Jacksonville Jaguars Wary of Steelers Fans Buying Tickets

Jacksonville First Coast News (ABC 25 and NBC 12) is also worried about Steelers fans:

"Any Jags fan can tell you how frustrating it is to see a sea of yellow and black instead of teal when the Pittsburgh Steelers come to town. But if some season tickets aren't renewed, those tickets will go to Steelers fans, or any other team scheduled to play here.

...When the Steelers came to town in 2004, Alltel Stadium was their homeaway from home. Black and gold were everywhere."

So far, only 60% of Jacksonville's 2005 season ticket holders have renewed for the 2006 season. This suggests that plenty of Steelers Jaguars tickets will be in the marketplace for Steelers fans, including face value tickets directly from the Jaguars.

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Jacksonville Jaguars Try To Keep Tickets Out of Steelers Fans Hands

Vic Ketchman of Jaguars.com reports:

“We've turned down requests for over a thousand season tickets (from ticket brokers). We believe these (tickets) are for the people of Jacksonville,” Jaguars senior vice president/business development Tim Connolly said.

Jaguars fans remember the sight of thousands of Steelers fans waving yellow towels in Alltel Stadium two years ago."

There is certain to be high demand for Steelers Jaguars tickets.

There are currently 2 live e-bay auctions and 6 Buy-it-now offers for tickets to see Pittsburgh's game in Jacksonville.

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Steelers Pre-season Schedule Finalized

Building on yesterday's announcement that the Steelers will kickoff their 2006 Pre-Season Schedule by opening the Arizona Cardinals' brand new Cardinals Stadium on August 12, 2006 (tickets), the NFL released the remaining 2006 pre-season schedule today.

In addition to the game at Arizona, the Steelers will travel to Philadelphia for an ESPN televised game against the Philadelphia Eagles (tickets) on August 25, 2006 at 8PM.

The Steelers will host 2 home games at Heinz Field during the preseason. During the weekend of August 17-21 the Steelers will play the Minnesota Vikings (tickets). During the weekend of August 31-September 2, the Steeler will host the Carolina Panthers (tickets) in a preview of a regular season matchup that will take place at Carolina.

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Catching Up With The Steelers Ticket Market

Virtually since the final moment of Super Bowl XL, the market for Steelers tickets for the 2006 season began to heat up. Here's an overview of recent developments that you might have missed that could give you a leg up in securing your seats to Steelers home and away games for the 2006 season.

3/28/2006. Steelers owner Dan Rooney proposed a rule that would prevent teams from making fans buy tickets to other games if they want to purchase tickets to a specific high-profile contest. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

The verdict: The San Diego Chargers and Cincinnati Bengals had these types of ticket policies last year, but that did not prevent large number of Steelers fans from getting tickets.

Ticket markets are very liquid. Fans have access to more seats to more games than ever before. This practice merely takes $50-$100 that would have gone directly to a ticket broker and puts it in the pocket of NFL owners. Sad to say, but this is a bit of grandstanding by the Rooney's who have the luxury of selling out every game, no matter who's playing.

3/27/2006. The NFL announced that the Miami Dolphins will participate in the nationally televised season opener on September 7, 2006 at 8:30 PM at Heinz Field. (SI.com)

The Verdict: Tickets for this one are already widely available.

3/17/2006. The Pittsburgh Steelers announced plans to add 700 additional club-level seats at Heinz Field. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

The verdict: This adds 7,000 premium seats to Pittsburgh's inventory. Good news for all ticket buyers and especially good news for a few lucky people on the season ticket waiting list.

Coming soon:

A look at early season pricing.

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Pre-season Away Game Vs. Arizona Cardinals Announced

West-coast Steelers fans will be thrilled to hear that the NFL announced yesterday that the Pittsburgh Steelers will play their first preseason game on August 12, 2006 against the Arizona Cardinals.

The game will be the first game played in the Arizona's brand new Cardinals Stadium, so demand for Steelers @ Cardinals tickets will be high, despite being the 1st preseason game and being in Arizona in August. (The new stadium has a nifty retractable roof and field.)

Normally, a game in Arizona is good news for Steelers fans. The Cardinals were the only team in the NFL to draw fewer than 400,000 fans in 2005. The Cardinals were also the only team with attendance below 300,000 in 2005. That's right, the Cardinals were last in the NFL in attendance by 100,000 fans.

If this were anything but a preseason game, I would be recommending the purchase of Arizona Cardinals season tickets immediately as your best way to secure tickets to the game. Season ticket packages start at just $10 per game for upper deck end zone tickets.

The Cardinals are due to announce single game ticket information in June or July. Tickets are already available on ebay.

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Welcome to Here We Go Info

Welcome to Here We Go Info, a brand new blog covering the market for tickets to see the Pittsburgh Steelers live and in person on the road and at Heinz Field.

Many teams in the NFL boast a home field advantage, but few have a fan base passionate enough to travel around the country to NFL Stadiums like Jimmy Buffet Parrotheads to cheer their team.

In 2005 the Steelers Road to the Super Bowl XL title included key road victories in front of enthusiastic, Terrible Towel waving crowds in Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego, Green Bay, Minnesota and Cleveland before an unprecedented 3 road victories in Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Denver in the playoffs.

The 2006 season promises to be exciting 2 California games against the Oakland Raiders and a rematch with the San Diego Chargers, the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, and former AFC Central rival Jacksonville Jaguars rounding out traditional AFC North rivals Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens.

At Heinz Field, the Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit Pittsburgh.

Since the Super Bowl victory, the market for Steelers tickets hasn't taken a break. Seats for the 2006 season are already on sale on Stubhub, E-bay and other ticket sites. Don't be left out. Subscribe to our RSS feed and get all the information that you need to see the Steelers live in person in 2006.

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