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Post by 73withharoldlee on Aug 8, 2018 15:02:48 GMT -6
Ordered my tickets yesterday. Section 205 no longer available to season ticket holders. I had been paying 99.00 per seat , I think. So I went with Section 211 for 140 per seat. Adam was very helpful. It appears to me growing the fan base is part of the process. The existing fan base is being consolidated or some might think eliminated. The section that I don’t understand is the drinking section. Who designed that. Shrink it in half, put seats in front of it. Make the drinkers come from the outer circle or one of the side exits. Have entertainment before games outside the drinking section. Have former athletes sign autographs. Create some fun. That is why I moved to the other side. I can watch students act crazy. Just some thoughts. Go Panthers. Enjoy the games and could care less about the AD debate. Braun has always been nice to me the few times we encountered.
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Post by 73withharoldlee on Aug 8, 2018 18:32:53 GMT -6
Paid 140.00 per seat plus 10.00 handling charge still a great price for college basketball.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Aug 8, 2018 19:22:56 GMT -6
Paid 140.00 per seat plus 10.00 handling charge still a great price for college basketball. Oh, you must be in section 210 the alumni section. Great deal! I talked with Adam on Monday as well. Seems like a great guy. |
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Post by maverick118 on Aug 11, 2018 8:45:15 GMT -6
15 seconds after receiving our renewal packet in the mail it was set ablaze in the outdoor fireplace. For a program in disarray that is asking some ticket holders to pay 75% more for per ticket and then give others a discount is absolutely absurd and nothing more than a big FU. Done with the Clown Circus...Good luck, if this keeps up they'll be back at Klotsche Center playing DIII Ball...
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Post by PantherNation on Aug 11, 2018 9:34:14 GMT -6
15 seconds after receiving our renewal packet in the mail it was set ablaze in the outdoor fireplace. For a program in disarray that is asking some ticket holders to pay 75% more for per ticket and then give others a discount is absolutely absurd and nothing more than a big FU. Done with the Clown Circus...Good luck, if this keeps up they'll be back at Klotsche Center playing DIII Ball... Don’t take this the wrong was as I mean no offense... but if you are going to complain about $130 for season tickets (i.e. roughly $8 per game), that’s a little ridiculous. And I would bet that the majority of people who were paying $75 or less previously for season tickets were not sitting in those seats they were paying for. So as someone who pays $290 (x2) for my tickets and has the $75 folks moving into my section, you’ll get little sympathy from me. Those who aren’t willing to pay $8 per game to wach D1 basketball probably shouldn’t have season tickets to begin with. |
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Aug 11, 2018 11:57:42 GMT -6
I agree. I worry about someone who has anger for a seat that was $4 per game to a seat that is a better location at $8 per game.
My Marquette seats are $850 per seat. That is about the 10 lowest out of about 20 or so price points.
My Admirals 10 pack flex plan is $243.
Panthers basketball at a classic arena is an outstanding value!
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Post by MKE 4 Life on Aug 11, 2018 17:18:59 GMT -6
I just got a nice hand written card in the mail from Adam, thanking me for renewing my season tickets. I didn't throw it in the fire. I actually kind of appreciate little things like that.
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Post by bizzork on Aug 13, 2018 15:03:16 GMT -6
15 seconds after receiving our renewal packet in the mail it was set ablaze in the outdoor fireplace. For a program in disarray that is asking some ticket holders to pay 75% more for per ticket and then give others a discount is absolutely absurd and nothing more than a big FU. Done with the Clown Circus...Good luck, if this keeps up they'll be back at Klotsche Center playing DIII Ball... Don’t take this the wrong was as I mean no offense... but if you are going to complain about $130 for season tickets (i.e. roughly $8 per game), that’s a little ridiculous. And I would bet that the majority of people who were paying $75 or less previously for season tickets were not sitting in those seats they were paying for. So as someone who pays $290 (x2) for my tickets and has the $75 folks moving into my section, you’ll get little sympathy from me. Those who aren’t willing to pay $8 per game to wach D1 basketball probably shouldn’t have season tickets to begin with. In the interest of not meaning any offense - I'm wondering if they had closed off your section, then told you the minimum price to even get in the building would be $500 per season ticket seat, all while this will be a rebuilding year - would you have had any complaints with that? Everyone has different budgets so I'm applying the same percentage increase to you here and wondering about how that might impact you. |
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Post by PantherNation on Aug 13, 2018 16:50:47 GMT -6
Don’t take this the wrong was as I mean no offense... but if you are going to complain about $130 for season tickets (i.e. roughly $8 per game), that’s a little ridiculous. And I would bet that the majority of people who were paying $75 or less previously for season tickets were not sitting in those seats they were paying for. So as someone who pays $290 (x2) for my tickets and has the $75 folks moving into my section, you’ll get little sympathy from me. Those who aren’t willing to pay $8 per game to wach D1 basketball probably shouldn’t have season tickets to begin with. In the interest of not meaning any offense - I'm wondering if they had closed off your section, then told you the minimum price to even get in the building would be $500 per season ticket seat, all while this will be a rebuilding year - would you have had any complaints with that? Everyone has different budgets so I'm applying the same percentage increase to you here and wondering about how that might impact you. Stop focusing on the percentages. It’s $8 per game. If one’s budget doesn’t allow for that... then he/she would be making a wise decision to not renew their season tickets. Fact of the matter is that there are different price zones for a reason. I can’t afford the court side seats so I don’t sit there. And if I couldn’t afford my current seats for some reason, then I would look at paying $130 for the year. And if I couldn’t afford that, I would not renew my tickets and maybe go to a game or two instead. But for someone to throw away their renewal package because the cheapest option is asking $8 per game simply based on a percentage is ridiculous. $8 is $8. |
