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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: Tugg Speedman on September 30, 2015, 09:14:26 AM
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I just realized I have not gotten my season tickets. Have they been mailed yet?
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Haven't gotten mine yet. Think they usually come in mid October.
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Later in October in the past. No worry.
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Don't we get a Season Ticket Holder flag this year?
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Did you write your check for the BC fees? If not for the fact that I check my spam folder once a month, I probably would have missed my payment, too.
From: Marquette Athletics Ticket Office <athletics@mu.edu>
Date: July 30, 2015 at 8:20:28 AM CDT
To: undisclosed recipients;
Subject: Arena User Fees - MBB Season Tickets
Dear Marquette Season Ticket Holder,
As many of you are aware, the Bradley Center Sports and Entertainment Corporation (BCSEC) introduced a per ticket facility fee several years ago which has been included in the price of all Marquette Men's Basketball Tickets. These user fees have and will continue to assist the BCSEC, a non-profit corporation, as it faces the increasing maintenance costs and capital improvements associated with operating a world-class basketball arena.
Unfortunately, late last week the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) issued a memorandum to all sports and entertainment facility owners indicating that, effective immediately, any such facility fee charged by an owner of a venue must be paid directly to the owner even in situations where the owner leases the venue to a third party who handles its own ticketing, otherwise, if the lessee includes the facility fee in the ticket price, it must be taxed at the prevailing sales tax rate for the municipality in which the venue is located.
To deliver what we feel, and we hope our fans agree, is the best game-day experience in college basketball requires a year-round effort from a full-time staff (not to mention our dedicated students and part-time employees during the season); however, the announcement by the DOR could not have come at a more inopportune time as we ramp up for the 2015-16 season. Nevertheless, over the past few days we attempted to poll as many season ticket holders as we could in the limited time we had, and of the nearly two hundred season ticket holders we did reach, the overwhelming consensus was to pay the user fee directly to BCSEC rather than incur additional taxes.
Therefore, we ask that you follow the link below which will take you to a website where you may review and print your invoice from BCSEC. Please note that in order to comply with DOR regulations, all invoices must be paid no later than 45 days prior to the first event of the season (September 25th), otherwise, your season tickets will be delayed, or in some cases, may be cancelled. In early October, a credit for any facility fees already paid to MU Athletics will be issued and for those on a ticket payment plan, the amount of the fee will be deducted from your final payment.
We apologize for the inconvenience but hope you will join us in looking forward to the 2015-16 men's basketball season.
Sincerely,
Kim Dulde
Associate Athletic Director, Marketing & Sales
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Wow I never saw this. I better check today with the ticket office.
I called the ticket office and they knew nothing about this. They are looking into it and will get back to me. They said tix will go out mid-October and I was fine. Will post if I hear more. Hmmm
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Did Drunk Myron Medcalf write that email?
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The letter is BS.
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Wow I never saw this. I better check today with the ticket office.
I called the ticket office and they knew nothing about this. They are looking into it and will get back to me. They said tix will go out mid-October and I was fine. Will post if I hear more. Hmmm
Check the "source" of the email and put on your hip wadders because you got a lot of bulls#$t to climb out of.
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While not quite a Drunk Myron-esque reaction, I'll take it. It's nice to know I haven't run all of the gas out of the tank yet - though I am probably down to fumes at this juncture.
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I smile when I think of new posters/readers on Scoop who are reading this thread and wondering "Wait - what just happened here? Do we have to send more $$ to MU or not?"
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Wow, whoever took the time to write that put in some serious effort. Unfortunately for them, they listed the first event of the season as September 25...
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While not quite a Drunk Myron-esque reaction, I'll take it. It's nice to know I haven't run all of the gas out of the tank yet - though I am probably down to fumes at this juncture.
I think I should thank you. Our ad revenue is up today, and I suspect it's confused season ticket holders responsible for the bump.
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I think I should thank you. Our ad revenue is up today, and I suspect it's confused season ticket holders responsible for the bump.
Wait, what??!?!? Ad revenue???? What the damn hell? Now I definitely demand a Scoop sponsored party be thrown or we get some awesome scarves or something. ;D
Who's advertising with you FanDuel or DraftKings....pretty sure there isn't a thing they aren't sponsoring.
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I think I should thank you. Our ad revenue is up today, and I suspect it's confused season ticket holders responsible for the bump.
So despite all the complaining and resistance, apparently the sweater vests do know how to use the internet.
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While not quite a Drunk Myron-esque reaction, I'll take it. It's nice to know I haven't run all of the gas out of the tank yet - though I am probably down to fumes at this juncture.
