zipdiehard Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 I don't know if there is a shred of truth to this but I just stopped at Ritzman's and the lady told me they had no more tickets/vouchers. She said they were told the game was completly sold out. Anyone else hearing this?I kind of chuckled when she said "there are a lot of Akron fans going to the game". I of course said "where have they been for the last 20 years?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 I was at one yesterday. They had a whole stack of vouchers left. Maybe each pharmacy had a limited supply, and once they're gone, they're gone. The guys in the ticket office didn't think it would sell out when I turned in the vouchers, but they did say to expect the biggest crowd of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Remember,......there are still all of the sections on the home side that only sell as Reserved tickets. And those will go last. And you can't get those with the one-dollar voucher. However, your information might mean that there will be more Akron fans on the visitor side than usual.The weather forecast on tonight's news is saying that the rain might be over my mid-day. That is GREAT news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshgozips Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 From weather.com for the Rubber Bowl area (44312) tonight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleacher Bum Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 As of 9:02, punch in 44312 in to weather.com and click hour-by-hour.....and there is NO rain in the forecast! NONE! NADA! Now get your ass to the Rubber Bowl!!!! I'll be there in 3 hours! This is the longest day at work ever!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbozeglav Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I could have sworn the other day I saw an online image of that voucher to get $1 tickets. My fam wants to get some of them, but I cant find them anywhere and they don't live in akron, so they cant stop by Ritzman Pharmacy to get any... can anyone help me out?***EDIT***Nevermind.. found it then read the fine print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Told ya so. BTW - In my FINAL (I promise) rant on $1.00 tickets --Say, for the sake of argument, the Zips had "Three Dollar Thursday." And, let's assume the Zips sold 10,000 $1.00 tickets.Those 10,000 tickets would still have been sold at $3.00, and the Zips would have made $20,000 extra dollars. That's a football scholarship. That's the value of an Infocision loge for 1 year. And UA threw that money away.End of rant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbozeglav Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I honestly think it was more of a play off of the old $1 tickets for the Acme Zip game... kinda like paying homage to the glory days of the rubber bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bUAkronG Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I just got off the phone with the Main St. Ritzman pharmacy and the lady said they have vouchers so I will be heading up there around 4 to pick mine up for my parents.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I honestly think it was more of a play off of the old $1 tickets for the Acme Zip game... kinda like paying homage to the glory days of the rubber bowl.A family of 4 could have entered the Rubber Bowl for $12.00, instead of $4.00. The extra $2.00 per ticket wouldn't have deterred anyone. UA left $20,000 (or more) on the table just to pay homage? That's insane. Ask anyone @ UA how difficult it is to raise $20,000. How long (timewise), and how many people does it take to get an additional $20,000 for the Z-Fund? Four people making phone calls for a month? Probably. Maybe more.BTW - Acme-Zip tickets may have been $1.00 in the 70's, but they were $5.00 or BOGO in the later years.MUST...STOP....RANT....SO...DIFFICULT..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-mann17 Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I honestly think it was more of a play off of the old $1 tickets for the Acme Zip game... kinda like paying homage to the glory days of the rubber bowl.A family of 4 could have entered the Rubber Bowl for $12.00, instead of $4.00. The extra $2.00 per ticket wouldn't have deterred anyone. UA left $20,000 (or more) on the table just to pay homage? That's insane. Ask anyone @ UA how difficult it is to raise $20,000. How long (timewise), and how many people does it take to get an additional $20,000 for the Z-Fund? Four people making phone calls for a month? Probably. Maybe more.BTW - Acme-Zip tickets may have been $1.00 in the 70's, but they were $5.00 or BOGO in the later years.MUST...STOP....RANT....SO...DIFFICULT.....I appreciate your rant, I do, but if they can get 20,000 at a 1 dollar that is 20,000 and it is 10,000 more people buying concessions so it balances out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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