Nov 01 Fri Oct 30 Washington Buffalo Bills Texans 385 105 400 9 Sun Nov 08 Fri Nov 06 Buffalo Indianapolis Colts Texans 275 75 500 10 Sun Nov 15 Wed Nov 11 Indianapolis Green Bay Packers Cowboys 275 75 400 10 Mon Nov 16 MON Mon Nov 16 Green Bay Cleveland Browns Ravens 110 30 550 11 Thu Nov 19 THU Wed Nov 18 Cleveland Charlotte Panthers Dolphins 110 30 500 11 Sun Nov 22 Fri Nov 20 Charlotte Dallas Cowboys Redskins 165 45 1000 11 Mon Nov 23 MON Mon Nov 23 Dallas Houston Texans Titans 0 75 250 12 Sun Nov 29 Sat Nov 28 Houston Texans Colts 0 30 0 12 Mon Nov 30 MON Mon Nov 30 Houston New Orleans Saints Patriots 55 15 350 12 Tue Dec 01 New Orleans Houston 0 45 350 13 Sun Dec 06 Fri Dec 04 Houston Jacksonville Jaguars Texans 385 105 900 14 Sun Dec 13 Fri Dec 11 Jacksonville Tampa Buccs Jets 220 60 200 15 Thu Dec 17 THU Tue Dec 15 Tampa Jacksonville Jaguars Colts 165 45 200 15 Sun Dec 20 Fri Dec 18 Jacksonville Charlotte Panthers Vikings 385 105 375 16 Sun Dec 27 Fri Dec 25 Charlotte Miami Dolphins Texans 330 90 725 17 Sun Jan 03 Thu Dec 31 Miami Houston Texans Patriots 0 15 1200 Fri Jan 01 [/TABLE] Plan 2 - 26 games, 13100 miles, $14900 total [TABLE]Week # Game Date Travel Date Leave Arrive Home Away Hotels Food Mileage 1 Sun Sep 13 Fri Sep 11 Houston New Orleans Saints Lions 385 105 350 2 Sun Sep 20 Fri Sep 18 New Orleans Nashville Titans Texans 330 90 550 3 Sun Sep 27 Thu Sep 24 Nashville Houston Texans Jaguars 0 60 850 3 Mon Sep 28 MON Mon Sep 28 Houston Dallas Cowboys Panthers 55 15 250 3 Tue Sep 29 Dallas Houston 0 45 250 4 Sun Oct 04 Fri Oct 02 Houston Kansas City Chiefs Giants 385 105 800 5 Sun Oct 11 Fri Oct 09 Kansas City St. Louis Rams Vikings 385 105 250 6 Sun Oct 18 Fri Oct 16 St. Louis Cincinnati Bengals Texans 385 105 350 7 Sun Oct 25 Fri Oct 23 Cincinnati Pittsburgh Steelers Vikings 165 45 300 7 Mon Oct 26 MON Mon Oct 26 Pittsburgh Washington Redskins Eagles 220 60 250 8 Sun Nov 01 Fri Oct 30 Washington Baltimore Ravens Broncos 385 105 50 9 Sun Nov 08 Fri Nov 06 Baltimore Indianapolis Colts Texans 385 105 600 10 Sun Nov 15 Fri Nov 13 Indianapolis Pittsburgh Steelers Bengals 165 45 350 10 Mon Nov 16 MON Mon Nov 16 Pittsburgh Cleveland Browns Ravens 110 30 150 11 Thu Nov 19 THU Wed Nov 18 Cleveland Charlotte Panthers Dolphins 110 30 500 11 Mon Nov 23 MON Fri Nov 20 Charlotte Houston Texans Titans 0 90 1000 12 Thu Nov 26 THU Thu Nov 26 Houston Dallas Cowboys Raiders 55 15 250 12 Sun Nov 29 Fri Nov 27 Dallas Houston Texans Colts 0 45 250 12 Mon Nov 30 MON Mon Nov 30 Houston New Orleans Saints Patriots 55 15 350 12 Tue Dec 01 New Orleans Houston 0 30 350 13 Sun Dec 06 Thu Dec 03 Houston Jacksonville Jaguars Texans 440 120 900 14 Sun Dec 13 Fri Dec 11 Jacksonville Atlanta Falcons Saints 275 75 350 15 Thu Dec 17 THU Wed Dec 16 Atlanta Jacksonville Jaguars Colts 110 30 350 15 Sun Dec 20 Fri Dec 18 Jacksonville Charlotte Panthers Vikings 165 45 375 15 Mon Dec 21 MON Mon Dec 21 Charlotte Washington Redskins Giants 110 30 400 16 Fri Dec 25 FRI Wed Dec 23 Washington Nashville Titans Chargers 165 45 675 16 Sun Dec 27 Sat Dec 26 Nashville New Orleans Saints Buccs 110 30 550 17 Sun Jan 03 Mon Dec 28 New Orleans Houston Texans Patriots 0 15 350 Tue Dec 29 [/TABLE] If you have any extra questions/comments, don't be afraid to ask. Might even help us plan this out. :icon_cool: -Brakos
