UConn men's basketball tickets are in high demand and prices have grown expensive

[HooperScooper]

No complaints here. Would you rather have a really crappy program and low ticket prices? It wasn't that long ago where we had 2 bad seasons in a row and tickets were cheap. That sucked.

“For a lot of reasons,” athletic director David Benedict said. “It’s obviously helpful because we’re in a position to offset more of the subsidy that the university is making as an investment in athletics, so it’s great to have that return. But it’s just great to have the state and the city captivated again. It’s great to see all the sellouts we’re having and the tickets in demand. People are asking for tickets again. That wasn’t happening four or five years ago.”

UConn men's basketball tickets are in high demand and prices have grown expensive

The price for UConn men's basketball tickets, especially for single-game tickets, have soared as the demand has increased.

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[TheHorde]

Is there a tie in with football tickets? Where if you buy football seats or season tickets you obtain either discounted basketball tickets or an opportunity to have upgraded basketball seats? I’m genuinely curious to know.

 

[dvegas]

Is there a tie in with football tickets? Where if you buy football seats or season tickets you obtain either discounted basketball tickets or an opportunity to have upgraded basketball seats? I’m genuinely curious to know.

Lol, lucky UConn doesn't force fans to buy football tickets for the right to purchase basketball tickets, hope this doesn't give the AD any ideas...

 

[WrenchFan69]

Is there a tie in with football tickets? Where if you buy football seats or season tickets you obtain either discounted basketball tickets or an opportunity to have upgraded basketball seats? I’m genuinely curious to know.

Football season ticket holders usually end up getting a pair of free tickets to a low-level MBB game, mid-level WBB game, or a mid-level Men's Hockey game. At least the last couple years.

 

[HooperScooper]

You should read this article. It's about way more than just the tickets being expensive now.

“You remember those days, Tulane at Gampel and Tulsa at the XL,” Hurley said. “Even playing great teams and getting 8,000 at the XL Center for a top-10 Houston. The climb back up the mountain is a lot of fun. You do have an appreciation for things like that. I think every game is sold out, potentially, already. Just having the interest in our program that we have both in the State of Connecticut, our fan base, nationally, we've had to earn it by winning, winning a national championship, winning our people back over, winning our fans back over. You don't just get some status because of our history. Our fans — I think it's a Northeastern thing, too, man — people make you earn it from them or else they'll just focus on something else.”

Win and they will come. It's always been that way.

 

[HooperScooper]

This will make the season ticket holders happy. Hurley said similar things the other day. Let's see what happens with the home OOC schedule the next couple years.

“You have schools starting to look at, do we really want to play as many games as we do off campus and these neutral site games?” Benedict said. “The value of the MTE’s [multiple-team events] and neutral site games is it’s just been easier to negotiate or find really good games. But we’ve got to find a way in college basketball to bring more of these games back to campus and do home-and-homes. It’s good for the game. It’s good for fan bases. You want to do it with the right teams, as well, based on whatever your scheduling philosophy is and where you are as an opponent. It’s a lot easier to get those high-profile games now, based on what happened last season and where the program has been elevated to than it was three or four years ago. Why was North Carolina to come play us at home? Or Duke or Purdue or whoever it might be.”

 

[Waquoit]

Football season ticket holders usually end up getting a pair of free tickets to a low-level MBB game, mid-level WBB game, or a mid-level Men's Hockey game. At least the last couple years.

Yup, I'm going to the New Year's Eve women's game. I forget what the MBB choice was.

 

[TheChamps990411]

No complaints here. Would you rather have a really crappy program and low ticket prices? It wasn't that long ago where we had 2 bad seasons in a row and tickets were cheap. That sucked.

“For a lot of reasons,” athletic director David Benedict said. “It’s obviously helpful because we’re in a position to offset more of the subsidy that the university is making as an investment in athletics, so it’s great to have that return. But it’s just great to have the state and the city captivated again. It’s great to see all the sellouts we’re having and the tickets in demand. People are asking for tickets again. That wasn’t happening four or five years ago.”

UConn men's basketball tickets are in high demand and prices have grown expensive

The price for UConn men's basketball tickets, especially for single-game tickets, have soared as the demand has increased.

www.nhregister.com

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UConn men's basketball tickets are in high demand and prices have grown expensive​

yeah its great unless youre in a wheelchair and need tickets. Checked for tickets a while back accessible seating was no longer even an option. Well done greed.

 

[XLCenterFan]

yeah its great unless youre in a wheelchair and need tickets. Checked for tickets a while back accessible seating was no longer even an option. Well done greed.

I would reach out to UConn athletics. I’m willing to bet they will help you out.

 

[WestHartHusk]

yeah its great unless youre in a wheelchair and need tickets. Checked for tickets a while back accessible seating was no longer even an option. Well done greed.

Because they were sold out?

 

[Palatine]

yeah its great unless youre in a wheelchair and need tickets. Checked for tickets a while back accessible seating was no longer even an option. Well done greed.

It's not greed it is supply and demand.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Because they were sold out?

Usually even if sold out its still an option but the option is gone.

 

[TheChamps990411]

It's not greed it is supply and demand.

