Re: season tickes sales are down

[Aaron Laflin]

I figured ticket sales were down, when I traded in my season tickets this 
year but I did buy home tickets for:  Day, Syr, Lou, Vill, and WVa and I got 
better seats than my original season tickets were.

Aaron 96
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jon breiner" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] season tickes sales are down


> That does not surprise me.  It is not so much the tickets being down as 
> much as which tickets are down.  Since I was unable to move to better 
> seats, most of the bigger donors continued.  A few left of course as they 
> were able to move many of the BIG time donors down and also come up with 
> the 40 seats behind the visitors bench.  Since I like giving WAG's, I'd 
> say if overall ticket sales are down 11%, UCATS donations are down 5% 
> since it is skewed. Of course, if the budget called for an increase, that 
> is a major screw-up. Truly it is the year after that concerns me the most. 
> I still think many who had already given their money decided to let it 
> ride.  With only about a week to pull the money out, I doubt many did, 
> even though some did.
>
> Next year is the key and if they do not know why it is down 11% this year 
> (I think they know but wont say it), I have concerns.
>
> Jon
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "dfairchild" <address@hidden>
> To: "dfairchild" <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 7:48 AM
> Subject: [UC Basketball] season tickes sales are down
>
>
> > Despite all the speculation on this board -  the truth is season ticket
> > sales are down 11% from this point last year.
> > "UC reports it has sold approximately 5,100 season tickets. Last year at
> > this time, UC had sold 5,700 and ended up at 5,900."
> >
> > It makes you wonder about the competence of the UCATS or the athletic
> > department:  According to someone with good inside sources - there had 
> > not
> > been a drop in ticket sales.  It appears the athletic department/UCATS is
> > operating in a state of denial.
> >
> > Here is a bizarre comment by Goin.  It appears he is still operating on a
> > short leash.
> > "UC officials don't know if the drop is a protest by fans who are unhappy
> > that Huggins' contract was terminated."
> >
> > Finally, it astounds me how inept the athletic department has been at
> > selling the basketball program.  We have talked a lot on this board about
> > the lack of attention to the area of ticket sales.  I cannot believe they
> > were only able to operate at 69% capacity.  As I pointed out last year -
> >
> > http://bearcatnews.com/basketballforum/200501/msg00392.php
> >
> > the cheap seats were never cheap (until this year!) - peole were expected 
> > to
> > spend $22 for a seat in the top row!  By not lowering those ticket prices 
> > =
> > it assured there would be a supply of tickets, except for the biggest 
> > games.
> >
> > As people have testified here, it was cost effective to not get season
> > tickets because they could easily get a ticket for a game, including 
> > paying
> > a broker for better seats for big games.
> >
> > The reality of the low percentage of season tickets is the athletic
> > department needs some guidance from the business school - a combination 
> > of
> > marketing, price point analysis, and customer service would have solved 
> > this
> > problem a long time ago!!!
> >
> > DF
> >
> >
> >
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