Can someone link me to that Myron thread again? I need a good laugh. (Got kicked out of the library for drinking coffee of all things)
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Talked with ticket office. They know nothing of this letter and said mid-late October for tickets. No worries.
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While not quite a Drunk Myron-esque reaction, I'll take it. It's nice to know I haven't run all of the gas out of the tank yet - though I am probably down to fumes at this juncture.
So, what you are saying is that you were just a little drunk at 10:01 am, non è? Atta boy!
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lol
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This is the funniest thing ever.
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What the actual fock?
That's unbelievable. Where did the link send you?
Benny's phishing Pay Pal account.
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Benny's phishing Pay Pal account.
Did Topper really delete his own post? This is a whole new level I wasn't expecting.
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Did Topper really delete his own post? This is a whole new level I wasn't expecting.
Oh PUH-LEEZE.
None of us can delete posts but Topper can when he gets hooked???
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Did Topper really delete his own post? This is a whole new level I wasn't expecting.
This is the best thing since the Myron Medcalf troll job. Well done sir
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Holy crow, this thread has been amazing and it's only one page.
-Benny trolls again prompting people to call the ticket office
-Ticket office has to actually deal with multiple calls to the point
-Rocky reveals that he's got a Scrouge McDuck money vault of ad revenue that he swims in every day that has been increased by Benny's troll
-Another moderator(Topper) gets duped by the troll and upon realizing he has been taken goes and deletes his post abusing his Scoop privileges
-Topper gets caught deleting his account and is likely somewhere in Rocky's McDuck vault plotting revenge on all of us.
Anything I missed? Can we rename this place BennyScoop? If only for just a day? Clearly it's Benny's forum and we're just posting in it.
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Yep, I fell for it. Once I went back and read who was posting what, I realized the ruse and didn't want to have other people fooled by it, reading what I'd written.
Well done. You sure fooled me, and a few others.
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Poor Kim whom I believe is out on maternity leave. And, with the Ticket Ops job open, MU AD probably pinged her frantically to find out what was up with her email and the Department of Revenue.
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Poor Kim whom I believe is out on maternity leave. And, with the Ticket Ops job open, MU AD probably pinged her frantically to find out what was up with her email and the Department of Revenue.
Whyda gotta go a bring real people into this? ;D
I do know someone from the admissions office texted me cause they had heard there was a bit of a scramble in the ticket office because of some "internet rumor issue". My friend assumed Scoop was involved and wanted clarification.
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Yeah... I thought about the collateral damage immediately after the fact; I simply took the top name on the list from the ticketing staff listing on gomarquette.com, i.e. unlike my earlier work, I was not targeting her individually. I simply used her name to lend a bit of authenticity to my ruse... in hindsight, I probably should have made up a name and labelled it "Ticketing Intern," but then again, after #donedeal, nobody trusts students connected to the AD anymore. I'm sure I've had some interactions with her at some point, but if anyone knows Kim personally, please extend my sincerest apologies and best wishes during her leave, and if it's of any consolation, convey that her role here will be forever immortalized in the annals of Scoop as the day that Topper bit it hard.
Furthermore, if she could screenshot the list of emails she received on 9/30/15 upon her return, I think I speak on behalf of all Scoopers (except Topper) that we would forever be in her debt it if she would upload it here.
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Yeah, you give that a try.
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This is terrible and hilarious all at the same time. I love it.
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Whyda gotta go a bring real people into this? ;D
I do know someone from the admissions office texted me cause they had heard there was a bit of a scramble in the ticket office because of some "internet rumor issue". My friend assumed Scoop was involved and wanted clarification.
Why do they always blame Scoop when there is chaos among the Marquette fandom?
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Why do they always blame Scoop when there is chaos among the Marquette fandom?
Because I think there a couple of high placed lurkers on here as well as some folks that will jump to conclusions based on rumor and innuendo on here.
The angst over Hiroshima definitely reached the administration and was tied back to Scoop as well. There is a track record here :)
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Because I think there a couple of high placed lurkers on here as well as some folks that will jump to conclusions based on rumor and innuendo on here.
The angst over Hiroshima definitely reached the administration and was tied back to Scoop as well. There is a track record here :)
Didn't someone from the athletic department have to post here one time after Bazz left and there were those rumors of a NCAA investigation.
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Didn't someone from the athletic department have to post here one time after Bazz left and there were those rumors of a NCAA investigation.
Yes, the SID did and also had to post here about contacting recruits as well
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So, where are the tickets?
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So, where are the tickets?
They have been getting mailed out the last week in October in the past.
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So, where are the tickets?
First game is November 9th...R-E-L-A-X
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Season Tickets arrived in today's mail.
Also received a "Season Ticket Holder" MU flag.
