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[SubbaBub]

Even with an undersized Gampel UConn was consistently top 20 in attendance through 06-07 then dropped out of the top 25 haven't seen it since. Last year we averaged 11,500 for all home games, or about 150 less per game than the 30th place team.

In years we had a known contender we moved up a few spots top 15ish, and the anticipated rebuilding year following a title, we dropped a few spots top 23ish. So, the fair weather factor isn't much of one.

The drop post 06-07 is clear, why is anyone's guess. But, it's not about the quality of the team.

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[minidarren]

It's about ticket sales and tv ratings. Epsn ratings will always be fine, especially when the #1 team plays us . I respect this team more than anyone, which is why I'm saying people need to go and support them. Not sure where your anger is coming from lol

I suggest that everyone buys tickets for the game and then watches it at home. Nothing says die hard like boosting ticket sales and TV viewer ship at the same time.

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[upstater]

It's gotta be money.

Just watch the games from a decade ago on SNY.

You'll see plenty of fans wearing white shirts during whiteout games in the primo seats. You don't see that anymore.

That's gotta mean a different class of fan.

 

[8893]

I just looked up tix. They want $40 for 2nd level-Row 21 in the corner. ummmm. no thanks. I'll watch it on tv. and those were BEST available
Just sayin.

There are still singles available in the lower level. I am going with a couple who are husband and wife and we are all sitting separately in the 100s rather than together in the 200s. None of us minds watching the game solo; it usually allows me to focus better. We get together before, during and after, but during live action we're just sitting in different sections. Just sayin.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

Given that the cheapest tickets on Stubhub are now basically in the 60's I am thinking this is a pretty hot ticket.

 

[uconNYC]

We have a great fan base - just watch ESPN Classic or SNY's replays of old Big East games. Something happened in the mid 2000's where our attendance fell off of a cliff - both for men and women. It's Malcolm Gladwell "Tipping Point" type stuff. I'm curious to know what it could have been.

 

[huskyjawz]

I just looked up tix. They want $40 for 2nd level-Row 21 in the corner. ummmm. no thanks. I'll watch it on tv. and those were BEST available
Just sayin.

Oh my God, 40 dollars! That's outrageous!

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

Oh my God, 40 dollars! That's outrageous!

To be fair, it's not like you just pay the ticket price with Ticketmaster. I really do want to tell them to go duck themselves every time I buy a ticket from them.

 

[UConnDad]

To be fair, it's not like you just pay the ticket price with Ticketmaster. I really do want to tell them to go duck themselves every time I buy a ticket from them.

Can you buy the same tickets at the box office ticketmaster has?

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

Can you buy the same tickets at the box office ticketmaster has?

I believe so, but I live in New Haven so one has to consider the inconvenience of driving 40 minutes in each direction to get the tickets. I mean, don't get me wrong -- I bought tickets for this game -- I'm just saying I want to punch Ticketmaster in the face repeatedly.

 

[GlastonTim]

I believe so, but I live in New Haven so one has to consider the inconvenience of driving 40 minutes in each direction to get the tickets. I mean, don't get me wrong -- I bought tickets for this game -- I'm just saying I want to punch Ticketmaster in the face repeatedly.

I just checked, you can still get lower level single tix for $39. pick up at will call.

 

[UConnDad]

I just checked, you can still get lower level single tix for $39. pick up at will call.

There you go. I thought that might be the case. I won't buy from ticketmaster either. OK let's pack the place!!!

 

[Caronimo]

I bought through stubhub and was sent rutgers tickets. Thankfully, stubhub resolved this and gave me tickets for tonight and waived the fees

 

[8893]

I was using the Ticketmaster app and the only delivery option they offered was Ticketfast (i.e., print at home). Hate paying the fees, especially for three separate transactions. I definitely would have picked up at will call if I had thought to check for that option elsewhere.

 

[Carl Spackler]

We have a great fan base - just watch ESPN Classic or SNY's replays of old Big East games. Something happened in the mid 2000's where our attendance fell off of a cliff - both for men and women. It's Malcolm Gladwell "Tipping Point" type stuff. I'm curious to know what it could have been.

The Lew Perkins model of moving tickets had a shelf life, and it expired in about 2001, and selling and moving tickets in the modern era was never really addressed until very recently by the athletic department. That same Lew model of selling tickets was used for football from 2003-2010, and still makes me want to kick Hathaway in the face. But that's all being fixed now too.

 

[Carl Spackler]

I'm hoping to see a really good environment in the arena tonight. It's been a long time since I've seen the student section filled.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I just checked, you can still get lower level single tix for $39. pick up at will call.

