Ticket Prices going UP

#28
#28
Well, we had a $10,800,000.00 surplus for last year so I can definitely understand the need to raise ticket prices.... :rolleyes:
 
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I said this would happen during the coaching search. In reality this is how they spread the cost of their mistakes over a large number of people. Donors won't pay for everything. 10.00 per increase would generate 8,000,000 in revenue. Lets see if the follow through with it. I think they will.
 
#30
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They have to pay for the renovation one way or another. The tickets will go up but the timing is terrible. Wait until next year after a Pruitt 7 win season and it would be fine. Course I gave up my tickets last year so I have no skin in the game.
 
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GetEmVols said:
If we have a season like last year then how much does a demolishing ball cost?
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Wrong thread. That's Neyland's old house not the stadium.

So many on here act like they don't enjoy watching football unless it's a blowout win for the Vols. That is my favorite way to win games, but it's not the only way.
 
#33
#33
Quit paying Four Seasons prices for a Motel 6 room. It's that simple. "They" do it because rubes just keep paying it. You have to make a hit in the pocketbook to get their attention that their shiznit show will not be treated financially by the fans like a show announcing Rihanna is teaming up with Hank Jr for a concert at Neyland. This price increase is like they are laughing in the fans faces.
 
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Iam4utalways said:
Wrong thread. That's Neyland's old house not the stadium.

So many on here act like they don't enjoy watching football unless it's a blowout win for the Vols. That is my favorite way to win games, but it's not the only way.
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many of us on here just want a product that equals the price.

If this team were a stock, it's PE ratio would be astronomical
 
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gatorhater1509 said:
So as if $95 for 'premium' games like Florida, Alabama, Georgia, etc. weren't enough....And the second tier games like Missouri and Kentucky being between $60 and $75...oh and the OOC games like UTEP, ETSU, UTC, etc. are $35....what gives? Where could you possibly raise prices after an 0-8 yr in the SEC?! And keep in mind those are the STH prices...add another $10-15 per ticket for single game.

Good God, my couch is looking better and better each year. Raise prices and they can have my tickets back...sorry but **** 'em.

So for my wife and I to go to 1 premium game = $220 for tickets, $30 for gas, $50 for food, $20 for beer, $30 for parking, $100 for hotel. Not to mention all the other things involved such as fighting traffic, crappy weather, etc....yeah no thanks.

Stay at home = $0 for ticket, $0 for gas, $10 for food that I cooked at home, $20 for beer, $0 for parking, $0 to sleep in my own bed.

Savings = $420

No brainer...I'm tired of prices being raised for nothing.
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I see your problem .... You're not drinking enough beer to make you not worry about the money your spending! LOL
 
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mrredskin said:
many of us on here just want a product that equals the price.

If this team were a stock, it's PE ratio would be astronomical
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It's bad enough showing up for games, getting loud and losing.

To act like buying tickets is similar to making an investment in a stock is too far of a reach.

Just say, "I'll wait till we are playing better before I spent my hard earned time and money on watching what might be a loss.",

As for the ticket investors, I hope you make enough to buy you a boat.

What are they talking about $10 per ticket per game?

There are only 4 games on our schedule that are worth a 100 bill. Only 2 of them are at home. It's time to step up our OOC schedule and get interesting Home and Home games rather than scrub teams to "pad" our wins.
 
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Iam4utalways said:
Wrong thread. That's Neyland's old house not the stadium.

So many on here act like they don't enjoy watching football unless it's a blowout win for the Vols. That is my favorite way to win games, but it's not the only way.
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Not much goes over your head but when it does it really misses.
 
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Iam4utalways said:
It's bad enough showing up for games, getting loud and losing.

To act like buying tickets is similar to making an investment in a stock is too far of a reach.

Just say, "I'll wait till we are playing better before I spent my hard earned time and money on watching what might be a loss.",

As for the ticket investors, I hope you make enough to buy you a boat.

What are they talking about $10 per ticket per game?

There are only 4 games on our schedule that are worth a 100 bill. Only 2 of them are at home. It's time to step up our OOC schedule and get interesting Home and Home games rather than scrub teams to "pad" our wins.
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Actually the purchase of a seat is much akin to an investment. You put in X amount to GET A RETURN in the form of a product put on the field. This is where the difference in a "donation" not being an investment is. Those who donate get nothing for that donation, not even a tax deduction anymore which could have been "considered" an investment although a losing one.

