Last time you actually went to a game

Have ticket and game day prices stopped you from attending games?

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#51
#51
#1fulmerite said:
All of these threads popping up or being taken over regarding price increases, has that stopped you from attending games in person? I have read much about the comforts of watching from the recliner and so forth and, increasing prices from those who are season ticket holders and the like but has the increased costs associated with just the tickets themselves kept you from attending?
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For me it is the overall cost. Tickets, hotel, Alcohol! I was better off when you couldn't buy inside the stadium.
 
#54
#54
PEPPERJAX said:
Dang dude! That is a long time ago. I was two years old in 1985.
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Congrats on making it to 42!

I think my first game was in '65, back when Neyland was still a horseshoe. The northwest end was open and IIRC there were no buildings on the hill behind it.

My memory/impression growing up was that deciding to go to a game (from Chattanooga) was special, but something you could still decide to do spur-of-the-moment the day before. It was more about the logistics than the cost, one level higher than deciding to spend a Saturday fishing at Watts Bar.

I think that changed during the "stagflation" years of the mid-70s, when inflation was chewing up paychecks, and skyrocketing fuel costs were making travel a more significant factor. Those financial impediments peeled off a huge number of middle- and lower-middle class families from the normal Saturday Neyland demographic. (Though lower-middle class locals were still well represented, if they lived close enough to walk or take a bus.)

I remember as a senior in high school taking a date to a game in '71. Two years later, as a college student, the idea of taking a date or a friend to a Neyland game wasn't even a con$ideration.
 
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#55
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BruisedOrange said:
Congrats on making it to 42!

I think my first game was in '65, back when Neyland was still a horseshoe. The northwest end was open and IIRC there were no buildings on the hill behind it.

My memory/impression growing up was that deciding to go to a game (from Chattanooga) was special, but something you could still decide to do spur-of-the-moment the day before. It was more about the logistics than the cost, one level higher than deciding to spend a Saturday fishing at Watts Bar.

I think that changed during the "stagflation" years of the mid-70s, when inflation was chewing up paychecks, and skyrocketing fuel costs were making travel a more significant factor. Those financial impediments peeled off a huge number of middle- and lower-middle class families from the normal Saturday Neyland demographic. (Though lower-middle class locals were still well represented, if they lived close enough to walk or take a bus.)

I remember as a senior in high school taking a date to a game in '71. Two years later, as a college student, the idea of taking a date or a friend to a Neyland game wasn't even a con$ideration.
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Yeah

Some of us tend to drink a lot at Neyland.
 
#56
#56
Last game for me was UTC last season. Miserably hot but Nico was on fire and we left thinking he was the best QB since Peyton. What a difference a year makes!

I think my future attendance at Neyland will be relegated to the lower demand games where reasonable ticket prices can be found. I'll watch the big games in the comfort of my home.
 
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#57
#57
PEPPERJAX said:
Yeah

Some of us tend to drink a lot at Neyland.
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That I've never understood. If I'm there (and at some expense) I want to absorb every aspect of the atmosphere, as well as the game on the field. And stone-cold sober, there's no atmosphere already less inhibited than cheering your team with 100,000 of your closest friends.

Asking sincerely--from the generation who took LSD to watch Disney's "Fantasia" in theaters--what does alcohol add* to the stadium experience? From a drug standpoint, its depressant effects would seem to only diminish the total experience.

Anyone, feel free to clue me in.

* (Plus, we don't want to embarrass ourselves. A mustard bottle can be thrown much farther sober!) ;)
 
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#61
#61
I priced out my wife and one of my daughters and I flying from Austin to attend the Arkansas game. With plane flight, rental car, lodging, meals and expected ticket prices it was going to run close to $3,500.

Previous games attended were A&M in 2023 and 'bama in 2022 which was priceless.
 
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#62
#62
kcvols1 said:
Itā€™s like folks run out of friends or family to stay with.

I remember staying in the homes of family and friends all the time and returning the favor.

Now I feel like everyone thinks itā€™s rude. šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø
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or just all the friends and family actually did move out, or don't have a place for 2 to stay.

I am not single, or in college anymore. sleeping on the floor or even the couch isn't a good option.

I used to stay in Chattanooga and commute the morning of, but now they are gone too.
 
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#65
#65
Too long ago to remember, I think. But distance to Ktown is by far the primary factor. Long way from Mar A Lago to Neyland. But tape/watch every game possible and go to confession on Sunday morning to repent my Saturday evening swearing.
PS Took my grandsons to a Braves game last weekend in Atlanta. For five of us w decent seats down the right field line, including tix, parking, food and souvenirs, cost grandpa well over a grand. Oh, add in airfare and car rental, and close to 2k for the game - which they lost to the Marlins. So point is, if I am willing to cough up coupla grand to see the Bravos, cost is no factor for seeing the Vols.
 
#67
#67
last game I went to no longer exists. it was a delusion. In this game that was stripped from the annals of vols' bowl victory wins, we came back and defeated indiana in the gator bowl.
 
#69
#69
I clicked no but I can not recall the last time I paid for a ticket. As previously mentioned the hospital usually treats us to one game every year and I have a lot of friends with season tickets who will offer me one or two other games. I would think about getting season tickets but since I am still in the Reserves I would miss quite a few games for my battle assemblies and it does not make financial sense.
 
#70
#70
It's 12+ hrs to Neyland, so we have to plan into a trip. Last home game was Pitt '21. Thanks to Vettix, we made the '22 Orange and '24 Citrus....debating on the swamp this year.
 
#72
#72
Kentucky 2022

I live 8 hours away, and made a yearly pilgrimage to Neyland once a year ... always buying tickets on the secondary market. But 2022 was the year I think TicketMaster took control. I was shocked at the price I needed to pay for that game - twice what I normally paid - and the prices have gone higher and higher ever since. Ticket prices don't even come down once the game starts.

Sadly, TicketMaster controls the market, and I can't afford their market. šŸ„ŗ
 
#73
#73
HooahVol said:
I clicked no but I can not recall the last time I paid for a ticket. As previously mentioned the hospital usually treats us to one game every year and I have a lot of friends with season tickets who will offer me one or two other games. I would think about getting season tickets but since I am still in the Reserves I would miss quite a few games for my battle assemblies and it does not make financial sense.
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#75
#75
Last game I attended was South Carolina in 2021. Now that I would have to pay 3 or 4 times what a ticket should cost, I guess Iā€™m done. I may be cheap, but Iā€™m not spending 2000 bucks, tickets, food , and lodging for 3 hours of entertainment.
 
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