[Rams1322]

I'm glad to see that most everyone got their tickets...its been crazy and I'm sure very nerve racking.

Anyhow please make sure you add the RFU badge to my profile.

I actually was in Wave 0 and have 4 seats in the Gold Section in 8h.

I just happen to know a former player that I'm not going to name but I was really lucky to get in early, thanks to this person. I was set up with a dedicated Rams rep to work with which was cool. When I got in which was before the draft a lot of the gold section was taken but I got lucky with really good seats.

I'm not a celebrity but interesting enough I'm a premier seat holder at staples center and even those guys with suites/VIP seats and so forth couldn't even get into a wave 0 for the Rams. It's a tough ticket to get.

I'm an NFL fan and a new die hard fan for the Rams! I was waiting for LA to get a team so for years I wasn't jumping on any bandwagon...It seems like there's a lot of good people on here and I can't wait to start tailgating with the RFU family!!!

Go Rams!!!

Congrats Rams1322. You have to be a real insider to get a RFU badge.

Did the wave 0 people have to pay anything extra?

Nothing extra...same $100 deposit etc at least for me...same pricing as everyone else. Lots of players their families and friends got to select early. Like I said I was pretty lucky and if there's any news I can share as I did last month by letting RFU know about the wave 1 release I'll do so. I'm actually curious to see what the parking situations going to be....hopefully we'll find out soon.

[Ramzee]

My bad!

[BuiltRamTough]

Congrats Rams1322. You have to be a real insider to get a RFU badge.

Did the wave 0 people have to pay anything extra?

Nothing extra...same $100 deposit etc at least for me...same pricing as everyone else. Lots of players their families and friends got to select early. Like I said I was pretty lucky and if there's any news I can share as I did last month by letting RFU know about the wave 1 release I'll do so. I'm actually curious to see what the parking situations going to be....hopefully we'll find out soon.

I have to be honest. After this entire grueling process. I'm not happy with my tickets. I'm not happy with how this all went down and I'm not happy, premium tickets went to people like you. Who are you people? You don't bleed blue and gold. You haven't lived and died with this team for decades. This team did us old school fans dirty.

I feel like I've been waiting in line for over 21 years and guys like you just got to cut to the head of the line with just a few days notice. You know, just cuz. Old school Rams fans should be angry about this. Outraged even. This is bullshit. When the seats start ending up full of other teams jerseys when the Rams aren't winning enough games, THIS will be WHY.

You're something else Ramzee lol

[Ramzee]

You're something else Ramzee lol

I shouldn't have wrote that. I apologize to Rams1322 for that. We're all fans and we're all excited. No exceptions. This isn't RamsFansDivided, it's RamsFansUnited so for that, again, I apologize. Clearly I'm just upset about my ticket situation. I wanted better seats for sure. At the very least something I felt I could see the game from. Just feeling a little jilted by the situation.

[Fire407]

I actually think that overall the process was fair. Of course friends and family are getting first choice, and I'm surprised that there weren't more seats already taken before the general public got access. I'm not sure when Ramzee got his deposit in, but I can only blame myself for not clicking in at 10am. So I was wave 5, and after following the previous waves on this forum I knew the choices were going to be slim. I feel lucky to even have tickets. And as everyone has said, this venue is only temporary, and supposedly having tickets now will guarantee the chance to purchase in the new stadium which is the ultimate goal. I do have one gripe with the system, and that is feeling that I had to rush to check out. Clicking on seats should have actually held the seats while you explored more options. After reading here that people actually lost seats that were in their cart, I felt like I needed to get in and out fast. I would have loved to have been able to take my time and make note of the full inventory left for the people that are following me.

