Advice - Ticket Location
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Advice - Ticket Location
I currently have tickets behind the opposing sidelines, 50 yard line. Over the past few years, it has just gotten worse in regards to opposing fans, and Nicholls was the last straw. This was the second time I've chosen to move due to opposing fans in the past 8 home games (no comment in regards to there being more fans of an FCS school than a home FBS school).
I am considering 3 options:
1. Moving farther down towards Tulane student section (say, section 122; opposing sideline, 35 yard line, usually a decent crowd)
2. Moving to the Tulane sidelines around 35 yard line (probably section 103 or 108)
3. Moving to Westfeldt Club area
Any recommendations? Pros/cons of Westfeldt?
I am considering 3 options:
1. Moving farther down towards Tulane student section (say, section 122; opposing sideline, 35 yard line, usually a decent crowd)
2. Moving to the Tulane sidelines around 35 yard line (probably section 103 or 108)
3. Moving to Westfeldt Club area
Any recommendations? Pros/cons of Westfeldt?
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Westfield’s has the best sightlines In the entire stadium in my opinion. I prefer it to when I’ve been gifted Glazier seats. But keep in mind I also preferred the second deck at the Superdome
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Wavefan and I were in 121 until this year and we moved to Wesfeldt for exactly the same reason you're considering. Great sightlines and no visiting fan invasions up there.
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It's a no-brainer. I made the move from the same area to section 204 in Westfeldt. As I've said before, I'm sorry I didn't do this from the beginning. Chair backs with comfortable seats (not bleachers), standing room at the rail at the top (for those that like to stand and watch a game without getting yelled at), best view of the whole field, great concessions, short lines, big ass fans, a cover if it rains, a full bar with frozen drinks, phone charging station with charging lines built in, new express elevator, beautiful view of the City's skyline out the back, chairs and tables up top, if you'd like to sit up there or take a break, a lot less opposing fans and a short walk to the restrooms and everything you need.
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Only con I can fathom is the setting sun in your face on a hot day. This is my second year up there, and I have yet to experience it (it was cloudy Saturday and all the day games last year were early or during a storm).
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Only con I can fathom is the setting sun in your face on a hot day. This is my second year up there, and I have yet to experience it (it was cloudy Saturday and all the day games last year were early or during a storm).
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My homecoming tickets are in Section 205, Row M.sprout1550 wrote:It's a no-brainer. I made the move from the same area to section 204 in Westfeldt. As I've said before, I'm sorry I didn't do this from the beginning. Chair backs with comfortable seats (not bleachers), standing room at the rail at the top (for those that like to stand and watch a game without getting yelled at), best view of the whole field, great concessions, short lines, big ass fans, a cover if it rains, a full bar with frozen drinks, phone charging station with charging lines built in, new express elevator, beautiful view of the City's skyline out the back, chairs and tables up top, if you'd like to sit up there or take a break, a lot less opposing fans and a short walk to the restrooms and everything you need.
Did I forget anything?
Only con I can fathom is the setting sun in your face on a hot day. This is my second year up there, and I have yet to experience it (it was cloudy Saturday and all the day games last year were early or during a storm).
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The "visiting fans" thing did it for me. I moved from 121 to the Westfeldt Club to avoid obnoxious visitors - not all of them are, but when you pay a $500 or $1,000 GWC premium just to be able to purchase season tickets in a prime section you should NEVER have to put up with that. If Tulane wants to keep charging a big GWC donation as a prerequisite for seats between the 40s on the press-box side then Tulane needs to stop selling single-game tickets in that area to visiting fans and stop allowing visiting fans who purchased less desirable seats on that side from "poaching" unused seats. Make it green, or make it empty, just not red when Houston visits, and I might move back.
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That is a solid take.Wavefan wrote:The "visiting fans" thing did it for me. I moved from 121 to the Westfeldt Club to avoid obnoxious visitors - not all of them are, but when you pay a $500 or $1,000 GWC premium just to be able to purchase season tickets in a prime section you should NEVER have to put up with that. If Tulane wants to keep charging a big GWC donation as a prerequisite for seats between the 40s on the press-box side then Tulane needs to stop selling single-game tickets in that area to visiting fans and stop allowing visiting fans who purchased less desirable seats on that side from "poaching" unused seats. Make it green, or make it empty, just not red when Houston visits, and I might move back.
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I'm okay with selling seats but poaching (I call them roaches) ahould be strictly bannedWavefan wrote:The "visiting fans" thing did it for me. I moved from 121 to the Westfeldt Club to avoid obnoxious visitors - not all of them are, but when you pay a $500 or $1,000 GWC premium just to be able to purchase season tickets in a prime section you should NEVER have to put up with that. If Tulane wants to keep charging a big GWC donation as a prerequisite for seats between the 40s on the press-box side then Tulane needs to stop selling single-game tickets in that area to visiting fans and stop allowing visiting fans who purchased less desirable seats on that side from "poaching" unused seats. Make it green, or make it empty, just not red when Houston visits, and I might move back.
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I liked my seats in front of the press box, I just like Westfeldt a whole lot more. I got exactly what I wanted, first and second row seats right at the 50. I wanted to be front and center, in the thick of things, and I was...too much some times. Sometimes, there was serious jawing with opposing players and coaches, to the point I thought someone was coming over the rail (not me...others around). It was fun at times, and there was never want of a beer as the beer guy walked by every two minutes, right in front of me. The bleachers sucked, so I got the add on chair back and that was okay, but it's way too easy to encroach on the bleacher seat and sometimes (UL), it was a little too close for comfort. It was fun and fun people were all around, but it has become increasingly filled with opposing fans.
It's easier to see the whole field from my current seats. Sometimes, with the visiting team literally 8 feet in front of me, I couldn't see what was happening anywhere near the visiting side line. The big screen was helpful, and it was the trade off for sitting where I wanted to sit.
Westfeldt is just better, that's all, imho.
It's easier to see the whole field from my current seats. Sometimes, with the visiting team literally 8 feet in front of me, I couldn't see what was happening anywhere near the visiting side line. The big screen was helpful, and it was the trade off for sitting where I wanted to sit.
Westfeldt is just better, that's all, imho.
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if there is anyone on this site who you can count on for a quality adult beverage when he offers.. it's sproutsprout1550 wrote:I promise, you're going to like them. If not, find me and I will by you an adult beverage.
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Ditto. I too moved from sec 121 to Westfeldt this season. The seats in the terrace are great, the chairbacks are comfortable and the seating seems to offer a great deal more legroom. If it storms or if you need a break from the heat during an afternoon game, you can enjoy a couple cool ones and watch from the covered food court area under the big fans.sprout1550 wrote:I promise, you're going to like them. If not, find me and I will by you an adult beverage.
As others have mentioned, seat poaching is annoying and it seems to be pervasive in the terrace area as well. For the first couple years at the stadium, it seemed that staff monitored the entrance to each section to assure that only ticketholders were allowed entrance. I would like to see this continue throughout the game extending into the fourth quarter. I'm in Westfeldt 206 on the 45yd line and there were Nicholls fans coming and going until the end of the game. At one point there were five red shirts to my left and three to my right. This could easily be controlled and devalues everyone's ticket value if allowed to continue.
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Remember the first few games in Yulman when the Tulane team bench was on the press box side?sprout1550 wrote:Sometimes, with the visiting team literally 8 feet in front of me, I couldn't see what was happening anywhere near the visiting side line.
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AhemJohnny Mac wrote:if there is anyone on this site who you can count on for a quality adult beverage when he offers.. it's sproutsprout1550 wrote:I promise, you're going to like them. If not, find me and I will by you an adult beverage.
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