Rent improvements

[Husky25]

I don't drink inside the stadium (they don't sell scotch).

Also helps to not drink once inside so sober when I drive home.

Lots of the kids aren't 21 anyway so the price of beer internally is not relevant.

Im not sure what this referring to but concessions do not include beer only. I opened my Econ lesson to include all refreshments.

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[BoatShow]

Price elasticity of demand, pure and simple.

Demand represents the inverse relationship between price and units sold. Therefore there are two revenue points on the demand curve that are equal (6 units at $9 = 9 units at $6 = 54). The optimal point is somewhere in between. (7 Units at $8 =56 > 54). Extrapulate that over 35,000 potential customers at any given event and that's a pretty penny.

You are correct that a certain number of people will continue to shell out money for concessions at football games. (whether for themselves or for their kids, whathaveyou. we do not have to limit this to beer). They represent the 6 units at $9. The vendor will not lose these peoples' business. In fact if prices were lowered, the vendor may get a couple more purchases from the same sample. So instead of selling 6 units at $9 to 6 people ($54), they sell 9 units at $7.50 to those same 6 people ($67.50). That's a 25% increase by dropping to a still inflated price compared to what one can purchase at Crazy Bruces' or even Margharitas' down the road after the game. The question becomes at what price can the vendor sell its product to maximize total revenue, but I highly doubt it is currently optimum. Many of my tailgate group and a good deal of friends do not purchase concession there simply because of price. The primary tenants are college or minor league teams, so concessions are not used to pay entertainer salaries like at Fenway or Yankee Stadium. It is thought to be a form of price gouging.

That is one part of the problem. The other parts involve stadium management and quality of entertainment. This is why I hope Global Spectrum can begin to remedy the situation. It is on them to make the venues more attractive and book more dates around the primary tenants. It is on them to create a family friendly atmosphere and attract more visitors (not just for football, but for everything).

Compare and contrast this situation with New Britain Stadium. Now admittedly I haven't been there this year (I am planning on going on Saturday), however their concession prices are still quite a bit lower. Last time I was there, my friends and I drank $5.50 Sam Adams all game long. The stadium seats about 7,000, the max ticket costs $12, and it is not always sold out.

I understand the concept but I'm not sure I'm gonna start buying 4 beers in game instead of 3 just because. IDK

I'm smart enough to know buying more of a cheaper thing doesn't save me money.

However, it may serve to get people in the stadium quicker if the margin between tailgate beer and stadium beer isn't as large.

 

[Husky25]

I understand the concept but I'm not sure I'm gonna start buying 4 beers in game instead of 3 just because. IDK

Crazy Bruce sells soda too...

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[huskyjawz]

Ugh.




Just great.

Great, Make the place more of a morgue.

 

[Srqhusky]

Be very grateful we can at least get a beer at the stadium. And that we have a sam adams stand and some other quality beers in addition to swill. Florida sate and many on campus stadiums do not serve alcohol at all. Many sec teams like auburn are dry. Usf at Raymond James has crap. I think it was miller light and I couldn't find anything better. My point being our stadium is good in the beer department so support it when you go. Doesn't hurt to have a few to keep the parki g lot buzz goi g

 

[Husky25]

Be very grateful we can at least get a beer at the stadium. And that we have a sam adams stand and some other quality beers in addition to swill. Florida sate and many on campus stadiums do not serve alcohol at all. Many sec teams like auburn are dry. Usf at Raymond James has crap. I think it was miller light and I couldn't find anything better. My point being our stadium is good in the beer department so support it when you go. Doesn't hurt to have a few to keep the parki g lot buzz goi g

Get off the beer...This applies to all concessions...

 

[Srqhusky]

Get off the beer...This applies to all concessions...

Neva!!

As for all concession s. stress quality over price. Have an outback chick fil a or five guys or pepis pizza stand in there. People will rather pay for quality. If u want cheapie quick eats. Hot dogs and popcorn.

 

[hthusky74]

Be very grateful we can at least get a beer at the stadium. And that we have a sam adams stand and some other quality beers in addition to swill. Florida sate and many on campus stadiums do not serve alcohol at all. Many sec teams like auburn are dry. Usf at Raymond James has crap. I think it was miller light and I couldn't find anything better. My point being our stadium is good in the beer department so support it when you go. Doesn't hurt to have a few to keep the parki g lot buzz goi g

When I was at UT, Neyland Stadium did not have beer or any alcohol. Apparently state law precluded the consumption of alcohol on state property. That said, there were a lot of flasks filled with Tennessee sippin' whiskey in those stands. I used to bring two!

