What Did You Shell Out for Season Tickets?

[apsuhead]

Season ticket holders were offered to purchase additional season tickets that opened up every year before they offered them to people on the list. That didn’t happen this year, or at least they didn’t make it down to my donor rank.

 

[GiveEmSix]

2 tickets in Y7 (including donation) with seat cushions and parking pass $2175.76 total

 

[azvol03]

A pair in Section V, row 20-something. (25-30 yd line). $3800 (tickets, donation, parking pass and chair backs).

 

[MEDVOL]

$6k for 2, including the cushions. They've increased every year since I bought them.

 

[MEDVOL]

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I don't think this graphic explains the entire picture.

I've requested info on how to get seats in the lower west club (Transcard) or the Terrace. University always wants to set up a meeting to discuss how I can donate to increase my ranking to get access to those seats. To join the Shareholders Society, the minimum commitment is $25,000 spread over 5 years, on top of the typical donation and face value prices. Apparently all the club levels now require a capital gift as well.

 

[HeavenUniversity]

You have to consider the university is churning out something like 7000 graduates per year. Some of those former students are certainly interested in tickets and adding their name to the list.

Plus being on the list gets you an earlier chance to buy single game tickets than the general public so some may be on it for that reason.

Some schools offer a Young Alumni Season Ticket Plan. Do the Vols do that?

 

[dobre_shunka]

Some schools offer a Young Alumni Season Ticket Plan. Do the Vols do that?

I don't believe so. Alumni do get 10 or 15 points added to their donation ranking.

One of the goals of the season ticket revamp a couple of years ago was to stop giving discounts to select groups like university employees. Now everyone pays the same for equivalent seats regardless of when they first got the seats, how long they've had the seats, etc.

 

[VolCalls]

$2,800 for four seats in 3rd row of upper deck.

 

[HeavenUniversity]

I don't believe so. Alumni do get 10 or 15 points added to their donation ranking.

One of the goals of the season ticket revamp a couple of years ago was to stop giving discounts to select groups like university employees. Now everyone pays the same for equivalent seats regardless of when they first got the seats, how long they've had the seats, etc.

That doesn’t seem like a good idea in rewarding loyalty. Just my two cents.

 

[CPA]

This system is not based on loyalty. If you had season tickets you continue to renew or give them up to someone else. The large contributors are the ones with the perks.

 

[NEWDAYVOL]

I don't want to sound "old school", I completely agree with NIL and many of the changes in college athletics (players should absolutely own and control their "NIL")...but what "Big Time" College Football has become as a whole...is quite uncomfortably awkward in a way. The money that is changing hands for and being put into a game (that means very little in the grand scheme of things), ticket prices, the players who all think they deserve millions, the lack of loyalty, greed, etc. They have priced the family completely out. How does a mother, father, and 3 kids go to a Vol FB Game? They can't. From the players, to the staff, to the administration, to even the fans it's a collection of selfish ambition and greed.

It's awkward because the bubble usually bursts on this type of debauchery in a karma like way. When you have excluded the average family...problems are on the horizon.

 

[Vol_sanity]

Total fee.....donation and tickets/qty. Clemson fans say the reason we sell out is because we have cheap tickets to be able to do that.

4 in Z11 $3721, plus seat backs and parking

 

[SSVol]

2 seats on the 50 in the Terrace...<cough>...~$8k.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Total fee.....donation and tickets/qty. Clemson fans say the reason we sell out is because we have cheap tickets to be able to do that.

$0

Private school, no vouchers

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Ticket prices in all sports have unquestionably become difficult to pay for for the average fan. It’s not consumer friendly anymore, but at the same time I’m not sure there is much of a solution unless the fanbase is willing to accept mediocrity in exchange for affordable tickets. With the House Settlement and NIL, this is just the new normal.

 

[HeavenUniversity]

I don't want to sound "old school", I completely agree with NIL and many of the changes in college athletics (players should absolutely own and control their "NIL")...but what "Big Time" College Football has become as a whole...is quite uncomfortably awkward in a way. The money that is changing hands for and being put into a game (that means very little in the grand scheme of things), ticket prices, the players who all think they deserve millions, the lack of loyalty, greed, etc. They have priced the family completely out. How does a mother, father, and 3 kids go to a Vol FB Game? They can't. From the players, to the staff, to the administration, to even the fans it's a collection of selfish ambition and greed.

It's awkward because the bubble usually bursts on this type of debauchery in a karma like way. When you have excluded the average family...problems are on the horizon.

Never thought I would see the day you could go to a symphony for less than a ballgame.

 

[LWSVOL]

4 in B that I share with a friend were right at $7000 all in.

I had 14 tickets in B that I let go back to UT. All 14 were back in their hands priot to covid year.

My donation was $5,250 for all 14 when I returned them. Ticket price was $5,600 for 14. At your rate now, I would be paying right at $24,000 dollars.. no thank you...

 

[apsuhead]

Another thing that complicates the expense of season tickets is the high resell prices of the big games. I was amazed at the huge number of resell tickets on TM for the Georgia game. It is a tough decision … you can sell your Georgia tickets to basically pay for half the cost of your season tickets.

 

[YankeeVol]

Another thing that complicates the expense of season tickets is the high resell prices of the big games. I was amazed at the huge number of resell tickets on TM for the Georgia game. It is a tough decision … you can sell your Georgia tickets to basically pay for half the cost of your season tickets.

Anyone who buys secondary market tickets from Ticketmaster deserves what they get. (Supply and demand is a hard concept for some).

Also, that doesn't complicate the "expense" of season tickets.