I'm not trying to stick up for UConn but this isn't necessarily the truth. Some will actually pay less under this new plan.If doing a deep dive into people's wallets is how they're going to treat the people that have supported these programs during some truly godawful years, then they can go pound sand.
Back when our season tickets were in the 200's Row X, we would just sit in the upper deck behind where the bar is now. Then they started to check your ticket before you walked up those stairs. That's mindboggling now. Then again back then that area was filled with students. After 35 years I finally make it to a seat parallel to the court and now I have to pay $500 more than last year. That's so UConn. My buddy still wants to go but in cheaper seats so I guess that's what I'm gonna do. Maybe that's another poll option, Yes with a downgradeThey made the tickets upstairs so cheap I’ll buy them just for the sake of it and give them away here when I can’t go. I don’t mind sitting in the overhang in the corner. I prefer it actually.
Who? Even with no seat donation ticket prices have gone up.I'm not trying to stick up for UConn but this isn't necessarily the truth. Some will actually pay less under this new plan.
There are a few scenarios where it benefits people. Not you or I. But it does for some.Who? Even with no seat donation ticket prices have gone up.
Very true.OK, I wasn't thinking the high end guys. But why do they need help again?
the problem with all of this is we are not in the P5. Even if Hurely turns the ship around, we're still in the same small pond where our 'premier' games are against programs like SMU, Houston, Cincinnati, etcSo it’s about the disaster that should be expected, except for by the UConn AD
And Chief00 that's the heart of the matter, or better, what is the matter with the UConn athletic department - the head
MY family/I have had season tickets for Men's BB since 1965 - I am almost on the verge of dumping the XL tickets. It's true what gampelcrazies says those folks who are in middle tier seats (and many had great lower bowl seats in the 80's thru early 2000's) that constantly are being moved up. My Gampel seats are fantastic but the XL are now meh - I've poured so much $ into UConn through tuitions, Friends of Soccer/season tickets, Football (season tickets and old "Huddle Club" and "Pound") and MBB season tickets plus annual donations to baseball in memory of my father who played at UConn in the late 40s - yet they want more and more. I asked DB's assistant what it would take to get back to the lower bowl at XL - and the reply I got was while my participation is appreciated, it is big time college athletics, there are budget issues and the best seats go to those who pay the most.
I get it but it fries me to see so many empty seats in that lower area - dedicated, long term fans who attend all the games but are not able to dole out corporate type payments are the ones being hurt
I am sure it's like that nearly everywhere in the P5 world so I'm singing to the choir - but it feels good!
You also will be paying more for that seat. It's called ESPN +. $5.99 per month.Absolutely, yes.
I have the best seat in the house. Leather, padded, and pretty much at mid court, unless there is a foul shot. In which case I am under the basket.). Games take about 45 minutes or so. Maybe a little longer. Best thing about it is they stop playing, literally freeze where they are, and wait for me while I take a slash, tend to my kids, or grab some "concessions."
You also will be paying more for that seat. It's called ESPN +. $5.99 per month.