Season Tickets for 2019-2020 | Page 3 | The Boneyard

Season Tickets for 2019-2020

At least I'll be able to take advanatge of the one-time ticket and priority points transfer opportunity. I've never been happy that points could not be passed along to future generations. Now I can put them in my son's name and keep them in the family for years to come.
 
Siv said:
At least I'll be able to take advanatge of the one-time ticket and priority points transfer opportunity. I've never been happy that points could not be passed along to future generations. Now I can put them in my son's name and keep them in the family for years to come.
Expand ...
You think that's a smart move? My dad is also looking at doing that too.
 
I’d probably just but the value or red section and likely move down every game. If it happens to be packed the seats aren’t that bad in the uppers.
 
Somebody’s gotta pay for the weak ESPN deal, mind as well be the fan.
 
.-.
Siv said:
I’m Going to call the athletic department and walk through the option.
Interesting that they elected to roll this out after the football ticket deadline passed
Expand ...
Keep us posted
 
I am not a season ticket holder but go to so many games (all sports) that I was assigned a ticket rep a few years ago. They have been trying to get me to buy season tickets for years but based on my donation level and the fact that there are so many easy ways to get seats cheap it hasn’t made sense. My rep called me a few weeks ago about this whole thing and I got the feeling they are banking on the team being really good in the next few years and UConn men’s basketball being a hot ticket again soon. For a guy who donates but only @ a low level and not for many years, this is a good thing because now I have a chance at a great season ticket if I pony up the $$. But I agree with all of the posts in this thread that they are taking a huge gamble alienating their most loyal fans to do this.

He also told me that existing season ticket holders would get first crack at buying into the new system and could get their current seats if they paid the season seat donation. Not sure if that was confirmed in the email communication.
 
Last edited:
If there plan was to turn XL/Gampel ticketing policy into Rentschler then mission accomplished.

Bad product, bad opponent, bad prices.

Who wouldn't want to pay a premium for that and commit to a whole season, when you can buy a ticket in the parking lot, downtown, or on campus for $5 (or cheaper).
 
They dont care about 'loyalty' just money. Similar to how loyal fans got bumped to worse seats or out altogether after the 1999 Natty when UConn became the hottest ticket going and people and corporations dropped huge donations & sponsorships. The people who buy into this will stop real quick if we don't regain prominence in the near future. Would have been better off waiting till we were relevant again.
 
.-.
whaler11 said:
They could be #1 in the country and some of those prices are nuts.

If you are plunking down $5k for UConn basketball tickets and don’t have a net worth >$5 million you need to see a mental health care professional.
Expand ...
Resident expert!
 
What’s misleading is the $400 seat donation is really $800, if you have seats in both buildings. Add in the approximately $400 season ticket for each building and the bottomline is $1,600 for a season ticket.

So if you get two seats in each building it’s $3,200. This is before any UConn foundation donation.

So the true price is $100 per game for a seat. When you look at the schedule, we are repeating tbe genius of the mid field seat back seating at The Rent. I really have to question AD Dave business IQ. Yes, you will make more money if you don’t lose customers - but the later is likely. Attendance has fallen since the glory days without doubling tbe price of seats.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Chief00 said:
What’s misleading is the $400 seat donation is really $800, if you have seats in both buildings. Add in the approximately $400 season ticket for each building and the bottomline is $1,600 for a season ticket.

So if you get two seats in each building it’s $3,200. This is before any UConn foundation donation.
Expand ...

They are going to need a Yankee Stadium style moat with this pricing.
 
Section 106 at the XL Center is a $90 face value ticket. These people are insane and need to be replaced 3 years ago.

Three straight losing seasons? Let’s jack up prices for the most loyal fans.

Have some pride folks.
 
It also ticks me off that we have the best women's program in the country and they are exempt from this scheme. Why not cut the seat fees in half and split it up? I looked at the details online and what I will probably do is change my seats at both places and have my seat fees equal what I used to donate on my own and eliminate the annual donation. I fired off an email to my ticket rep to address some of this stuff.
 
.-.
Football, basketball... doesn’t matter... let someone else be dumb enough to drop that kind of coin on those tix... I’ll wait for the firesale in the hours prior. The one thing the AD has been consistent with year in and year out is doubling down on poor decisions.
 
