Future Ticket Prices

[cajun4life]

To be fair, this isn’t first hand info. This was stated on this board, by people who have more info regarding this than I. I just regurgitated what they have already posted.

If it is true, it rivals Saints season tickets.

[CajunNation]

I think the big increase would be for UD people wishing to remain in UD. Those seats will be in a whole new level of pricing. I could be wrong, but I don't think prices will increase very much for most current season ticket holders.

If there are huge increases across the board, we will have problems.

[Turbine]

But Turbine said it was only one town, our town

You have a propensity to credit words not said to others.

I said the opposite and am in total agreement with Ragin9221

[Million$Mullet]

To be fair, this isn’t first hand info. This was stated on this board, by people who have more info regarding this than I. I just regurgitated what they have already posted.

If it is true, it rivals Saints season tickets.

This is for PREMIUM seating. It doesn’t have to do with the rest of the “old stadium”. There’s 524 club seats. Of course they will be at a premium. The one time donation to be able to sit up there is what is helping fund the stadium. But everyone is gonna run with they’re jacking up EVERYONE’S ticket prices. That’s where there’s a disconnect.

[ManAboutTown]

Ticketmaster is done prior to year end. It is more than just ticketing though. Complete backend system is getting much needed changes. This should result in a much smoother customer experience. This needs it's own thread though.

"Complete back end" is being built, ya mean? It doesn't exist currently. No CRM infrastructure. If true, this is huge news.

[Million$Mullet]

"Complete back end" is being built, ya mean? It doesn't exist currently. No CRM infrastructure. If true, this is huge news.

It’s true. They will be switching to the same system that south Al uses. I bought a $17 ticket which came out to $25 after fees and taxes.

[Esqueleto]

I think the big increase would be for UD people wishing to remain in UD. Those seats will be in a whole new level of pricing. I could be wrong, but I don't think prices will increase very much for most current season ticket holders.

If there are huge increases across the board, we will have problems.

Exactly, the club prices are going to be very expensive and it seems like there will only be about 600 or so. These will most probably be picked up by a few regular folks and businesses.
I don't think lower level prices will be much higher, iirc. I hope to be able to get something comparable to my current D2 seats.

[Big Buds]

It’s true. They will be switching to the same system that south Al uses. I bought a $17 ticket which came out to $25 after fees and taxes.

That’s awesome!

[old alum]

If they're truly planning a 40-70% price increase, then they literally CANT market it..

The response will be so bad

I do not know what y'all are saying about ticket prices "driving people out of the market". Right now we have at least 41,000 people at every game and it appears to me that the new general seating will be a bit smaller than what they have now. That means there will be a waiting list for the new seats in the stadium, so the athletic department thinks that supply and demand says the price for every ticket must go up.

At all of the games I have attended in person this year I found the stadium to be packed. Now the sellout crowds may be due to the extremely low "family friendly" prices at the concession stands.

$65 million is a bargain price for making the stadium much more comfortable for the huge crowds at every game. I think they should have spent $130 million and built the student side to mirror the home side. We all know that they have had a hard time fitting in all the students who attend the games. The frats and sororities could buy the luxury boxes, and they could put the seniors and their dates in the club level seats (calling it the Senior Level Seating section).

We all know that the stadium has been totally sold out, and spending $65 million on a facility that is used as many as 12 times per season is something we should have done years ago.

[Cajun90]

Right now the backend is a mess of internal systems that are completely disjointed. The new system will have SalesForce as it's CRM. This will be the same system used by over 160 other Universities.

[RedTails]

It’s true. They will be switching to the same system that south Al uses. I bought a $17 ticket which came out to $25 after fees and taxes.

Oh hell yea

[cajun4life]

This is for PREMIUM seating. It doesn’t have to do with the rest of the “old stadium”. There’s 524 club seats. Of course they will be at a premium. The one time donation to be able to sit up there is what is helping fund the stadium. But everyone is gonna run with they’re jacking up EVERYONE’S ticket prices. That’s where there’s a disconnect.

Their entire business model, college athletics as a whole, is wrong. But it’s especially wrong for smaller programs like ourselves.

Increase in pricing equals a decrease in tickets sold, lost revenue. Less tickets sold, less concessions sold, another loss in revenue.

I understand the need for increasing the money coming in, but that should be done by increasing attendance and RCAF members. Not by gouging the core we currently have.

Right now, 2 seats in UD2 on the 47 yard line cost $1000 per year including the RCAF donation. According to you, the same two seats will cost $4200 at a minimum. This displacing 20 year ticket holders.

Club seating will be 90% business owned.