Les is right about getting from scalper at last minute. I used to print a seating chart out so they couldn't lie to me about the seat's location. Also. A lot of counterfits out there so it's good to know what the tickets are supposed to look like. But when I travel out of town very far to go to a game, I buy tickets in advance. I don't want to pay for a hotel room, gas, airline tickets, take time off from work etc and not get into the game with a good ticket. Then it's best to follow rdklgliders advice. I like Seatgeek because you can search for tickets by price with all fees included. Good luck and have fun!!!! GO RAMS!!!!
I always printed a seating chart when I flew to STL for a game, which I did many times. You're correct it's essential.
My feeling was that I wasn't flying all that way, paying for a hotel and air and then paying top dollar for premium seats. Because I won't sit in shit seats for a game even if the tickets are free. It's just no damn fun. I can't stand paying top dollar for tickets LOL. Fuck that.
I always talked to a few scalpers at least and I told them I wanted between the 45 yard lines and what section. That way if they had it I'd go back to them when they were ready to drop the price to get a sale. And if they didn't have them I would use that to grind the price down. I don't think I ever sat outside of the 40's.
I used to go to the Herdfest every year without tickets. And I even had a few guys take me up on my offer to get their seats in town from a scalper and it always worked out. I used to have fun ribbing the guys who had season tickets that I was sitting in better seats for less money than their seats haha. Those were great times.
The first time it'll be nerve racking because you will be afraid, but trust me find a guy with good tickets and wait. He will want to get anything he can get when there is hardly anyone on the street. They would rather sell a pair of $150 each tickets for $150 for both than throw those tickets in the garbage.
As a side note/pro tip.........always be polite. First because they are people and second a lot of assholes think acting like an asshole to a scalper gets them a better price. So they will appreciate being treated like a human. I often asked them what their names was and introduced myself.
Trust me
@Elmgrovegnome those guys will be ready to sell when the streets get empty, I don't care where they are from and how many die hard fans are in NY. Remember the Rams Monday night game in Cleveland many years back? I sat in killer seats for $50 bucks each. And you will not find many cities with die hard fans like Browns fans.