New Posts For Thread: Going to an NFL gamehttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/29151495/going-to-an-nfl-gameHi guys, i'm travelling the West Coast of America at the start of the NFL season, and wanted to watch a game or two. I was wondering if anyone had been to games on here, and how easy it would be to pick up tickets? I've got a fair amount of options -Went to my first game last year NYG vs MD deffo get there early and enjoy the tailgating outside the stadium,we got our tickets outside the stadium off the touts for roughley 60% of the actual ticket price about 20mins before kick offhttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/29151495/going-to-an-nfl-game?post_id=520942463#520942463Went to my first game last year NYG vs MD deffo get there early and enjoy the tailgating outside the stadium,we got our tickets outside the stadium off the touts for roughley 60% of the actual ticket price about 20mins before kick offSun, 17 Jun 2012 18:13:07 -0500As Swardean has stated your best bet is to phone the stadiums and ask to talk to the ticket managers. Explain you are coming over from the UK and are a big fan of the team (helps to do this), and they bend over backwards to help you.Became a close frhttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/29151495/going-to-an-nfl-game?post_id=520850425#520850425As Swardean has stated your best bet is to phone the stadiums and ask to talk to the ticket managers. Explain you are coming over from the UK and are a big fan of the team (helps to do this), and they bend over backwards to help you.Became a close frFri, 15 Jun 2012 09:33:21 -0500HM - i was always under the impression College tickets are harder to get?! than NFLFor the big rivalry games for big teams, yeah. You might as well forget it if you want to see USC v Notre Dame before 2016, for example.Otherwise the rule of thumb ishttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/29151495/going-to-an-nfl-game?post_id=520805527#520805527HM - i was always under the impression College tickets are harder to get?! than NFLFor the big rivalry games for big teams, yeah. You might as well forget it if you want to see USC v Notre Dame before 2016, for example.Otherwise the rule of thumb isThu, 14 Jun 2012 04:33:21 -0500Thanks for the input guys, I'm going to do some research at the weekendhttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/29151495/going-to-an-nfl-game?post_id=520771763#520771763Thanks for the input guys, I'm going to do some research at the weekendWed, 13 Jun 2012 07:36:37 -0500thats a great story swardeanfair playwhat game was it out of interest?HM - i was always under the impression College tickets are harder to get?! than NFLhttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/29151495/going-to-an-nfl-game?post_id=520733025#520733025thats a great story swardeanfair playwhat game was it out of interest?HM - i was always under the impression College tickets are harder to get?! than NFLTue, 12 Jun 2012 06:36:12 -0500Well, yeah, lots of space at a Seahawks' game. You could've suited up and got a gamehttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/29151495/going-to-an-nfl-game?post_id=520720249#520720249Well, yeah, lots of space at a Seahawks' game. You could've suited up and got a gameMon, 11 Jun 2012 17:45:45 -0500Forget ticketmaster. I was working in Vancouver and wanted to catch a game of my team the Seahawks. I rang the stadium directly and explained I was a big fan and from England and would love to come to a game. They couldnt do enough for me. Theyhttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/29151495/going-to-an-nfl-game?post_id=520718225#520718225Forget ticketmaster. I was working in Vancouver and wanted to catch a game of my team the Seahawks. I rang the stadium directly and explained I was a big fan and from England and would love to come to a game. They couldnt do enough for me. TheyMon, 11 Jun 2012 16:49:44 -0500One thing that I didn't say is that the football is often more entertaining, but less competitive.You get some huge mismatches between players who'll go in the first round of the draft and those that'll be accountants/salesmen/whatever. It leads to shttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/29151495/going-to-an-nfl-game?post_id=520715551#520715551One thing that I didn't say is that the football is often more entertaining, but less competitive.You get some huge mismatches between players who'll go in the first round of the draft and those that'll be accountants/salesmen/whatever. It leads to sMon, 11 Jun 2012 15:35:34 -0500This is a bit long but worth reading if you like the game and culture of American Football - and will give you a bunch more options if the NFL games don't pan out.Try a college game - they're a bit different. Manic, and more loyal fanbases, also 14 thttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/29151495/going-to-an-nfl-game?post_id=520715099#520715099This is a bit long but worth reading if you like the game and culture of American Football - and will give you a bunch more options if the NFL games don't pan out.Try a college game - they're a bit different. Manic, and more loyal fanbases, also 14 tMon, 11 Jun 2012 15:24:45 -0500Cheers guys, that's a relief, will start looking into ithttps://community.betfair.com/north_american/go/thread/view/94138/29151495/going-to-an-nfl-game?post_id=520700161#520700161Cheers guys, that's a relief, will start looking into itMon, 11 Jun 2012 09:28:24 -0500