There are ticket swap groups on Facebook and then I sometimes use tickpick.

Ticketmaster. The reseller’s fees are crazy. I did get lucky that on Black Friday Ticketmaster waived all fees.

Ticketmaster

Ticket window at the arena.

There’s a ticket thread in r/caps

Reddit group of respective teams

I usually buy them at Capital One Arena to reduce the service fees and still get physical tickets. (I like saving my ticket stubs.)

Pro tip if you do the above - use your Capital One credit card to get an additional discount off the listed ticket price.

When you get tickets directly at the box office are they the same price as Ticketmaster just without the fees?

GovX if you're a federal employee.

There are a small number of Ticketmaster fees applied EVEN IF you buy at the box office. (It's absolutely ridiculous.) However, the amount of fees paid on tickets bought at the box office is considerably less than it is for tickets purchased online.

Incidentally, the Capital One credit card discount on Wizards/Capitals tickets I've bought at the box office is $4/ticket.

Thanks. Going in person hadn’t even occurred to me lol.

Thanks. Will check out that thread

Thanks. Have you used other apps in the past? What makes you prefer tickpick?

Can you get tickets if you show up day of, or even 30 minutes before the game? Thinking about doing that for a wizards game this week

For most Wizards games, you can.

That is harder to do for Capitals games.

I used the Gametime app because the prices were slightly cheaper than on Stubhub, Seat Geek and Ticketmaster. Tickets were legit and sent with no issues.

I think it’s 10% off if you use your C1 ATM card.

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Are there hours online? I wanna go to the Gervonta Davis fight. I also am a lover of physical tickets. I’ll never forgive Covid for ruining that.

I’ve used vivid seats in the past.

>use your Capital One credit card t

will you get the same discount if you use a capital one debit card?

I miss the old days. I liked dealing with the in person scalpers. I had a guy I could trust that could always get me good seats at reasonable prices.

Now his business is all but dried up and he barely comes anymore. The apps are a lot more expensive....:(

Facebook/TickPick/Gametime.

Gametimes prices are usually cheapest, but they add fees after the fact.

TickPick shows you the all-in price first, fees included, so it’s less complicated.

There are lots of Facebook groups for Commanders tickets, so I assume the same for the caps and wiz. Most of those groups have rules, vouch systems, and kick people out if they try to run scams, so it’s relatively safe. I’ve bought football tickets off Facebook without any issues.

Note to self, this will not work for sixers games lol

Note to shabbosstroller - this will work for most 76ers/Wizards games….just not games held between Christmas and New Year’s Day. 😉

(I say that because I’m a 76ers fan and usually attend their games in DC when I don’t have a schedule conflict…except Tuesday night when the prices were ridiculous partly due to the holidays, partly for unknown reasons. I actually bitched via texts to my brothers and a couple friends about Tuesday’s ticket prices, LOL.)

Haha, well I wish I said which game! I got there and the cheapest was $280, holy shit! Luckily I copped two for $70 each from a reseller outside. Should have bought them online the day before but I thought the $20 per ticket fee was outrageous!

You mentioned the holidays, I guess since many people are home they have the same idea to go to a game?

RE: people attending games during the holidays, I think that’s the case.

This morning I actually checked the Wizards’ attendance for weeknight games between Christmas and New Year’s Day during non-pandemic years (basically the 2016-17 to 2019-20 seasons). I also kept tabs starting last night on ticket demand for their game tonight against Phoenix. The Zards usually (though not always) DO get a significant attendance boost for weeknight games the last week of the calendar year. I didn’t realize there actually was a significant difference attendance/ticket demand-wise until I looked into it. (Re: Tuesday night’s game, in my personal case I didn’t want to buy in advance because I wasn’t 100% sure I’d return from my Christmas family visit in time to attend; I got back around 4:45 PM, a little more than 2 hours prior to the game.)

I can tell you I’ve never previously had a major problem getting a reasonably-priced ticket to a 76ers/Wizards game in the roughly 20 times I’ve seen the teams play in DC, most of them bought on the day of the game. There were plenty of seats available at the box office when the 76ers made their first visit this season back on Halloween night (Monday 10/31).

Stubdepot

Really insightful and helpful, thanks for sharing!