Reseating...

[Ardmore Mug]

Another good year for seat picking. Got our same seats for the past 7 yrs..   I guess we are lucky, as the others in our row hardly ever leave during the game.  It will be interesting for next year.  Now we walk right in , turn left and right straight to my (our) aisle seats.  Easy in and easy out.  I even have a place for my beer right next to me. Perfecto ! ! !

[jsglow]

I really do hope we get to walk into the new arena next year before we make a decision.  But given the timing I think it'll be difficult.

[Strokin 3s]

Now that this is the last year in the BC, I feel like I can "give away the secret" 441, 425, 419, 403 first two rows....The value of those tickets is sooo much better.  No seat donation, can pick your own seats...etc

[bilsu]

I really do hope we get to walk into the new arena next year before we make a decision.  But given the timing I think it'll be difficult.

At least you will only be stuck with your choice for one year.

[jsglow]

At least you will only be stuck with your choice for one year.

True dat.

[MUWarrior4Life]

I ended up with better seat this time around, my normal seats were gobbled up already.

[brewcity77]

Now that this is the last year in the BC, I feel like I can "give away the secret" 441, 425, 419, 403 first two rows....The value of those tickets is sooo much better.  No seat donation, can pick your own seats...etc

I was second row in 441 for a season about 5-6 years ago. Loved it, but those seats were never available to me again. Also great are the first rows above the gap in those sections. There's enough of an elevation divide that no one can block your view and it's only 4 seat rows so you don't have to go past a bunch of people to get in or out.

[Dr. Blackheart]

With all those extra lower bowl seats in the new arena, MU B&G is going to have a windfall in their coffers.

[warriorchick]

With all those extra lower bowl seats in the new arena, MU B&G is going to have a windfall in their coffers.

How do you figure that?  People aren't even buying all the lower bowl seats now.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

Now that this is the last year in the BC, I feel like I can "give away the secret" 441, 425, 419, 403 first two rows....The value of those tickets is sooo much better.  No seat donation, can pick your own seats...etc

I've sat in 441 for the past 11 seasons.  $275/seat with no donation.

[mu_hilltopper]

With all those extra lower bowl seats in the new arena, MU B&G is going to have a windfall in their coffers.

Yep .. it'll be very interesting to see what happens on that front.  Wouldn't surprise me if they have more upper deck demand than supply.

Maybe they'll have some back row lowers with no donation required or something.

[Dr. Blackheart]

How do you figure that?  People aren't even buying all the lower bowl seats now.

More seats in the lowers, less in the uppers. If the same number of people stay upper, Guru gets pushed back to the top row.

[muguru]

More seats in the lowers, less in the uppers. If the same number of people stay upper, Guru gets pushed back to the top row.

I just might, but I suspect in the new arena, the last row won't even be that bad..

[Mr. Nielsen]

Yep .. it'll be very interesting to see what happens on that front.  Wouldn't surprise me if they have more upper deck demand than supply.

Maybe they'll have some back row lowers with no donation required or something.

I don't think there will be 6,000 upper deck demand for season tickets. Many will go to the lower bowl.

[spartan3186]

Now that this is the last year in the BC, I feel like I can "give away the secret" 441, 425, 419, 403 first two rows....The value of those tickets is sooo much better.  No seat donation, can pick your own seats...etc

Completely agree, this will be the 4th year I've been in those seats. Sad to see them go next year.

[warriorchick]

More seats in the lowers, less in the uppers. If the same number of people stay upper, Guru gets pushed back to the top row.

You are assuming that they are going jack up the donation for the lower bowl seats that used to be uppers, just because they are now lower bowl seats.  I am not sure that is going to be the case. 

[mu03eng]

You are assuming that they are going jack up the donation for the lower bowl seats that used to be uppers, just because they are now lower bowl seats.  I am not sure that is going to be the case.

It will be very interesting to see how they balance things in the new seats. You have excitement around the new arena and hopefully a Top 20 team coming off a tournament run versus an alumni base that is becoming increasingly price sensitive. They also should be mindful of creating a hostile environment for opposing teams and if you price such that a lot of your dependable fans are sitting upstairs leaving the lowers dependent on walk-ups to fill makes for a sad view on camera and an easier place to play.

[DienerTime34]

It will be very interesting to see how they balance things in the new seats. You have excitement around the new arena and hopefully a Top 20 team coming off a tournament run versus an alumni base that is becoming increasingly price sensitive. They also should be mindful of creating a hostile environment for opposing teams and if you price such that a lot of your dependable fans are sitting upstairs leaving the lowers dependent on walk-ups to fill makes for a sad view on camera and an easier place to play.

What report have you read that says alumni are becoming more price sensitive?

[mu03eng]

What report have you read that says alumni are becoming more price sensitive?

The fact that the pool of STH is going down YoY

[bradley center bat]

If alumni are becoming more price sensitive, there would be less no-shows for non-conference during the week.

[DienerTime34]

The fact that the pool of STH is going down YoY

How do you know it's the price and not the quality of the product on the floor?

[Nukem2]

How do you know it's the price and not the quality of the product on the floor?

Probably both along with the attrition of long-time older STHs.

[mu03eng]

How do you know it's the price and not the quality of the product on the floor?

If quality goes down, sensitivity to price goes up, ergo........

[mu_hilltopper]

How do you know it's the price and not the quality of the product on the floor?

My initial reaction was that yes, STHs are getting more price sensitive, but I think you're right .. it's the product on the floor that makes them so.

Two seats in the corner amounts to $1450.  That's not a casual purchase.   But I think most STHs would pay $1600, hell $2000, to be back in the Big East (competitively) playing Syracuse, Notre Dame, UConn, Louisville, WVU each year.

It's gonna take a many more years to work out the shine we had 5 to 15 years ago, and reset people's value expectations.  ... We should be more excited to play Butler and Creighton .. but we're not. 

[jsglow]

My initial reaction was that yes, STHs are getting more price sensitive, but I think you're right .. it's the product on the floor that makes them so.

Two seats in the corner amounts to $1450.  That's not a casual purchase.   But I think most STHs would pay $1600, hell $2000, to be back in the Big East (competitively) playing Syracuse, Notre Dame, UConn, Louisville, WVU each year.

It's gonna take a many more years to work out the shine we had 5 to 15 years ago, and reset people's value expectations.  ... We should be more excited to play Butler and Creighton .. but we're not. 

I don't think that's it at all topper. It's not a function of new BEast vs. old BEast, especially with the old unbalanced schedule.  Nobody gave a damn about West Virginia or especially South Florida.  And Creighton, Butler and Xavier are wonderful rivals with great basketball traditions.  And sure it would be great to play the freakin' Domers.

The problem has been watching crappy basketball for too many years.  We have the right to expect our Warriors to compete at the top end of the conference winning the lion's share of our BEast games, especially at home. I remember both sides of this.  I remember the completely unacceptable loss at home against DePaul and the embarrassing whipping by Iowa when we left the BC with 8 minute to go.  I also remember dismantling Xavier and beating Nova.  We need more of the latter.