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CTBasketball said:
If you’re targeting weekday games you can get in the door vs. any team for <$40. Weekend games, especially in Gampel, goes for over $100. It really depends on schedule.

The highest priced game last year, Creighton on a Saturday at Gampel, went for over $100. St John’s on a Friday night in Gampel was less, about $50 to get in the door last minute.
Baylor, at Gampel on a Tuesday, tickets plummeted to $15-20 an hour before the tip. The XL schedule was trash so any game was $10-20 if you waited. The year before on a Saturday vs. Marquette (both teams ranked Top 5) the prices did not move under $175.

My advice: if you have a crew of 2-4 just buy seasons it’s 10x less stressful. If you fly solo you’ll save money buying game by game.
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I tracked this last year at XL, it would have been cheaper to go secondary, but as you say the games offered were horrendous so probably not a great baseline.
 
John said:
Does anyone know when the picking time window for a particular day ends? I pick tomorrow so I was wondering what time tonight I should log on to see what damage was done today.
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I believe each day it is 9-4:30 for the selection window so that folks are available in the ticket office to help
 
willie99 said:
117 people, low rows are great seats near the bench

All the green seats still remaining are decent lower bowl seats

I'm trying to help the Yarders, not all season ticket holders are members
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There's nothing in 117.
 
Everyone complaining should post their old seats, their new seats and their donation. Otherwise it’s hard to get a read on anything.

Feel free to go ahead and do that.
 
zls44 said:
How would you like to afford the roster?
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easy - they would have offered current season ticket holders the option to retain their forever seats at a higher cost, whether it be increased mandatory donation, higher seat cost, or both. Jack the ever-loving sheet out of the seat cost, but at least give the loyal customer an option. This is much much better than the amateur-hour nebulous system and complete reshuffling of both buildings that we were force fed.
 
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zls44 said:
Everyone complaining should post their old seats, their new seats and their donation. Otherwise it’s hard to get a read on anything.

Feel free to go ahead and do that.
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All you have to do is log into your account and look at the current offering and bear in mind that there's still like two weeks of selections to do.
 
John said:
All you have to do is log into your account and look at the current offering and bear in mind that there's still like two weeks of selections to do.
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Most of the people left to go, including me, were upper bowl people. The remaining seats are in the upper bowl.
 
John said:
easy - they would have offered current season ticket holders the option to retain their forever seats at a higher cost, whether it be increased mandatory donation, higher seat cost, or both.
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What would you call all the repeated demands from UConn for more money? Why would they cap the amount of money they could get? What business sense would that make?
 
zls44 said:
What would you call all the repeated demands from UConn for more money? Why would they cap the amount of money they could get? What business sense would that make?
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Those repeated demands for more money aren't stopping with the amateur hour circus we've seen this spring. What business sense does it make to alienate your long time base?
 
zls44 said:
How would you like to afford the roster?
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Preferably by being in a power conference but we’re not there yet. I understand why they’re doing this. Just not a fan of alienating the loyal fans. If Hurley left tomorrow it’s not the corporate folks showing up to the games.
 
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UConnTrumbull said:
Preferably by being in a power conference but we’re not there yet. I understand why they’re doing this. Just not a fan of alienating the loyal fans. If Hurley left tomorrow it’s not the corporate folks showing up to the games.
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As a long time mbb and fb season ticket holder who's been through the implosions of both the mbb and fb programs, this is 100% on point. The casuals and corporates flee to the exits and the people now getting pineappled are the ones who are in those seats as loyal fans.
 
zls44 said:
Most of the people left to go, including me, were upper bowl people. The remaining seats are in the upper bowl.
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The people picking next week and the week after wont see too much of a difference at all. Probably were in the top half of the second level in Gampel anyway. The main complaint I expect to hear coming up is fans getting pushed from chairbacks to bleachers. Not sure what the deal will be at the Peep
 
John said:
Those repeated demands for more money aren't stopping with the amateur hour circus we've seen this spring. What business sense does it make to alienate your long time base?
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They’re making drastically more money by doing this so: very good business sense
 
zls44 said:
They’re making drastically more money by doing this so: very good business sense
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I'd like to see the actual numbers before I carry the athletic department's water on this.
 
