Forever Seats?

[DayDayTFS]

I’m a season ticket holder but not someone dumb enough to think a marketing slogan was binding.

Go ahead and sue UConn if you want. Get a class action going, too. And if you win, when you end up underwater because of the legal bill, you’ll realize how much time and money you wasted.

Or shut up and grow up. That’s also an option.

Everyone panicking when they don’t even know if they’re impacted. Mad for the sake of mad.

You don’t send an email like that and then say oh well we’ll tell you in a few months how it’s going to all work. That’s the issue. It’s about raking in some dough. Nobody is going to sue them, it’s about principle, which in the world today is lacking. Like your brain power.

 

[CTBasketball]

Thereby making it the correct decision.

I don’t think any decision he makes he knows enough about it to lose sleep over it.

 

[willie99]

Really? You don't think the building of a basketball practice facility, or the new volleyball facility, both of which negate most of the need for retractable seating, aren't in play? You don't think that luxury seating isn't in play? (which will also take away from the "corporates" you're all whining about too)

I'd at least hold off outrage until the seating plan shakes out.

Typical internet troll, a fighting man I see. You mistake conversation and concern and disappointment with "outrage". Ironically, you're the one displaying outrage

When you grow up, you might someday realize good and smart people can and do disagree, and you may not be triggered so easily

 

[gampelcrazies]

If someone is not currently a Season ticket holders but has a significant # of priority points, will they be able to participate in the selection process?

According to UConn no. Only people who have tickets can buy. And you can’t add more during seat selection

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Granted, I am viewing this from a different position than many on here as a) I have never had season tickets at Gampel and b) I haven't had season tickets in Hartford in nearly 15 years, as getting to midweek games became difficult with taking partial vacation days in order to hit the road in time to get to Hartford before tipoff, but there are a handful of realities that we need to accept, even with the cold, indifference of offering forever seats, then changing things a few years later.

We want to claim that we are peers with the likes of Kentucky & UNC. I am curoius as to what lower bowl, middle third of the court seatiing costs at Rupp and the Dean Dome. Add to this the fact that they are roughlt double the size of Gampel, which should reducing pricing significantly. We need to accept that if we want to compete at the highest levels, it includes being in an arms race, which, for a handful of reasons, we are at a significant competitive disadvantage.

For the purpose of full candor, when I first saw the mention of Forever Seating I thought this woud be circumvented by pricing people out at some point, basically giving plausible deniability to the notion that they never intended to honor the seating pledge by claiming fans who had given up tickets (due to cost) did so on their own accord, not because the school decided to take their seats from them, but the underlying fact is that nobody should have expected the seats to always be available and affordable shy of the program reaching a slow, steady decline.

As callous as this may sound, supporting the program is still a discretionary activity and as fans we need to accept that common sense in terms of how each of us can spend their resources (time, money) in supporting the program, adding to the the strong likelyhood that shy of the school building a much larger arena, prices will continue to rise as time passes.

 

[Stew Crew]

We want to claim that we are peers with the likes of Kentucky & UNC. I am curoius as to what lower bowl, middle third of the court seatiing costs at Rupp and the Dean Dome. Add to this the fact that they are roughlt double the size of Gampel, which should reducing pricing significantly. We need to accept that if we want to compete at the highest levels, it includes being in an arms race, which, for a handful of reasons, we are at a significant competitive disadvantage.

When UConn increased seat donations a few years ago, Benedict sent out an email claiming that some schools that we compete with "regionally and nationally" raised 20% - 30% more through seat donations and ticket sales.

I know there was another communication at some point where he compared lower bowl prices to those of a few other Big East schools.

 

[Lambeau]

WKYT reported Kentucky raised prices for the first time in five years--best lower bowl seats $10,000 for 18 games; uppers $850.
If you are a new fan, you can buy into the lower bowl for $50,000 to the K Fund, paid in five annual installments.Welcome to the Big Time.

 

[DayDayTFS]

There is a HUGE difference between raising prices and telling people they may need to move because their seats will get taken by someone with more money/points. This just wasn’t well thought out, communicating with little to no actual details.

 

[Ha Who]

WKYT reported Kentucky raised prices for the first time in five years--best lower bowl seats $10,000 for 18 games; uppers $850.
If you are a new fan, you can buy into the lower bowl for $50,000 to the K Fund, paid in five annual installments.Welcome to the Big Time.

I priced out my sec seats compared to Kentucky similar seats. XL price $78 per game. UK is $138 per game. Including all licensing/seat donations

 

[UConnDad]

I’m a season ticket holder but not someone dumb enough to think a marketing slogan was binding.

Go ahead and sue UConn if you want. Get a class action going, too. And if you win, when you end up underwater because of the legal bill, you’ll realize how much time and money you wasted.

Or shut up and grow up. That’s also an option.

Everyone panicking when they don’t even know if they’re impacted. Mad for the sake of mad.

Well if you read the email it was a promise. Integrity means little these days. I see by your comments you think you’re smarter than the rest of us. I wish I was as fortunate.

 

[willie99]

Funny, we need to make changes to compete with the big time schools, yet we're the most successful program in the last 25 years

On the court, they want to be us

I wonder how good we'd be if we were "big time"

 

[uh-no]

Funny, we need to make changes to compete with the big time schools, yet we're the most successful program in the last 25 years

On the court, they want to be us

I wonder how good we'd be if we were "big time"

depending on the state to cover the gap for us is not sustainable.

 

[Waquoit]

This just wasn’t well thought out, communicating with little to no actual details.

And it also seems like a chef's kiss coming so soon after dropping that turd of an XL schedule on us. No Dave, I don't like dem apples.

