Me and a few friends will be at the LSU series next weekend. This will be our first time in the new stadium. We will all have kids with us (time sure does fly by). All I know is there is very little space on the berms and few bleachers for general admission folks. So my question is, are we just suppose to stand around in the open spaces? Can you bring collapsible chairs? This would be a nonissue if it wasn’t for wives and kids. Next weekend will likely be a huge crowd and I really don’t want to show up to the stadiam a hour and a half before game time with impatient kids and women. Any input would be much appreciated.
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There aren't any bleachers for general admission. It is a berm or nothing. I suggest bringing collapsible chairs and sitting along the first base. Also, you better get there early if you want a place to sit the chairs. Otherwise, standing in the outfield, several persons deep.
Yes, but they are only allowed on the berms. You can't place them in the SRO areas.
If you have high maintenance wives and kids, you might want to avoid the LSU series, for obvious reasons. Bleachers or not, it's going to be packed. I would advise finding some chairback tickets through the ticket office or stubhub if you want to sit down. If not, just buy cheap GA tickets, walk around, then maybe sit in chairbacks after the 5th inning.
Just looking at the ticket site, doesn’t look like any chair backs are available for the Auburn. Or am I missing something?
Depends on what you mean by available. There oughta be a fair number of “seats” open and available. But there won’t be “tickets” available for those seats.
You're out of luck. Unfortunately, we made the mistake of not building enough GA seats or room for people in your situation to come and enjoy SEC games. You will have to get to the game an hour early to get a place in what little berm space we have compared to the crowd that will be in town that weekend. I would really try to score some chairbacks so the wife and kids will have a place to sit.
You might get lucky and find a little space around gametime, but I wouldn't count on it. You always have the option to go sit in the chairbacks after the 5th inning I think. Good Luck!
I was never asked to show a ticket after I got into the game for the USM series. Was able to go into grandstand seating and club level without the proper tickets to be there.
If you are a Bulldog Club Member, they offer a limited number of chair backs on Tuesday before the weekend series. Just get them early because they go quick
Unfortunately our administration doesn't care about anyone but season ticket holders so they've made the GA experience worse than sitting in the old metal bleachers.
Guys, to all upset about berms, SRO, etc— I agree the GA is limited but look at it from a business perspective. The chair backs are guaranteed money—big money. I have been on the receiving end of a couple of 17’ings in the reseating processes over the years so I feel the pain. Heck, I currently am dealing with a sight obstruction in the stadium but I love my seat location. Bulldog Club is committed to working though it. That being said, this place is unbelievable, hands down the best in college baseball and wouldn’t have happened without—-MONEY. Can’t please all the people all the time. Money talks, ******** walks.
Very true. This extremely nice stadium was expensive, thus the emphasis on chair backs and on club level suites. It would have been nice to make the berms slightly more expansive, but that would have cut down on chair back seating area. Money does indeed talk. For enough 
, you can even go all Cannizzaro on Lee Begley in a left field loft before first pitch. America!!!!
, you can even go all Cannizzaro on Lee Begley in a left field loft before first pitch. America!!!!Well Said
This is the truth.
I do think the athletic department needs to market an internal ticket transfer system. I am aware we have a way to transfer tickets but I have never utilized it so I cannot speak for the functionality. From what little I do know about it, it seems to be limited to predetermined ticket swaps. My hope is it will eventually become an open ticket resale forum limited to Bulldog Club members.
This is the truth.
I do think the athletic department needs to market an internal ticket transfer system. I am aware we have a way to transfer tickets but I have never utilized it so I cannot speak for the functionality. From what little I do know about it, it seems to be limited to predetermined ticket swaps. My hope is it will eventually become an open ticket resale forum limited to Bulldog Club members.
I wonder how motivated they are to have a really good ticket exchange program? I imagine you would have people decide not to buy season tickets because tickets would be easy to get only for the games you could attend. It seems like a delicate balance between securing the revenue from season tickets regardless of whether people attend versus actually getting butts in the seats and catering to the local non-season ticket folks who can actually show up for the games.
Seems like a third party system like SeatGeek is the solution but season ticket holders probably just don't want the hassle of putting their tickets on there. There are a lot of old timers who just aren't tech savvy enough to do it, nor do they have the desire to learn.
And those empty season ticket holder chair backs look so good on TV!
I agree that this stadium doesn't happen without the season ticket holders but Cohen and crew intentionally ignored the GA audience. Say what you want but we didn't set those attendance records on season tickets alone.
Hankp touched on it but why can't a university as big as ours with all the computer, engineering, math, science, and business minds that we have come up with an effective ticket transfer program....or at least buy one off the shelf. It's time to pressure season ticket holders to either attend games, put their tickets on an exchange, or give them up.
Yes bring chairs or a blanket and sit in the right field berm, it’s much bigger than the left field berm. Get there for BP and you’ll have a seat plus the kids will enjoy getting balls. The germs are much bigger than they look on tv
“Money talks” huh? Sounds a lot like what we used to justify the debacle with the Hump. So you all need to stop complaining about all those empty seats. After all, we maximized revenue.
the berms are much larger in person than they appear. florida series last year was packed, but we (my family of 4) were able to bring chairs and set up on the tiered berm. great views from over there and when they let you bring in chairs, you have no excuse to not watch the game in comfort.
Maybe a stupid question but will they try to limit me from bringing in X amount of stuff? Wagon, small cooler, blanket, chairs etc.? I feel like they won’t with lounge and all but I don’t know.
Losing and TV caused our problems at the Hump. Combine that with the ride/shift in attendance to Women's basketball. There's your formula. Totally agree Hump needs some reseating efforts and some creativity but I rarely see full arenas on SEC Network.
As far as the ticket transfer system, here is what I proposed to some of the Bulldog Club staff (as you can see, to no avail so far btw). Allow the season ticket holders (chair back seat holders) to have a portal (not the transfer system) where they can place their tickets for resale. This would be facilitated by the Bulldog Club. Could be like an eBay (bidding/buy it now) or even moreso like a Ticketmaster where there are set prices. Either way, when someone buys those seats, the money goes back to the Bulldog Club in some formula of donation. The Bulldog Club member/seat holder then gets precious points associated with the sales of those seats to that particular event. That would encourage ticket holders to use the open market rather than sit on them. It would also free up prime seats for others. More asses in seats, more revenue generated for the Bulldog Club, better TV look, member getting points/rising in Bulldog Club rankings etc etc. Totally win-win. Maybe this just makes too much common sense. Maybe this should be another thread 'cause I feel it could gain some traction maybe?? Post your thoughts!
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