I can answer your questions for the Bills/Texans game. 1-Yes, last season 6 of the 7 home games sold out before single game tix went on sale. You may have to go through a broker like stubhub. Get Bills tix at 1-877-BB-TICKS (228-4257) 2-We have the lowest prices in the NFL. $45 to $60 range in the lower bowl. You may be better off in the upper deck. 3-There are always scalpers outside the stadium with face value tix 4 sale but I wouldn't rely on that. The stadium is in a residential-ish neighborhood. Walk 2-3 blocks around the stadium or down the main roads and you should easily find a 'gentleman' selling tix. 4-The endzone and upper deck are where most non season ticket holders are, ie the drunks. It's a crap shoot whether you sit in a good section or not. Some fans are nice, some will want to fight. As long as you support your team in a respectful manner most fans won't give you much crap about wearing a Texans jersey. Your budget for hotels in Buffalo is a bit high. If you stay in a motel in Orchard Park, the suburb where the stadium is, you will be raped on a price. If money is no object, then there are motels within a 5 minute walk to the stadium. Rent a car and stay in downtown Buffalo and you can save some $. It's only a 10-15 minute car ride to the stadium from there. Tailgating is insanity. Arrive by 10am, 11am at the latest for a 1pm game. Although you'll see police evrywhere, it is a lawless land in The Ralph parking lots. Kinda like Escape From NY. Short of killing a man, you can party however you want.
is ticket prices included in your 15k? and i would go with plan b, 2 more games.. only 100 more a piece.
The Steelers games are usually sold out...although they do offer some seats to select games, but in the past, you'd have to sign up to have the option to purchase those select games. Not sure what the deal is yet this year...I should be finding out soon...
No Raiders? One has to come out to Oakland and party it up with the Raider fans. Those guys are crazy.
there are tons of scalpers around fed ex field selling tickets for every where in the stadium remind me as it gets closer and i might be able to get you lower level tickets for a decent price.
First off, awesome plan. My friend and I have always wanted to do something like this and when we finally get some money we may have to steal your idea here. For the Titans: 1) The tickets are down to singles within a half-hour every year and sold out within about an hour. There are always scalpers but if your like me and want to get them before hand, Ticketmaster is the "official" broker and there are others that have them available. 2) Tennessee Titans | Stadium - LP Field Seating Chart ...if that helps. Those aren't single game prices but I guess you could divide the season ticket price by 10 :shrug: 3)As I said, there are always ways to get tickets, just not from the team. 4) Not a very hostile crowd, but you will probably get some ribbing wherever you sit. There are always opposing fans in the corners of the upper level, but you won't sit there. I guess the end zones would be a place to avoid, if that. But you'll have fun there as long as you don't continuously run your mouth or take them seriously. Have you figured out where you'd be staying and all that?
Yes, that's included. It's actually what made that schedule a little higher in price. We'll be driving everywhere, so no real need for a rental. And yes, odds are we'll be staying in the downtown areas for all of these. :Invision-Board-Fran
I don't have any of the west coast teams on here... might head that way next year depending on how it goes this year. Somewhere around downtown Nashville, not sure exactly yet.
Buccs Game For your Buccs game in December, I recommend the Embassy Suites at the Tampa Airport. I stayed there last year during the Super Bowl.....it was inexpensive, covenient, and just a few miles from the stadium.
tickets to the lower bowl at Dolp... er I mean Landshark stadium is between 60-100 bucks depening on how low you are. Section 154 baby.
