Minnesota Wild Mania

It is official, the Minnesota Wild are a big deal. I noticed in the past that ticket prices have been dropping the day before each Minnesota Wild game. This weekends game versus the Colorado Avalanche has been the exception to that trend. The prices have basically stayed the same and tickets are disappearing at a fast pace. My hunch is that this is the start of Minnesota Wild mania. It is definitely hockey season now that the Vikings were put out of their misery. The return of Gaborik to the ice and the fact that the team is practically unbeatable have both been factors in the strong Minnesota Wild ticket market. From one fan to another, here is my advice: Don't wait to buy your Minnesota Wild tickets because the prices are only going up! GO WILD!!!

Dancing with Stars tickets at Xcel Energy Center selling cheap

If you are looking for something to do tonight in St. Paul, tickets to Dancing with the Stars are cheap with a capital C. I did some online browsing and found great seats for 1/2 of the original face value. It looks like Xcel Energy Center tickets for this show are far cheaper than any other venue in the country. The same type of seat at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee is selling for four times the price. Grab your kids or a babysitter for your kids and head down to the X tonight for cheap seats to a unique event.

Buy your Minnesota Wild tickets now

If you are at all interested in catching a Minnesota Wild game this year, you had better buy now. It feels like the Minnesota Wild got their slump out of the way and are going to get back to their early season form. According to mnwildfreak, "Minnesota Wild has their moxie back." Rumor has it that Gaborik is going to suit up Saturday. I agree with Wildpuckbanter, "All indications are that Marian Gaborik and his groin will return to the Minnesota Wild lineup tomorrow night against the Nordiques." He went on to say, "This is huge for the Wild." If they do continue in their winning ways, you can expect the ticket prices to go drastically higher. Keep in mind, the Minnesota Vikings are done and people are going to need someplace to spend their entertainment dollars. The most attractive option is definitely the Wild. We all know what happens when there is more demand than supply. So buy your Wild tickets now. Welcome back Gaborik & GO WILD!!!

Vikings vs Rams tickets were cheap the day of the game

I ventured down the Vikings game on Sunday to check out the ticket market. After having a couple of beers and a great sandwich at Maxwell's I decided to walk around the dome and see what seats were selling for. It wasn't extremely easy to find extra tickets but the ones that I found were selling for around 1/2 of the face value. In years past, I have noticed that there aren't a ton of seats available on the street for the last Vikings game of the year. I think this is due to the fact that people basically have from August to December to either sell them, give them away or make plans to go. One "street broker" that I encountered, had 4 tickets in the lower level on the 50 yardline that he was willing to sell me for $75/ticket. He also had 2 pairs of tickets in the upper level end zone that he was selling for $20/ticket. I decided that I would rather just watch the game from the comforts of my own home. As I was heading back to my car, I thought to myself that the face value of Minnesota Vikings tickets has gotten out of hand. I long for the days when you could take your family to the game for less than $100. Who knows, if the Vikings don't get their acts together, those days may not be too far down the road.

Note to Minnesota Vikings top brass: Don't raise ticket prices next year

Unfortuantely, I am not a high paid consultant to all NFL teams but I do know something about the Minnesota Vikings football ticket market. I have one bit of advice for the Vikings big wigs - you had better not raise ticket prices. After this disasterous season, and year after year of steady ticket increases, the season ticket holders are fed up. I have talked to countless Minnesota Vikings season ticket holders who have told me that if there is an increase next year they are going to drop their season tickets. I understand raising prices, but when the product got worse, the Vikes have no justification for a price increase. If anything, they should, as an act of good will, lower the prices for season ticket holders. That would probably help them in their quest for a new stadium. I am sure that all of the Vikings season ticket holders will gladly pay more the year after the team goes to the Super Bowl. Here’s to hoping that the Vikings front office isn't short sighted and we don’t revert back to the days of TV blackouts due to lack of ticket sales. BE SMART VIKINGS FRONT OFFICE!

