As week 1 approaches, Wisconsin fans are facing a choice with the Notre Dame game, especially if they don't already have tickets. Do they purchase ticket prices now or wait to see if they drop? Or there's always the watch at home option. The problem with waiting is that ticket prices are only going up, and while typically ticket prices will drop the final few days again, that's a gamble that may not be worth it for everyone.
Each university has already sold all its allotment of tickets, and there won't be a public sale of tickets ahead of the game. Thus, the only option for fans is the secondary market, which is driven completely by demand.
Right now, the ticket prices are hovering around $350 for the cheapest seats on the secondary market, depending on which site you are looking at. Here's a quick breakdown as of this writing (prices are subject to fluctuation and may already be different by the time you are reading this):
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Ticket Prices for Wisconsin vs. Notre Dame at Lambeau Field:
StubHub:Â The cheapest seats right now are $344 in the 700 sections (top rung of the endzone). If you want decent seats, you are looking at least $550.
Vivid Seats: Also, the 700 section is going to run you at $314, and seats closer to the field are hovering around $600.
SeatGeek: Offers similar to the two above, with the cheapest seats at $324, and if you want to sit anywhere close to the 50-yard line, good luck finding them for under $700.
TickPick: Has a budget deal offer right now for about $380 a seat in the 300 section. Which is below the 700 section, but still endzone views. There's also plenty of $600 seat choices down closer to the field.
The worry for many Wisconsin fans is that the Badger fans with the tickets will seize an opportunity to sell them and reduce the amount of red in the stands. The Badgers, being the severe underdogs against Notre Dame, will need all the help they can get from Wisconsin fans. But with two back-to-back down years and Irish fans somehow believing this is their year, it's ripe for the sale of Wisconsin tickets to Irish fans.
However, there is hope for Wisconsin fans as they start to glimmer something different about this season and the future. A new athletic director, a great transfer portal class, the recruiting is up by a lot, and with an easier schedule this season, there's new hope. While that hope may not be against Notre Dame, it's there for the season.
The one silver lining for this game is that Notre Dame has been known to lose early in the season, even in their good years. They've started flat under Marcus Freeman before, and could do it again. The Badgers have nothing to lose and can pin their ears back and go for the win. Now's a good time to buy some tickets, take in a college game at Lambeau Field, and maybe, just maybe, see history.
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