NRF pricing going to be a huge problem

[Purple Pile Driver]

The "Who cares?" attitude toward fans is just so offputtingly contemptuous of our own fledgling fan base, I just gotta say.

I agree with you more than I disagree with you about the stadium, as we've discussed this now over multiple threads. Tend to think "dynamic pricing" just comes with the territory when you have a fancy new stadium and college football in the NIL era is now all about keeping up with the Joneses in generating revenue. Agree that there's a lot of people not being realistic in expecting things to stay exactly as they were with Old Ryan Field, or wanting a price that doesn't track with the rest of the B1G. Even agree that you make a good point about higher-priced cheap seats keeping out as many visiting fans as NU backers.

But people are allowed to roll their eyes about it while they're handing over their wallet, especially when even this supposed solution...



...is being monetized too. Don't want to subscribe to new streaming networks, go read a box score while wearing purple, amirite? (Oof.)



Shrug. If higher prices are just the way of the world, people complaining about them are too. There's just as much "What else do you expect?" in the second half of that sentence as the first.

Well, go on to any social media platform and read the comments that basically say “Nice stadium, why can’t they fill it up”. Then the mocking begins with other criticisms related to the team, history, nerds, fan engagement etc. all to be expected as you seem to imply, but then I come on thus site to basically see our OWN fans literally complaining about just about everything stadium related. That’s off putting to me. They are entitled to complain as much as they want and I also am entitled to complain about their CONSTANT complaints.

I absolutely have a “who cares” attitude to people enjoying the game from the concourse or NU not selling out the stadium. Doesn’t bother me at all. I have been around long enough to know that dropping prices even in half wouldn’t result in an entirely filled stadium of Purple. If people don’t want to pay the offered price, they have a choice not to. This free board has morphed into Inside NU on steroids. We are having a surprise renaissance this season and there is more stadium talk than team talk. Maybe as you say, what do you expect?, but it is off putting to me.

 

[NU'06er]

We are having a surprise renaissance this season...

Cheers to that. We've looked great. Makes me excited for some of the tougher tests on our schedule instead of dreadful, which is a delightful way to go through the season...

 

[RiseNorthwestern]

Anyone know why we can't buy single game tickets for all the games yet? Seems like they are releasing Rutgers tickets Wednesday, but I want to buy some tickets for the Illinois game.

I get holding off to push season tickets, but at this point, why not open them up? Especially if you are having sell out issues.