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<blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1058766" data-attributes="member: 17953"><p>Less than 1% of the ticket sales fall into the category of what you're indicating. With a capacity of 81,441 in the stadium, that's around 800 tickets per game that are at issue. I'd venture a guess that a huge percentage of those tickets are sold through tours that bring fans from other teams into Green Bay for games. These people are tourists, and they spend a little time in Green Bay and a lot of money. A lot more money than someone who is going to the home games regularly. </p><p></p><p>If the Packers did this, you could expect the national interest in the team to go down the tubes. It would also lead to us not being able to attend games at other venues because the fan reactions to our fans at those venues would be complete intolerance. They'd be hostile towards us.</p><p></p><p>Then there's the tour groups. The people who kept the team afloat back 50 years ago. They got their hands on a couple of thousand tickets in total year after year and kept us from being part of the league that plays before Covid sized crowds. In fact, back in those days, to get people to the games they'd black out the home games where the seats weren't full. The Packers found ways past that, but it wasn't by turning away people that would fill seats.</p><p></p><p>People need to think about all the ramifications and the true reasons seats end up in the hands of visitors. And realistically, there's more talk about it than reality when you figure only about 800 seats fit into that category.</p><p></p><p>Think about the waiting list for a moment. It's 30 to 50 years long. So, if you're put in for season tickets the day you were born by a Packer fan father, you're probably not going to see any seats available for you until you're anywhere from 30 to 50 years old. When you finally get them, you might be working in Los Angeles and can't fly into Green Bay to attend game, but you can afford to go back home and attend a game or two every year. So, you end up selling the rest of the game tickets. You're going to be one of the people singled out to lose those tickets, even though you might be in a position where in 3 or 4 years you'll be moving back to Green Bay to go to games.</p><p></p><p>This is a fact. It happens. One person whose name you'd recognize is among them. Tony Shaloub, the actor. He flies back to Green Bay to go to at the most, two or three games a year, and sometimes can't even make it back for an entire year. He has season tickets. But when he can't make it to games, he sells his tickets to someone else or gives them to family and old friends to attend the game. Are you taking those tickets away from him?</p><p></p><p>Getting too intense over this whole thing would be harmful to the Packers and the image. Quite frankly, if people are concerned about these tickets being sold like that, why don't they open up their purse strings and buy them for themselves. That would be a lot better option than crying about the visiting fans that you can actually hear cheering in the stadium. That seems so childish to me.</p><p></p><p>But this is just my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voyageur, post: 1058766, member: 17953"] Less than 1% of the ticket sales fall into the category of what you're indicating. With a capacity of 81,441 in the stadium, that's around 800 tickets per game that are at issue. I'd venture a guess that a huge percentage of those tickets are sold through tours that bring fans from other teams into Green Bay for games. These people are tourists, and they spend a little time in Green Bay and a lot of money. A lot more money than someone who is going to the home games regularly. If the Packers did this, you could expect the national interest in the team to go down the tubes. It would also lead to us not being able to attend games at other venues because the fan reactions to our fans at those venues would be complete intolerance. They'd be hostile towards us. Then there's the tour groups. The people who kept the team afloat back 50 years ago. They got their hands on a couple of thousand tickets in total year after year and kept us from being part of the league that plays before Covid sized crowds. In fact, back in those days, to get people to the games they'd black out the home games where the seats weren't full. The Packers found ways past that, but it wasn't by turning away people that would fill seats. People need to think about all the ramifications and the true reasons seats end up in the hands of visitors. And realistically, there's more talk about it than reality when you figure only about 800 seats fit into that category. Think about the waiting list for a moment. It's 30 to 50 years long. So, if you're put in for season tickets the day you were born by a Packer fan father, you're probably not going to see any seats available for you until you're anywhere from 30 to 50 years old. When you finally get them, you might be working in Los Angeles and can't fly into Green Bay to attend game, but you can afford to go back home and attend a game or two every year. So, you end up selling the rest of the game tickets. You're going to be one of the people singled out to lose those tickets, even though you might be in a position where in 3 or 4 years you'll be moving back to Green Bay to go to games. This is a fact. It happens. One person whose name you'd recognize is among them. Tony Shaloub, the actor. He flies back to Green Bay to go to at the most, two or three games a year, and sometimes can't even make it back for an entire year. He has season tickets. But when he can't make it to games, he sells his tickets to someone else or gives them to family and old friends to attend the game. Are you taking those tickets away from him? Getting too intense over this whole thing would be harmful to the Packers and the image. Quite frankly, if people are concerned about these tickets being sold like that, why don't they open up their purse strings and buy them for themselves. That would be a lot better option than crying about the visiting fans that you can actually hear cheering in the stadium. That seems so childish to me. But this is just my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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