I too have moved to the mid-court area. Section 5 I believe and halfway up. I am happy with my choice.I get to know people around me and I like that I have mid-court this season. It will be a new spot so I am sure someone will complain about something or get on my nervesor I will get on their nerves.
Aisle walkers are prevalent between 2 and 3.And you'll have a fresh new set of aisle walkers.![]()
I am in the middle of the aisles to avoid that conundrum.And you'll have a fresh new set of aisle walkers.![]()
You can also add that back in the 70's, 80's and even the 90's the only way to see most college basketball was to buy a ticket and go to a game. Now you can watch most games on TV. And with the cost of cable TV packages -why wouldnt people want to watch TV games in the comfort of there own home on a wide screen HD TV?
I think it is going to be harder and harder to get budget oriented, time constrained folks out for a game.
I think young and old people still care about sports, but they are less concerned with being there in person or being at every game. The Minor League baseball approach is going to have to become more common across the board. You have got to give those people something in the live experience that they can't get from home.
I think it has been longer than that since the waiting list, but it did take a couple of seasons before they came out and said that you could get season tickets with a minimum donation.Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't VCU have a waiting list for season tickets prior to implementing the annual seat fee and also the last round of reseating a year ago?
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot!!!
I think the waiting list went away a season or 2 before the seat fee was implemented. You raise an interesting point as to whether VCU would have made more money by not constantly raising prices/ shifting benefits to higher RAF levels... When someone drops out of the season ticket pool, you also lose concession $$, merchandise $$, and the supply/ demand dynamic shifts (albeit ever slightly) to the consumer. And many of the donors that stick around experience donor fatigue as the AD looks to us to make up the difference with seemingly endless requests for more $$ thru events, numerous giving days, giving challenges, golf, auctions,...Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't VCU have a waiting list for season tickets prior to implementing the annual seat fee and also the last round of reseating a year ago?
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot!!!
I think the waiting list went away a season or 2 before the seat fee was implemented. You raise an interesting point as to whether VCU would have made more money by not constantly raising prices/ shifting benefits to higher RAF levels... When someone drops out of the season ticket pool, you lose concession $$, merchandise $$, and the supply/ demand dynamic shifts (albeit ever slightly) to the consumer. And many of the donors that stick around experience donor fatigue as the AD looks to us to make up the difference with seemingly endless requests for more $$ thru events, numerous giving days, giving challenges, golf, auctions,...
Anyway, its getting close to quitting time, let's go grab a $10 VCU IPA.
COVID certainly put a squeeze on in the short term so it’s difficult to gauge anything. I was thinking long term trends with live sports concentrating on selling fewer, but more expensive tickets. VCU basketball may not be a large enough environment to draw any conclusions in that regard. IDKI think you are on to something here. Especially the nickel and dime stuff. I can certainly appreciate them looking at all avenues to raise funds. That is literally their job, but you can only go to the well so many times with the same donors. When you had donors that were charged a fee to purchase tickets and we're not able to purchase tickets and then you try to hit them up for virtual tickets and a link to a virtual banquet, that probably turned some people off. If they would have given those things to those who had already paid for tickets they probably would have ended up better off in the long run by doing that than by trying to squeeze those same donors even more.