 

[JJTB]

Forever seats my A**! Was a season ticket holder since 1978. 9 years ago they were duplicate selling our HCC seat…what a hassle that was. The next year ALL our points were “lost!” We’re talking great seats…4 rows behind the UConn basket for the girls, Section 117 at HCC, where we had our own 2 seat row. Ticket office made little effort to assist us…haven’t been back since! Weren’t loyal to us!

 

[Deepster]

This thread is insane.

I want my seats from 50 years ago and I don’t want to pay any more! There’s going to be nothing but “corporate types” in the lower bowl!!!!

What gigantic corporations are gobbling up all the current lower seats? Google? Apple? Most large corporations like The Hartford or Travelers limit donations to philanthropic efforts and not to court side seats. Those lower seats are bought today and tomorrow by the alum doctor or guy that owns the local Chevy dealership. Not Jeff Bezos. LOL

 

[Chief00]

Granted, I am viewing this from a different position than many on here as a) I have never had season tickets at Gampel and b) I haven't had season tickets in Hartford in nearly 15 years, as getting to midweek games became difficult with taking partial vacation days in order to hit the road in time to get to Hartford before tipoff, but there are a handful of realities that we need to accept, even with the cold, indifference of offering forever seats, then changing things a few years later.

We want to claim that we are peers with the likes of Kentucky & UNC. I am curoius as to what lower bowl, middle third of the court seatiing costs at Rupp and the Dean Dome. Add to this the fact that they are roughlt double the size of Gampel, which should reducing pricing significantly. We need to accept that if we want to compete at the highest levels, it includes being in an arms race, which, for a handful of reasons, we are at a significant competitive disadvantage.

For the purpose of full candor, when I first saw the mention of Forever Seating I thought this woud be circumvented by pricing people out at some point, basically giving plausible deniability to the notion that they never intended to honor the seating pledge by claiming fans who had given up tickets (due to cost) did so on their own accord, not because the school decided to take their seats from them, but the underlying fact is that nobody should have expected the seats to always be available and affordable shy of the program reaching a slow, steady decline.

As callous as this may sound, supporting the program is still a discretionary activity and as fans we need to accept that common sense in terms of how each of us can spend their resources (time, money) in supporting the program, adding to the the strong likelyhood that shy of the school building a much larger arena, prices will continue to rise as time passes.

One thing you are ignoring is they are giving a double priority point bonus for any money being donated between now and year end. So if I had not been a loyal fan and saved my money rather than donating it over the years, I could double my current points by donating the same amount of money now and buy Premium Seats.

When someone is not truthful it is not the fault of the person who believed it, who should have known they are being lied to.
No one is arguing the forever seats can’t go up, in fact they have every year. What people are arguing is that both sides need to play the game by the rules both parties agreed to.

 

[DayDayTFS]

This thread is insane.

I want my seats from 50 years ago and I don’t want to pay any more! There’s going to be nothing but “corporate types” in the lower bowl!!!!

What gigantic corporations are gobbling up all the current lower seats? Google? Apple? Most large corporations like The Hartford or Travelers limit donations to philanthropic efforts and not to court side seats. Those lower seats are bought today and tomorrow by the alum doctor or guy that owns the local Chevy dealership. Not Jeff Bezos. LOL

No surprise this bozo popped in with nonsensical comments about Apple and google. The whole thread is about shady business practices aimed at fattening UConns wallet while many loyal ticket holders will be moved from their current seats without the opportunity to simply pay an increase in cost. Nobody is complaining about paying more to keep their seats, reading comprehension is not your strong suit, clearly. They want more money now (basically just buying points to move up the line) with no details on how the process will actually work.

 

[Deepster]

Nobody is complaining about paying more to keep their seats, reading comprehension is not your strong suit, clearly..

“Fine line between loyalty and going to the highest dollar I suppose....”

“I get why they just care about the bottom line, but at some point they need to look at how much they are alienating their most passionate fans and ticket-holders.”

“No loyalty unless you want to pay for it, then they’ll still boot you if it’s not enough. BS”

 

[DayDayTFS]

“Fine line between loyalty and going to the highest dollar I suppose....”

“I get why they just care about the bottom line, but at some point they need to look at how much they are alienating their most passionate fans and ticket-holders.”

“No loyalty unless you want to pay for it, then they’ll still boot you if it’s not enough. BS”

Yeah let’s just hand them our money for points when we have no idea what we are paying for. Conveniently sold as “forever seats” after coming off 3 straight losing seasons, only to take them away after success returned. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

 

[BigFanCT]

Are they getting rid of seats? If so, why?

 

[Deepster]

Yeah let’s just hand them our money for points when we have no idea what we are paying for. Conveniently sold as “forever seats” after coming off 3 straight losing seasons, only to take them away after success returned. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

I’ll take that as an apology for your previous comment on my reading comprehension.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Are they getting rid of seats? If so, why?

Nobody is certain but generally speaking, adding luxury/premium seating means reducing capacity. It seems pretty likely

 

[CL82]

Thereby making it the correct decision.

Or at least the short term maximization decision. People lose sleep over what's happening tomorrow, not what could happen a decade from now.

 

[giddyup]

Can you produce a signed contract?

You don’t need a signed contract to hold people liable for false advertising, fraudulent inducement, detrimental reliance, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

 

[pepband99]

Typical internet troll, a fighting man I see. You mistake conversation and concern and disappointment with "outrage". Ironically, you're the one displaying outrage

When you grow up, you might someday realize good and smart people can and do disagree, and you may not be triggered so easily

I was simply answering a stupid question. Funny the guy who uses “fighting man” “outrage” and “troll” in the same post, and you accuse me of being “triggered “. Pot. Kettle.