Hello from Calgary Canada! I'll be going to my 4th Ducks game, but first in Eugene this year. Any suggestions on the best way to find tickets, other than paying through the nose on stubhub type sites? Are there generally tickets around on game day? Do the 'independant businessmen all hang out at a certain place with their "I need tickets" sign? If it matters I'll be down for the civil war ... might as well go to a good one.
Living outside the state, it's an indulgence that I make a pilgrimage to Eugene each year. Because I'm usually going with friends not family, I typically go with standing room only tickets via goducks.com sold a couple weeks prior to the contest. For a big game like OSU, everyone is standing anyway and it's not that hard to blend in with the crowd in the students section (which is awesome) or even down lower. Being mobile might be unsettling for family man types but also can reap rewards. I spent the entire 2010 UCLA game with my 3 buddies standing 5' behind the Duck bench hearing the coaches belt it out. Feel free to PM me if this path sounds like something you need more of a heads up on. My general advice is to park on campus well before game time and spend some quality time at Rennies & have a slice at Sy's. Definitely enjoy the walk through campus and across the bridge to Mecca. Guestimating, I'd say this is a 1-2 mile walk. Tailgating fun will be lively, so smile and make some new friends STOMP
I'll be going to this years 10/26 UCLA game. Several friends are also migrating to Eugene as we'll be holding our NBA fantasy draft that weekend. If you want to meet up/tag along, all you've got to do is ask STOMP
sounds epic! We're doing a 30th anniversary party for my parents sometime in October, so gotta check with the wife on when that is planned again.
I have gone once per year for 30 years. I always use scalpers or people selling them around the stadium. But take a seating chart with you as people have a tendency to forget just how good or bad their seats are. Also, I never have to pay full face value unless it's USC or OSU.
Thanks for all the feedback, good to know tickets are generally available even for bigger games, I don't mind paying over face but stubhub and those kind of sights tend to be far too high compared to what they go for on game day. There's one exception that fact I have found over the years at it was at the Auburn/Ducks game. In the lobby of the hotel about 1/3 of a mile from the stadium someone offered me 3k each for my club seats. An entire private plan full of auburn fans showed up with no tickets and went nuts that night trying to find some. Some of the other feedback made me wonder, where the best area to hangout before the game? South of that river there around the campus? or somewhere near the stadium?
Im sure many have seen it but I noticed the colour guide for 3013 was announced: http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/7/26/4560478/oregon-ducks-football-uniforms-2013 Lots more green this year.
Personally, I like to walk around and talk to the tailgaters. When younger I used to get into a touch football game with 4 per side. One year when I was invited to join a group for a 'dog' 4 ladies (about 75-80 years old) came around in their old cheer leading outfits (yep, 55 or 60 years ago) and gave a few Duck cheers and talked about the games in the old days. Anyway, that can be a lot of fun.
Thanks everyone, one more question, ok endzone seats are about $150 - 200 right now on typical broker sights, is it probable I'll do better down there on game day? And also is one end zone better than the other to sit in?
Again, people start selling their game tickets about 2-3 hours before the game. By law they cannot ask more than face value and police are there. And there are scalpers also. You'll have no problems. Just have cash and a seating chart. If you end up with a choice of endzones, consider the weather and time of game. If it's an afternoon game in good weather, take the west endzone as the sun can wear you out if sitting in the east endzone.