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I think Wi Inferiority will be taking the afternoon off to get home to his mailbox. ;)
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my tickets came today. As my rural mail usually trails the 'big cities' by a day or two this is early.
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The flag was a nice addition to the mailing, except, like most swag, it had to have "season ticket holder" printed on it. Couldn't just have a nice MU flag to fly in Madtown.
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... except, like most swag, it had to have "season ticket holder" printed on it. Couldn't just have a nice MU flag to fly in Madtown.
Exactly what my wife (and I) said.
Wanna give us a perk, print up a MU flag with a Warrior head on it, old school.
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We got our Season Tickets in today's mail.
Also received the "Season Ticket Holder" MU flag.
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Received my tickets yesterday!!! GAME TIME!!!!
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I think Wi Inferiority will be taking the afternoon off to get home to his mailbox. ;)
I formed a neighborhood watch specifically to look for a larger, manilla envelope in my mailbox.
Seriously, the tickets come the same time every year, and every year I wonder where the hell they are two weeks before they arrive. I basically do the same thing with the release of the BE schedule.
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the package arrived even though I still have 1 payment to make, guess they trust me to follow up?
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the package arrived even though I still have 1 payment to make, guess they trust me to follow up?
I'm guessing they can electronically inactivate the bar codes for late season games if you don't keep making payments.
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At least MU still sends actual tickets. Bucks season tickets come in the form of a credit card type. Which is fine, unless you spread the love around. In that case you need to print individual tickets off the web.
Now that I think of it, even if you don't give away any games, you still need to make sure you get the card back. Example: office outing with me and three business partners. After entrance, I have to remember to collect the cards.
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Exactly what my wife (and I) said.
Wanna give us a perk, print up a MU flag with a Warrior head on it, old school.
You can get those here...
http://www.flagcenter.net/ProductDetails/tabid/152/ProductId/893/Default.aspx
I agree though, "Season Ticket Holder" kind of ruined it. They should have just left it plain.
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I agree though, "Season Ticket Holder" kind of ruined it. They should have just left it plain.
But they wanted them to be rare, and therefore valuable. You know, kinda like GOLD.
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Got my tickets (and flag) but not my parking and court-side club passes.
Are they mailed separately or was their a mistake?
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Got my tickets (and flag) but not my parking and court-side club passes.
Are they mailed separately or was their a mistake?
Separately. My parking arrived today.
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Finally broke down and bought big boy season tickets. Couldn't resist. I will throughly be enjoying my one free beer a game.
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I missed the memo on season tickets getting a free beer per game.
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I missed the memo on season tickets getting a free beer per game.
It's that new coors corner for young alumni.
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It's that new coors corner for young alumni.
In other words, not really "big boy" tickets. More like going to pullups.
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In other words, not really "big boy" tickets. More like going to pullups.
Eh, my bank account says otherwise. Remarkable how the blue and gold fund donation and Bradley Center fees and taxes aren't mentioned until you actually call.
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Eh, my bank account says otherwise. Remarkable how the blue and gold fund donation and Bradley Center fees and taxes aren't mentioned until you actually call.
It's always fun watching young people enter the 'real world'. Your friend chick jr. will be close by. Enjoy your beer.
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Eh, my bank account says otherwise. Remarkable how the blue and gold fund donation and Bradley Center fees and taxes aren't mentioned until you actually call.
What are you talking about? From my original post on the thread I started about this:
http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100115aaa.html
Oct. 1, 2015
Recent graduates of Marquette University now have the opportunity to claim their own sections at the BMO Harris Bradley Center for men’s basketball games with the creation of the Coors Light Recent Graduate Ticket Package, just in time for the 2015-16 season.
The “Coors Light Corner” in sections 427 and 428 provides the opportunity for alumni who have exhausted their eligibility in the last five years the opportunity to “graduate” from the student section and continue to cheer on the Golden Eagles as a group. Anyone who has earned a Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral or Professional degree from Marquette University since May 2011 is eligible for this program.
Season tickets for the “Coors Light Corner” will cost just $150 per ticket, well below the regular cost of $275 for this section. The discounted price includes $100 to cover the cost of the ticket to all 20 games this year and $50 will be a donation (tax deductible) to the Blue & Gold Fund, which assists in scholarship support for all of the athletic programs at Marquette.
Also included for each ticket in this section:
One Coors Light Recent Grad Section t-shirt
One piece of glassware co-branded by Marquette Basketball and Coors Light
One voucher per game for a free Coors Light to be redeemed only at the BMO Harris Bradley Center concession stand located by Sections 427 and 428
Entry for a drawing to participate in the Marquette Basketball Fantasy Camp
A limit of two tickets per graduate may be requested for this section. Recent Marquette graduates interested in purchasing season tickets in “Coors Light Corner” should call the Marquette Ticket Office at 414-288-GOMU (4668).
