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Storrs South said:
So to recap:

  1. Fans were marketed the concept of Forever Seats to retain their exact seats year after year without having to worry of reseating every time 7-8 years ago
  2. In the face of the pandemic, in order to keep these seats, fans had to pay some or most of the cost of these seats in a year we could not attend games.
  3. The building then gets a renovation that appears to have removed 100-150 seats and the determination is they "have" to reseat the entire building and there was no alterantive to killing the notion of the Forever Seats! and to establish the order to pick new seats it requires giving more money
  4. Upon seeing the seating map before a single season ticket holder is supposed to have picked seats, many of the best seats are already blocked off due to "athletic obligations."

I dunno...that's a lot to absorb
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Unfortunately, ticket sales and donations are a short-term business. Athletic Dept knows Hurley will not keep us on top forever and he’ll eventually retire.

It’s far better financially to get annual $25,000+ corporate donations for 3-5 years than depend on us folks spending $100-$400 on seat donations. In essence, we don’t matter and they know that. They will continue to drag us around and tell us things, then change course when it benefits them. You have to cater to your big spenders to keep those checks coming.

It’s a business at the end of the day. But sports fans are moronic enough to willingly be returning customers.
 
Storrs South said:
I dunno...that's a lot to absorb
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I'll break it down for you: The more you pay, the better your selection. Goodwill and loyalty are quaint concepts that no longer have any value in the modern game so best just to forget they ever did and adapt to the new paradigm. Participate or don't are your choices. Whining is futile.
 
CTBasketball said:
It’s a business at the end of the day. But sports fans are moronic enough to willingly be returning customers.
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Why does deciding that the cost of a product is acceptable make a fan a genius?
 
Storrs South said:
So to recap:

  1. Fans were marketed the concept of Forever Seats to retain their exact seats year after year without having to worry of reseating every time 7-8 years ago
  2. In the face of the pandemic, in order to keep these seats, fans had to pay some or most of the cost of these seats in a year we could not attend games.
  3. The building then gets a renovation that appears to have removed 100-150 seats and the determination is they "have" to reseat the entire building and there was no alterantive to killing the notion of the Forever Seats! and to establish the order to pick new seats it requires giving more money
  4. Upon seeing the seating map before a single season ticket holder is supposed to have picked seats, many of the best seats are already blocked off due to "athletic obligations."

I dunno...that's a lot to absorb
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I had extensive conversations with UConn reps during the forever seats selections. I kept emphasizing FOREVER!!!!
It was a tough commit at the time because frankly you had to comitt to a bad product and it was a lot of money but we did. We also let them keep the entire seat donation and ticket cost during Covid. Now this. Really can you trust anything they say anymore.
 
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Waquoit said:
I'll break it down for you: The more you pay, the better your selection. Goodwill and loyalty are quaint concepts that no longer have any value in the modern game so best just to forget they ever did and adapt to the new paradigm. Participate or don't are your choices. Whining is futile.
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Yeah but it’s not like that. I gave a significant amount more this year and will probably lose my seats.

Can’t wait to see the casuals who get the tickets free from sponsors worry more about the free beer in the champions club than whats going on the court.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
Correct. And those half-empty corporate seats will look great on TV.

We don’t matter. Until the team is in a downturn and then all of sudden it’s “we need you back even though you’re poor”
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any of us who've been around the athletic department for a few decades know that success runs in cycles and the casuals eventually hit the exits. Before we know it, the athletic department be back to us with hat in hand telling us how much they value our continued fandom.
 
Interesting to see they are moving the benches in the Civic Center to the other side of the court. I've enjoyed listening to Calhoun and now Hurley from section 115 for 30+ years, might have to look into changing sides.
 
Vuce said:
I am scrolling thru some of the availability. Why are so many seats throughout Gampel already taken? Not talking about sections like the students, visitor tix., family/friends behind the bench. The selection process allegedly starts on 5/19 yet a ton tix are taken in all different areas of Gampel both upper and lower bowls.
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I think you're referring to the example page they used in the explanatory video. I don't think that is the actual current status.
The one I went to only showed the student sections, the lower half of a section behind the UConn bench and a small section high up in the lower bowl across from the visitors bench as unavailable.
Hope I'm right..........
 