 

[J187Money]

Be very grateful we can at least get a beer at the stadium. And that we have a sam adams stand and some other quality beers in addition to swill. Florida sate and many on campus stadiums do not serve alcohol at all. Many sec teams like auburn are dry. Usf at Raymond James has crap. I think it was miller light and I couldn't find anything better. My point being our stadium is good in the beer department so support it when you go. Doesn't hurt to have a few to keep the parki g lot buzz goi g

I spent the entire time at USF trying to sober up during the game...didn't know what they served (other than water).

 

[Srqhusky]

When I was at UT, Neyland Stadium did not have beer or any alcohol. Apparently state law precluded the consumption of alcohol on state property. That said, there were a lot of flasks filled with Tennessee sippin' whiskey in those stands. I used to bring two!

I hope it was jack Daniels!

 

[hthusky74]

I hope it was jack Daniels!

Always Black Jack or George Dickle another TN brand. The toughest games were the 4:00 national tv games. We would start in the dorm about noon with brews and deli's. Deli's to the uninitiated were a local specialty in Knoxville. They were in effect a grinder, but usually just meat, cheese, mustard, mayo, whatever. I don't remember veggies being involved other than maybe tomatoes or saurkraut. They would prepare the sandwich and put it in a "steamer". It was an appliance that heated/toasted the sandwich, but also had a pump that when pressed occasionally would spray a mist of water on the sandwich so that it didn't toast up, but was warm and moist when eaten. A lot of beer along with the deli and chips and we were armed for bear. Of course we had our flasks of whiskey with us at the game. Then when the game ended we would head over to The Strip which was a portion of Cumberland Ave. that ran through campus. From about 8:00 on we would party on The Strip. 12 hours of drinking on Saturday led to a wicked hangover on Sunday! The worst weekend I had there was when Bama came to town. The partying for that game started on Friday night and continued unabated through Saturday--and we lost on Saturday afternoon! If UT had beaten Bama I can't even begin to imagine how crazy it would have been. Those were the days in the SEC. The Bear coaching Bama and Shug Jordan at Auburn. True legends of the game.

 

[SubbaBub]

My college apt used to have a funnel-in/funnel-out rule. That would make things interesting. The Cyclone Mascot would have been plucked clean.

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[Srqhusky]

Always Black Jack or George Dickle another TN brand. The toughest games were the 4:00 national tv games. We would start in the dorm about noon with brews and deli's. Deli's to the uninitiated were a local specialty in Knoxville. They were in effect a grinder, but usually just meat, cheese, mustard, mayo, whatever. I don't remember veggies being involved other than maybe tomatoes or saurkraut. They would prepare the sandwich and put it in a "steamer". It was an appliance that heated/toasted the sandwich, but also had a pump that when pressed occasionally would spray a mist of water on the sandwich so that it didn't toast up, but was warm and moist when eaten. A lot of beer along with the deli and chips and we were armed for bear. Of course we had our flasks of whiskey with us at the game. Then when the game ended we would head over to The Strip which was a portion of Cumberland Ave. that ran through campus. From about 8:00 on we would party on The Strip. 12 hours of drinking on Saturday led to a wicked hangover on Sunday! The worst weekend I had there was when Bama came to town. The partying for that game started on Friday night and continued unabated through Saturday--and we lost on Saturday afternoon! If UT had beaten Bama I can't even begin to imagine how crazy it would have been. Those were the days in the SEC. The Bear coaching Bama and Shug Jordan at Auburn. True legends of the game.

Sounds like you know Knoxville. I'm going o have to hit you up in a few years because I'm planning on road tripping that game

 

[hthusky74]

Sounds like you know Knoxville. I'm going o have to hit you up in a few years because I'm planning on road tripping that game

I haven't been there in years. My understanding is a lot of the old independent restaurants and businesses have been replaced by chains. I would guess the strip is still worth checking out though. I'm hoping to go to that game to. My brother lives in the Atlanta suburbs so I may go there and drive up for the game. Who knows that's a few years off. Speaking of chains the original Ruby Tuesday was on The Strip by UT. It was started by a 22 year old UT student who was given the seed money from an employer. It was in what was an old house not the cookie cutter design they have now. Great ambience. However, I just checked and although the building is still there, the Ruby Tueday's is gone. Probably to relocated to some cookie cutter building elsewhere in Knoxville. Alas, change for the sake of change.

 

[PAGS]

Drove by the rent today and noticed the old video board is down and lots of work being done....41 days 52 minutes till kickoff!!

 

[Dooley]

I am so excited to see the new scoreboard and ribbon boards!

 

[BoatShow]

I am so excited to see the new scoreboard and ribbon boards!

We're only like 8 years behind on the ribbon board bandwagon but they'll be nice.

