The heat needs to be put on the athletic department

[YankeeVol]

This. We were there and that’s what it felt like. Cheering our butts off repeatedly and then giving up 3rd downs was definitely affecting the crowd’s desire to “get hype”. It was a bit quieter, in general, yesterday. We try to go to one or two games a year since we’re a family of 5 and live in Nashville so we need a hotel for at least one night. Most have two night minimums. The cost is too exorbitant, frankly, to go to more games when it costs what it does.

Anyway, this year the crowd was more subdued than last, just in my opinion. The Vol Walk was quieter, the first half was quieter. I WILL say, everybody woke up in the second half and it felt like a normal, “Neyland Loud”, game. I thought people were going to start throwing stuff on the field because of the calls. So. Many. Missed. Arkansas holds. Obvious from the seats. Section W. Love that section. Maybe it’s because in years past it’s been absolutely absurdly loud and crazy in our “go-to section” W, so even a small drop-off in the nuts-o level can feel “subdued”. I have high crowd expectations.

You don’t “need“ a room, you want a room. I drive as far (south of ATL). For late games, not this one (we just drove back), I’ll drive an hour back. Usually Athens or Cleveland and get a room and it’s not crazy.

 

[OmahaOmaha]

The crowd is fine.

Maybe it's not the crowd, but the Product? The University of Tennessee needs to understand that College Football is now about Entertainment. That game yesterday was gut wrenching and hardly entertaining. Eventually, even the most loyal CFB fans ever are going to revolt.

 

[Delmar]

Enlighten me genius…on second thought…don’t bother…

Whether it’s directly through the university or a third party vendor the fact is that the tickets sell out…as long as that is the case there will be no motivation to change the prices…the mechanisms and nuances of ticket sales are irrelevant

Correct. As long as folks will pay the higher prices, there is no incentive to lower them. It’s all about the Benjamins now and neither the university nor the 3rd party vendors are going to lower them if the demand is there. If you want to see prices go down, stop buying the tickets. (But we know that’s not happening.) Not sure what else to say. It’s the way the world works.

 

[Rickyvol77]

And you all do realize that what it sounds like on TV is related to how they have things set up for the game.

SEC network sound doesn't translate like ESPN or ABC does

 

[GoVols64]

Maybe it's not the crowd, but the Product? The University of Tennessee needs to understand that College Football is now about Entertainment. That game yesterday was gut wrenching and hardly entertaining. Eventually, even the most loyal CFB fans ever are going to revolt.

I have to disagree it wasn’t entertaining. Big comeback and, while infuriating, made for high drama.

Joey going out and the entire stadium chanting his name. The spectacle was real.

I would have loved to see us curb stomp them after scoring 17 unanswered goals it such is college football.

Think about FSU, Michigan, and Oregon fans. They’d probably take the W.

Again, I get your point that it was hard to watch as a Vols fan. No one was leaving their seats yesterday and glued to the game. It was entertaining and the vibe when we won was awesome.

 

[Coy53175]

Let’s Blame it on the alcohol sales. Part time drunks can’t hold up for a full Saturday in Neyland now with alcohol available inside.
During the GA game we never sat down, screamed at the top of our lungs every defensive play, and sang every damn song. By the end of the 4th quarter and OT, I was tired boss. My liver was in shape. My voice and lungs not so much.

 

[kiddiedoc]

How do you justify complaining about ticket prices when the stadium is full, loud, and celebrating another victory?

Weird.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Neyland is noticeably quiet this year. I said it in another thread, but these are the results you get when you price out the blue collar diehards who want to go down there and shred their voices for a chance at making a difference in the game.

Now, you have the whales who can afford to pay Disneyworld weekend prices for a single game, except they sit there on their hands like your local high school's resident blue hair season ticket holders. The wine and cheese whales looking for a "Saturday experience in Knoxville."

Even Alabama wasn't charging these kinds of prices when they were winning natties every other year, and that's even when you adjust for inflation. Yes, we're consistently good now. Far and away more so than we've been in decades. When was the last time we won the conference? Even the division when those existed? So, what exactly are we paying $400+ in the nosebleeds for? There are actually seats for sale at over $1K. For WHAT?
The fans have been taken advantage of because we're fans, and the Neyland atmosphere is losing its edge as a direct result. I won't hear a word about paying players being the reason either. Make no mistake, Tennessee has F off money in the bank. They're not hurting for anything, but they'll send out emails asking for donations to help replace the roll up door on the concession stand in Y9, or replace the goalposts, etc. Total joke.

Cheaper beers would help out tremendously.

 

[bigdaddy]

Put down the bottle. They're insane.

My sisters season tickets are actually less than than they were 4 years ago with no change in donation. True story.

 

[GulfCoasterVol]

The crowds this year have not produced the Hostile Volume that the 2022 Crowds produced.

 

[GoVols64]

Cheaper beers would help out tremendously.

Love the #16 but not when it’s a single can of Vol Lager!