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Scrutineer said:
I think you're referring to the example page they used in the explanatory video. I don't think that is the actual current status.
The one I went to only showed the student sections, the lower half of a section behind the UConn bench and a small section high up in the lower bowl across from the visitors bench as unavailable.
Hope I'm right..........
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Unfortunately you are not correct. It was not a video. It was me manually clicking on each section in Gampel - there were random seats reserved throughout the arena. Some full rows in the non student end zone and a few others elsewhere. This will be…….interesting
 
Vuce said:
Unfortunately you are not correct. It was not a video. It was me manually clicking on each section in Gampel - there were random seats reserved throughout the arena. Some full rows in the non student end zone and a few others elsewhere. This will be…….interesting
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I Concur. I looked at actual inventory and called my ticket rep. I'm not concerned about the women in either arena, I'm not concerned about the men in Hartford, but I was shocked to see how many tickets have already been taken for the men in GP. Even my safety seats section, where my "forever seats" are located, some seats are taken

Way more already allocated in the lower bowl than I anticipated. It's conceivable I might just decide to go upper level sidelines rather than the back of the lower level. I pick Thursday at 11:30
 
willie99 said:
I Concur. I looked at actual inventory and called my ticket rep. I'm not concerned about the women in either arena, I'm not concerned about the men in Hartford, but I was shocked to see how many tickets have already been taken for the men in GP. Even my safety seats section, where my "forever seats" are located, some seats are taken

Way more already allocated in the lower bowl than I anticipated. It's conceivable I might just decide to go upper level sidelines rather than the back of the lower level. I pick Thursday at 11:30
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Any info from the ticket rep or was is just talking points?
 
willie99 said:
I Concur. I looked at actual inventory and called my ticket rep. I'm not concerned about the women in either arena, I'm not concerned about the men in Hartford, but I was shocked to see how many tickets have already been taken for the men in GP. Even my safety seats section, where my "forever seats" are located, some seats are taken

Way more already allocated in the lower bowl than I anticipated. It's conceivable I might just decide to go upper level sidelines rather than the back of the lower level. I pick Thursday at 11:30
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What did your rep say?
 
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willie99 said:
I Concur. I looked at actual inventory and called my ticket rep. I'm not concerned about the women in either arena, I'm not concerned about the men in Hartford, but I was shocked to see how many tickets have already been taken for the men in GP. Even my safety seats section, where my "forever seats" are located, some seats are taken

Way more already allocated in the lower bowl than I anticipated. It's conceivable I might just decide to go upper level sidelines rather than the back of the lower level. I pick Thursday at 11:30
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Sounds like the morning when tix go on sale for a Livenation/Ticketmaster show. :eek:
 
willie99 said:
I Concur. I looked at actual inventory and called my ticket rep. I'm not concerned about the women in either arena, I'm not concerned about the men in Hartford, but I was shocked to see how many tickets have already been taken for the men in GP. Even my safety seats section, where my "forever seats" are located, some seats are taken

Way more already allocated in the lower bowl than I anticipated. It's conceivable I might just decide to go upper level sidelines rather than the back of the lower level. I pick Thursday at 11:30
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If you go thursday you should be fine IMO
 
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Vuce said:
Any info from the ticket rep or was is just talking points?
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I wasn't the first to call, so others had the same concerns. No real details, mostly what we know about seats withheld with one possible exception. Evidently the million dollar donors already picked. But, IMHO, that alone wouldn't account for all the seats already allocated in some of the sections they've been allocated. Like baseline and 2nd level seats
 
willie99 said:
I wasn't the first to call, so others had the same concerns. No real details, mostly what we know about seats withheld with one possible exception. Evidently the million dollar donors already picked. But, IMHO, that alone wouldn't account for all the seats already allocated in some of the sections they've been allocated. Like baseline and 2nd level seats
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Do they give corporations or million dollar donors additional seats beyond their primary elite seats?
I am in the top 15% at XL of priority points yet there is 2 weeks of selection before me and 2 weeks after me. The rep said that could be due to women’s only fans. But, kind of a stretch of fate to think women only fans are bigger donars. If so, why not charge them more for seat donations and tickets? Makes no sense.
 
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Chief00 said:
Do they give corporations or million dollar donors additional seats beyond their primary elite seats?
I am in the top 15% at XL of priority points yet there is 2 weeks of selection before me and 2 weeks after me. The rep said that could be due to women’s only fans. But, kind of a stretch of fate to think women only fans are bigger donars. If so, why not charge them more for seat donations and tickets? Makes no sense.
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Evidently yes
 
Chief00 said:
Do they give corporations or million dollar donors additional seats beyond their primary elite seats?
I am in the top 15% at XL of priority points yet there is 2 weeks of selection before me and 2 weeks after me. The rep said that could be due to women’s only fans. But, kind of a stretch of fate to think women only fans are bigger donars. If so, why not charge them more for seat donations and tickets? Makes no sense.
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Those are really good questions that should be answered.As I believe someone pointed out earlier, I believe the email back in March did not say anything about corporate partners being part of the ticket holdback. It was only after people made their contributions to improve their standing that the email said corporate partners were part of the allotment. None of the reps were clear on what the holdback was at any point. All of it appears to have been intentional: get people to contribute and be vague on the holdback and leave out that corporate partners get tickets first until it is too late. At the bare minimum, they held
back info on the amount of the tickets that would be allocated before picking times start.
 
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