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Pewterschmidt said:
Oregon St
Indiana St
Colorado St
Iowa
Rutgers
Purdue
Northwestern

That's a really crappy schedule to have following last year's debacle and the increased "donation" once again. Scalped tickets will be a fraction of the actual cost this year to every game except Iowa and possibly the opener.

I can only imagine the drop in the season ticket base in '17 if the team falls flat again next year when the final "donation" level is introduced.
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Looks like 9-3 to me. I'll take that...and that my season tix are the majority of the way I support the U financially.
 

Breakin' The Plane said:
If you give up your seats, you're really going to regret not being there in 2018 when Indiana makes its first TCF appearance...in the stadium's 10th season.
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Meh. Nice effort, but you barely get a courtesy laugh.
 

Pewterschmidt said:
Oregon St
Indiana St
Colorado St
Iowa
Rutgers
Purdue
Northwestern

That's a really crappy schedule to have following last year's debacle and the increased "donation" once again. Scalped tickets will be a fraction of the actual cost this year to every game except Iowa and possibly the opener.

I can only imagine the drop in the season ticket base in '17 if the team falls flat again next year when the final "donation" level is introduced.
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I can see how this schedule doesn't look exciting, but there is a good chance we will be leaving the stadium celebrating a W on most if not all of the games.
 

Gopher024 said:
I've decided to drop my tickets this year, partially due to the increased "donation" but partially due to other obligations this fall. I still plan to go to most (if not all) of the non-conference games, the Iowa game, and probably the Rutgers one as well. Since many of the seats around me went unused all of last year (Sec. 243) I suspect I'll be able to attend at a fraction of the cost and still sit in nearly the same spot if not better. I'm actually looking forward to not being a season ticket holder and grabbing seats in various parts of the stadium for new perspectives. The only thing I don't look forward to is being a worse fan because of it.
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Doesn't make you any less of a fan unless you start cheering for a different team.
 

West Fargo Gopher Fan said:
Doesn't make you any less of a fan unless you start cheering for a different team.
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Sorry, I should have done a better job indicating sarcasm. I know where my loyalties lie, I just figured the regular suspects would eventually chime in. There is actually some freedom and relief that comes with giving up my tickets. I don't feel like my entire fall will be planned around the feeling that I have to go to the games because I've already paid for them. With a 3 yr old, a 1 yr old, and another due this fall I'm guessing my schedule will need to be more flexible. It also allows me some discretion in picking some opportunities to travel to away games.

Saving money, more flexibility, and better chances to travel... I can't really find the downside.
 


Pewterschmidt said:
Oregon St
Indiana St
Colorado St
Iowa
Rutgers
Purdue
Northwestern

That's a really crappy schedule to have following last year's debacle and the increased "donation" once again. Scalped tickets will be a fraction of the actual cost this year to every game except Iowa and possibly the opener.

I can only imagine the drop in the season ticket base in '17 if the team falls flat again next year when the final "donation" level is introduced.
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Tickets to the opener will not be a problem. Folks complain about the weeknight game, during State Fair, Parking/Tailgate situation every year.
 

Gopher024 said:
Sorry, I should have done a better job indicating sarcasm. I know where my loyalties lie, I just figured the regular suspects would eventually chime in. There is actually some freedom and relief that comes with giving up my tickets. I don't feel like my entire fall will be planned around the feeling that I have to go to the games because I've already paid for them. With a 3 yr old, a 1 yr old, and another due this fall I'm guessing my schedule will need to be more flexible. It also allows me some discretion in picking some opportunities to travel to away games.

Saving money, more flexibility, and better chances to travel... I can't really find the downside.
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I made that same move for the same reasons last year. After being a STH for approx 20 years. I still went to 4 home games and an away game - just a different approach. Welcome to the dark side /s
 


Gopher024, with a three yr old, a one yr old and one on the way do you do know that you can do it just for fun ?
 




saintpaulguy said:
Were you prohibited from moving up previously?
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Yup. From people sitting in them. That is how it works. When those with better seats drop, it allows others to move into those better seats. Thought that was pretty obvious
 

DLguy said:
Yup. From people sitting in them. That is how it works. When those with better seats drop, it allows others to move into those better seats. Thought that was pretty obvious
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1. Open package
2. Unfold moist towlette
3. Use.

Now that we have our lesson in obviousness complete for today, let me ask you the question this way "In the past, during the period where you can ask for a seat re-location, did you find the seats you desired to be 100% sold out, or was there available inventory?" (See, you get to do this before the general public buys tickets).
 

saintpaulguy said:
1. Open package
2. Unfold moist towlette
3. Use.

