Football Season ticket prices

[Mudrafan]

Re: Football Season ticket prices

anyone complaining about ticket prices is simplifying the issue. The bottom line is that the dept is bleeding & money needs to be raised across the board. The value of UNI football is very strong. It is there much more so than it is for Iowa. The Iowa price & value is a major ripoff. Any Panther fan complaining about ticket prices needs to understand the big picture. Anyone that decides not to purchase tickets as a result was not a fan in the first place.

[Blue42]

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You gotta pay to play boys.

If you want a $10 ticket, watch high school football.

I'm sure Indiana State's tickets are cheaper, but I'll pay the premium for the Panther tickets.

[JCPanthers]

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Anyone that decides not to purchase tickets as a result was not a fan in the first place.

AMEN!!!

You gotta pay to play boys.

If you want a $10 ticket, watch high school football.

I'm sure Indiana State's tickets are cheaper, but I'll pay the premium for the Panther tickets.

DOUBLE AMEN!!!

[panther84]

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I can afford the new ticket prices...it'll be that damn $4 a gallon gasoline I'll have to pay to get to the games that will hurt.

[clenz]

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I can afford the new ticket prices...it'll be that damn $4 a gallon gasoline I'll have to pay to get to the games that will hurt.

I'm glad I get the student tickets now and don't have to pay for gas and a ticket like I did last year. However, those student to get those student tickets I need to take out a whole sh!t load of loan money, so they really are FAR from free....oh well

[ExJHawkCatFan]

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...If you want a $10 ticket, watch high school football...

$10 for a High School game ticket??? THAT'S the racket I need to get into...

[Khan4Cats]

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Any Panther fan complaining about ticket prices needs to understand the big picture. Anyone that decides not to purchase tickets as a result was not a fan in the first place.

I agree with the first part; UNI ticket prices are a greater value than most other events.

The second part is an unfair generalization. I have not purchased season football tickets for years. Mainly because I work a part-time job that goes a lot of weekends in the fall. Why do I work that job? In order to pay for season basketball tickets and Scholarship club membership amongst other "perks" of life that my full-time salary does not cover. (Family vacations, etc.) The job is seasonal and I have the free time in the winter to go to basketball games more than in the fall. Still, I have attended at least three home and one road game for the Panthers for the last several seasons and made the playoff games last year and the EWU game in 05. I probably won't get season tickets again this year for football. Must not be a fan. Maybe I'll just buy the season basketball tickets and not show up like all the "real" fans do.

[Matt Trump]

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I agree with the first part; UNI ticket prices are a greater value than most other events.

The second part is an unfair generalization. I have not purchased season football tickets for years. Mainly because I work a part-time job that goes a lot of weekends in the fall. Why do I work that job? In order to pay for season basketball tickets and Scholarship club membership amongst other "perks" of life that my full-time salary does not cover. (Family vacations, etc.) The job is seasonal and I have the free time in the winter to go to basketball games more than in the fall. Still, I have attended at least three home and one road game for the Panthers for the last several seasons and made the playoff games last year and the EWU game in 05. I probably won't get season tickets again this year for football. Must not be a fan. Maybe I'll just buy the season basketball tickets and not show up like all the "real" fans do.

...but you're decision to not buy season tickets for football is not based on price alone.

[Whitey81]

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I agree with the first part; UNI ticket prices are a greater value than most other events.

The second part is an unfair generalization. I have not purchased season football tickets for years. Mainly because I work a part-time job that goes a lot of weekends in the fall. Why do I work that job? In order to pay for season basketball tickets and Scholarship club membership amongst other "perks" of life that my full-time salary does not cover. (Family vacations, etc.) The job is seasonal and I have the free time in the winter to go to basketball games more than in the fall. Still, I have attended at least three home and one road game for the Panthers for the last several seasons and made the playoff games last year and the EWU game in 05. I probably won't get season tickets again this year for football. Must not be a fan. Maybe I'll just buy the season basketball tickets and not show up like all the "real" fans do.

I believe the point was that if you don't buy a season ticket solely based on the price, you are not a true fan.

C'mon, $26 per ticket @ 5 games is $130. That is for one of the best football programs in the country. If I lived within 250 miles of CF I'd have family season passes. As it is, I sit in front of my computer screen following games.

[UNI MadCat]

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C'mon, $26 per ticket @ 5 games is $130. That is for one of the best football programs in the country. If I lived within 250 miles of CF I'd have family season passes. As it is, I sit in front of my computer screen following games.

This isn't a knock on you but your statement got me to thinking about the "price" of a football game, as someone who lives basically right within your defined 250 mile radius.

For Me=

• $26 tickets x 2 = $52 per game
• Gas = $70 (500 miles round trip @ $3.50 a gallon, though it will likely be $4 by then)
• Hotel = ~$80-100
• Food & Drinks = ~$100

Truthfully, I would forgo the latter two on the list for some games and just drive down and back on Saturday. Makes those tickets a little more expensive though when you lay them all out. However, obviously its other factors besides just an increase in ticket prices that makes the trips get pricier for those coming from far away.

Maybe we should start a PantherNation hostel and those of us that travel on here can insure an inexpensive place to stay on game weekends!?!

[Newsbreaker]

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I believe the point was that if you don't buy a season ticket solely based on the price, you are not a true fan.

C'mon, $26 per ticket @ 5 games is $130. That is for one of the best football programs in the country. If I lived within 250 miles of CF I'd have family season passes. As it is, I sit in front of my computer screen following games.

More of this "true fan" BS. Find a reason for being people.

$130 doesn't sound like much, unless you don't have it. Every dollar is just a dollar until it's the first one you can't afford. That doesn't make them less than you, but think it does makes you less than them.

[dustin86]

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I am sorry but even me a college student who is living paycheck to paycheck would find some how to get tickets if i could not get them for free. Just think about how much fun and exciting the games are. The Southren Illinois game we drove down to get the winning score and then they almost scored on the last play. THe first round playoff game where we won on the "great catch". If all you people are seriously complaining about paying alittle extra money for the tickets just think about how exciting it is to be there on GAMEDAY

[Newsbreaker]

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Oh, well, if Dustin can come up with the money...

[Mudrafan]

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news, just give your opinion & leave it at that. Your act is more than old. By the way, there was an article I read recently (wire story) that stated factual info that success in sports does indeed turn into increased attendance. I'm sure it relative to the level of play involved but it does pump admissions.

[dustin86]

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Its the fact that if you want something or want to do something you will save the money in order to do whatever that thing is