Season Tix Down Slightly

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The Tennessean...
"We are currently tracking fairly comparable to previous years," UT spokeswoman Tiffany Carpenter said. "Our renewals are down a little, but not as much as we anticipated given the current economy."

UT sold 72,855 season-ticket renewals by the May 1 deadline in 2008. This year, 70,785 season tickets were renewed by May 1, a drop of 2,070 tickets.


It could be that some of the fans lost because of tough financial times were replaced by others anxious to witness first-hand the results of big changes on Rocky Top.


New Coach Lane Kiffin and his all-star staff have created an offseason buzz unmatched in recent UT history. School officials suspect they could see a huge spike in first-time season-ticket holders.
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Not surprising,, down here the Buccaneers who supposedly had 40,000 waiting list for season tickets had 4,000 seats available. I think the stadium seats 68,000. As James Carville said,, "It's the economy stupid!"
 
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I saw last night where UT said the sales are better than expect, although they are down.
 
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Season ticket renewals might be down a little, but I bet the Western KY and UCLA games will still be sold out.
 
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orange+white=heaven said:
Anyone care to guess where that number might be if the previous staff were still in place?...
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I wouldn't be a new season ticket holder, that's for sure. and I wasn't a negavol or Fulmer basher by any means.

tennisguy said:
If we had the same exact staff as last year, I don't believe you would see much more than 90,000 at the Western KY game. That might be pushing it. JMO.
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I wouldn't have come to this game either.

IMO it's time to buy in. obviously a bad season last year (last few years) but now with the new energetic staff, stadium renovations, new jumbotron... UT stock is on the rise, buy low.
 
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UT will probably have to jack up prices of concessions, etc. to pay for the lost revenues from less season ticket sales.
 
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VolsRule said:
UT will probably have to jack up prices of concessions, etc. to pay for the lost revenues from less season ticket sales.
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They won't take that much of a hit from previous years. I would be willing to bet that even with a decent season where the team shows at least a little improvement, almost every seat will be filled for every game (for sure the WKU and UCLA games which otherwise probably wouldn't have sold out.)
 
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