Season Tickets "Investment"

[OpenWheel]

How come so many of the Cubs games I see on TV seem to have a lot of more empty seats, especially when it's hot out? You're saying that the scalpers on those days are still making over face value or making it up big-time on the lower percent of sell-outs?

Maybe Cubs tix are a lot hotter now then they used to be years ago (80's/early 90's) when I went to a lot of games and the empty seats now are all sold. But every game I've attended I got my tix for face or less, usually less.

I used to buy two Nashville Predators season tickets but after I saw how low the prices were from scalpers I buy the best seats for about 20-25% off now the day of the game. Of course you can't do that if the Red Wings are in town, you'd have to pay well over face then.

I never sat down to figure out what I would average if I sold my unused tix (I usually gave them away), but it may be worth it since there is a discount for season tickets. But I think you'd want to include your labor/time of selling to decide if it was worth it. I was too lazy but I think if I bought them again now I'd go in with several others and divide the games ir else sell my extras. It wasn't smart to be giving all that money away every year.