 

[Waquoit]

At the recent soccer game, we were told by security to pull our pop-up tent in closer to our car. Our reaction was "WTF are you talking about?" The tent was in the exact same place it's always been for the last 10 years. two legs on the edge of the grass.. The answer was that they want to keep the row clear for "emergency access in case someone has a heart attack." At the time, we had the only tent in the row. Later the supervisor came by, we could tell because his shirt said "Supervisor", and he said it's always been a rule but they are going to start enforcing it now. That crap isn't going to fly for football. I hope they rethink. Also, concessions were a disaster. They seemed surprised people wanted to buy food and water. The lines were massive and slow all night and they ran out of basics just after halftime, it seemed.

 

[CTMike]

At the recent soccer game, we were told by security to pull our pop-up tent in closer to our car. Our reaction was "WTF are you talking about?" The tent was in the exact same place it's always been for the last 10 years. two legs on the edge of the grass.. The answer was that they want to keep the row clear for "emergency access in case someone has a heart attack." At the time, we had the only tent in the row. Later the supervisor came by, we could tell because his shirt said "Supervisor", and he said it's always been a rule but they are going to start enforcing it now. That crap isn't going to fly for football. I hope they rethink. Also, concessions were a disaster. They seemed surprised people wanted to buy food and water. The lines were massive and slow all night and they ran out of basics just after halftime, it seemed.

I know the concessions folk are volunteers, but I've never seen concessions served up that slow. Anywhere. Ever. And that was only 25k people.


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[SubbaBub]

At the recent soccer game, we were told by security to pull our pop-up tent in closer to our car. Our reaction was "WTF are you talking about?" The tent was in the exact same place it's always been for the last 10 years. two legs on the edge of the grass.. The answer was that they want to keep the row clear for "emergency access in case someone has a heart attack." At the time, we had the only tent in the row. Later the supervisor came by, we could tell because his shirt said "Supervisor", and he said it's always been a rule but they are going to start enforcing it now. That crap isn't going to fly for football. I hope they rethink. Also, concessions were a disaster. They seemed surprised people wanted to buy food and water. The lines were massive and slow all night and they ran out of basics just after halftime, it seemed.

It was just that guy in the lot. We weren't hassled at all. Guy a few cars down had an open flame hibachi. Fire hazard aside, I thought he was nuts tending fire in 100 degree weather.

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[Waquoit]

It was the initial guy and his supervisor. Perhaps my passionate, yet respectful, questioning of his sanity improved the experience for others who came later. I'm not sure this is a dead issue.

 

[UCFBfan]

At the recent soccer game, we were told by security to pull our pop-up tent in closer to our car. Our reaction was "WTF are you talking about?" The tent was in the exact same place it's always been for the last 10 years. two legs on the edge of the grass.. The answer was that they want to keep the row clear for "emergency access in case someone has a heart attack." At the time, we had the only tent in the row. Later the supervisor came by, we could tell because his shirt said "Supervisor", and he said it's always been a rule but they are going to start enforcing it now. That crap isn't going to fly for football. I hope they rethink. Also, concessions were a disaster. They seemed surprised people wanted to buy food and water. The lines were massive and slow all night and they ran out of basics just after halftime, it seemed.

I was told this about emergency lanes when the Rent first opened. However haven't heard it since. They may have just been concerned because it was 100º and they might actually need to get to folks due to heat? Not sure.

Also, isn't parking run by a separate company (LAZ?) so that shouldn't be affected by change of management at Rent?

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[Dooley]

We're only like 8 years behind on the ribbon board bandwagon but they'll be nice.

I'm sure that's because we had to monitor the ribbon board landscape first.

 

[Dooley]

As for tailgating, we discovered that parking in the first blue lot (first blue lot on the left entering Silver Lane) is MUCH better. More room to tailgate, no rocks to twist my ankles, easier to get out after the game, and, best of all, less bathroom competition. We've been tailgating there for years now and will never go back to gravel valley!

 

[PAGS]

Aircraft club!!! Just about anything goes, and they have a real bathroom!

 

[Doggie Style]

Aircraft club!!! Just about anything goes, and they have a real bathroom!

Where is the aircraft club?

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Where is the aircraft club?

Doggie,
Its a recreational area between Clement and Silver Lane, lots of ball fields. The old BE tailgating guide run by the Cuse guy always recommended it for visitors. Use to cost 10 bucks and its pretty close to the stadium. Easy in/out. On the scoreboard /UConn sideish side of the Rent

 

[BoatShow]

I would rec Silva's but I don't want my spot getting blown up too much.

 

[PAGS]

Boom


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[BoatShow]

charge your battery though