Update 6/2/09: Well, we have the schedule split into three sections, each with different options. Section 1 (2 options): Code: Week Game Day Home Away Week Game Date Home Away 1 Sun Sep 13 HOU NYJ |1 Sun Sep 13 NO DET 2 Sun Sep 20 TEN HOU |2 Sun Sep 20 TEN HOU 3 Sun Sep 27 STL GB |3 Sun Sep 27 HOU JAX 4 Sun Oct 04 CHI DET |3 Mon Sep 28 DAL CAR 4 Mon Oct 05 MIN GB |4 Sun Oct 04 KC NYG 5 Sun Oct 11 DET PIT |5 Sun Oct 11 STL MIN 6 Sun Oct 18 CIN HOU |6 Sun Oct 18 CIN HOU 7 Sun Oct 25 PIT MIN |7 Sun Oct 25 PIT MIN 7 Mon Oct 26 WAS PHI |7 Mon Oct 26 WAS PHI 8 Sun Nov 01 BUF HOU |8 Sun Nov 01 BAL DEN 9 Sun Nov 08 IND HOU |9 Sun Nov 08 IND HOU 10 Sun Nov 15 GB DAL |10 Sun Nov 15 PIT CIN 10 Mon Nov 16 CLE BAL |10 Mon Nov 16 CLE BAL Section 2 (1 option): Code: Week # Game Date Home Away 11 Thu Nov 19 CAR MIA 11 Sun Nov 22 DAL WAS 11 Mon Nov 23 HOU TEN 12 Thu Nov 26 DAL OAK 12 Sun Nov 29 HOU IND 12 Mon Nov 30 NO NE Section 3 (3 options): Code: Week # Game Date Home Away Week # Game Date Home Away Week # Game Date Home Away 13 Sun Dec 06 JAX HOU |13 Sun Dec 06 JAX HOU |13 Sun Dec 06 CAR MIN 14 Sun Dec 13 ATL NO |14 Sun Dec 13 TB NYJ |14 Sun Dec 13 OAK WAS 15 Thu Dec 17 JAX IND |15 Thu Dec 17 JAX IND |14 Mon Dec 14 SF ARZ 15 Sun Dec 20 CAR MIN |15 Sun Dec 20 CAR MIN |15 Sun Dec 20 SD CIN 15 Mon Dec 21 WAS NYG |16 Sun Dec 27 MIA HOU |16 Sun Dec 27 ARZ STL 16 Fri Dec 25 TEN SD |17 Sun Jan 03 HOU NE |17 Sun Jan 03 HOU NE 16 Sun Dec 27 NO TB 17 Sun Jan 03 HOU NE Also, my cousin's gonna end up moving down here from Seattle, and since he doesn't start college until spring semester at UofH, he's liable to be going with us too. :thumb: The good news is my brother and I can get drunk as a skunk and he can drive us back to the hotel. Although I've never seen a skunk drunk before...
*bump* Finally got everything planned out. My cousin's starting college this fall, so he'll have to stay home. Guess that leaves room for my girlfriend. :specnatz: [TABLE]Game Date Home Away Mon Aug 31 HOU MIN Sun Sep 13 NO DET Sun Sep 20 TEN HOU Sun Sep 27 STL GB Sun Oct 04 CHI DET Mon Oct 05 MIN GB Sun Oct 11 DET PIT Sun Oct 18 CIN HOU Sun Oct 25 PIT MIN Mon Oct 26 WAS PHI Sun Nov 01 BAL DEN Sun Nov 08 NYG SD Sun Nov 15 PIT CIN Mon Nov 16 CLE BAL Thu Nov 19 CAR MIA Sun Nov 22 DAL WAS Mon Nov 23 HOU TEN Sun Nov 29 HOU IND Mon Nov 30 NO NE Sun Dec 06 JAX HOU Sun Dec 13 ATL NO Thu Dec 17 JAX IND Sun Dec 20 CAR MIN Sun Dec 27 MIA HOU Sun Jan 03 HOU NE [/TABLE] Overall, averaged about $102 a ticket, and we'll rack up about 10,000 road miles. In other words, Konichiwa, Babyes! :icon_cheesygrin: I'll still try to get on every once in a while, but if I'm almost never on here, well... that's why.
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