New Dude Chairbacks and Ticket Solution

[bulldogcountry1]

There is a group who gives the school a lot of money to have the best seats and the best parking places for all major sport and don't show up. Our athletic department decided several years ago to do what it takes to get the most money out of our financially comfortable fans and piss all over the average fans who will put butts in seats. I realize the importance of catering to our richest fans because they help make all this possible, but there should be a plan in place their lack of participation.

I believe that you shouldn't complain about a problem if you can't offer a solution. Here we go. Data needs to be collected about home SEC weekends. There will be a number of fans who aren't using any of their tickets. If a pattern sharts to develop after next weekend, then someone from the ticket office needs to start calling these people and ask if they can resell these tickets. Start with the people who have 3+ seats in their name and start calling on Tuesdays.

Let's say they call 25 people who have 100 seats total and only half of those release their tickets for the ticket office to resell for $20. That's $1000 and well worth the time to pay for someone to make the calls. Buts will be in seats, the fan base will be happier.

There could also be something as simple as an automatic text that says "Type GIVE to release your tickets your LSU tickets for Friday, March 29."

 

[Cooterpoot]

There was over 12,000 there yesterday. Not many no shows.

 

[CrookedLetta4Eva]

There was over 12,000 there yesterday. Not many no shows.

Did you look at the chairbacks? Lots of open seats

 

[Dawgbite]

There was over 12,000 there yesterday. Not many no shows.

That was paid attendance, I would guess that the reserved seats were only 70% full prior to the fifth inning.

 

[o_Native Son]

There was over 12,000 there yesterday. Not many no shows.

Is there any way of knowing how many had actual seats (not berm fold out chairs) vs. how many brought a seat/cooler or were standing? How many actual seats are there in an empty DNF?

 

[drummerdawg]

Do away with lower level reserved seats and make it first come first serve. End of problem.

 

[Cooterpoot]

Did you look at the chairbacks? Lots of open seats

Chairbacks were 90% full and that’s counting club where most sat inside. Like I said. Not many empty seats.

 

[Hankp22]

That was my take too

Chairbacks were 90% full and that’s counting club where most sat inside. Like I said. Not many empty seats.

I agree with this.

And you have chairback ticket holders spending time in the outfield or using their club pass to go inside the club level or stand behind the plate.

I think the early innings may have been slow filling up because of parking traffic. Two groups around us missed the first inning because of it.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

We need to find a solution to parking.... do the shuttles run on baseball weekends like they do on football weekends?

 

[RutherfordBHayes]

Did you look at the chairbacks? Lots of open seats

Most of those people were at concessions, standing rails, walking around the concourse, at club level, etc.
I don’t recall the name, but there is a club level pass which is the area underneath the main concourse, directly behind catcher. There are several thousand of those. Most of them people have chairbacks. So, many of those ticket holders for the “empty” seats just aren’t sitting down at the time. I personally know 4 of them.
There are also several lounges for Omaha Club and the luxury boxes. There are just an awful lot of people inside during games.

 

[Hankp22]

It's the parking pass lots that get backed up

We need to find a solution to parking.... do the shuttles run on baseball weekends like they do on football weekends?

Parking a good bit away from the pay lots and walking is the best if you're trying to save time. It is an easy in and out and you deal with very little gameday traffic. It's good if you don't mind a walk. It is also great to get in your car and be off campus in a minute.

I know that doesn't address the parking situation but it works for me personally.

 

[Joe Schmedlap]

There always seem to be a modest amount of seats available on StubHub, so seats can be had for folks who couldn't or wouldn't pay the $1800 to reserve a chair back seat. Also, other posters are correct. I know chair back season ticket holders who like to visit friends in the outfield and also hang out in the dug out club during a few innings of the game. Sure, the system could be better with more emphasis on the ticket exchange system, but seats usually can be had and it's not like we aren't killing it in attendance thus far in 2019.

 

[ezsoil]

The problem is many of these folks are older and don't have the skills to place them on the secondary market. I live in Texas and am a multiple sport season ticket holder but I now make my tickets available via Stub Hub for the games I can't attend...I always price my tickets as the best value so my tickets will sell first. I tried the whole ticket transfer via the Bulldog Club and many people, family, friends, and some on this board.."promised" they would attend if I transferred the tickets to them free of charge. What I found was that the people who I GAVE tickets to rarely attended, and everyone who had to pay something attended....

the problem is these tickets are not made available to people who are willing to purchase them. there should be a penalty to someone who does not make their tickets available...because the athletic department is linked to the stubhub site, they can measure the which tickets are listed for sale ...I would suggest a fine of $10 per ticket for each ticket that isn't used or listed for sale, and the fines become part of the donation required to renew for the next year...