Can you explain a bit further? I just checked uconnhuskies.com and was referred to Ticketmaster, where single ticket was $33 + $6 = $39, but ticket was in Section 206. I may drive up anyway for this, but want to know if you got info elsewhere, or whether there's a better method for getting a single seat.

To anybody else: if I just drove to Hartford on a whim at the end of the day without a ticket, would box office or outside the building be an option? Any tips or cautions to offer?

Thanks in advance.

PS - I think my last Hartford game was Seton Hall 1993, when CBS didn't show the banner my sister & I made that mentioned having our Dad's tickets because he was recovering from Coronary Bypass Surgery.

 

[benjordan]

The Lew Perkins model of moving tickets had a shelf life, and it expired in about 2001, and selling and moving tickets in the modern era was never really addressed until very recently by the athletic department. That same Lew model of selling tickets was used for football from 2003-2010, and still makes me want to kick Hathaway in the face. But that's all being fixed now too.

Could you explain? I don't know the models.

 

[Burt]

Can you explain a bit further? I just checked uconnhuskies.com and was referred to Ticketmaster, where single ticket was $33 + $6 = $39, but ticket was in Section 206. I may drive up anyway for this, but want to know if you got info elsewhere, or whether there's a better method for getting a single seat.

To anybody else: if I just drove to Hartford on a whim at the end of the day without a ticket, would box office or outside the building be an option? Any tips or cautions to offer?

Thanks in advance.

PS - I think my last Hartford game was Seton Hall 1993, when CBS didn't show the banner my sister & I made that mentioned having our Dad's tickets because he was recovering from Coronary Bypass Surgery.

To answer your question, it absolutely is a possibility. You'll find a handful of guys outside the main doors plus I'm sure there will be seats available at the window.

 

[specialisthusky]

Can you explain a bit further? I just checked uconnhuskies.com and was referred to Ticketmaster, where single ticket was $33 + $6 = $39, but ticket was in Section 206. I may drive up anyway for this, but want to know if you got info elsewhere, or whether there's a better method for getting a single seat.

To anybody else: if I just drove to Hartford on a whim at the end of the day without a ticket, would box office or outside the building be an option? Any tips or cautions to offer?

Thanks in advance.

PS - I think my last Hartford game was Seton Hall 1993, when CBS didn't show the banner my sister & I made that mentioned having our Dad's tickets because he was recovering from Coronary Bypass Surgery.

There are 6 guys always out there buying/selling. I have also found success going to box office and asking if they had anything left or returned as well. If you walk in at the Trumbull street entrance accros from Pratt st and next to Hartford 21 you will see them. I have never had a problem with the scalpers, besides the fact they are a pain in the ass to negotiate price with.

 

[GlastonTim]

Can you explain a bit further? I just checked uconnhuskies.com and was referred to Ticketmaster, where single ticket was $33 + $6 = $39, but ticket was in Section 206. I may drive up anyway for this, but want to know if you got info elsewhere, or whether there's a better method for getting a single seat.

To anybody else: if I just drove to Hartford on a whim at the end of the day without a ticket, would box office or outside the building be an option? Any tips or cautions to offer?

Thanks in advance.

PS - I think my last Hartford game was Seton Hall 1993, when CBS didn't show the banner my sister & I made that mentioned having our Dad's tickets because he was recovering from Coronary Bypass Surgery.

It was ticketmaster, I forgot to add the $6 , and there was a willcall option. I chose the lower level option, seatwas insec. 119, mind you I didnt buy cause I have tix already. I'm going to check right now.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Could you explain? I don't know the models.

In a single post? Probably not, but I'll try and will keep it short. In a nutshell, home games were divided b/w Gampel and XL in 1990. I was at the first Gampel game - we beat St. John's. Perkins created essentially two different ticket buying bases, to move tickets at both Gampel and the Civic center, and geared it entirely to selling season tickets only, very little to know individual game sales work.... that to this day, the athletic department has been tryign to figure out a way to get more unified. It worked great initially, but never was addressed properly for 25 years. Now you've got an aging population of people in two venues, that have all the priority seating, and rarely attend all home games. The points/renewal/contributions etc systems for priority seating are fine., the difficulty is making sure that there is a warm butt in the seats for all the games. Hathaway took the same ticket sales model that Perkins came up with to move approx. 10-12k seats for 20 or so home games split b/w two venues, and applied it to a 40k seat venue in 2003, for six home games a year, a model for sales that was completely inappropraite for the specific sport, the venue and the ticket buying base. We are still trying to dig out from that move too. But the new AD has the department working in the current century when it comes to ticket sales. Try the UConnhuskies.com website - there are ticket sales things happening there that should have happened a long, long time ago. Mini-plans, ticket exchanges, etc. etc.

