3 year commitment "contracts" expire this season. While some of them may renew, my guess is that nearly all of them will drop a few seats in their package.
I'm sorry but I don't know how we are going to sell more than 10K (not including students) next year. Not with the string of lousy records we've put up coupled with the lackluster '15 home schedule that will feature zero games that the average UCONN fan will be interested in watching. Sure, we'll all be there but the casual fan sure as heck won't be. UCONN needs to very seriously consider slashing ticket prices up to 50%. Offer some sort of variable rate price package where the prices go back up 25% in 2016 if the team reaches a bowl game next year, otherwise keep the prices low.
So I have preferred seats (that come with a donation). I pay whatever the per game price is (say $30) plus $100/seat. So for my 4, I paid $310/seat which would be $280/seat next year since we only have 6 home games.
You could also choose to go without donations and pay $180/seat for the year.
I would argue it matters to families who are buying multiple tickets what the pricing is, but for a guy who is going solo, dropping the price from $180/season to $90/season isn't going to move the needle. I'm not saying that the product on the field isn't "overpriced", but you wouldn't fill the stadium if you gave the tickets away. The people that are leaving aren't going to leave because of price, they are leaving because they are disgusted.
Quite simply:
Price is not going to entice someone to do something they don't want to do anyway. Especially when going to a game requires 3-4 hours of game time, plus travel time, plus tailgate time, plus other expenses, etc.
I've said this 100 times, the price of admission (unless you are inside or in the chairbacks) is the least expensive part of going to a game at the Rent.
So I believe we will have about 15K season ticket holders next year. Which sucks, but we had 24K show up on Saturday to watch a 2-8 team get killed on a cold November night. Doomsday might come, but it won't be here in August, no matter how upset everyone on the BY gets.