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Remember the good old days of 2013? Ancient times, yes, Joe is aware.
Gasoline cost around $3.50 per gallon and our beloved Buccaneers were pitching upper deck game tickets starting at $30 per game for adults and $15 for kids.
“Nothing beats the live experience of Raymond James Stadium on Sundays, and our No. 1 goal is to provide an affordable, enjoyable, and safe gameday experience for the entire family,” Buccaneers co-owner Ed Glazer said when the Bucs announced 2013 ticket prices.
What a wonderful sentiment that was.
Today, the “cheap seat” for the Bucs-Packers home game at Raymond James Stadium in October (Section 344, Row DD, Seat 7) is $246.20 plus applicable taxes. That’s no resale price; it’s the cost of an unsold ticket from the Bucs’ official reseller, TicketMaster.
The same nosebleed-style ticket is $81.25 for the Bucs-Chargers game in early December. And the same seat is, again, $246.20 plus tax, for the Bucs-Steelers game in October.
The price difference? Packers and Steelers fans travel and many live locally; Chargers fans don’t travel and good luck finding one around town.
Joe’s favorite part about the Bucs’ single game pricing is the upcharge for an aisle seat. How long until there’s a fee for a carry-on bag and WiFi?
And people wonder why Joe pounds the drum every year for the Bucs to return to the days of opening nearly all training camp dates to the general public.
Joe doesn’t begrudge Team Glazer a tidy profit, and $81.25 to see Bucs-Chargers is sort of reasonable. But if the Bucs want their treasured “Krewe” to have more of a community feel, something has to change.
Maybe next year.