Now that we have our lesson in obviousness complete for today, let me ask you the question this way "In the past, during the period where you can ask for a seat re-location, did you find the seats you desired to be 100% sold out, or was there available inventory?" (See, you get to do this before the general public buys tickets).
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After the first year, added/moved seats twice. Both times didn't have a problem getting seats near or where we wanted.
 




If everyone with better seats renews, we don't have anywhere to move up to. If a bunch of people drop their tickets, a lot of seating is shuffled, moving people up to those seats, making it easier for us to move up. We have 24 in our group, so it is a lot harder for the whole group to move up. So all these people dropping will help us improve our seats
 

olddoc said:
Gopher024, with a three yr old, a one yr old and one on the way do you do know that you can do it just for fun ?
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I can see where you're coming from. I just happened to find something that I'm really good at. As the old saying goes "practice makes perfect". :)
 

DLguy said:
If everyone with better seats renews, we don't have anywhere to move up to. If a bunch of people drop their tickets, a lot of seating is shuffled, moving people up to those seats, making it easier for us to move up. We have 24 in our group, so it is a lot harder for the whole group to move up. So all these people dropping will help us improve our seats
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My ex and I bought 2 ST seats from friends of ours for 12 years. Upon getting divorced, I got 2 in my own name. I got them underneath the small scoreboard...literally las row. After years of having "good" seats, I was spoiled; thus, the following year I moved to 212 row 14, at the time $250 donation seats. After one year was able to go to 209 row 5 (same monetary amount); the following year I was able to add 2 more seats and go back to 212 in row 12. I moved 3 straight years plus added seats.

It wasn't a problem to add or move as long as you are willing to pay for it. This all happened from 2010-2013.
 

Ability to move does depend on group size. When we had 16 seats we were never able to improve despite trying (in the same cost zone).
 

Spoofin said:
Ability to move does depend on group size. When we had 16 seats we were never able to improve despite trying (in the same cost zone).
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Yes, I get that. However, I get a kick out of those that start wringing their hands like they've won the jackpot when people say they're dropping.

What they don't realize is that they've been available the whole time.
 

I see worse case scenario of 5-2 and possibly a 7-0 record. Sign me up for that kind of success!
 

Came home from a late meeting last week and saw a rather large box sitting on the porch. I send my boy out of the truck to see what it is and he starts screaming "IT'S A GOPHER TAILGATE TENT!" WTH? Turns out that my wife got $120-off during a leap-day sale through the University and bought it 6 months early as a b-day present. The package was supposed to be delivered by 5:30pm but UPS didn't get there until after she had to leave at 6pm.

So that forced my hand. Just renewed for the 21st straight season. Let's go!
 

DarrenTheGreek said:
Came home from a late meeting last week and saw a rather large box sitting on the porch. I send my boy out of the truck to see what it is and he starts screaming "IT'S A GOPHER TAILGATE TENT!" WTH? Turns out that my wife got $120-off during a leap-day sale through the University and bought it 6 months early as a b-day present. The package was supposed to be delivered by 5:30pm but UPS didn't get there until after she had to leave at 6pm.

So that forced my hand. Just renewed for the 21st straight season. Let's go!
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your wife gets it! ski-u-mah
 

I'll be back in the same seats I've had for years and years.
 



A couple things: on moving, etc., if you have 1 or 2 tickets, you could improve your seats pretty much every year. If you have 4, you might be able to improve them. If you have 6 or more, you're probably almost never going to be able to move. 16 or 24 together, like the posters in the thread, will be in their seats forever.

Second, maybe it's just directed at one particular user, but those people who keep trying to shout down people who are complaining about ticket prices are missing the boat. There are a lot of people who are really bothered by the U pricing them out of their seats. It feels like an absolute betrayal and it just feels wrong. I'm in seats that are at the very lowest level of (new) donations and we're keeping our seats, but it still galls me to pay the fee. The University has absolutely made the decision that money is the #1 thing they care about - to the exclusion of almost everything else. The gameday experience continues to decline with more advertising, and more seats that are either not sold or sold to corporations who often don't use them. The everyday families who sat in those seats are leaving. My neighbors across the street used to have 4 tickets, but they quit last year, because why should they pay $3K/year for those seats? And whereas I used to have something fun to talk to them about, now I don't. Yes, yes, boo hoo for me. But it is a buzzkill.

Will the U make more money this way? Yes. Do they have the right to do this? Of course they do. But should they? I would argue "Of course not". I'd always assumed I'd keep my tickets until I die. I'm not sure of that any longer. It feels like a betrayal, and time hasn't made it that much better.
 

Golden Elephant said:
A couple things: on moving, etc., if you have 1 or 2 tickets, you could improve your seats pretty much every year. If you have 4, you might be able to improve them. If you have 6 or more, you're probably almost never going to be able to move. 16 or 24 together, like the posters in the thread, will be in their seats forever.