[Ramzee]

I actually think that overall the process was fair. Of course friends and family are getting first choice, and I'm surprised that there weren't more seats already taken before the general public got access. I'm not sure when Ramzee got his deposit in, but I can only blame myself for not clicking in at 10am. So I was wave 5, and after following the previous waves on this forum I knew the choices were going to be slim. I feel lucky to even have tickets. And as everyone has said, this venue is only temporary, and supposedly having tickets now will guarantee the chance to purchase in the new stadium which is the ultimate goal. I do have one gripe with the system, and that is feeling that I had to rush to check out. Clicking on seats should have actually held the seats while you explored more options. After reading here that people actually lost seats that were in their cart, I felt like I needed to get in and out fast. I would have loved to have been able to take my time and make note of the full inventory left for the people that are following me.

I got in a lil after 10:30. As soon as I could. I know that website wasn't working very well at that time either so it took a while to actually get into the virtual line.

I took 2 and 1/2 hours to buy my tickets once the window became available. I found the last 4 seats in the last Green section available, literally the last ones and I went to buy them and they poofed on me. That was within 5 or so minutes after logging in and realizing even the away side between the 10's was already gone. So then I checked pretty much every section in the place two or three times before settling on some bad tickets in one of the last Brown sections available.

You may feel lucky just to even get tickets but after scouring all of the after sale ticket vendors, there's way tooooo many options available in ALL the sections for me to feel good about my seats. Those seats could have went to real Rams fans, like you and I, who would have appreciated them a helluva lot more. They literally sold premium tickets to people who will sell them to the highest bidder, while someone like me could be sitting in them who would attend every game, until the day they pack up and leave again. They should have limited more tickets per credit card.

[KamikazeKid]

It's impossible to please ~80,000 people (Coliseum seating capacity) with the season ticket process. There are variables that are going to uniquely affect each person differently.

Here are some recurring examples I've noticed:

1. 8 TICKET PURCHASE MAXIMUM: Personally, I think this number was too high on the Rams' part. But, I've also come to terms that this could be a blessing for some fans. Had the limit been 4 tickets, which seems to be the standard with other teams, how would a family of 5 or 6 all be able to go? Or what if 2 or 3 families wanted to go in together to be able to sit together? I realize these scenarios may not be for the majority of fans, but for the ones it does affect I think they are thankful for the Rams in setting the limit at 8. On the flip side, it's a resellers dream in being able to purchase this many tickets for profit. It won't affect everyone, but there's 2 sides to this 8 ticket limit.

2. FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Listen, we all know the NFL is a business. A lot of doors open for you when you know the right people. The majority of the general public is not in this group, but we all know this exclusive "family and friends" club exists. It exists in the entire sports and entertainment industry. Unfortunately, this is just another example of life not being fair, but that doesn't mean some of us, average Joe public fans, aren't privileged and ecstatic to be season ticket holders.

3. THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM: I, like many others, was in the Ticketmaster system at 10:00.01am to place a deposit, but couldn't check out until 10:10ish and didn't receive my Ticketmaster email confirmation until 10:16am. Alas, I was in the third wave. It was reassuring to know I wasn't the only one that had to keep refreshing my browser to load and reload the page in order to checkout. Was the site overloaded? Probably. Did Ticketmaster anticipate so many deposits in the first 5 minutes? Probably not. But, I think this was a fair way in going about determining priority. It gave everyone an equal chance.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, let's just be thankful the Rams are back in Los Angeles. There will be tons of fans that put down a deposit that won't be given the opportunity to get season tickets. I know there will be some diehard fans that won't get season tickets. But, being at the games in person has never defined being a "diehard fan." There are many other ways to show your passion, dedication, and support. And that's why I'm proud to be a part of this #Ramily.

[Ramzee]

It's impossible to please ~80,000 people (Coliseum seating capacity) with the season ticket process. There are variables that are going to uniquely affect each person differently.

