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Please help me out! I will be visiting Pittsburgh for 3 days from Dec 7-10 for some shopping with the gf. We're going to be driving 4-5 hours south of Toronto. We both love sports so we thought we'd check out a live NFL game for the first time since it's rated one of the top things to do in Pitts. The Chargers will be visiting Pitts on that Sunday afternoon. Being a complete newbie, I have a few questions:

1. From my research, the Chargers are an exciting team yes? Big Ben should be back in 2 weeks right? That means the game should be worth going to right?

2. What is the best place to buy tickets online?? I heard of stubhub.com but have no idea how legit it is. Also I see ticketmaster and ebay but all of them seem expensive.

3. Secondly, what prices should I be looking for? Is $100 for Level 500 seats good or bad?

4. Alternatively, should I go 1 hour early and buy off scalpers instead???

5. Is it recommended to drive there or should I take public transportation???

Thanks so much guys!!!

mtx wrote:Please help me out! I will be visiting Pittsburgh for 3 days from Dec 7-10 for some shopping with the gf. We're going to be driving 4-5 hours south of Toronto. We both love sports so we thought we'd check out a live NFL game for the first time since it's rated one of the top things to do in Pitts. The Chargers will be visiting Pitts on that Sunday afternoon. Being a complete newbie, I have a few questions:

1. From my research, the Chargers are an exciting team yes? Big Ben should be back in 2 weeks right? That means the game should be worth going to right?

2. What is the best place to buy tickets online?? I heard of stubhub.com but have no idea how legit it is. Also I see ticketmaster and ebay but all of them seem expensive.

3. Secondly, what prices should I be looking for? Is $100 for Level 500 seats good or bad?

4. Alternatively, should I go 1 hour early and buy off scalpers instead???

5. Is it recommended to drive there or should I take public transportation???

Thanks so much guys!!!

Cool. I'm from Toronto too and went to my first game this year between the Chargers / Browns in Cleveland. Great experience. The Pittsburgh game should be fun as their fans are pretty loyal, so the stadium should be packed.

1. Hmm, I'm a Chargers fan, but I don't know about exciting. They used to have a powerful offense a few years ago which made them exciting, but they're pretty terrible this year. That said, they seem to always be in the games near the end, which in itself makes for some exciting football.

2. My fiance bought the tickets for the Chargers / Browns game from StubHub. Seemed legit. No problem entering the stadium or anything. I believe stubhub has a number you can call if there are any problems when you arrive at the game and someone will find you equivalent or better seats. (Double check on that).

3. I don't know how prices compare between the Browns / Steelers home games (I would assume they differ quite a bit considering the state of each franchise and their fan bases), but we sat right behind the Chargers bench, 10 rows back, on the 40 yard line and the tickets were $109 each + some service fees or whatever. I think it worked out to about $130 or so per ticket. Take that for what it's worth.

Enjoy the game!