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That game has been pushed to 2017, and replaced by BC game away in Nov. So as of today 9/10 is an open date. This was announced about a month or so
Will this win bring new season ticketholders?
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I've had season tickets for football since 1999 and men's basketball since 1977 -never giving either of them up but.........
Lots of people recognize that discounted tickets are plentiful. So people cherry pick the games based on weather and opponent for football games.
Same is happening for basketball games(minus the weather).
No need to commit (and donate) when you can get in for less and not have to write a check. Especially while we are still in the AAC.
Lots of people recognize that discounted tickets are plentiful. So people cherry pick the games based on weather and opponent for football games.
Same is happening for basketball games(minus the weather).
No need to commit (and donate) when you can get in for less and not have to write a check. Especially while we are still in the AAC.
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I would argue we have 8 home games next year.
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I don't think cherry picking is the issue for the football team. Now that the program shows signs of life and has some decent schedules coming up, I see at least a 5K bump next year.
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It seems weird that we'd have repeat games against Houston, Navy and Tulane when we didn't play Memphis, SMU or Tulsa this year, but this is the AAC.
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Like bizlaw said, looks like the AAC divisional format now is you play a home & home with 3 teams from the other division for 2 years, then don't play them again the following 2 years.
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Next year's home slate is a good one. Coming off a bowl season, with that schedule, I expect an uptick. What did we have this year for season tix sold? I don't think its far fetched that we can up that number by 3 to 5k. At our peak, we had a lot of casual fans that didn't know the difference between a BCS conference and a non bcs conference. Those fans did like watching games against SU, RU, Pitt etc. Aside from the losing football, the biggest difference for casual fans is simply being unfamiliar with the likes of SMU, Houston, Memphis as "conference foes".
The conference so far looks good in terms of overal quality of the football played here. Friday night you will have Navy and Houston with a showcase game. Those are two real good teams. Casual fans will tune in to that and see this league is better than maybe they thought. Hopefully some UConn (non boneyard variety) fans will tune in and start to get familiar with these teams as well .
The conference so far looks good in terms of overal quality of the football played here. Friday night you will have Navy and Houston with a showcase game. Those are two real good teams. Casual fans will tune in to that and see this league is better than maybe they thought. Hopefully some UConn (non boneyard variety) fans will tune in and start to get familiar with these teams as well .
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Yeah I think the biggest difference is the "perception" of hardcore college football fans and the casual fan. People that would consider themselves as college fans know that teams like Navy, ECU, Houston, Memphis etc have always fielded competitive teams and are comparable to those mid to lower tier P5 schools. The casual fan is going solely on brand recognition with the likes of Syracuse, BCU, RU but in reality most of the teams in the AAC are better than those schools (with the exception of SMU and Tulane).
If it weren't for Clemson's undefeated season so far, I think I could make a compelling argument that top to bottom, the AAC has had a better season than the ACC. Going forward, I hope that Houston, Memphis and Temple can all find a way to keep their respective coaching staffs together, because that combined with UConn and USF on the upswing, could make the AAC extremely interesting in 2016.
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Our tickets weren't part of the UConn allotment. We bought ours through Notre Dame ticket office.
We were in the top of the end zone with a mix of ND and UC fans.
What an awesome day that started at 7 am in the golf course tailgate lot and ended at 3:30 am in our downtown South Bend hotel room.
This past Saturday night felt like that a bit.
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how do we get season ticket holders involved? lets the fans recruit..
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Unfortunately very true - I know a lot of folks who won't pay the full season ticket price because they know they can get discounted tickets week before the game or scalp for cheaper.
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I haven't had season tickets to football in 5 years. I think my brother and I will split season tickets next year
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Increasing football season tickets has to be priority 1 for UConn. As we all know, football schedules are wacky and there are many weeks that we don't know what time our game is kicking off until less than a week before it does. Having a well established ST base lowers the need for pre-game promo codes and desperate pleas to fans to come out to the Rent days before games.