 

[bddawg]

Do away with lower level reserved seats and make it first come first serve. End of problem.

Yeah just let that happen. How do you generate revenue?? Terrible idea. Beyond awful.

 

[jdbulldog]

The problem is many of these folks are older and don't have the skills to place them on the secondary market. I live in Texas and am a multiple sport season ticket holder but I now make my tickets available via Stub Hub for the games I can't attend...I always price my tickets as the best value so my tickets will sell first. I tried the whole ticket transfer via the Bulldog Club and many people, family, friends, and some on this board.."promised" they would attend if I transferred the tickets to them free of charge. What I found was that the people who I GAVE tickets to rarely attended, and everyone who had to pay something attended....

the problem is these tickets are not made available to people who are willing to purchase them. there should be a penalty to someone who does not make their tickets available...because the athletic department is linked to the stubhub site, they can measure the which tickets are listed for sale ...I would suggest a fine of $10 per ticket for each ticket that isn't used or listed for sale, and the fines become part of the donation required to renew for the next year...

I do not think assignment of a fine to those who generate most of the revenue would go over too well.

 

[bulldogcountry1]

30 minutes after first pitch. Yeah, they were 90% about halfway in when they open up the grandstand.View attachment 12535

 

[MeridianDog]

If I gave $30,000 - $40,000 a year to the athletic program, they sure as hell better no be harassing me on a Tuesday about the seats I paid for. ***


Granted, I am a crabby old Goat.


Think about what it would do if 20 other big money donors felt the same as me and all stopped giving. How would "the average fan, putting a butt in a seat" make up for that loss.


I guess we could sell those empty chairbacks for $500.00 a pop.


You are correct, if they don't show, sell their seat for $500.00. Everyone would be happy.


Why don't we have the TV announcers tell the viewing public every one of those nice empty chairs they see represents one big donor to the athletic fund and e thank them for their support.

We could have them say that five times a game.

 

[ezsoil]

If I gave $30,000 - $40,000 a year to the athletic program, they sure as hell better no be harassing me on a Tuesday about the seats I paid for.


Granted, I am a crabby old Goat.


Think about what it would do if 20 other big money donors felt the same as me and all stopped giving. How would "the average fan, putting a butt in a seat" make up for that loss.


I guess we could sell those empty chairbacks for $500.00 a pop.


You are correct, if they don't show, sell their seat for $500.00. Everyone would be happy.


Why don't we have the TV announcers tell the viewing public every one of those nice empty chairs they see represents one big donor to the athletic fund and e thank them for their support.

We could have them say that five times a game.

30-40 k a year to the athletic department??????

there are very few that do that if any...... I have only been a Bulldog Club member for 10 years and I'm surprised at how easy and how little money it takes to move up. 40k would be 800 points a year and after 3 years you would be in the top 200 givers according to the handy calculator on the website ....

 

[MeridianDog]

You're saying I should cut back?

What kind of supporter are you?


I fixed it for you ***.


What do you recommend I give?

 

[CrookedLetta4Eva]

Chairbacks were 90% full and that’s counting club where most sat inside. Like I said. Not many empty seats.

No.

 

[patdog]

This is actually a pretty good idea. The biggest problem with any ticket exchange is a lot of season ticket holders are just going to eat the tickets & not bother with listing them on StubHub. But they’d be a lot more likely to respond to a text or phone call.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Did you look at the chairbacks? Lots of open seats

From my perspective watching the tv broadcast, it appeared to be kinda empty in the chairbacks but full everywhere else.

 

[MeridianDog]

Excellent Solution provided by my wife.

Find the name of someone who never uses their seats. Available from the athletic dept. Maybe they can make a list.

Call that person and offer to rake their leaves (hint-hint) , Cut their lawn (hint-hint). Wash their bass boat (Hint-Hint), Wax their BMW (hint-hint), Walk their dog (e sure to pick up the dog crap). Drop by on Tuesdays and Fridays (hint-hint) to take out their trash and then clean the cat's litter box. OK-You get the idea.

Once they love you (it could happen - groveling does wonders), ask if you can have their tickets for games they don't come to.

I predict a very successful program of filing those seats would happen. I should get an award - maybe free Chat room (hint-hint).

 

[mount lefroy]

Do away with lower level reserved seats and make it first come first serve. End of problem.

Yea, the expensive ones.