Second, maybe it's just directed at one particular user, but those people who keep trying to shout down people who are complaining about ticket prices are missing the boat. There are a lot of people who are really bothered by the U pricing them out of their seats. It feels like an absolute betrayal and it just feels wrong. I'm in seats that are at the very lowest level of (new) donations and we're keeping our seats, but it still galls me to pay the fee. The University has absolutely made the decision that money is the #1 thing they care about - to the exclusion of almost everything else. The gameday experience continues to decline with more advertising, and more seats that are either not sold or sold to corporations who often don't use them. The everyday families who sat in those seats are leaving. My neighbors across the street used to have 4 tickets, but they quit last year, because why should they pay $3K/year for those seats? And whereas I used to have something fun to talk to them about, now I don't. Yes, yes, boo hoo for me. But it is a buzzkill.

Will the U make more money this way? Yes. Do they have the right to do this? Of course they do. But should they? I would argue "Of course not". I'd always assumed I'd keep my tickets until I die. I'm not sure of that any longer. It feels like a betrayal, and time hasn't made it that much better.
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Perfectly stated.
 

Golden Elephant said:
A couple things: on moving, etc., if you have 1 or 2 tickets, you could improve your seats pretty much every year. If you have 4, you might be able to improve them. If you have 6 or more, you're probably almost never going to be able to move. 16 or 24 together, like the posters in the thread, will be in their seats forever.

Second, maybe it's just directed at one particular user, but those people who keep trying to shout down people who are complaining about ticket prices are missing the boat. There are a lot of people who are really bothered by the U pricing them out of their seats. It feels like an absolute betrayal and it just feels wrong. I'm in seats that are at the very lowest level of (new) donations and we're keeping our seats, but it still galls me to pay the fee. The University has absolutely made the decision that money is the #1 thing they care about - to the exclusion of almost everything else. The gameday experience continues to decline with more advertising, and more seats that are either not sold or sold to corporations who often don't use them. The everyday families who sat in those seats are leaving. My neighbors across the street used to have 4 tickets, but they quit last year, because why should they pay $3K/year for those seats? And whereas I used to have something fun to talk to them about, now I don't. Yes, yes, boo hoo for me. But it is a buzzkill.

Will the U make more money this way? Yes. Do they have the right to do this? Of course they do. But should they? I would argue "Of course not". I'd always assumed I'd keep my tickets until I die. I'm not sure of that any longer. It feels like a betrayal, and time hasn't made it that much better.
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Here's my problem with it. People complain that the U doesn't want to do what it has to do to be competitive in revenue sports in the Big Ten, and then turn around and whine when the U institutes policies to raise the revenue it needs in order to be competitive. It's bizarre. You can't eat filet mignon on a ground beef budget.
 

dpodoll68 said:
Here's my problem with it. People complain that the U doesn't want to do what it has to do to be competitive in revenue sports in the Big Ten, and then turn around and whine when the U institutes policies to raise the revenue it needs in order to be competitive. It's bizarre. You can't eat filet mignon on a ground beef budget.
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Not everyone who is dropping tickets because of the price increase is complaining about the price increase. Many of us get it, are fine with it, and just choose not to pay it. Personally, I gave up my ST prior to last year and have said repeatedly on this forum that if the U fills my seat with someone who pays more than I did, then they have done the right thing. I'm actually rooting for that scenario (although doubt it will happen) as it will help the program. No hard feelings from me or many of us - IMO, a bigger problem than those who do complain about it is that so many of those keeping their tickets seem to take it personal and look down on those that drop them. Different Strokes for Different Folks. I wish we could all get along.

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Challenging how good of a fan one is, going over and over how "you can move to a different section", and my favorite "thanks for leaving - better seats for me" are all prime and repeated examples of this behavior.
 

Message board talk displays various types of behaviors. Who cares what "fans" say or think about about their ST's or others who gave them up. Shake it off like a dog fresh out of the lake. Yawn!!!!!

You are wrong that past ST holders haven't complained about the increases.This board has been full of their distaste about the increases. Clearly the hikes in the mandatory donation have not been popular. But the UM will do what it will do and each ST will have to make their choice. And the UM will live or die with their decision.

I have a hard time with the local "fans" who complain about ticket/donation prices. How about all the thousands of loyal out state fans who drive 100, 200, 300 miles or more to TCF seven times a year and likely pay for lodging, food, entertainment on top of the ticket and parking prices.

Me?

After decades of being a ST holder Mrs Bayfield and I will renew for 2016, continue to drive 500 miles round trip for each game and give it all for the Gophers.

But I will never complain about it if we decide to give it up.
 

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