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Posted September 15, 2006
Packers ticket prices plummet
Loss to Bears slows demand
By Paul Srubas
psrubas@greenbaypressgazette.com
Sunday's Packers-Saints matchup is only the second game of the season, so it's too early to say interest in the team is dying, said Frank Hickey of Fox River Tickets in De Pere.
But "there are a lot of sellers," he said. "The market is weak. There are more sellers than buyers."
As the Green Bay faithful brace for what has the look of a long and humbling campaign, Packers tickets aren't as prized, or as hard to find, as they were when the team had the look of a contender.
Tickets to Sunday's game were selling for as little as $89 apiece Thursday at Ticket King, a brokerage a block from Lambeau Field. The price dropped $20 since the season opener, manager Josh Anderson said. "There's no question that prices have come down," Anderson said. "Last week, before we played the Bears, I think we were at $109 for our cheapest tickets to the Saints. Now, we're at $89."
Hickey has plenty of tickets available, and if you had a pair of end-zone seats you wanted to sell, you'd have a tough time piquing his interest.
"For face value? That's a fair offer," he said. "I could probably sell them for $75 or $80 if I could find the right buyer."
On the other hand, if you had anything between the 20-yard lines and between rows 17 and 25, he'd probably take them off your hands for $110.
"And I'd sell them at $130, maybe $135," he said."
Sales have been good for the game, he said. It's just that tickets aren't commanding the high prices that they did a few years ago.
 Ed Lowe/The Post-Crescent of Appleton contributed to this report.
Packers ticket prices plummet
Loss to Bears slows demand
By Paul Srubas
psrubas@greenbaypressgazette.com
Sunday's Packers-Saints matchup is only the second game of the season, so it's too early to say interest in the team is dying, said Frank Hickey of Fox River Tickets in De Pere.
But "there are a lot of sellers," he said. "The market is weak. There are more sellers than buyers."
As the Green Bay faithful brace for what has the look of a long and humbling campaign, Packers tickets aren't as prized, or as hard to find, as they were when the team had the look of a contender.
Tickets to Sunday's game were selling for as little as $89 apiece Thursday at Ticket King, a brokerage a block from Lambeau Field. The price dropped $20 since the season opener, manager Josh Anderson said. "There's no question that prices have come down," Anderson said. "Last week, before we played the Bears, I think we were at $109 for our cheapest tickets to the Saints. Now, we're at $89."
Hickey has plenty of tickets available, and if you had a pair of end-zone seats you wanted to sell, you'd have a tough time piquing his interest.
"For face value? That's a fair offer," he said. "I could probably sell them for $75 or $80 if I could find the right buyer."
On the other hand, if you had anything between the 20-yard lines and between rows 17 and 25, he'd probably take them off your hands for $110.
"And I'd sell them at $130, maybe $135," he said."
Sales have been good for the game, he said. It's just that tickets aren't commanding the high prices that they did a few years ago.
 Ed Lowe/The Post-Crescent of Appleton contributed to this report.
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