Yeah. Forget the disabled. Lets sell those seats.

 

[DSquiz]

I’ve been wanting these official numbers so happy to see this:

”The public-sale portion of season ticket holders this season is 5,091 at Gampel and 9,083 at the XL. The total numbers categorized as season tickets, boosted by a student and band allotment and visiting-team seating areas, is 8,174 at Gampel and 10,812 at the XL. Gampel season tickets are up 16.7 percent over last year, and XL season tickets are up 26.6 percent.“

 

[Palatine]

Yeah. Forget the disabled. Lets sell those seats.

The idea that the university is forgetting the disabled, or using their seats for non-disabled folks is not really supportable. If you have proof of such a practice, I'm sure you would win in court. And it would be vile in the extreme.

There have always been a limited number of handicap accessible seats just as there are a limited number of seats in the arena. When the demand for tickets went up, the demand for the demand for those seats also went up. They didn't suddenly start selling them to the physically able. It's not some evil capitalist plot.

 

[shizzle787]

I’ve been wanting these official numbers so happy to see this:

”The public-sale portion of season ticket holders this season is 5,091 at Gampel and 9,083 at the XL. The total numbers categorized as season tickets, boosted by a student and band allotment and visiting-team seating areas, is 8,174 at Gampel and 10,812 at the XL. Gampel season tickets are up 16.7 percent over last year, and XL season tickets are up 26.6 percent.“

Let's stop playing games at XL crowd needs to pipe down. We have more season tickets at XL than capacity at Gampel.

 

[huskiemaniac]

Is there a tie in with football tickets? Where if you buy football seats or season tickets you obtain either discounted basketball tickets or an opportunity to have upgraded basketball seats? I’m genuinely curious to know.

I’ve had football season tix for many years and don’t recall getting any upgrades.

 

[Waquoit]

I’ve had football season tix for many years and don’t recall getting any upgrades.

Same, just the occasional freebee.

 

[bigknight3]

Lol, lucky UConn doesn't force fans to buy football tickets for the right to purchase basketball tickets, hope this doesn't give the AD any ideas...

Yeah delete that post about football tickets!

 

[bigknight3]

Usually even if sold out its still an option but the option is gone.

Unless, could it be, the demand for accessible seats followed the overall demand for the team and they sold out too...

 

[kemba]

Yup, I'm going to the New Year's Eve women's game. I forget what the MBB choice was.

Last couple years the men’s option was butler this year it was one of the early season Hartford games that you could find on stubhub for $4 after fees. Another sign of the increased demand

 

[John]

Lol, lucky UConn doesn't force fans to buy football tickets for the right to purchase basketball tickets, hope this doesn't give the AD any ideas...

Yeah God forbid a UConn fan is forced to support UConn.

 

[John]

Same, just the occasional freebee.

Free popcorn

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Same, just the occasional freebee.

Usually it's the other way around. I've probably gotten free or reduced price FB tickets to half the games over the past few years by being a MBB Season ticket holders

 

[TheChamps990411]

I would reach out to UConn athletics. I’m willing to bet they will help you out.

Unless, could it be, the demand for accessible seats followed the overall demand for the team and they sold out too...

Its possible but again the sight usually tells you if accessible seating is sold out but now it doesnt even give the option for accessible seating. I gave a call to find out what was going on and i got the run around. Ill try again next week.

 

[TheChamps990411]

The idea that the university is forgetting the disabled, or using their seats for non-disabled folks is not really supportable. If you have proof of such a practice, I'm sure you would win in court. And it would be vile in the extreme.

There have always been a limited number of handicap accessible seats just as there are a limited number of seats in the arena. When the demand for tickets went up, the demand for the demand for those seats also went up. They didn't suddenly start selling them to the physically able. It's not some evil capitalist plot.

Yeah, in theory. Ive been in a chair as an adult for 35 years youd be surprised the vile crap ive been through. If i told you, youd swear i was making it up. btw i wasnt accusing the university of anything i was responding to the comment that was made just to be clear.

 

[How Sway?!]

Per UConn, the st johns game broke the attendance record for men's basketball. Another sign that the fanbase is back

 

[mjmoney23]

Per UConn, the st johns game broke the attendance record for men's basketball. Another sign that the fanbase is back

Heard that on the post game show on the way home. Not sure how that is possible. The end zone bar removed seats, as did the increased disability areas around the top of several 100 level sections which removed a row or 2 in each of those sections. Are they counting people in the sportsbook as being in attendance even if they don't have a ticket to the game?

 

[HooperScooper]

Heard that on the post game show on the way home. Not sure how that is possible. The end zone bar removed seats, as did the increased disability areas around the top of several 100 level sections which removed a row or 2 in each of those sections. Are they counting people in the sportsbook as being in attendance even if they don't have a ticket to the game?

Agree, I don't know how that's possible when the XL Center used to seat almost 16,300 people (16,294 is stuck in my head) before the addition of the sports book area.

 

[husky8273]

Agree, I don't know how that's possible when the XL Center used to seat almost 16,300 people (16,294 is stuck in my head) before the addition of the sports book area.

agreed, 15684 was official attendance. I suspect the record claimed was meant for post-renovation crowds.