Minnesota Gophers women's basketball tickets are inexpensive

I never knew that you could buy Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball tickets in the aftermarket. I found great seats for Big 10 games for as little as $14.95/ticket. Like always, Ticket King had the best prices and seems to own all of the available tickets. The most expensive ticket that I found was for the game against national power Ohio State on February 8th at Williams Arena. You can sit in the lower level just off center court for $69.95/ticket. That is a killer seat for that price. If you haven't seen a women's Golden Gophers game, it is time that you do. There is no other collegiate athlete that plays as hard as Golden Gophers women's basketball players do. It is everything that is right about college sports and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to go. Go Gophers!!!

Minnesota Vikings vs. St. Louis Rams ticket prices are plummeting!

All i can say is CHEAP,CHEAP & CHEAP! The vikings ticket prices are super low for the last game of the year. Now that the Minnesota Vikes season is lost, there are plenty of bargains to be had on the ticket front. I found lower level seats for as little as $49.95 and upper level seats for less than 20 bucks. Not bad for a regular season game. If you are looking for seats, I would wait. It feels like there is plenty of supply and I can't imagine any reason that the demand would pick up. The Vikings have been a huge disappointment this year and the Rams don't have the drawing power that they once had. I guarantee that the HHH Metrodome will be less than full because there will be plenty of people that stay home with their HHH Metrodome tickets. As a Vikings fan, I can't wait for the season to be over. It is hard to say, but I actually hope the Vikings lose so that the dreaded Pack doesn't go to the playoffs and so that we get a better draft pick. Hesitantly, GO RAMS!!!

The holidays are good to those in the ticket business!

I have noticed a large amount of tickets disappearing off of the numerous online ticket broker sites in the last week or so for all of the upcoming events. I also had a quick talk with with my favorite street ticket broker outside of the Timberwolves game tonight. He explained to me that when there are people in town for the holidays, ticket demand definitely picks up. Both of these things make total sense. People are always looking for something to do, other than staring at their great aunt and her mole, over the holidays. It looks to me that it doesn't even matter what is going on. For example, Minnesota Timberwolves tickets vs. the Milwaukee Bucks tonight were going for face value or more. If this game had been a few days earlier, the owners of the tickets wouldn't have been able to give them away. The Minnesota Wild game this Saturday is also a really big deal. MN Wild tickets for this game are virtually untouchable unless you are willing to pay big $. Next year, don't get left out in the cold over the holidays and buy your event tickets early. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Ticket King owns the majority of the Twin Cities event tickets offered online

I spent a few hours last night checking out the website of various ticket brokers and I was able to figure a few things out. First of all, basically every online ticket broker has the identical inventory yet the prices vary from one site to the other. Secondly, it looks to me like Ticket King owns the majority of the inventory in the Twins Cities. If you check out their site, their logo is next to every set of seats that they own and it appears as though they own well over 50% of the online inventory of Minneapolis tickets as well as St. Paul tickets. Their prices are also always cheaper for all Twin Cities events. My assumption is that in order to get the best price on tickets, no matter what market it is, you have to find the locally owned ticket broker. That way you will be going directly to the source and not paying any additional fee. So, don't buy tickets from the first site that comes up on google or yahoo, spend some extra time shopping around in order to find the home town broker like Ticketking.

Minnesota Vikings home game ticket prices are steadily dropping

Minnesota Vikings ticket prices are dropping fast! It has almost gotten to the point that the outcome of the final game versus the St. Louis Rams won't matter and the prices on the Minnesota Vikings tickets for that game are really cheap. Last week when I checked, tickets in the upper level were going for $29.95/ticket and now the same seats are $19.95/ticket. Vikings tickets in the lower level were $74.95 last week and they are $59.95 today. My hunch is that the prices are going to continue to drop. If you are interested in actually going to see the final home Vikings game, I would wait until the middle of next week. I don't think that there is any way that the prices for this game will go up. Go Vikings!!!