UConn Athletics Transitioning to Mobile Ticketing

[Storrs South]

 

[gampelcrazies]

Super upset about this. Loved saving stubs from UConn games. Have been doing it since I was a kid.

Take away all the fun to save a couple bucks.

 

[Kathy]

Super upset about this. Loved saving stubs from UConn games. Have been doing it since I was a kid.

Take away all the fun to save a couple bucks.

I would hate that - have stubs going back to 89

 

[Get a Job]

Super upset about this. Loved saving stubs from UConn games. Have been doing it since I was a kid.

Take away all the fun to save a couple bucks.

I'm guessing it's more covid-related than saving-a-couple-bucks-related. Either way, I think it's awesome.

 

[CTMike]

Super upset about this. Loved saving stubs from UConn games. Have been doing it since I was a kid.

Take away all the fun to save a couple bucks.

Soon you’ll be collecting NFTs as ticket stubs and it will be ok.

 

[Vancat]

Concert tickets. Got 'em all the way back to the 70s. Just got tix for a concert and chose "mobile" without thinking. Afterwards I wished I hadn't...no ticket to save.

 

[UCDaveD]

Just cut out a rectangular piece of paper and write UConn game on it. Problem solved.

 

[UConnSwag11]

How can you give them to someone else?

 

[Vancat]

How can you give them to someone else?

we'll find out.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Gonna be a lot less blue-hairs at the women's games.

 

[gampelcrazies]

I'm guessing it's more covid-related than saving-a-couple-bucks-related. Either way, I think it's awesome.

What’s the difference between a barcode on paper vs a barcode on a phone? They both have to be scanned.

 

[navery12]

How can you give them to someone else?

The same way mobile tickets have been given to others for years, just transfer them on your phone to the person's email

 

[raf46]

I am very upset about this. I also collect the stubs. MOST important is that at 75 years old, I have no intention to purchase the grief that come with a smartphone. I like the feel of tickets and stacking them up prior to the season. Have been a season tix holder since 1981. Many of we Gray Hairs may find it easy to just opt out! I do hope UCONN does, in fact, have a plan B.

 

[8893]

What’s the difference between a barcode on paper vs a barcode on a phone? They both have to be scanned.

The same way mobile tickets have been given to others for years, just transfer them on your phone to the person's email

 

[Get a Job]

What’s the difference between a barcode on paper vs a barcode on a phone? They both have to be scanned.

Don't ask me. It might be one of those things that makes people feel better even though it's pointless, like "deep cleaning" surfaces.

 

[Kenny11]

Its great until your phone dies

 

[Storrs South]

How can you give them to someone else?

They've had a transfer system for years that you can use on the UConn Ticket website that you can find when going to your account page. I've used it before and was painless, just insert the email you want them sent to and you're done. IIRC there was a $2 transfer charge, but hopefully they scrap that now that this is the only / preferred way to have a ticket.

Alternatively, you can just screenshot the barcode on your phone and text it to a friend for free. Done that before at MSG without issue.

 

[Fishy]

Paper tickets in this day and age are silly.

 

[MU in MKE]

Marquette went through this transition a couple years ago. Other than a few people who are... lets say... less tech savy, it was pretty smooth. Even for them, they figured it out after a few games. It made for longer entrance times for the few games though as they figured it out.

Ask your athletic department if they'd still print ticket stubs for a fee. MU does that for those that collect the stubs and are willing to pay for the printing.

 

[huskymedic]

I am very upset about this. I also collect the stubs. MOST important is that at 75 years old, I have no intention to purchase the grief that come with a smartphone. I like the feel of tickets and stacking them up prior to the season. Have been a season tix holder since 1981. Many of we Gray Hairs may find it easy to just opt out! I do hope UCONN does, in fact, have a plan B.

Plan B is noted right in the article in the OP...

“Ticketholders who do not have a smartphone will be able to request alternative options.”

 

[TheRick]

Will really hurt the scalpers that are always outside Gampel. Good!!!

 

[polycom]

I am very upset about this. I also collect the stubs. MOST important is that at 75 years old, I have no intention to purchase the grief that come with a smartphone. I like the feel of tickets and stacking them up prior to the season. Have been a season tix holder since 1981. Many of we Gray Hairs may find it easy to just opt out! I do hope UCONN does, in fact, have a plan B.

You will likely get a ticket emailed to you that you can....print out....

 

[Ts5034]

Its great until your phone dies

Thats my biggest fear with the mobile tickets. Ive had mobile tickets at times over the last few years. I know Im being paranoid, but I always worry that my phone will die or something will happen where I cannot pull them up on my phone when Im at the gate.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[navery12]

Thats my biggest fear with the mobile tickets. Ive had mobile tickets at times over the last few years. I know Im being paranoid, but I always worry that my phone will die or something will happen where I cannot pull them up on my phone when Im at the gate.

That happened to me at the NCAA tournament games at XL, had no service and couldn't get the tickets up for about 20 minutes