Why
is it so hard to buy Golden State Warriors Tickets?
Any time
a pro basketball team gains popularity, you see a significant increase
in demand for tickets. The problem is that the supply remains a constant.
Therefore you have an increased number of people all wanting the
same number of available tickets. There are different ways that people
can buy Golden State Warriors tickets. Buying from the box office will usually be your
cheapest alternative. However once their supply is gone, the tickets
are gone. With everyone trying to get tickets this way, sometimes
it's better to just spend the extra money and save time by going
through a ticket broker.
Wouldn't
it be better to buy tickets from Ticket Master?
Yes, Ticket
Master would be better because they are usually cheaper. But, a lot
of the time, Ticket Master has long lines at their walk up locations
and their phones and internet server are too overloaded to handle
the demand of tickets. Also, if you do get through, you're not always
guaranteed good seats. That's why it is better to go through a reputable
ticket broker.
Isn't
it more expensive going through a ticket broker?
Yes, if
you want to buy the best seats there are. But, the average seats
aren't really expensive. But, by going through a ticket broker, you
save yourself a lot of the hassle of dealing with long lines. With
as busy as we all are today, it may actually be cheaper going through
a ticket broker when you factor in what your time is worth and how
much of it you will spend trying to get tickets from the box office
or Ticket Master.
Wouldn't
there be plenty of tickets to go around if ticket brokers didn't
have tickets?
This is
by far the biggest misconception about buying premium tickets for
any event. A broker is a broker, period. If they weren't there buying
and selling tickets we would have no place to go once tickets are
sold out. Think about the numbers, if there are over 50,000 season
ticket holders, there are probably over 1,000 each week that can't
make the game. If they didn't have an easy out by selling to a broker
for a profit and just game them to their friends, that is even fewer
tickets in circulation and with the same demand, guess what, prices
go even higher. The more tickets bought and sold the lower the prices
from brokers and that is always best for the fans, period.