2018-2019 Ticket Renewals

[Pantherholic]

Ron Reeves has taken a position at Southern Illinois as the Asst AD of Development.

[Pounce Needs Pals]

"Ron has a wealth of revenue-generating experience in collegiate athletics and we look forward to his leadership in guiding the Saluki Athletic Scholarship Fund."

At UW-Milwaukee, Reeves increased sales and attendance across all ticketed sports. Most notably, he played a key role in increasing sales for men's and women's basketball tickets, including 9 percent in season ticket holder revenue for Men's Basketball and 21 percent for women's basketball. He also managed all athletic home events for the Panthers.

[Spirit of Bruce]

Aug 19, 2018 6:50:49 GMT -6 Pounce Needs Pals said:

"Ron has a wealth of revenue-generating experience in collegiate athletics and we look forward to his leadership in guiding the Saluki Athletic Scholarship Fund."

At UW-Milwaukee, Reeves increased sales and attendance across all ticketed sports. Most notably, he played a key role in increasing sales for men's and women's basketball tickets, including 9 percent in season ticket holder revenue for Men's Basketball and 21 percent for women's basketball. He also managed all athletic home events for the Panthers.

In the words of Ace Ventura, renowned pet detective: "Fiction can be fun!!!"

[Pounce Needs Pals]

[NewPant]

Talked to Adam Schemm about my tickets

They have declined in season tickets numbers by over 200 tickets and about half the profit. He said last year there was a much smaller dip in season tickets numbers but they did make more profit then. 

He did say to pass along the link. He wants everyone to call him if they want to renew.


oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/uwm/EN/account/login


Also so Amanda is a master at Planning for new facilities? Did we get that indoor basketball practice facility approved all of a sudden???


athleticdirectoru.com/video/braun-wisconsin-leonard-towson-facilities/

[DunneDeal]

without watching the video. It sounds like she is speaking on how the process works. She is at least trying to get funding for a new facilities.

[jtoboggan]

Sept 24, 2018 7:03:54 GMT -6 NewPant said:

They have declined in season tickets numbers by over 200 tickets... 

Unfortunately, I am 4 of those 200+.  I wonder what a 200 ticket decline equates to as a percentage of the prior year season tickets held.

[jtoboggan]

Sept 28, 2018 14:44:12 GMT -6 Pounce Needs Pals said:

Sept 28, 2018 14:16:06 GMT -6 jtoboggan said:

Unfortunately, I am 4 of those 200+.  I wonder what a 200 ticket decline equates to as a percentage of the prior year season tickets held.

That was a new poster as yourself who posted that, so who knows if that number is true or not. Sorry, to hear you are not getting season tickets. You have time to change your mind!

While I will not be renewing for the full season, I will likely purchase a mini plan when they become available.  I am a relatively new fan and this would have been my fourth year as a season ticket holder.  What it really came down to is that the fan experience for our family has degraded to a point where season tickets are simply not the value that they once were so we will now spread our time around to other sporting events instead of a full 15 game Panther slate.  This year’s team is a complete wildcard with all the new players and I hope that they surprise everyone and come out on top of what looks to be a bad Horizon league.

[bizzork]

Aug 13, 2018 20:48:29 GMT -6 Duct_Tape_Pounce said:

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.

I looked through this and on a per game average, Milwaukee is 4th-highest in the league. Almost all of the higher ticket prices have additional games.

1. YSU $11.92 per game, 13 games
2. UIC $11.76 per game, 15 games
3. IUPUI $10.00 per game, 16 games
4. UWM $ 8.67 per game, 17 games
5. NKU $ 8.43 per game, 21 games
6. OU $ 8.25 per game, 20 games
7. Det $ 8.13 per game, 16 games
8. WSU $ 7.65 per game, 17 games
8. Clev $ 7.65 per game, 17 games
10. GB $ 6.60 per game, 15 games