 

[RMoore1999]

GET OVER YOURSELF and go.

Seriously, Dan, stop being a little cat.

 

[8893]

Can you explain a bit further? I just checked uconnhuskies.com and was referred to Ticketmaster, where single ticket was $33 + $6 = $39, but ticket was in Section 206. I may drive up anyway for this, but want to know if you got info elsewhere, or whether there's a better method for getting a ingle seat.

To anybody else: if I just drove to Hartford on a whim at the end of the day without a ticket, would box office or outside the building be an option? Any tips or cautions to offer?

Thanks in advance.

PS - I think my last Hartford game was Seton Hall 1993, when CBS didn't show the banner my sister & I made that mentioned having our Dad's tickets because he was recovering from Coronary Bypass Surgery.

Just go straight to Ticketmaster and search for 1 "Best Available." I just checked again and the first one that came up was Section 124.

If you go up without a ticket and only need one, go straight to the box office and see what singles they have. When the guys outside ask if you need tickets, say you are looking for one downstairs and that you are going to check for singles at the box office. Maybe someone will offer you a deal, there will be people selling tickets outside until at least tip-off, so you should be picky if you want to pay face value and only need one.

 

[Waquoit]

Just sayin.

So you're just sayin you're just a casual fan. That's fine.

 

[GlastonTim]

Just checked again, for $33+$6 i can buy a single ticket in section 112 row w and pick it up at will call

 

[GlastonTim]

Just checked again, for $33+$6 i can buy a single ticket in section 112 row w and pick it up at will call

I didn't click on best available instead click on aroow, options come up, and click lower level

 

[RMoore1999]

We need to sell out more games, for MBB and FB, period. It won't get us in another conference by itself, but it certainly wouldn't hurt.

Of course it won't. HFD's just being unusually stubborn on this one. Rumor has it he'll actually be out of state tonight on a date up at Mardi Gras in Sprngfld with the Miller Lite gals from one of his avatars. The whole "don't go, watch from home to help Connecticut make it B1G" nonsense is just a smokescreen...

 

[RMoore1999]

Absolutely NO ONE who was in Glendale would agree that it was an embarrassing showing. The amount of tickets sold through the university may have been "embarrassing" but there were very legitimate reasons for people to buy tickets elsewhere at deep discounts. In an effort to be supportive , I bought my $256 tix from UCONN but there were people who bought theirs for a quarter of that on stubhub etc. I don't care how many tickets the school sold but there was a significant showing of UCONN fans there. Not as many as OK but not an "embarrassment".

Someone posted a picture of the UCONN section here the other day that showed how good crowd was. Hopefully, they will read this and will repost the pic. If we would have played in the Orange Bowl instead I guarantee you we would have sold a ton of tix. Connecticut to PHX was just too expensive and too time consuming.

Would you suggest that since Florida State only sold 7000 tickets to their bowl game this year that they are small time and shouldn't be considered a major program and should be sent to conference USA?

We were at the Fiesta Bowl, and I totally agree with CAHusky. I was actually positively surprised with the turnout for Connecticut.

 

[businesslawyer]

In a single post? Probably not, but I'll try and will keep it short. In a nutshell, home games were divided b/w Gampel and XL in 1990. I was at the first Gampel game - we beat St. John's. Perkins created essentially two different ticket buying bases, to move tickets at both Gampel and the Civic center, and geared it entirely to selling season tickets only, very little to know individual game sales work.... that to this day, the athletic department has been tryign to figure out a way to get more unified. It worked great initially, but never was addressed properly for 25 years. Now you've got an aging population of people in two venues, that have all the priority seating, and rarely attend all home games. The points/renewal/contributions etc systems for priority seating are fine., the difficulty is making sure that there is a warm butt in the seats for all the games. Hathaway took the same ticket sales model that Perkins came up with to move approx. 10-12k seats for 20 or so home games split b/w two venues, and applied it to a 40k seat venue in 2003, for six home games a year, a model for sales that was completely inappropraite for the specific sport, the venue and the ticket buying base. We are still trying to dig out from that move too. But the new AD has the department working in the current century when it comes to ticket sales. Try the UConnhuskies.com website - there are ticket sales things happening there that should have happened a long, long time ago. Mini-plans, ticket exchanges, etc. etc.

You're blaming someone by wanting to sell all seats on a season ticket basis when the market can do that? Really.


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