Boom! Season tix bonuses!

[whaler11]

No not priority points. Seat rights. I believe they now call it "seat donation". Giving them money to purchase the rights to the seat.

You just want lower prices.

 

[whaler11]

Sorry I am just not understanding how they are preventing the non season tix holder without screwing up traffic

Many people without season tix meet up with season tix holders after parking -

'Hey - we are going to be there at 2pm for the 7 pm kickoff' - me
'I'll meet you at 2 pm' - non season tix holder
'You can't its only for season tix holders' - me
'We will go for 2 - what are they going to do, make us turn around. It's a bunch of 16 yr old kids working for LAZ' - non season tix holder

Maybe I am over analyzing I just can't see yet how this is going to work...
#skeptical

You are talking about like 1,000 people who care. If some of the unwashed get through you won't notice.

 

[Bonehead]

You are talking about like 1,000 people who care. If some of the unwashed get through you won't notice.

So make it for everyone and not just season tix holders...

 

[Alum86]

Issue the per game parking passes and one golden pass for the season for your car. No unwashed. Let them wait 'til 8 to get their drink on
For noon games. Us well heeled will
Start at 7. And after 5 hours of tailgating, divorce court

 

[RedSoloCup]

So make it for everyone and not just season tix holders...

Gotta make us feel like we have a perk.

Remember like skiblets mentioned, schedule still isn't great so they have to get us to the game.

Inside is the next step.

 

[whaler11]

So make it for everyone and not just season tix holders...

How does that sell season tickets? Of course some people realize they won't have an issue. Other people
are very particular about things like tickets and rules - just read the posts when people get paniced about tickets they ordered that haven't arrived.

 

[Bonehead]

How does that sell season tickets? Of course some people realize they won't have an issue. Other people
are very particular about things like tickets and rules - just read the posts when people get paniced about tickets they ordered that haven't arrived.

True - but are you sort of saying the extra hour of tailgating will get more season tix sold?
I'm not - I've been known to be wr...wro...wrong

 

[BoatShow]

Sorry I am just not understanding how they are preventing the non season tix holder without screwing up traffic

Many people without season tix meet up with season tix holders after parking -

'Hey - we are going to be there at 2pm for the 7 pm kickoff' - me
'I'll meet you at 2 pm' - non season tix holder
'You can't its only for season tix holders' - me
'We will go for 2 - what are they going to do, make us turn around. It's a bunch of 16 yr old kids working for LAZ' - non season tix holder

Maybe I am over analyzing I just can't see yet how this is going to work...
#skeptical

Do you and your buddies take seperate motorcycles to the game?

 

[whaler11]

True - but are you sort of saying the extra hour of tailgating will get more season tix sold?
I'm not - I've been known to be wr...wro...wrong

No I imagine the goal is to save some people they would have lost otherwise.

People complained about the tailgating hours. They improved it.

Two seconds of thought makes it clear they can't enforce it but who in the hell is clamoring for early tailgaiting and isn't a season ticket holder? Can you count them on your fingers and piggies?

They made a modest improvement in something that was an issue. At the very least they are listening!

Jesus - I'm negative?

 

[FartMan69]

 

[J187Money]

No not priority points. Seat rights. I believe they now call it "seat donation". Giving them money to purchase the rights to the seat.

Plenty of seats without them.

 

[Husky25]

I take advantage of the system by getting better seats through someone else and the university does not reward me...I just cannot understand it????

You're right. I should buy seats on my own account and sit across the stadium from my friends and sit by myself for 3 hours. There was a time not so long ago when the venue was more than half full.

 

[Bonehead]

Do you and your buddies take seperate motorcycles to the game?

Excellent post!

No. 6 tix in 130 but at times we have larger tailgates with others wo are not season tix holders. I guess on those days we won't take advantage of the extra hour.

 

[Dooley]

I like that you are guaranteed your same seats from the previous 3 yr plan. I wish that was available previous. Kinda skews the point aspect? Don't have to donate outside the seat donation except a small UConn Club donation.
Kinda ambiguous how to move if you want to move your seats, say, next to someone else's. Decided after ticket deadline? Roll the dice?

Is this right? We only have to pay a small club donation now instead of an extra $100 seat donation? If that's true, then seat prices did go down. We have to cut our group down from 6 to 4 but saving $300 of our total cost is a nice perk.

Love the extra hour of tailgating too! I don't get to the lots right at the open for all of the games but I get there fairly early on and it's tough to cook a breakfast AND lunch for a Noon game. Yeah, I know, I could always eat less. But why do that??

 

[BlueMAB]

You're right. I should buy seats on my own account and sit across the stadium from my friends and sit by myself for 3 hours. There was a time not so long ago when the venue was more than half full.

Problem solved.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

I mentioned this in another thread but if I can get the hat that says 2005 on it, I'll probably renew for the hell of it.

I have no idea how many games I'll get as my whole group is dropping out and I don't have a car but I like things like the hat as trivial as it is.

 

[whaler11]

I mentioned this in another thread but if I can get the hat that says 2005 on it, I'll probably renew for the hell of it.

