if you go on ESPN and check the schedule it says there are 4424 tickets available....there is no excuse if it isn't full on sunday....what else could this team done then this
It is sold out, but the Dolphins are using the 85% threshold instead of 100%. Its some new thing the NFL did last year where teams can get blackouts lifted at 85% of tickets sold. So that means you can still get tickets from the team. But a few games this year should get close to 100% (Patriots, Bengals, maybe Ravens). Still, Ross had to buy tickets last year for the team to even get to 85% and avoid the blackout, so its nice it happened without that this year.
Can't be sold out. I am going to the game but received 2 emails from the Dolphins and have see multiple billboards in Miami advertising the game. I'm guessing there are a bunch of tickets that are unsold otherwise they wouldn't have invested in all this advertising.
I'm local and am not going. It costs too much money to get a decent seat where you can actually see what's going on, be able to read jersey numbers, etc.
But if it doesn't, the reporters will start asking the players how do they feel about that...and the cancer starts again..
Why even ask. I'm sure they feel awesome that when they win 2 on the road they can't get people to want to support them in their home opener. lol. The hllmark of a half-interested fanbase is that it takes extraordinary circumstances to get their interest. Superbowl wins, etc. They are there for the best of times, not there for the worst of times, and only half there for the so-so time. How does our attendance compare to other franchises, though? Other than the Bills and Packers, who sells out?
I doubt Armando Salguero is gonna go up to Mike Wallace after the game and ask for his thoughts about the stadium being 70% full or whatever.
I'm up in Norfolk, VA, so don't know much about this. So you're telling me the Jets game won't normally sell out? I'd figure that's a game Phin fans would want to be at, what with the rivalry and all Redskins are a hot item up here. From what i understand, Season pass waiting list is generationally long
I wish I could go but: I live 480 miles away; I work on Sunday, both morning and evening, I suffer from pecuniary strangulation. Other than that, I would be there!!!
I want to go but can't afford it. Sorry guys. I my see if I can snag a cheap ticket on stub hub day of though. Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Tapatalk 2
Live games not as good of an experience as watching from home, IMO. I still have my season tickets, which get donated though
That's not really accurate, though. The link takes you to StubHub, which is a ticket re-seller. Those 4400 tickets have already been sold once.
I've spent anywhere from $25.00 to $350.00 on single game tickets and sat in relatively every 'area' of the stadium. the view is 100% fine and easy to see from anywhere... I will be at the home opener in club level seats but even the nose bleed seats have a pretty good view. I've never had a problem seeing numbers from any area in the stadium. The view and cost has never been a problem in my eyes. If I have the money then I get good seats, if I don't then I can pay bottom dollar for family section seats, either way its worth it to be there 100% of the time. To each their own! Man I CANNOT WAIT for this game. That stadium is goin to be BUMPIN!!!!!
It will be half empty at kickoff even thought the announcers say it's sold out. It may fill up during the first quarter but be empty again after halftime. Someone said the concession lines are so long and slow is why it's empty. I've also heard that it's so hot that a lot of people watch from the concourse instead of the stadium. Either way it looks empty a lot.
It'll be sold out and full IMO. Don't pay attention to the blimp view at kickoff. This is South Florida. We arrive when we arrive.
Because of my frustration with Sparano and Ireland, I didn't purchase season tickets in 2011 or 2012. That was after having been a season ticket holder for over 30 years. In 2011 I went to no home games, but I admit I missed the excitement of going to the stadium. Even though I was still upset with Ross for keeping Ireland in 2012, I still ended up going to six home games last year. I prefer seeing the game live and enjoy the atmosphere of the stadium. Watching the game on TV for me just seems almost boring. This year I decided I could no longer take not being at all the home games. So I purchased four season tickets, which I had previously being doing prior to 2011. My wife and I will also be attending the away game the Dolphins play in two weeks against the Saints. I have traveled to over 25 stadiums around the league to watch Dolphin games in the past few decades, as well as to London to watch them play the New York Giants in 2007. I appreciate the fact you still purchase and give away season tickets. While I don't agree that you get a better experience watching the game on TV, at least you are willing to support the team with your money by continuing to buy season tickets. That is far more than what many of the so called Dolphin fans, who live in South Florida and who have the financial resources, do on game day. If the Dolphins decide to take a better offer in the future and leave Miami because of low attendance at the stadium. All those fans who never purchased tickets but instead waited for Ross to buy the excess tickets, so the game could be shown on TV, will have no one to blame but themselves.
As someone who has been to a lot of games, is it true that it looks empty at the beginning of games because people show up late and there are a lot of empty seats after halftime because of long lines at the bathrooms and concession stands? I have only been to one game a few years ago when in North Carolina when they beat Carolina with Ricky Williams and Chad Henne. I'd love to go to a game in Miami.
HAHA. Plz give me your address so I can knock you the F out and well see out "smart" you are behind a monitor. I'm tired of these internet 'thugs' and everything is paid for by mommy and daddy...
In the past few years, it has looked empty because thousands of seats have not been purchased. It is as simple as that. Many fans have decided that it is easier to stay at home and watch the game on TV and not go to the stadium and support the team. That is why I personally oppose Ross buying up the tickets to games that don't sell out. If Dolphin fans living in South Florida want to see the home games, they should be willing to actually show up for the games. If the games are a legitimate sellout, I have no problem with the game being shown in South Florida. I really don't think Ross is treating the season ticket holders properly when he buys up the excess tickets, just so the game can be on TV. It is the season ticket holders who purchase most of the tickets and that is really why the games are shown on TV in the first place. So in South Florida, we have a cheap fan base that just wants to sit back on the couch in their air conditioned house while others make it easy for them by spending their money, so these fake fans can see the game at home. I realize that many people can't afford to attend these games. I also realize that there are many individuals who have the financial resources to attend these games, but they are too lazy or too cheap to do so. As a season ticket holder, I am offended that Ross has so little regard for the season ticket holders that he continues to give away his product on TV, while at the same time relying on the season ticket holders to pay the majority of the money to fill the seats at the stadium. I have written to Ross and expressed my displeasure with his continued practice of buying unsold tickets. Hopefully in the future he will let the games be blacked out which aren't sold out in time. Perhaps when people can't get the games for free on TV, they will actually show up and support their team.
Maybe then they'll have to go to the bar or pay for directv and spend money anyway. Ross is a smart guy though so I'm sure he's better off having the games not blacked out.