MBB Final: Louisiana 81, West Florida 47

[ManAboutTown]

I always knew fees were excessive but I never stopped to consider how bad they actually are. I just pulled up 2 tickets to the JSU game on Ticketmaster. This is what I got:

Standard Tickets: $7.00 x 2 $14.00

Service Fee: $8.65 x 2 $17.30
Facility Charge: $5.00 x 2 $10.00
Order Processing Fee $3.55

Total $44.85

This is outrageous. To buy a ticket to a UL game I have to pay UL $14, pay the Cajundome $10, and pay Ticketmaster $20.85. Seriously, WTF? No wonder casual fans don't go to games. A family of 4 is paying damn near $100 to get in the building. How is UL okay with Ticketmaster taking the lion's share of the walk up gate?

Does this happen with football and other sports as well?

[Cajun_in_NM]

I always knew fees were excessive but I never stopped to consider how bad they actually are. I just pulled up 2 tickets to the JSU game on Ticketmaster. This is what I got:

Standard Tickets: $7.00 x 2 $14.00

Service Fee: $8.65 x 2 $17.30
Facility Charge: $5.00 x 2 $10.00
Order Processing Fee $3.55

Total $44.85

This is outrageous. To buy a ticket to a UL game I have to pay UL $14, pay the Cajundome $10, and pay Ticketmaster $20.85. Seriously, WTF? No wonder casual fans don't go to games. A family of 4 is paying damn near $100 to get in the building. How is UL okay with Ticketmaster taking the lion's share of the walk up gate?

Makes you wonder why our comp-sci group doesn't make their own ticket portal. Is it ineptitude, laziness, or inability?

Too many things we could host in-house, but unwilling. It's irritating, knowing students could get co-op credits and bring in dollars. The company I work for does it with summer interns, and that seems good enough for a multi-billion dollar company...

[RedTails]

I always knew fees were excessive but I never stopped to consider how bad they actually are. I just pulled up 2 tickets to the JSU game on Ticketmaster. This is what I got:

Standard Tickets: $7.00 x 2 $14.00

Service Fee: $8.65 x 2 $17.30
Facility Charge: $5.00 x 2 $10.00
Order Processing Fee $3.55

Total $44.85

This is outrageous. To buy a ticket to a UL game I have to pay UL $14, pay the Cajundome $10, and pay Ticketmaster $20.85. Seriously, WTF? No wonder casual fans don't go to games. A family of 4 is paying damn near $100 to get in the building. How is UL okay with Ticketmaster taking the lion's share of the walk up gate?

Agreed. When Cajundome Box Office contract with Ticketmaster comes up for renewal, they need to shop that out. I'm sure Ticketmaster sales teams shows up to the Cajundome Director's office with a heavy briefcase.

[RedTails]

Does this happen with football and other sports as well?

Yes, someone I was convincing to go to a game told me it was $81 for two GA tickets with ticketmaster fees for App State. That's why I had created a thread to go to box office in person ahead of game for family four pack.

[ManAboutTown]

Yes, someone I was convincing to go to a game told me it was $81 for two GA tickets with ticketmaster fees for App State. That's why I had created a thread to go to box office in person ahead of game for family four pack.

I’ll be damned. Had no idea. Well this is, at least in part, a problem for attendance. Here’s a question that I can seem to get answered: Does the partnership with the CajunDome compel MBB to use Ticketmaster?

[RedTails]

I’ll be damned. Had no idea. Well this is, at least in part, a problem for attendance. Here’s a question that I can seem to get answered: Does the partnership with the CajunDome compel MBB to use Ticketmaster?

Yes, UL utilizes Cajundome Box Office for tickets which has a contract with Ticket Master. IIRC

[ManAboutTown]

Yes, UL utilizes Cajundome Box Office for tickets which has a contract with Ticket Master. IIRC

Am I the only one who doesn’t see where UL basketball benefits from this “sweetheart” deal with The Cajun Dome?

Renovate Blackham and let’s go home. I bet the cost would be a wash after 3 seasons, and then a net gain growing year over year. It just makes no sense to continue like this.

[CajunEXPRESS]

No to the cow arena.

[ManAboutTown]

No to the cow arena.

That’s why I said “renovate.”

[cajuns80]

That’s why I said “renovate.”

I'm in, we could build a much more intimate arena that could seat 6-7k and be rowdy as hell. Also could practice in it full time and don't have to rely on these CajunDome staff and management of concessions, tickets, etc. Hell, you could build a basketball ops center attached to it as well.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Renovations are generally as or more expensive than building new.

There’s nothing wrong with the Cajun Dome.

[ZoomZoom]

Agreed. When Cajundome Box Office contract with Ticketmaster comes up for renewal, they need to shop that out. I'm sure Ticketmaster sales teams shows up to the Cajundome Director's office with a heavy briefcase.

Yet UL isn’t listed as one of the universities on the Ticketmaster app.

[RedTails]

I was googling old pictures of Blackham, and noticed this:


Is this how it looked when it first opened inside? Or was this an artist's rendition? Bracing looks a lot cooler than current day.

Also saw this one too, but this is definitely an artist's rendering:

[RaginDave]

We will never be in Blackham as long as the CajunDome is in existence. Just my humble opinion.

[ZoomZoom]

I throughly enjoyed watching the game as the whistles rarely blew. It was a breath of fresh air. I think we will be pretty good this year.

Wesley should of gotten a flagrant foul in the last minute of the game. He flat threw the UWF player to the floor. How those guys missed it not a clue.