Ticket prices going up...again

#26
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
I wonder if that # includes "admissions" tied to boxes that do not have an assigned seat? I must admit that I am VERY surprised that not more tickets are tied to VASF donations. I assumed that you had to donate to be able to buy a season ticket.
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As was I... I thought if you hadn't bought them before a certain year, you had to make the donation plus the cost of the season tickets. Is that incorrect?
 
#27
#27
I don't think tickets are as hard to come by as people suspect. I stopped my donation one year and they still sent me my ticket application. If demand was so strong they would have moved right along.
 
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utmba93 said:
29 percent of all season tickets.

"new season ticket price is tied with Arkansas for fifth in the SEC."

It should be tied to expectations. Those who expect championships every year should pay more.:)
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Better yet, how about a sliding scale for wins and losses. The Vols win you pay 1 1/2 times face. If they lose they owe you 1/2 your money back.:eek:lol:

In all seriousness...there is a limit to what people will pay to watch another 8-4 season.
 
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Lexvol said:
Better yet, how about a sliding scale for wins and losses. The Vols win you pay 1 1/2 times face. If they lose they owe you 1/2 your money back.:eek:lol:

In all seriousness...there is a limit to what people will pay to watch another 8-4 season.
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Yep... I'm curious to see what attendance will be like at the start of the season. I mean the Fla game will be sold out, but I don't think the numbers will be earth shattering.
 
#31
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Maybe... depends on how the season goes... they didn't even have 100,000 in attendance for Lousiana last season if I remember correctly. If they drop one to Florida watch what happens.
 
#32
#32
Definitely not a free market, when a company raises prices after putting a mediocre product on the field.
 
#35
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jwells said:
They are still way cheaper than most all other peer schools.
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This justifies raising the price ? Should we raise gas to 5 bucks a gallon because in the UK it is 8 bucks a gallon because based on your logic it is still more expensive elsewhere.
 
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brg72 said:
Supply and demand is truly tested on the streets when you can get a ticket at 30-50 percent over/under the ticket price. That is a true indication of supply and demand, not what the athletic department sets.
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If you want them to lower ticket prices then stop going to the games. Eventually prices will lower. If that's how you want to deal with this then do it.
 
#39
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dickens821 said:
If you want them to lower ticket prices then stop going to the games. Eventually prices will lower. If that's how you want to deal with this then do it.
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Nice logic dick but you cant justify supply/demand what the ad sees as necessary. The true indicator is what people are willing to pay for each game and it fluctuates based how UT is doing over the course of the season.

Had UT beaten bama perhaps the SC game would go closer to 100 bucks rather than 20-30 bucks on the streets.
 
#41
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dickens821 said:
It is worthless. It's whining about something we can't change (immediately) and what people can do (in the long term) to change the situation, they won't do. Neyland will sell out (tickets) every game. This gives the impression that the AD can continue to up the prices every year. Until people stop consuming the product prices will go up every year.
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I understand what you're saying, but realistically it's going to be a cold day in hell before people stop going to UT games. Fulmer will have to go 1-11 for that to happen. And even if they stop going, the AD will just up the prices to cover for the lost revenue. Nothing will change either way.
 
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volsforever27 said:
I understand what you're saying, but realistically it's going to be a cold day in hell before people stop going to UT games. Fulmer will have to go 1-11 for that to happen. And even if they stop going, the AD will just up the prices to cover for the lost revenue. Nothing will change either way.
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That's my point about supply and demand. Demand is never going to go down (and will most likely continue to rise), and supply is always going to stay the same (or go down with renovations)....


So prices will always go up. Complaining about it is worthless.
 
#44
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brg72 said:
This justifies raising the price ? Should we raise gas to 5 bucks a gallon because in the UK it is 8 bucks a gallon because based on your logic it is still more expensive elsewhere.
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That's not the point. The point is that we've been getting it cheap, and now they have to raise the price often to continue to fund all of the school's sports. Higher cost of everything (inflation) means higher operating costs. Travel expenses don't stay the same when gas goes up a dollar a year.

Our sporting events have been relatively cheap, and now we are catching up to a sustainable level. Just like the cost of tuition.
 
#45
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
I wonder if that # includes "admissions" tied to boxes that do not have an assigned seat? I must admit that I am VERY surprised that not more tickets are tied to VASF donations. I assumed that you had to donate to be able to buy a season ticket.
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I admit - I was surprised the number was that low as well. In fact, I clearly remember a few years ago all the hubba ballue over making everyone (including the political feebies) move to a donation basis.
 
#46
#46
I am a season ticket holder and I hate to pay more, but I guess that is to be expected. Like others have stated everything is going up. Gas keeps going up and so does everything else! However, here is the part that gets me.

Hamilton states:

“Unfortunately we have to make a modest adjustment to our ticket prices to be able to continue to recruit, educate and train world-class student-athletes while continuing to be self-sufficient and not use tax or university dollars.”

I wish he would have waited until we recruited better than 35th to make this statement. Hopefully since we are raising ticket prices we can finish in the top 10 again next year!
 
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