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Post by bizzork on Aug 13, 2018 18:22:46 GMT -6
In the interest of not meaning any offense - I'm wondering if they had closed off your section, then told you the minimum price to even get in the building would be $500 per season ticket seat, all while this will be a rebuilding year - would you have had any complaints with that? Everyone has different budgets so I'm applying the same percentage increase to you here and wondering about how that might impact you. Stop focusing on the percentages. It’s $8 per game. If one’s budget doesn’t allow for that... then he/she would be making a wise decision to not renew their season tickets. Fact of the matter is that there are different price zones for a reason. I can’t afford the court side seats so I don’t sit there. And if I couldn’t afford my current seats for some reason, then I would look at paying $130 for the year. And if I couldn’t afford that, I would not renew my tickets and maybe go to a game or two instead. But for someone to throw away their renewal package because the cheapest option is asking $8 per game simply based on a percentage is ridiculous. $8 is $8. Stop focusing on the raw dollar figures. It's a 75% increase per game. If one's principles aren't affected by that... then he/she would be making a decision to get taken for a ride. Fact of the matter is that the tickets were valued at a lower price for a reason. I can't abide arbitrary price increases so I don't pay them. And if I could abide that for some reason, then I'd look at paying 175% what they were worth last year. And since this team isn't going to be worth that price increase, I am not renewing my tickets and maybe going to a game or two instead. For someone to throw away their principles and pay almost double the amount for worse seats and a worse team is ridiculous. 175% is 175%. |
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Post by Pantherholic on Aug 13, 2018 18:30:58 GMT -6
I don't blame people whose section was eliminated for not renewing. Regardless of the $/game average, it's more than just dollars and cents. At the same time, intentionally burning a letter 15 seconds after receiving it is wildly overdramatic. How old are you?
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Post by bizzork on Aug 13, 2018 18:39:09 GMT -6
I don't blame people whose section was eliminated for not renewing. Regardless of the $/game average, it's more than just than dollars and cents. At the same time, intentionally burning a letter 15 seconds after receiving it is wildly overdramatic. How old are you? Tough but fair |
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Post by skrapheap on Aug 13, 2018 18:51:17 GMT -6
Stop focusing on the raw dollar figures. It's a 75% increase per game. If one's principles aren't affected by that... then he/she would be making a decision to get taken for a ride. Fact of the matter is that the tickets were valued at a lower price for a reason. I can't abide arbitrary price increases so I don't pay them. And if I could abide that for some reason, then I'd look at paying 175% what they were worth last year. And since this team isn't going to be worth that price increase, I am not renewing my tickets and maybe going to a game or two instead. For someone to throw away their principles and pay almost double the amount for worse seats and a worse team is ridiculous. 175% is 175%. If i could afford season tickets plus the mandatory “donation” to the program, i would be thinking along the same lines. Panther basketball tickets are the “best deal in town” (as the Athletic Department tells us all the time) solely because the Department acts with the financial interests of the fan as their highest priority. They’re trying to keep the doors open and folks paid and so forth. I understand that. But i know that they won’t pass up on opportunity to try to improve revenues from the program which earns more tgan any other. They don’t seem to be anticipating higher attendance overall. They calculated that this increase would improve revenues, and i have to believe they’ve factored lost sales due to the higher prices into their decision. (I hope Braun has learned enough in the job to insist on that, though evidence of improved performance hasn’t overwhelmed me....but i will concede that I don’t pay close enough attention to have noticed everything she’s done right.) There’s precious little evidence so far to justify the opinion that the higher prices will be matched by better play, which would make the fan’s assessment of the price increases more favorable. |
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Aug 13, 2018 19:51:58 GMT -6
Yes, they got rid of the $75 & $90 baseline sections. Some need to get over it by now. Use the $75 for a mini plan. The center court 300 level section went down big time in price. $185 to $130. The courtside, gold and black sections remain the same in price. Donation now per seats, instead of account.
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Post by Duct_Tape_Pounce on Aug 13, 2018 20:48:29 GMT -6
I'm not really upset by the price increase. I had seats in Section 105 last year, which was the $90 section, and I thought it the price for those tickets were incredibly low for the value of the seats. I'm a little disappointed that I wasn't able to renew in Section 105 for $130 or $140, but I can understand why they went through with that.
In looking at the season ticket packages available for other Horizon League teams this year (based on what I could find), it looks like the Panthers' season ticket packages fit right in:
Green Bay (2017-2018):
Mid-Court Sections: $282
Corners: $234
Base Line: $183
Family Section: $108
UIC (2017-2018):
Floor Seat: $500
100-Level Seat: $200
Oakland (2018-2019):
General Public: $265
Faculty/Staff/Alumni: $215
Detroit (2018-2019):
Floor Reserved: $185
Upper Reserved: $185
General Admission: $130
IUPUI (2018-2019):
Adult: $160
Wright State (2018-2019):
Rows 1-6: $210 + $250 per Seat Donation
Rows 7-12: $210 + $150 per Seat Donation
Non-Premium Seating: $190
Recent Graduate (Corner): $85
Value Sections (Corners): $85 per seat, must purchase 4
Northern Kentucky (2018-2019)
Adult: $177
Faculty/Staff: $159
First Time Buyer: $142
New Alumni: $106
Cleveland State (2018-2019)
Courtside: $500 + $900 donation
Center Court: $250
Between the Baselines: $180
Endzone: $130
Youngstown State (2018-2019)
Most Seats: $155
There may be a few season tickets in the league that could be purchased for under $130, but there don't seem to be that many and there seem to be restrictions on most of those (must purchase in groups of 4, must have graduated within the past 5 years, etc.) I think the problem is that UWM has offered really really cheap season tickets the past 7 or 8 years or so and they're close to league average now.
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