Here are some recurring examples I've noticed:

1. 8 TICKET PURCHASE MAXIMUM: Personally, I think this number was too high on the Rams' part. But, I've also come to terms that this could be a blessing for some fans. Had the limit been 4 tickets, which seems to be the standard with other teams, how would a family of 5 or 6 all be able to go? Or what if 2 or 3 families wanted to go in together to be able to sit together? I realize these scenarios may not be for the majority of fans, but for the ones it does affect I think they are thankful for the Rams in setting the limit at 8. On the flip side, it's a resellers dream in being able to purchase this many tickets for profit. It won't affect everyone, but there's 2 sides to this 8 ticket limit.

2. FAMILY AND FRIENDS: Listen, we all know the NFL is a business. A lot of doors open for you when you know the right people. The majority of the general public is not in this group, but we all know this exclusive "family and friends" club exists. It exists in the entire sports and entertainment industry. Unfortunately, this is just another example of life not being fair, but that doesn't mean some of us, average Joe public fans, aren't privileged and ecstatic to be season ticket holders.

3. THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM: I, like many others, was in the Ticketmaster system at 10:00.01am to place a deposit, but couldn't check out until 10:10ish and didn't receive my Ticketmaster email confirmation until 10:16am. Alas, I was in the third wave. It was reassuring to know I wasn't the only one that had to keep refreshing my browser to load and reload the page in order to checkout. Was the site overloaded? Probably. Did Ticketmaster anticipate so many deposits in the first 5 minutes? Probably not. But, I think this was a fair way in going about determining priority. It gave everyone an equal chance.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, let's just be thankful the Rams are back in Los Angeles. There will be tons of fans that put down a deposit that won't be given the opportunity to get season tickets. I know there will be some diehard fans that won't get season tickets. But, being at the games in person has never defined being a "diehard fan." There are many other ways to show your passion, dedication, and support. And that's why I'm proud to be a part of this #Ramily.

You guys with the good attitudes are too nice.

I think the Rams were legitimately wondering if they'd sell out the stadium with season ticket holders, before this process began. I base that off of the language they were using in quotes in articles before all of this happened. They didn't sound like the confident people they are today (about next season and beyond). They seemed worried. I think the 8 ticket limit was born out of a fear of selling out.

Fact is, with 8 tickets, a LOT of people were able to piggyback off of other people's accounts. Further distancing anyone else later on down the line, without an in like that. There was a lot of abusing the system going on here. One credit card deposit per person should have been enough and if your cousin wants to go too, let him put down his own credit card for his own deposit. You feel me?

How many LEGIT 8 person families do you know that were able to afford 8 tickets at once? I don't know a single one. How many hardcore, die hard Rams fans who have been waiting for over 20 years for this team to return won't get any tickets at all? I already know a bunch!

[Ramzee]

I got tickets in the Brown section, so it definitely could be worse. I know many fans who don't have any tickets at all, who fully intended on buying them when they came back. All I'm saying is, we were there. I'm mad talking about where's my view?

I was here. Where were these other people with better seats than me though?



I was here every game in SD since they left. A lot of games in Arizona throughout the years too. I was here.



Do you know who I bought all those tickets from too? It wasn't Rams fans. It was Chargers and Cardinals fans. I can't get over the fact they will have opposing teams fans sitting in better seats than me. Knowing damn well I'll attend every game.

Shit, I attended the Rams games back when the league was on strike in 1987. Back when the only Ram player of note was HB Charles White. Those stadiums were empty. I'm still raging.

[KamikazeKid]

How many LEGIT 8 person families do you know that were able to afford 8 tickets at once? I don't know a single one. How many hardcore, die hard Rams fans who have been waiting for over 20 years for this team to return won't get any tickets at all? I already know a bunch!

Personally, I don't know any 8 person families, but that doesn't mean some 5 or 6 person families didn't purchase tickets. I understand the point you are trying to make, but there would be no conceivable way for the Rams to justify one's fan "diehardedness" level over another's. If you wanted priority to be based on that, there would definitely be more problems with the process than the way they went about it.

I agree with you. I know there will be tons of diehard fans that won't get season tickets. But like I said in my previous post, I don't think being at the games in person is the only parameter that defines a true "diehard fan."