Again though, the shelves were looking pretty bare by the end of halftime.

 

[EZE]

I’ve learned something from this place. There is a certain element of society that will bitch and moan about everything.

Give them free tickets? They’ll complain about the location or the crowd.

Win? They’ll complain that it wasn’t by enough.

Etc.

It is exhausting.

 

[HeavenUniversity]

My first Tennessee sports event was yesterday and I have to say it was perfect !!! Everything !!! I wish I could still go to a major college game for $8. I wish gas was still 39 cents a gallon too. Go Vols !!!

 

[maryvillenative]

I’ve been to some of the neutral site games but haven’t been to Neyland since the OU game in 2015. Taking my six year old to the New Mexico State game for his first game this year (second level in front of the press box) and even just one ticket cost me the same as it did for a ticket in the end zone for the 2013 South Carolina game I watched the game winning kick from ten yards away.

The crowd noise is fine, but they’re pricing working class people out.

It's not the University, it's the re-sellers. It's the most basic economic concept supply vs demand. It's a constantly changing measure. Check for tickets as kickoff approaches and you'll see rapidly dropping prices. If we drop to Alabama and Oklahoma you'll see falling prices.

 

[volbound1700]

How do you justify complaining about ticket prices when the stadium is full, loud, and celebrating another victory?

Weird.

OP can't afford to buy tickets now is probably why. To be honest, I can kind of sympathize.

Football was more fun back in the day when it was a little more amateurish and accessible. Still it is making more $$$ than ever so it isn't changing. NIL has also created more parody with teams like Indiana and Vandy now having a chance.

 

[UTFranklinVol]

Enlighten me genius…on second thought…don’t bother…

Whether it’s directly through the university or a third party vendor the fact is that the tickets sell out…as long as that is the case there will be no motivation to change the prices…the mechanisms and nuances of ticket sales are irrelevant

fail

 

[UTFranklinVol]

Correct. As long as folks will pay the higher prices, there is no incentive to lower them. It’s all about the Benjamins now and neither the university nor the 3rd party vendors are going to lower them if the demand is there. If you want to see prices go down, stop buying the tickets. (But we know that’s not happening.) Not sure what else to say. It’s the way the world works.

you don't get it. it's not "3rd party vendors". it's your neighbors, the people you work with, anyone who is a season ticket holder. THESE ARE RESOLD TICKETS. there's no university or 3rd party vendor to blame. ITS VOLS FANS that resell their tickets for these high prices. good lord

 

[maryvillenative]

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Face Value.... fwiw

^^^^ THIS IS WHAT THE UNIVERSITY VALUES EACH GAME AS PART OF A SEASON TICKET PACKAGE. ^^^^

Y'all are just complaining about resellers and the prices they are able to get.

 

[lego126]

My sisters season tickets are actually less than than they were 4 years ago with no change in donation. True story.

BS!!

 

[C-south]

SEC network sound doesn't translate like ESPN or ABC does

Which is weird when they’re one and the same.

 

[Voltopia]

I wll freely and gladly complain about the ticket prices being too high - because I think they are too high - but I can also accept that if people pay them, then there's nothing to be done about it. I do have thoughts on seeing the sport separate itself from the local communities and select for the rich, but, again there's nothing to be done. Once things get popular enough, and the people that own it want to cash in (and boy does college football want to cash in these days), well ... there you go. That's that.

Where I start to get irked is when Tennessee's official websites guide fans looking for tickets to Ticketmaster - and prompts fans to use it for reselling tickets. Ticketmaster is plague on event ticketing, and I am never going to support to speak positively about their involvement with Tennessee athletics or anything for that matter. That relationship is where my ire really emerges.

I've bought tickets off Ticketmaster before, and watched a "200 dollar" ticket suddenly become $300+ with all the dumbass fees and price gouging they slap on things. That's par for the course with them. There's many reasons people hate Ticketmaster, and there's a reason they have to duck a constant barrage of lawsuits by bribing - excuse me, lobbying - Congress with payoffs and campaign donations. They are a filthy outfit, and I don't like Tennessee working with them and helping them draw business.

 

[vol94]

You think these prices are justified?

Supply and demand

 

[volfanhill]

I don’t know what the crowd is like, because I can’t afford to take my family to the game to judge in person. I would love to take my kids to their first game, but we’d spend $1,000 for the four of us!

You could have gone to UAB for under $30 a ticket

 

[UTFranklinVol]

Which is weird when they’re one and the same.

they aren't the same. ESPN/ABC usea their "A" equipment and broadcasters while the SEC network uses the leftover junk in the back of the warehouse, including the announcers

 

[kiddiedoc]

^^^^ THIS IS WHAT THE UNIVERSITY VALUES EACH GAME AS PART OF A SEASON TICKET PACKAGE. ^^^^

Y'all are just complaining about resellers and the prices they are able to get.

When sideline lower level season tickets are $1500+ and there are only really 3 valuable games, what do you think is "fair" value for a single game ticket vs an SEC opponent?