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Tickets, what the Traffic will bring.

Postby donovan » Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:31 am

Penn State is apparently going to price tickets according to the strength of their opponent. Sounds reasonable to me, schools get to decide what is best for them. It does occur to me that there maybe a side affect of this. It is difficult for smaller schools trying to build a better program to get a tougher Strength of Schedule rating. If schools can book more elite programs because of increased revenue, it may become more difficult for the N. Illinois, Boise, UCF etc schools to get those games. (This of course would be a non issue if there was not a NC....but that horse is been beat more than cream at Ben and Jerry's. )

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/01/15/2974038/penn-state-football-prices-vary.html
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Re: Tickets, what the Traffic will bring.

Postby billybud » Wed Jan 15, 2014 4:17 pm

Many schools do this....FSU sells cheap tickets to the FCS games....and sells three game packages that stick in a bad game with two mediocre games...

Now, that is for folks who don't go the season ticket route...and thus have no guarantee for Miami, Clemson, Louisville or Florida tickets...have to stub hub for those.
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Re: Tickets, what the Traffic will bring.

Postby Spence » Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:08 pm

donovan wrote:Penn State is apparently going to price tickets according to the strength of their opponent. Sounds reasonable to me, schools get to decide what is best for them. It does occur to me that there maybe a side affect of this. It is difficult for smaller schools trying to build a better program to get a tougher Strength of Schedule rating. If schools can book more elite programs because of increased revenue, it may become more difficult for the N. Illinois, Boise, UCF etc schools to get those games. (This of course would be a non issue if there was not a NC....but that horse is been beat more than cream at Ben and Jerry's. )

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/01/15/2974038/penn-state-football-prices-vary.html


Ohio State started doing that this year. If you had season tickets you used to get all games for about $79 and of course a donation to the school. That got you a ticket to all the early games, tow of which are guaranteed to be cream puffs. You also got Penn State, Michigan State, Wisconsin, and Michigan. So the good and bad kind of evened out. Now the games that really aren't worth going to are $79 and the Michigan game is going to be $175. Two other "premium" games will be $110. I look for the price of Michigan tickets to go to about 245 when they find out people will pay for them. Over 350 for the good seats. These prices reflect face value, not ticket company prices.
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Re: Tickets, what the Traffic will bring.

Postby Derek » Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:15 am

I only speak to the tickets I get. They are $70/piece whether they play LA -Lafayette or Tennessee.
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Re: Tickets, what the Traffic will bring.

Postby Spence » Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:45 am

Derek wrote:I only speak to the tickets I get. They are $70/piece whether they play LA -Lafayette or Tennessee.

That is how it used to be at Ohio State.
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Re: Tickets, what the Traffic will bring.

Postby donovan » Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:27 pm

Spence wrote:
Derek wrote:I only speak to the tickets I get. They are $70/piece whether they play LA -Lafayette or Tennessee.

That is how it used to be at Ohio State.


When Boise State travels to Florida State in 2019, FSU has announced the ticket price will be $7.59 plus tax. (Includes a hot dog and beer)
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Postby Spence » Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:53 pm

Sounds like my kind of game.
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Re: Tickets, what the Traffic will bring.

Postby Derek » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:45 pm

donovan wrote:
Spence wrote:
Derek wrote:I only speak to the tickets I get. They are $70/piece whether they play LA -Lafayette or Tennessee.

That is how it used to be at Ohio State.


When Boise State travels to Florida State in 2019, FSU has announced the ticket price will be $7.59 plus tax. (Includes a hot dog and beer)


HA!! You forgot about the tomahawk.

Also, I remember as a kid going to Braves games on special days and bringing home a baseball bat or some other thing they were giving away.

You know....back when this was still a free market country, and companies could afford this. :? :roll:
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