Last Three Games

[GP1]

Let's force people to buy tickets for the last three games early, but let's make them feel like they are getting a deal. This idea applies to General Admission tickets only.The last three games are against OU, BGSU and Austin Peay. OU and BGSU are interesting and will draw a decent crowd but not sell outs. AP is, let's just say, not interesting and I would be worried about a small crowd if I was the University.Anyone who buys OU and BGSU tickets (GA only) at full price can buy AP tickets at half price. The ticket must be purchased prior to the first of these three games. This could help sell out GA for all three games and force people to buy upper reserved which will make more money because of the higher cost in ticket. The real goal is to get people to show up for the AP game which is not very interesting to many.Also, one of my favorite statements is, "A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush". Selling the tickets early gets the money early. It's all about cash flow guys!

[Captain Kangaroo]

The last three games are against OU, BGSU and Austin Peay. OU and BGSU are interesting and will draw a decent crowd but not sell outs. AP is, let's just say, not interesting and I would be worried about a small crowd if I was the University.

BGSU is a "dog." They suck unless they're playing a Division III school, which is how they got their deceivingly decent record. BG is drawing about 1,200 at home, so there's no way they're bringing many on the road.Austin Peay is a HUGE game. We shouldn't need to discount tickets. It will be for either our 20th or 21st win, and it's on ESPN "something." People should pay for that game.If the Zips discount tickets the rest of the way out, they're being stupid and lazy. There's a good bandwagon rolling. Zips men's basketball is now proven to be a great product, and all remaining games have a good value.It's time people besides me started paying for their tickets.

[w00t]

BGSU might be a rough one to draw, but if the Ball St. game was any indication, the public is warming up to the Zis a little bit. Austin Peay should draw a good gate just by virtue of the fact that it's a BracketBuster game against the top team in the OVC, and it will be picked up by an ESPN network. It will also serve to inform the tournament seeding committee how much better the MAC is than the OVC. There is no reason the OU game shouldn't sell out. It's become a decent rivalry game, and it will be a revenge game for the Zips as well now since they lost in Athens last month. I've already got my lower reserved tickets, I just need hope that my flight that's scheduled to arrive at Hopkins at 6:23 that night gets in a little earlier than expected!

[Hilltopper]

BGSU might be a rough one to draw, but if the Ball St. game was any indication, the public is warming up to the Zis a little bit. Austin Peay should draw a good gate just by virtue of the fact that it's a BracketBuster game against the top team in the OVC, and it will be picked up by an ESPN network. It will also serve to inform the tournament seeding committee how much better the MAC is than the OVC. There is no reason the OU game shouldn't sell out. It's become a decent rivalry game, and it will be a revenge game for the Zips as well now since they lost in Athens last month. I've already got my lower reserved tickets, I just need hope that my flight that's scheduled to arrive at Hopkins at 6:23 that night gets in a little earlier than expected!

It seemed to me that there were a lot of kids at the BSU game. Was there a special event that day with lots of discounted tickets passed out?

[jeaglet1]

Plus the OU game is the return of Bubba. Should be a fun one for the Rowdies.

[GoZips88]

It seemed to me that there were a lot of kids at the BSU game. Was there a special event that day with lots of discounted tickets passed out?

Any kid wearing a (basketball?) jersey of any kind was admitted free.

[ZipsWin!'s Roommate]

"It seemed to me that there were a lot of kids at the BSU game. Was there a special event that day with lots of discounted tickets passed out?" Yes, there was a special that day...if you wore your youth basketball jersey to the game, then you got in for free...Any discounting that does occur should be for children, not adults. Ticket prices at UT range from $6-$10 for adults and $3.50 for children and they are drawing close to 7,000 a game. Similar pricing for GA for U of A would seem to be reasonable. Currently a GA for an adult is $10 and $7 for a child - a family of 4 shells out $34 just to get in the door.

[GP1]

The last three games are against OU, BGSU and Austin Peay.  OU and BGSU are interesting and will draw a decent crowd but not sell outs.  AP is, let's just say, not interesting and I would be worried about a small crowd if I was the University.

BGSU is a "dog." They suck unless they're playing a Division III school, which is how they got their deceivingly decent record. BG is drawing about 1,200 at home, so there's no way they're bringing many on the road.Austin Peay is a HUGE game. We shouldn't need to discount tickets. It will be for either our 20th or 21st win, and it's on ESPN "something." People should pay for that game.If the Zips discount tickets the rest of the way out, they're being stupid and lazy. There's a good bandwagon rolling. Zips men's basketball is now proven to be a great product, and all remaining games have a good value.It's time people besides me started paying for their tickets.

Good point. I'd still go with the 2.5 for 3 though. We bundle truckloads of products by discounting the cheapest product minimally and forcing customers to bundle that with a more proftiable product all the time where I work and it works out very well. The only game they would be discounting is the AP game and it could actually increase ticket sales for the other two games at regular price because people couldn't back out of the purchase once they did it. Casual fans have no idea that BGSU is bad, but they have heard of them. Most have no idea who or where AP is so I can't believe there would be any more interest than BGSU.The bandwagon fans are going to be there regardless, but maybe not to all three. They should force the bandwagon fans to purchase tickets for all three games just in case Akron slips in a game or they are considering plans for another event. Let's eliminate the excuse not to come and focus on a positive reason for them to come and guarantee the sale up front. The key is to give something up with out having to pull your pants down. If Akron slips in a game, the bandwagon will explode and fans could easily be reduced from 4,000 average for these three games to 3,200 (difference of 800 per game). That's the nature of bandwagon fans.If this would work, some of the walk up crowd expecting to purchase GA tickets would be forced into upper reserved. Few are going to walk away because of an extra $5 per ticket. Let's assume there are 2,000 GA seats, the discount is only about 16% on those seats and the ga seats sell out. A 16% increase in sales is only 320 people taking advantage of the promotion to break even for the AP game. Half of that is 160 which is the extra upper reserved tickets they would need to sell to those locked out of the promotion or casual walk up fan in order to break even if ga was sold out. Anything over that is gravy. If the game is sold out, standing room only tickets could be used as GA tickets if the purchasers do not show up for any reason.

[Captain Kangaroo]

Currently a GA for an adult is $10 and $7 for a child - a family of 4 shells out $34 just to get in the door.

I agree the U of A can do a better job with pricing kid's tickets. For football and basketball.The Zippy's Kid's Club is an awesome deal, but it is promoted as though the University doesn't want people to know about it. If it was placed as an option in the season ticket fliers...or if U of A "pimped" it in the lobby prior to hoops games...many more people would take advantage of it.Too late for this season.