www.wowt.com
Nebraska’s historic sellout streak faces uncertainty as ticket sales lag
The Husker football season is about three weeks away. One of the major topics of discussion among fans is the team’s home game sellout streak, the longest in college football history.
View attachment 1399059
Not a single game is sold out yet, these numbers are from the AD itself, they say official capacity for tickets is 82,000.
Yep. Selling open seats to a corporation for pennies on the dollar who will then donate them and write them off while others will continue to pay manageable season ticket fees with astronomical mandatory donations for the same product.
The streak was dead long ago. But the tradition collation wouldn’t let it end on the Golden boy’s watch.
If AD allows the sell-out streak to end his time at NU is officially over. I assume he will beg/borrow/and steal to get it done...but everybody knows what is going on and like OSU in 2021, people just won't show up in the stadium and empty seats don't lie.
Fans packed in like a can of mushrooms, mediocre product at best, new players year in and year out, ridiculous ticket prices, horrible scheduling: Why would anyone want to go to these games?Nebraska’s historic sellout streak faces uncertainty as ticket sales lag
The Husker football season is about three weeks away. One of the major topics of discussion among fans is the team’s home game sellout streak, the longest in college football history.
View attachment 1399059
Not a single game is sold out yet, these numbers are from the AD itself, they say official capacity for tickets is 82,000.
Corporations have been buying up tickets and giving them away for over 50 years.
I don't think it's any specific reason, just a convergence of lots of issues, mediocre team, overpriced tickets, bad non con schedule, bad PR recently for the athletic department in terms of fan treatment. Uncomfortable seating and unenjoyable in stadium experience.
Fans are at fault the losing. Fans have accepted that winning is not a top priority, which is really backwards and messed up and ADs and coaches are universally highly competitive ultra greedy people who recognize they don't need competence to get paid.
Some of it is that the weaker teams that used to never be on TV are ALL on TV.
Yeah, but that was about 1/20th of what has been going on over the past 15 years or so. Back then, those were highly desired seats.
You do realize that most if not all the tickets not counting as sold are those that are given to the opposing team to sell to their sason holders etc and they have an option to turn them back in to Nebraska in which case will sell them out just like they did in the 70's -90's by getting big donors to buy them and give them to charities if nothing else lateNebraska’s historic sellout streak faces uncertainty as ticket sales lag
The Husker football season is about three weeks away. One of the major topics of discussion among fans is the team’s home game sellout streak, the longest in college football history.
View attachment 1399059
Not a single game is sold out yet, these numbers are from the AD itself, they say official capacity for tickets is 82,000.
You do realize that most if not all the tickets not counting as sold are those that are given to the opposing team to sell to their sason holders etc and they have an option to turn them back in to Nebraska in which case will sell them out just like they did in the 70's -90's by getting big donors to buy them and give them to charities if nothing else late
Yeah i got an email and phone called a few years ago about how they could improve the fan experience. My response was plain and simple. Put a better product on the field. I could care less about anything other than winning #1 and being able to grab some food whether it be hot dog or runza and a drink. I drive to the game, go to the game, and drive home. Turns out to be about an 8 to 9 hour day
I have 8 seats. 2 in the family since the 50s. Many times we were on the wait list with others. Finally after the north end zone expansion we were able to get more tickets. I found out my dad rejected additional tix after the 93 year. I wasn't happy about that. So when offered again we took 4 and after 600 expansion 2 more for 8 total. After many years of not being able to hardly give them away we thought about canceling. I decided to stick it out after the threats of being relocated or flat out displaced. In today's environment probably not going to happen but the fb ticketing is a mess
What did you expect when they started putting every game on TV and Tom expanded stadium capacity by almost 20,000? We added over 15,000 crappy seats.
Road teams are generally offered 3,000 tickets to sell, there's 7700-9250 remaining for all the home games and that includes some of the 3000 already being bought by opposing fans.
Nope won’t happen IMO . Just let it end . It will never be broken.
The TRUE sellout ended years ago they were close enough that big boosters or Companies bought them up for a tax write off .
Except it isn’t a tax write off. CPAs get really nerdish when you try to expense entertainment. In the 80s a buddy of mine could get as many tickets as he wanted through his family’s bank via one of the Lincoln banks. We were actually winning, the stadium only held ~76K, and you could still always get tickets.
Yep
Inside Nebraska
Teasley Rundown: Nebraska run game coordinator talks O-line
Inside Nebraska
Barthel Rundown: Husker RBs coach sees multiple starters in his room
Inside Nebraska
Three takeaways from Nebraska quarterbacks coach Glenn Thomas
Inside Nebraska
Playing with an edge: Anthony Jones Jr. ready to make an impact in final season
Rivals
QB Owen Herrick sets four visits, who are the contenders?
