Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
Scrolling through my Google Wallet archives just don't give the same feels.
Pregame: Illinois vs Iowa, Saturday, October 8th, 6:30pm CT, BTN
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Is 2011 vs. #22 ranked ASU, under the lights too far back? That's the last one I remember, anyway.
I hope DIA wants your kids at the game, watching them play the best football they've played in over a decade, in front of a full stadium that's loud on a Saturday night. That's how you get more fans that want to keep coming back.
I get it. I've got season tickets, so this issue is not personal from a financial perspective for me. I got them when Lovie was hired, and I remember the UNC game. Seeing that stadium packed at night like that was special. Now imagine that happening this Saturday, but instead we get a win on top of it against an Iowa team that has owned us for 15 years. How much is it worth to DIA to give that experience to our LONG SUFFERING fans? Again, if it's a sellout at $75/ticket, awesome. If it's not, we will have lost a fantastic opportunity to have a truly awesome game atmosphere. I really hope that doesn't happen.
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Tailgreat
- Chiraq
must again avoid turnovers on offense, no special teams gaffes. Short kickoff early gave Wisconsin great field position for touchdown on opening drive. then they changed kickoff kickers...hopefully Griffin ok, was riding exercise bike end of game.
beat iowa. and I can't go cuz wife's relatives having a wedding..and they are iowa fans.
beat iowa. and I can't go cuz wife's relatives having a wedding..and they are iowa fans.
What better way to celebrate a wedding than an Iowa beat down at the hands of our beloved Illini.must again avoid turnovers on offense, no special teams gaffes. Short kickoff early gave Wisconsin great field position for touchdown on opening drive. then they changed kickoff kickers...hopefully Griffin ok, was riding exercise bike end of game.
beat iowa. and I can't go cuz wife's relatives having a wedding..and they are iowa fans.
Maybe I'm just so used to pro sports, but $75 a ticket for a big sporting event still feels very cheap to me.
If you guys thought Mertz was bad….just wait until you see Petras
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
I saved all my ticket stubs to the concerts I went to...........................the alcoholic ex threw them out in a fit of rage........Oh well , I still have the memories
of Jethro Tull , Led Zeppelin , Black Sabbath and many others to console me ................I really really do..........................
I buy my season tickets well in advance and get a great deal!! Regardless of wins, that is kne if the best atmospheres in the entire area!!! I'll be there Sat, in orange!! #ILL
There is 5G... I use my Verizon Hotspot in lot 47!!! #ILL
KrushCow31
Former Krush Cow
- Chicago, IL
It's already down to 35.5 hah.
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
I remember the chants of Rose Bowl reverberating heading out of the stadium after that game with Sparty.
I think that’s a fair point, and $75 might be a steal for other teams fans, but other teams fans aren’t in the market for Illini tickets.
Those are great links and I take from that the DIA setting the price at $75 preseason may have been well informed, but the reality is the team has exceeded expectations and still have 10k - 20k unsold tickets, so they need to do something besides begging, and the easiest thing to do is lower prices.
@trtl and @illinoistradition mentioned season tickets being $26 per game and that deal being no longer available - well the DIA can make it available again for partial season. That could target locals able and willing to attend multiple games, but not willing to pay $75 per ticket.
The DIA can reserve hotel blocks and offer hotel ticket packages for the spontaneous Chicago alumni. If the hotels are all sold out to Iowa fans because the DIA, then they can sell coach bus party packages to and from Chicago with tickets.
I’m just spitballing here and there can be plenty of reasons why those options aren’t on the table, but the DIA doing NOTHING, but beg and imply the fans should be paying the current prices is the problem, IMO.
The DIA should be THANKING fans for not abandoning the team completely the last 10 years. In defense of the fans here’s a link from 2019:
#32 Illinois $51.3 million
I’ve said it before: Based on what they have to watch, Illini fans are the most faithful in college football. How did UI make a $29M profit off a 2-10 season?
Which are the richest and poorest Power Five college football programs? Here are all 65, ranked bottom to top
For the first time, Penn State football amassed $100M in gross revenue in 2017-18, but where does that rank among the monetary heavy-hitters?www.pennlive.com
I understand why people think cutting prices last second is logical, but I'm going to offer a statistics, pricing optimization point of view to explain why we should
NOT lower prices.
Lowering prices last second....
1. incentivizes people to buy tickets late. It encourages consumers to wait last minute in hopes of getting a cheaper seat. This has been shown time and time again to hurt businesses long term. As a result, they would rather have empty seats than sell them off cheap last second
2. It undercuts the market. Those who bought early are screwed. Pricing optimization is a strategy. Prices you set early on have ramifications for the future. Businesses consider all possible scenarios. Ticket prices are released initially.. you evaluate what is left... and you set a floor price using historical data. It is the most optimal floor price that accounts for a poor season, but also allows you to increase depending on supply/demand. Not decrease
3. Statistics aside, it's not an outrageous price for college football tickets. I want our program to have financial backing. I think your season tickets package for the rest of the season idea is great. However, I am not in favor of them doing it at a lower price. Rather, a higher avg per game price, but with new incentives
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I was at that game and the atmosphere was insane.
I'm shaking off the disappointment of the calamity that was opening day versus Wyoming. Hoping they have fixed things and can handle a large crowd.
50 yard line WM for a (hopefully) great night for the wife and I. I promise to be loud!
50 yard line WM for a (hopefully) great night for the wife and I. I promise to be loud!
That was a great game - very physical. I was there the following week as well when we unfortunately got blown out by the Squawks. One thing about Perles' MSU teams - you may beat them on the scoreboard, but they were going to beat you up on the field
This all makes sense to me. I really don’t think $75 for a game against our most hated opponent is outrageous. I understand that for some that is a price that some can’t afford but more common I think it is a price people could afford but choose not to because they think it is too high. That’s their choice. Everyone has to make choices. They can go to a game that costs less.
There are more than enough Illini football fans and people in the prospective fan pool to fill up the stadium at that price. I’m assuming DIA didn’t set this or any ticket price by throwing a dart at a board. They have a revenue goal to meet and know that every year this is a popular game — whether it be for our fans or Iowa fans coming in. Do I think it will be a sellout? No. Do I think it would be at $50 or $60?
Full disclosure, I won’t be there, but not because of the ticket price. I live in Ohio and health issues make traveling to and attending a game difficult.
Where’s Ohio State?
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