A Ticketing Bargain

To keep everyone's interest level on high and to stoke your commitment to get some tickets real soon (let's say Monday morning, Nov11, before the ACO closes at 11am EST!?), I just ran some numbers for clarity and comparison fun:


GA = general admission cost, EUR55 as ACO member

GS = grandstand seat cost, been looking in the EUR75-100-ish range

ACO = ACO level 2 membership costs, EUR102

LD = cost of long distance call to France (optional to include, if we're really tracking ALL reimbursable costs)

S = shipping costs

P = number of persons purchasing on an ACO membership


GA + GS + (ACO/P) + (LD/P) + (S/P) = per ticket cost


So the cost per ticket will be in the neighborhood of EUR 175 or $235, maybe a bit less with lower cost grandstand seats, maybe a little higher with more costly seats, fewer persons sharing the ACO costs, or a strike in France causes a surge in long distance telephone charges or shipping costs.

I honestly had not been too concerned if the costs was +/- a bit from this range. If someone is committed to attend, this will be only a small portion of trip costs compared to airfare, hotel, rail, etc.  That's all for you to decide how to travel and enjoy yourself while in France.


By comparison in the sporting world, this is a relative bargain:

Tickets to Game 6 of the World Series were going for $1000 each

Seats to the upcoming Super Bowl start at $800 each

Lowest costs seats to the final match of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil are $440

So on a per minute basis, LeMans is a clear winner:

	Ticket Cost	Approx playing time  (min)	Cost/min
LeMans	$235	1440	$0.16
World Series	$1000	150	$6.67
Super Bowl	$800	60	$13.33
World Cup	$440	90	$4.89

BTW, I want to go to a game at Fenway next season.  I've never been there.  Anyone want to come along?