Buying a ticket is an investment since you receive for that game a seat (think of a share of stock in a company that you have no effect on) and expect a good return in the form of a good game and hopefully a win. NO ONE buys a ticket and goes to a game hoping to lose.

Therefore, those that purchase the seats (not donations) have an expectation that their investment in that seat price will return a good game. That is how it is considered an investment and donations aren't. To raise the price of that share of stock with the product put on the field as bad as it has been is a bad gamble. The AD should have said that needed ticket price increases would be furloughed until further notice due to team performance. Should have, but they aren't interested in the investment the fans make.
 
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104.5 asked Jimmy Hyams about this very subject and he said he had not heard that and wouldn't understand it if it was true. He said each school in the SEC just got $41M so why would they need to raise the prices?

I've seen some Georgia fans pretty upset about them raising prices as well with a weak OOC schedule.
 
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#41
The solution is stop donating and buy the tickets when they go on sale. The cost of 7 games worth of tickets is much less than donating to get the right to buy those tickets plus the ticket cost. The market could easily solve this issue. That what the stadium is full, the players and team get support, the AD loses $$ in the form of the $500 - $1000 per cheap seat. I don't even know what the West side lower bowl seats require for a donation.
 
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MikenVol said:
104.5 asked Jimmy Hyams about this very subject and he said he had not heard that and wouldn't understand it if it was true. He said each school in the SEC just got $41M so why would they need to raise the prices?

I've seen some Georgia fans pretty upset about them raising prices as well with a weak OOC schedule.
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Their seat investment last year was pretty damn good.
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
Not much goes over your head but when it does it really misses.
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Since I don't know what I missed how can I respond to how bad of a miss it was?

I could be tired of ungrateful folks that have the opportunity to be at more games but have been so spoiled over the years to appreciate the good things in life when so many haven't had the chance at all.

I think it is the boycotting of games that trigger me.

It's my own fault for having to pick and choose the games I take my family to see. Where I live what I do, it's all on me.
 
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Iam4utalways said:
Wrong thread. That's Neyland's old house not the stadium.

So many on here act like they don't enjoy watching football unless it's a blowout win for the Vols. That is my favorite way to win games, but it's not the only way.
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Why are you so lost?

There were ZERO wins.
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
Actually the purchase of a seat is much akin to an investment. You put in X amount to GET A RETURN in the form of a product put on the field. This is where the difference in a "donation" not being an investment is. Those who donate get nothing for that donation, not even a tax deduction anymore which could have been "considered" an investment although a losing one.

Buying a ticket is an investment since you receive for that game a seat (think of a share of stock in a company that you have no effect on) and expect a good return in the form of a good game and hopefully a win. NO ONE buys a ticket and goes to a game hoping to lose.

Therefore, those that purchase the seats (not donations) have an expectation that their investment in that seat price will return a good game. That is how it is considered an investment and donations aren't. To raise the price of that share of stock with the product put on the field as bad as it has been is a bad gamble. The AD should have said that needed ticket price increases would be furloughed until further notice due to team performance. Should have, but they aren't interested in the investment the fans make.
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You sound like the guy that hunts and fish to save money on meat to justify his expensive hobby.

I'm under water on my hunting and fishing "investments", and have no plans of slowing down.

I want us to win more, for it to cost less and for me and mine to go more games.

It don't hurt to want.
 
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At least Bama is paying for what they get but Tennessee wants to always hire the cheapest coaches and wants fans to pay premium prices for sub par product makes no sense. Don’t see why it hasn’t backfired on them yet.
 
#48
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My family has been purchasing 8 sets of tickets for several years. If the prices go up, we might or might not cut back. When the renovations are complete, some of our tickets probably will be reassigned. Depending on location, a new 55" 4K TV is less than a pair so maybe more cut back.
I know this is a big business, and they need to manage it like one, but NASCAR has shown that you can completely destroy your business running it only on business school principles.
I've stated it before, but the fans deserve a refund for the last two games of 2017. The players played but the coaches and administrators ripped us off with their efforts.
 
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#49
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The university seems to enjoy testing consumers' point of pain when it comes to ticket prices. Economic recession will come eventually; will the product they are selling prove resilient to the vagaries of the business cycle? Maybe. The state needs to exercise eminent domain on the crane if it ever gets there and liquidate it. Or use it to move the entrenched power structure to another part of the country.
 
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