CTMike said:
Football, basketball... doesn’t matter... let someone else be dumb enough to drop that kind of coin on those tix... I’ll wait for the firesale in the hours prior. The one thing the AD has been consistent with year in and year out is doubling down on poor decisions.
Expand ...
Its godawful. This whole thing makes me even more glad I dumped our football season tickets this year. What a clown show.
 
I spoke to my rep today because I wanted to add a ticket since I now have another child who needs a ticket which will now become harder because I will have to go through the process like a new season ticket holder instead of an existing. Based on that I’ll have to decide whether to keep doing this....

It’s sad because they are actually disincentivising donation. I previously donated more than I would have to for my tickets this year but now why would I add the extra donation? Especially now that according to the donor benefit chart everyone pretty much gets the same benefits at every level....

Also, I love how they are marketing this as what “we” asked for. As if people not wanting to relocate their seats every year after years of loyalty meant they wanted This.
 
I will most likely not be renewing my season tickets this time around because of this. More expensive for the same seats and I would have been adding a 3rd seat this year. Secondary market it is. I will be able to get about the same quality seats for a fraction of the price that way for the big games. So much for sticking with the program for this disaster period.
 
Vuce said:
It also ticks me off that we have the best women's program in the country and they are exempt from this scheme. Why not cut the seat fees in half and split it up? I looked at the details online and what I will probably do is change my seats at both places and have my seat fees equal what I used to donate on my own and eliminate the annual donation. I fired off an email to my ticket rep to address some of this stuff.
Expand ...
Obviously the women's program is the JV of the athletic department based on this decision.
 
Caronimo said:
This is crazy. Cuse, Nova, Georgetown, Pitt, etc are not walking thru those doors. Crazy money
Expand ...
That's the thing, even if the program gets respectable again, the opponents are not exactly interesting.
 
.-.
Vuce said:
It also ticks me off that we have the best women's program in the country and they are exempt from this scheme. Why not cut the seat fees in half and split it up? I looked at the details online and what I will probably do is change my seats at both places and have my seat fees equal what I used to donate on my own and eliminate the annual donation. I fired off an email to my ticket rep to address some of this stuff.
Expand ...
If they implemented this with women's basketball season tickets there would be 1,000 season ticket holders.
 
These are the same geniuses who think that moving you closer to mid court even though they're also moving you from row E to V is a great thing.

At this point I'm just grateful for the 25 great years we had. Every decision now just makes you scratch your head.
 
They may not see the desired increase in revenue. I think the seat donations will cannibalize the UConn foundation donations - left pocket/right pocket stuff. The huge price increase will probably be offset by a volume decrease. So piss off your only fans you think will give money, don’t get that revenue bump and be worse off after this change.

For years I have given based on how priority points were marketed by the university as rewarding loyal and generous donors. Now despite some meaningless lip service - they will be effectively worthless after this season. That’s the kind of stuff a class action lawsuit is made of - I guess Dave Benedict isn’t spending enough time with litigation as it is?
 
Chief00 said:
They may not see the desired increase in revenue. I think the seat donations will cannibalize the UConn foundation donations - left pocket/right pocket stuff. The huge price increase will probably be offset by a volume decrease. So piss off your only fans you think will give money, don’t get that revenue bump and be worse off after this change.

For years I have given based on how priority points were marketed by the university as rewarding loyal and generous donors. Now despite some meaningless lip service - they will be effectively worthless after this season. That’s the kind of stuff a class action lawsuit is made of - I guess Dave Benedict isn’t spending enough time with litigation as it is?
Expand ...

Flat out going to reduce revenue.

Don’t think there is a point to a class action suit, they are going to lower demand to the point where priority points aren’t going to matter - if you’ll pay their ransom you can get the seats.
 
37 years a season ticket holder; over 1,400 priority points. Kept my season tickets even after moving to Florida 18 years ago. It would cost me an additional $9,600 to keep my six seats in XL Center and Gampel. Just sent my ticket rep an email stating I will no longer be renewing.

Also won't be renewing football tickets.

Don't know if they have thought this through - but just imagine sitting in your seats that you paid $800 for and someone is sitting next to you - who just bought his seat day of the game at the ticket window for $30...

It's either going to be that situation - or there are going to be a lot of empty seats in the lower bowls at most games (like at Yankee stadium behind home plate).
 
.-.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,336
Messages
4,565,300
Members
10,465
Latest member
agiglax


Top Bottom