2010 Ticket Prices are increasing

[OHSportsFan]

It's worth every fuckin' penny.

I can't really afford a ticket, but I'd pay twice that if I could.

 

[THEWOOD]

I had season tickets for BBall my freshman year. This was 99-00, Scoonie Penn, Ken Johnson, Michael Redd. Our seats were horrible, they stuck us at the top behind the basket. Also sucked to make the trek to the Schott all the way from Stradley hall. We only went to a handful of our alloted games.

Saying all that if I lived in CBus now I would probably buy season tickets for basketball.

Football tickets are a whole different animal. I like many others I would gladly pay up for a ticket to a game. As far as tickets for students, I think every student should be able to buy tickets at a discounted rate. Its college not NFL. Students are the lifeblood of a university, they come first.

 

[strohs]

I think every student should be able to buy tickets at a discounted rate. Its college not NFL. Students are the lifeblood of a university, they come first.

Unless things have changed, students do recieve a pretty big discount on tickets

 

[buxfan4life]

Unless things have changed, students do recieve a pretty big discount on tickets

I believe they still do.

As far as tickets for students, I think every student should be able to buy tickets at a discounted rate. Its college not NFL. Students are the lifeblood of a university, they come first.

I think the average college student can afford a dollar increase if they are already going to buy them regardless.

The Board of Trustees is to vote Friday on a proposal to raise football ticket prices $7, to $70 for reserved seats. Faculty and staff would see a $4 increase, and students $1. Smith says OSU is the highest-priced ticket in the Big Ten.

 

[greyscarlet]

Regarding the football tickets, I prefer the University get the money rather than faculty and staff that buy the tickets just to turn a profit themselves or worse yet the ticket brokers.

I love the idea of tiered ticket prices per game, this way you don't get the wealthy that only what to be seen at the premier games sitting at home for the less attractive games when the less wealthy would love to be there (wasted utility in a less than fully efficient market). In fact tickets could go up auction style (alumni and staff (I would eliminate faculty but feel free to throw them in as well) bid per game and the highest bids get the tickets) 10 to 15 years ago this would have been difficult but not so much anymore.

The students should always have the option for tickets on the cheap, and the prices should be even cheaper than they are now; tuition is brutal enough. That being said, they should be much more strict on allowing people in with a student ticket; if you are attempting to gain entry with a student ticket you damned well better have a student ID. The upgrade option is great, and this option affords the strictness of entry for the non-upgraded student tickets.

 

[OmahaBeef]

Basketball is a diff monstert though. If they ever want games to consistently sell out, and for the students to actually all show up, they need to get students free tickets. This isn't North Carolina, we're a football school, and most students don't care enough about the basketball team to drop $100+ a year. The non conference schedule being a joke doesn't help either, but unless we get another #1 ranked team like 3 years ago the student tickets simply are not going to sell out. This all coming from a senior who hasn't gone to a game since freshman year.

Those are pretty much my feelings as well, except I had season tickets my sophomore year (2007-2008 season). I took my girlfriend to a game and had to drop about $50 for a pair of crappy tickets way up in section 309.