John said:
I'd like to see the actual numbers before I carry the athletic department's water on this.
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So you think the athletic department sat around and said “lets upset fans for no reason”. They are def making a lot more money lol. I bet half the people in here gave more thinking they would move up
 
gampelcrazies said:
So you think the athletic department sat around and said “lets upset fans for no reason”. They are def making a lot more money lol. I bet half the people in here gave more thinking they would move up
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sure they made more, but I'd like to know how much percentage wise.
 
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zls44 said:
What would you call all the repeated demands from UConn for more money? Why would they cap the amount of money they could get? What business sense would that make?
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No one, especially including you, have explained the near 50% of the lower bowl seats gone before the Priority Point Selection. Most were not Premier Seats, player family seats, coaches families, visiting team seats.
So who did these go to and why? Were donations paid for these seats? Did Seat Geeks get some payoff in seats?
The same people who think PeoplesBank of Holyoke is as good as we can do, are the same people who think their financing of CDRA projects was no factor in that selection.
 
They could have handled the forever seats issue in a far better manner than the did, but in the end it still comes down to this being a business and in all candor, if things didn't end up as they had over the past few years (one Boneyarder actually called for Hurley's head at halftime of the Iona game in the 23 tournament) everyone who wanted them would have the same seats for this upcoming season as they had four seasons ago and the price may not have risen by much.

There is a price to pay for success. There is also a price to pay for the changes in the NCAA landscape and the local, national and global economic landscapes. We are seeing all of that here and many are unfortunately bearing the impact.
 
zls44 said:
Most of the people left to go, including me, were upper bowl people. The remaining seats are in the upper bowl.
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I'm going at 12:00 and I was in 111. Will be landing in the end zone lower bowl. precious few left.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
They could have handled the forever seats issue in a far better manner than the did, but in the end it still comes down to this being a business and in all candor, if things didn't end up as they had over the past few years (one Boneyarder actually called for Hurley's head at halftime of the Iona game in the 23 tournament) everyone who wanted them would have the same seats for this upcoming season as they had four seasons ago and the price may not have risen by much.

There is a price to pay for success. There is also a price to pay for the changes in the NCAA landscape and the local, national and global economic landscapes. We are seeing all of that here and many are unfortunately bearing the impact.
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Maybe it's time for me to do a little research among friends whose teams are in P4 conferences to get some feel for how much they have to donate and how much they pay for tickets so we can have some context here. Or someone else can do it.
My guess is we haven't, as a fan base, been hit as hard for donations, etc. as many of the major players. I know a couple loyal Indiana and Michigan State fans have stopped buying tickets because of age, travel difficulty and getting fed up with the spiraling costs of operating at a high level.........for buying players, paying bloated staffs, building on campus arenas and practice facilities that rival pro league facilities, etc.
 
Storrs South said:
I believe each day it is 9-4:30 for the selection window so that folks are available in the ticket office to help
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No weekend selection windows? That would make me feel better about my Tuesday window
 
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John said:
sure they made more, but I'd like to know how much percentage wise.
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Probably a lot more. Also I could be wrong but to do the gampel renovations that are happening in 2026 I think the state is making UConn raise x amount more each year. Have no idea if thats tied into this as well
 
I got moved back in both Gampel and XL. Not by much but didn't have the chance to keep my seats.
 
Vancat said:
I'm going at 12:00 and I was in 111. Will be landing in the end zone lower bowl. precious few left.
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I was in 111 in Hartford. Just wrapped it up I knew my seats were part of the student section so I went on the opposite side section 123 two rows lower in the same two aisle seat
 
Seems like everyone is basically in the same seats or slightly worse, except Chief, who is still working on the class action. Hope everyone is in the building, at least
 
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