Captain Kangaroo Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Interesting that they are asking fans to for over some big additional bucks, even as the team flounders. Reminds me of Wistercill asking me for $5,000 to park in Lot 9 a couple years ago. Wasn't Wistercill Associate AD at Minnesota? Hmmmm....now it's all starting to make sense.... Gopher a few extra bucks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZipster0305 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Interesting that they are asking fans to for over some big additional bucks, even as the team flounders. Can you please be specific, CK? I am unfamiliar with this situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Can you please be specific, CK? I am unfamiliar with this situation. Click on the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZipster0305 Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Click on the link Thanks. I did. I assumed your reference was to UA. Interesting nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jupitertoo Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Thanks. I did. I assumed your reference was to UA. Interesting nonetheless. Doesn't Akron have required "donations" (seat licenses) for premium seats? Ohio does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Doesn't Akron have required "donations" (seat licenses) for premium seats? Ohio does. Akron does. But only for the lower area. I just find it interesting that Minnesota, in the midst of a really bad stretch, is jacking up the ticket prices so substantially. If the Zips added $400 per ticket for me, I'd be in GA's in a heartbeat. And like the Minnesota fans quoted in the column, I love my team and have been a season ticket holder for well over 10 years. But everyone has a breaking point. When the bandwagon's rolling...when you get a new arena...you can somewhat stomach ticket cost increases. But when things are bad, like 3 years ago when Wistercil tried to soak the handful of Lot 9'ers...the diehards of all diehards... for $5k each for a parking space (an increase from $50 the previous year), it just comes off as stupid. I will be interested to see how this plays out in Minnesota. 8,000 seat licenses at $250 each (average) would be $2,000,000. On paper that's great. And if it works, some budding young AD will be able to boast on his resume of raising basketball revenues by $2 million, and get a sweet gig at some mid-major program where such a practice doesn't remotely apply. In reality, it may end up doing nothing more than pissing off a lot of really good Minnesota fans who are already paying top dollar to watch losing basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbozeglav Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Wasn't it minnesota who did some major renovations or rebuilding of their arena? Thought it was them... If not... cant remember who it was, but i thought the colors were that of Minnesota's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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