But...coming up with ways to incentivize purchasing season tickets is tough. Extra tailgating is nice. 10% discount on concessions is alright. Until the stadium is sold out on a regular basis again, people will still be able to find cheaper tickets in the parking lots prior to games. Not to mention, there are 100 promo codes available throughout the season.
2016 has the potential of being pretty special. Expectations are raised and a conference championship game is not out of the question, considering what we have returning next season (with the benefit of additional bowl practices!). The home schedule is also better than this year's. UVA and Cuse are good OOC opponents that are certainly winnable games, and Cinci and Temple are always tough.
We all get the gameday itinerary emails each week, but do those also go out to every donor and/or sports ticket purchaser? Would be great if everyone in UConn's database got something about the itinerary with links to buy tickets. But that doesn't solve ST numbers.
What if UConn offered a sports bundling package? You buy hoops + football season tickets and you save money and get extra perks. You buy hoops + football + hockey and you get even more savings/perks. I absolutely hate the wedge that seems to split UConn hoops and football fans. Encouraging fans to buy both sports would be a nice way to break down that barrier.
But...coming up with ways to incentivize purchasing season tickets is tough. Extra tailgating is nice. 10% discount on concessions is alright. Until the stadium is sold out on a regular basis again, people will still be able to find cheaper tickets in the parking lots prior to games. Not to mention, there are 100 promo codes available throughout the season.
2016 has the potential of being pretty special. Expectations are raised and a conference championship game is not out of the question, considering what we have returning next season (with the benefit of additional bowl practices!). The home schedule is also better than this year's. UVA and Cuse are good OOC opponents that are certainly winnable games, and Cinci and Temple are always tough.
We all get the gameday itinerary emails each week, but do those also go out to every donor and/or sports ticket purchaser? Would be great if everyone in UConn's database got something about the itinerary with links to buy tickets. But that doesn't solve ST numbers.
What if UConn offered a sports bundling package? You buy hoops + football season tickets and you save money and get extra perks. You buy hoops + football + hockey and you get even more savings/perks. I absolutely hate the wedge that seems to split UConn hoops and football fans. Encouraging fans to buy both sports would be a nice way to break down that barrier.
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I think they get e-mailed to everyone who has an account on the uconnhuskies.com ticket site. My football ST are under my name, but I've purchased single game tix to basketball and hockey and I get these offers.
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^This is an excellent idea
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Great kid, too. Was a stud HS athlete at a very small private school. He was lost in the mediocrity of the HS program.
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Great idea about packaging tickets from different teams. I consider myself a UConn fan not just a UConn football or hoop fan etc. My thought is why not offer bundles of mini-plans for any sport. An example would be you can get 3 football, 5 hoop ( mens and/or women) and 5 hockey games in a package. Or if you have full seasons ticket for 1 sport ( say football) you can add these other mini options to your package at a discounted cost or with some perks.
I for one would love this. Being a ST holder for football and mens hoop, I can then chose either hockey or womens games at a smaller commitment level. For me I end up buying some of those games anyway. Some people can't make a full financial or time commitment to full season tickets. So this gives them a taste of UConn sports and also they become potential full ST holders for down the road.
I realize this would take some thought and planning on ticket office staff. I suggest they hire someone off of this board. We have the passion to get this done
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Agree 1000%. A package incentive plan whereby football season ticket holders have an opportunity to attend several other venues SHOULD BE PARAMOUNT>
Market and incentive your valleys....not your peaks. Football season ticket holders.....allot 2500 tickets per game for Basketball in January when students are away.
Allot 5000 tickets per game to all hockey home games. as an alum, I continually get calls on contributing as well as items in the mail. The same thing should happen for football, hockey and certain designated basketball games.
One step further,.... inside corporate boxes for football (with free unlimited {2500 tickets to each UCONN HOCKEY GAME}. Empty seats not costing anything to fill
but furthering the image and creating young fans is very much needed.
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