I have no idea how many games I'll get as my whole group is dropping out and I don't have a car but I like things like the hat as trivial as it is.

Take the train to Fairfield. Butch will pick you up there. You cover the parking and I'll cover his tickets.

Problems solved everywhere.

 

[Bonehead]

No I imagine the goal is to save some people they would have lost otherwise.

People complained about the tailgating hours. They improved it.

Two seconds of thought makes it clear they can't enforce it but who in the hell is clamoring for early tailgaiting and isn't a season ticket holder? Can you count them on your fingers and piggies?

They made a modest improvement in something that was an issue. At the very least they are listening!

Jesus - I'm negative?

Lol.

I get where you are now coming from - and I am absolutely jaded with FB right now but I am not a quitter - so u are stuck with me.
So you are saying opening the gates 5 hours before a game is going to keep season tix holders who would have otherwise not renewed?
I'm trying to understand...more complained about after game hours than before, no?

We all have different reasons for thinking of giving up tix I didn't know this was one of them.

 

[noeynox]

The hat sold me. Gotta. Have. The. Hat.

 

[whaler11]

Lol.

I get where you are now coming from - and I am absolutely jaded with FB right now but I am not a quitter - so u are stuck with me.
So you are saying opening the gates 5 hours before a game is going to keep season tix holders who would have otherwise not renewed?
I'm trying to understand...more complained about after game hours than before, no?

We all have different reasons for thinking of giving up tix I didn't know this was one of them.

Well they only have so many options.

They took a common complaint and made real progress.

Some people will just be happy they listened and it may persuade them. It might only be 100 people. It might only be 50. It might be 500. It doesn't matter: They are reacting to feedback. That is the important thing.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Baby steps.

Take advantage of the extra hour and show it can be accomplished without reversing the rotation of the earth and they'll eventually give another hour. Six hours is plenty enough for any game for Connecticutians.

They're giving season ticket holders slack in the rope. You can either pull yourself up or hang yourself.

 

[J187Money]

You're right. I should buy seats on my own account and sit across the stadium from my friends and sit by myself for 3 hours. There was a time not so long ago when the venue was more than half full.

No you shouldn't. But you are trading better seats for losing the benefit of owning the tickets.

I assume you don't take the tax deduction for his donation. That's an actual real benefit.

 

[Alum86]

Is this right? We only have to pay a small club donation now instead of an extra $100 seat donation? If that's true, then seat prices did go down. We have to cut our group down from 6 to 4 but saving $300 of our total cost is a nice perk.

-- I meant you won't have to donate
extra after the ticket and seat donation. I doubt the seat donation goes away. You just won't have to pony up extra to keep your points up and be able to stay in same area.
(My take on it)

 

[Husky25]

Guess I'll have to live with that on my conscience.

And you assume correct In this case. I consider the extra $100 "donation" as a part of the cost of entertainment. It is what it is. Regardless, I'd venture a guess that the IRS probably has bigger fish to fry.

 

[Waquoit]

I mentioned this in another thread but if I can get the hat that says 2005 on it, I'll probably renew for the hell of it.

A throwback hat!

 

[J187Money]

Guess I'll have to live with that on my conscience. And you assume correct In this case. I consider the extra $100 "donation" as a part of the cost of entertainment. It is what it is. Regardless, I'd venture a guess that the IRS probably has bigger fish to fry.

I'm not talking about the IRS. You are mad about getting screwed out of a hat. Meanwhile your friend is taking 100 from you and deducting 80 of it so he is screwing you out of 80 * his marginal tax rate per ticket. You mad at him?

 

[Husky25]

I'm not talking about the IRS. You are mad about getting screwed out of a hat. Meanwhile your friend is taking 100 from you and deducting 80 of it so he is screwing you out of 80 * his marginal tax rate per ticket. You mad at him?

No. We are a bunch of accountants and financial advisors. He typically uses the savings on food and booze for tailgating. that part works out in the end.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

For the record, my comment about drowning my tears in a hat was a joke.

Quite frankly, I think this is an excellent move. They should absolutely incentivize being a season ticket holder. I am gonna buy gear anyway -- so buying cheaper gear is a huge bonus for me, especially on Game Day. An extra hour of tailgating is great for those afternoon/evening games, though coming from New Haven, getting there before 8 is just... yeah. Tough.

Overall very happy they're listening and understand they need to rewards those of us loyal enough to stick it out.

 

[sanchez42885]

The parking situation is simple. They only open the season ticket holder lots early and the red lots don't open until the normal time. You can funnel the cars down the way of the red lot and they just sit there until they officially open them. I doubt it'll be as huge of an issue for the Saturday games but it will certainly be interesting for the Thursday/Friday night games.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

The parking situation is simple. They only open the season ticket holder lots early and the red lots don't open until the normal time. You can funnel the cars down the way of the red lot and they just sit there until they officially open them. I doubt it'll be as huge of an issue for the Saturday games but it will certainly be interesting for the Thursday/Friday night games.

I don't have a parking pass b/c I get two season tickets and usually give one to a friend who generally offers to pay for parking. So that situation wouldn't be ideal for me. Season passes != season parking passes.