What Section are you in?

[GreatestStory]

DUDE!!! Why didn't you put your ticket request with your friends!?!? There are probably a number of reasons your tickets aren't close. My guess is if there are X number of donors at X donation level, then the requests may be filled first come first serve. Were you late to the party? Did your friends turn in their forms at a different time than you. Our group did the smart thing and stapled all of our requests together to form one big group. The forms that were together were all people at the same RCAF giving level.

Also FYI, your seats are some of the best in the dome, and you're probably paying less per ticket than your friends if the Terrace is actually $40/ticket like everyone is saying that it is.

DUDE!!! No, we didn't put all our requests in together. I was unaware that that was even an option. I called the RCAF and they told me that it did not matter when the forms were turned in. They told me that everyone in RCAF who turned in a request on or before Dec 6th would be treated equally and that RCAF donation amount would dictate where you would be assigned seats.

I asked the lady on the phone if someone donated $600 and someone donated $601 what happens? She said $601 gets seated first, so I figured with people donating different ammounts that there would be no way to sit with the people in my group without surrending (or being bumped down) my spot on the priority list. Oh well, live & learn.

[CajunIke]

4 in 312 and 6 in 117

[RedBug58]

Just got "the call". They wouldn't tell me where the tickets were on the phone, but they did say that they were getting close to 13,000 processed with tons that they were trying to get to. It sounded like one of those old "Southern Siding" commercials commercials with people talking and phones going off in the background. It must be nuts over there!!
I guess the RCAF didn't help me too much since I went over my priority ticket number as I ended up with 13,000 tickets before me.

[CajunFan3406]

DUDE!!! No, we didn't put all our requests in together. I was unaware that that was even an option. I called the RCAF and they told me that it did not matter when the forms were turned in. They told me that everyone in RCAF who turned in a request on or before Dec 6th would be treated equally and that RCAF donation amount would dictate where you would be assigned seats.

I asked the lady on the phone if someone donated $600 and someone donated $601 what happens? She said $601 gets seated first, so I figured with people donating different ammounts that there would be no way to sit with the people in my group without surrending (or being bumped down) my spot on the priority list. Oh well, live & learn.

For future reference, you need to ask the guy who actually does the seating. His name is Matt Casbon, and he's in charge of the ticket office. He isn't hard to reach.

Frankly, the random person who answers the phone for the RCAF probably knows just as much as you or I about how the tickets are assigned. Our group spoke with Matt before the bowl was even announced about grouping tickets together of an equal RCAF donation level, and their answer was simple. Turn them in all at once, preferably stapled. That's what was done and now we have a group of 34 in section 113. No crazy shenanigans here.

[RedBug58]

For future reference, you need to ask the guy who actually does the seating. His name is Matt Casbon, and he's in charge of the ticket office. He isn't hard to reach.

Frankly, the random person who answers the phone for the RCAF probably knows just as much as you or I about how the tickets are assigned. Our group spoke with Matt before the bowl was even announced about grouping tickets together of an equal RCAF donation level, and their answer was simple. Turn them in all at once, preferably stapled. That's what was done and now we have a group of 34 in section 113. No crazy shenanigans here.

I don't think anything "funny" was going on, but this information was not available to the general public or stated on the form to be turned in. There was a lot of confusion. But with so much happening so fast it's easy to understand why.

[Just1More]

DUDE!!! No, we didn't put all our requests in together. I was unaware that that was even an option. I called the RCAF and they told me that it did not matter when the forms were turned in. They told me that everyone in RCAF who turned in a request on or before Dec 6th would be treated equally and that RCAF donation amount would dictate where you would be assigned seats.

I asked the lady on the phone if someone donated $600 and someone donated $601 what happens? She said $601 gets seated first, so I figured with people donating different ammounts that there would be no way to sit with the people in my group without surrending (or being bumped down) my spot on the priority list. Oh well, live & learn.

I'm in the All Cajun ($1000 to $2500) and my buddy is in the All Conference ($500 to $1000). And the two of us have a total of 6 season tickets. We combined our request form for 10 seats. We are in the Club Level section 311 ($40 tickets). We were certainly targeting the $60 tickets, but ended up where we are. As we've looked at that location, we are quite happy. I was on the Plaza level with the same group last year. The seats were fine, but I like the 311 section much better. I would not be concerned that I "ended up" with 300 level seats. I seriously do not believe people in the Plaza level have better seats than we do.

When you say "live and learn"... I think you are going to live through this Club level seating and learn that you were in fact gifted with some really good seats at $40 a pop. Have a blast in New Orleans and enjoy yourself at the game!

[raoul]

6 in 313 row 13---Looks like about the 40 yd line if you go to the Superdome website. They have a 3D view from your seat.

[BeauCajun]

I'll be in row 25. Just like in real life...being in Lafayette and Acadia Parish able to throw crap down at Vermilion Parish folks below us!

Now if only Z was sitting with ya'll....

You better watch it runner. We'll send Skeeter over to your house one afternoon and push you to run some "easy" 10s.

[STLMOCAJUN]

Section 121. My group of 13 will be loud and proud. GEAUX CAJUNS!!

[CajunFan3406]

I don't think anything "funny" was going on, but this information was not available to the general public or stated on the form to be turned in. There was a lot of confusion. But with so much happening so fast it's easy to understand why.

I understand what you're saying, but there is only so much information you can put on a form or press release before things start to get lost to some people.

That's why we inquired with the ticket office.

Maybe a good thing for them to do next year is on the "Tickets" section of the athletic website have a FAQ page that would address questions like these. I thought grouping the orders was a sort of "no brainer" if everyone gives at the same level. The ticket office saw it the same way and were willing to accommodate. It just took a visit/phone call to make sure we did it right.