UConn vs. Arizona Sell Out?

[superjohn]

Doesn't help that the XL center is a dump. Can't blame people not wanting to sit in row Z in the 200s for $50 each. Better off watching it at home

They have tons of $14 tix available. What has happened to our fanbase?

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

They have tons of $14 tix available. What has happened to our fanbase?

 

[Towney007]

I think we'll do well. This is the biggest game in years.

I'm sharpening my sword. Totally ready for war again.

 

[UconnU]

FWIW I was just watching the Florida st - Purdue game. A nationally televised top 25 matchup and the arena was half empty.

 

[kansashusky]

You can’t be called a blue blood and not sell out marquee games.

 

[AdamaNation]

StubHub is a rip off. Worse than the rip off Ticketmaster is.

I use vivid. Probably the same thing

 

[Scrutineer]

If we don’t sell out it will be more of an indictment on fans being fed up with prices imo. They are just insane

Prices for men's season tickets were around 30 or in the low 30's during the glamor years. As far as attendance, what's wrong with the fans? The team was brutal in the mid-80's and the crowds were bigger. Gampel's "crowds" have been an embarrassment of late. On campus and less than 6,000 last night? Maybe we were crazy, but we drove from the Albany area in the late 80's and early 90's no matter what the weather was like.

 

[zls44]

I agree that it likely won’t sell out. One thing to note is the upper baseline sections are pretty much full. They were offering those for $15 Black Friday and cyber Monday. Should be a relatively full building but likely not a sell out.

Almost as if they
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should sell all the tickets
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for
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that price?

 

[zls44]

Got email for $15 tixs including fees behind basket 2nd level. Black Friday special all week. Expires this Friday 11/30.

Like, why the hell have it expire? Just run that deal right up until the game.

Good lord are they bad at this.

 

[UconnU]

I use vivid. Probably the same thing

Uconn’s using Vivid to try to sell tickets now? You know your schools desperate when they have Lisa Ann pitching you tickets.

 

[UconnU]

Should get the spread sometime tomorrow. Game honestly may be a push.

 

[UconnFanDC]

A win against AZ will ignite more believers to start travelling and spending money again. Beat both AZ and FL State and I predict Nova a sellout at MSG and our home games start gaining more traffic with a few more sellouts at Gampel

 

[glastonbury50]

I use vivid. Probably the same thing

Vivid is good. For Uconn I typically try to buy off the athletic website rather than third party. I'd rather have the money go to athletic program then stubhub ppl. I'm no hero, though.

 

[Ewekon]

FWIW I was just watching the Florida st - Purdue game. A nationally televised top 25 matchup and the arena was half empty.

Not half full?

 

[WaterDawg]

We’re gonna be there... hootin’ and hollerin’ for sure!

 

[willie99]

There will be more than enough of us to make a difference

 

[M T Pockets]

IMO it doesn't honestly surprise me at all that the crowds haven't been this good for the early games and for the upcoming Arizona game. This is what happens when you play a lot of cupcake games early on in the year. When you schedule UMASS Lowell, UNH and UMKC as home games, that isn't going to interest a lot of people to go watch a 20+ point blowout. Arizona isn't even ranked this year and doesn't have the usual stud roster/recruiting class this year. You are going to only get a crowd to come when there are great players/teams involved. Coming from a working in sports background this is very common.

 

[husky429]

Hurley and co. still need to earn the fanbase back. It's a sleeping giant, but one game against Cuse isn't going to change that. Need a good season, and a few top 25 wins

 

[mauconnfan]

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They ruined the fanbase well before this guy. Heck we were wining with JC and wondering where the fannies were a lot. They were winners and it became big business.

Just a quick summary from my point of view. In the 80's-90's before and after JC if you went to the HCC I could find about 100 people a game from my home town of Meriden I'd pretty much run into every other game, and I'm not exaggerating. My guess is about 10-15 of these people went to UConn but they were all loyal fans from that time and many before the 80's. Years later when they started pushing back with $'s to keep your seats or else you're in 212ZZ they began to lose some for various reasons some financially. That's just Meriden can you imagine the other towns and cities in the state of CT with similar fandom?

Not blaming the university or anyone it's just reality. Many of your best fans no longer are part of the annual season ticket world and for that reason now have been habitually happy to watch on TV and not drive 30-60 minutes.

 

[sledog]

Stopping in Newark today to get tix. Clemson-MS St at 4pm, UC-FL St at 6:30. Sideline seating (section 7-9, 18-20) ~20 rows up (2/3 way) $95, but $150 and up o/l thru alternative suppliers. Strangely, some tix are less than Pru box office??

 

[Ajs120102]

Curious if Hurley isn’t in love with half the home games being at the XL center. You can tell he isn’t infatuated with it. But Arizona will be a packed house for sure even if not a sell out

 

[Clockshop]

They have tons of $14 tix available. What has happened to our fanbase?

I always find humor at the fact the keyboard warriors on the board that live out of state like to call out the fanbase.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

They ruined the fanbase well before this guy. Heck we were wining with JC and wondering where the fannies were a lot. They were winners and it became big business.

Just a quick summary from my point of view. In the 80's-90's before and after JC if you went to the HCC I could find about 100 people a game from my home town of Meriden I'd pretty much run into every other game, and I'm not exaggerating. My guess is about 10-15 of these people went to UConn but they were all loyal fans from that time and many before the 80's. Years later when they started pushing back with $'s to keep your seats or else you're in 212ZZ they began to lose some for various reasons some financially. That's just Meriden can you imagine the other towns and cities in the state of CT with similar fandom?

Not blaming the university or anyone it's just reality. Many of your best fans no longer are part of the annual season ticket world and for that reason now have been habitually happy to watch on TV and not drive 30-60 minutes.

Yeah for dregs. You’d always see a packed house for a game of this caliber. We packed it for Witchita and Nova last year but most people probably have PTSD from attending those games and won’t be back.

 

[UofCT]

How much are adult beverages these days at XL?

 

[DSquiz]

The game will have 15k if not a total sell out by Sunday. That's more then 90% of teams can say for a game between two unranked teams.