Is nobody else excited for ISU tomorrow, or what?!?

[Panther Cat]

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40 dollar tickets. End of story. Nobody wants to watch two half ass teams walk up and down the court for 40 dollars on a Wednesday.

Under the circumstances, this was a terrible decision by the athletic department.

I have to agree I think the $40 is a bit ridiculous. But I'll wait until after the game to give an opinion if it was a bad decision or not. If they get a good crowd then it makes sense, if not, then they have some adjustments to make in the future.

[06panther10]

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Thats just the thing though. If you have tickets that high, you have to be sure that it is going to sell out ahead of time. At 40 dollars, and the fact that the game is on TV, you are probably going to see little to no walk up fans tonight.

[jman2004]

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Thats just the thing though. If you have tickets that high, you have to be sure that it is going to sell out ahead of time. At 40 dollars, and the fact that the game is on TV, you are probably going to see little to no walk up fans tonight.

I think with McDermott's first return to the McLeod, being "Iowa State", I'll bet the athletic department ASSUMED the game would in fact, sell out.

Maybe a low attendance tonight would be a wake-up call to certain people that the draw just simply isn't there right now.

[UNIpanther99]

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They should also have assumed (based on several years of recent history) that the weather would be absolutely awful for the home Iowa/ISU game. Doesn't it seem that way? Or is it just me.

[run&blade]

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I sat just a few rows behind the ISU bench early this year and the face value of tickets wasn't anywhere near $40.

The AD will learn a lesson tonight, a hard one, 1/2 empty building for ISU and Mac's return is pathetic.

The DSM basically took a shot at UNI with its article today, pointing out the ticket prices and what has been sold.

At $30 I could have been talked into it if it was on a Saturday. WHY ARE THESE GAMES NEVER ON A WEEKEND?

[run&blade]

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They should also have assumed (based on several years of recent history) that the weather would be absolutely awful for the home Iowa/ISU game. Doesn't it seem that way? Or is it just me.

IMO it could be 65 degrees outside and the sales would be the same. It isn't even that bad out and the parking is very close to the building. All the weather alerts have been cancelled.

[UNIpanther99]

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IMO it could be 65 degrees outside and the sales would be the same. It isn't even that bad out and the parking is very close to the building. All the weather alerts have been cancelled.

Yeah, but there is no way I will be driving up from Iowa City in this... Had the weather been decent, I would most likely be going, even at the stupid price of $40.

[TH1974]

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I sat just a few rows behind the ISU bench early this year and the face value of tickets wasn't anywhere near $40.

The AD will learn a lesson tonight, a hard one, 1/2 empty building for ISU and Mac's return is pathetic.

The DSM basically took a shot at UNI with its article today, pointing out the ticket prices and what has been sold.

At $30 I could have been talked into it if it was on a Saturday. WHY ARE THESE GAMES NEVER ON A WEEKEND?

I don't remember Iowa or ISU ever being in CF on a weekend. The conspiracy theorist in me wonders if the schedulers believe that they can sell out such games even on a Wednesday, saving the weekend dates for less-popular opponents.

[Panther789]

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I sat just a few rows behind the ISU bench early this year and the face value of tickets wasn't anywhere near $40.

The AD will learn a lesson tonight, a hard one, 1/2 empty building for ISU and Mac's return is pathetic.

The DSM basically took a shot at UNI with its article today, pointing out the ticket prices and what has been sold.

At $30 I could have been talked into it if it was on a Saturday. WHY ARE THESE GAMES NEVER ON A WEEKEND?

Anybody remember how much tickets were for the Iowa game last year?

[TH1974]

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IMO it could be 65 degrees outside and the sales would be the same. It isn't even that bad out and the parking is very close to the building. All the weather alerts have been cancelled.

True...and this game usually sells well way ahead of time, regardless of the weather.

[fur ball]

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Do you think some of the low turnouts have to do with the lack of promotion of the team? A lot of colleges make a big deal of a "midnight madness" season kick off, show case their players, sign autographs, free give aways etc..... And possibly the fact that when the coach talks about his players in the local paper a lot of the talk is negative. His press quotes just don't inspire me to jump out of my comfortable chair and pay money to see the kids play.

[Panther Cat]

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My guess is there will be around 4,250 tonight. For an ISU game that is not good. If we sold them for $35 I think we'd be around 4,800. And if we sold them for $30 it would be around 6,000. That is obviously just me guessing, it very well may be way off. Usually I will try to go to a game with my dad and brother. If we do that this year it's $120 plus the drive up from Cedar Rapids. Just won't work for this game, but I'll be up there for almost every other game.

[AmesPanther]

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I'd think football playoffs cut into BB.

[TH1974]

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I'd think football playoffs cut into BB.

There have been football playoffs many years, without such poor ISU BB ticket sales.

[AmesPanther]

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There have been football playoffs many years, without such poor ISU BB ticket sales.

When BB was going to the Big Dance back to back to back years it was easier to compete with playoffs. Right now football is the one going post season and getting attention.