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I missed the memo on season tickets getting a free beer per game.
Email Kim Dulde; she'll hook you up.
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What are you talking about? From my original post on the thread I started about this:
Yea, must have glanced over that. Im fine with the B&G donation the Bradley Center ticket fee bothered me a little though.
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Yea, must have glanced over that. Im fine with the B&G donation the Bradley Center ticket fee bothered me a little though.
Big boys have to pay ticket fees. Just like everyone else who buys tickets for an event at the BC except for Marquette students. :)
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Email Kim Dulde; she'll hook you up.
"WTF, dude, she has NO IDEA what you are talking about."
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Big boys have to pay ticket fees. Just like everyone else who buys tickets for an event at the BC except for Marquette students. :)
You practicing for when your kids are out of school and having the same "problems" as Chitown? ;)
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You practicing for when your kids are out of school and having the same "problems" as Chitown? ;)
I already have one out. Her only complaint is that they don't tell you upfront that they are assigned seats and not general admission like the student seats. She bought one ticket and she and her friends had to go back to the ticket office so that they could sit together.
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I already have one out. Her only complaint is that they don't tell you upfront that they are assigned seats and not general admission like the student seats. She bought one ticket and she and her friends had to go back to the ticket office so that they could sit together.
Oh my, the travesties kids must face today.
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Ticket fees?! Assigned seating?! THE HORROR.
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Actually it sounds like her daughter's problem is that she was unaware that it is assigned seating. Not the fact that it is actually assigned seating.
On the one hand I wouldn't know why she would assume it would be general admission. On the other hand, that might be something that Marquette should communicate to a group that is used to general admission.
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Actually it sounds like her daughter's problem is that she was unaware that it is assigned seating. Not the fact that it is actually assigned seating.
On the one hand I wouldn't know why she would assume it would be general admission. On the other hand, that might be something that Marquette should communicate to a group that is used to general admission.
Actually, I think MU missed the boat on this one. College kids have a tendency to text each other with 'who's going?' and then link up and sit together. It's MUCH better than the stress of assigned seating and 'Who am I getting tickets with this year?' as was the case when I was in school. I think the young alums would much prefer GA. As an example, Chitown and my daughter are casual friends and might sit together if they ran into each other at the BC. But I think both would agree they wouldn't commit to buying tickets together.
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I'm also anticipating that many of the young alums (especially those 1 or 2 years out) will migrate to the student section on occasion. I'm fully expecting that my daughter will want to hang with sorority sisters, other friends and/or her Senior brother. As time passes and recent grads lose student connections, that behavior will wane.
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Actually, I think MU missed the boat on this one. College kids have a tendency to text each other with 'who's going?' and then link up and sit together. It's MUCH better than the stress of assigned seating and 'Who am I getting tickets with this year?' as was the case when I was in school. I think the young alums would much prefer GA. As an example, Chitown and my daughter are casual friends and might sit together if they ran into each other at the BC. But I think both would agree they wouldn't commit to buying tickets together.
I respectfully disagree. MU shouldn't be their enabler. They're adults. They're no longer "college kids. They're college graduates. They can figure out who they want to sit by and make the necessary arrangements when ordering season tickets. My 6 buddies and I have done that since we graduated in 2002. We figured it out. It's a simple process. Besides, it's not like they couldn't find a place to sit together in the upper bowl for most games anyway.
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As an example, Chitown and my daughter are casual friends and might sit together if they ran into each other at the BC. But I think both would agree they wouldn't commit to buying tickets together.
So are you saying that you'd prefer it if Chitown kept things casual? Or are you saying that Chick jr. needs commitment?
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Actually, I think MU missed the boat on this one. College kids have a tendency to text each other with 'who's going?' and then link up and sit together. It's MUCH better than the stress of assigned seating and 'Who am I getting tickets with this year?' as was the case when I was in school. I think the young alums would much prefer GA. As an example, Chitown and my daughter are casual friends and might sit together if they ran into each other at the BC. But I think both would agree they wouldn't commit to buying tickets together.
This, when I called they asked me who I would like to sit next to and I panicked and just spat out like 3 different names. So I have no clue who I'm sitting next to.
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This, when I called they asked me who I would like to sit next to and I panicked and just spat out like 3 different names. So I have no clue who I'm sitting next to.
And that's the ticket office's fault? ;D
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This, when I called they asked me who I would like to sit next to and I panicked and just spat out like 3 different names. So I have no clue who I'm sitting next to.
Neither do I, unless my kids count.
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Yea, this isn't a particularly difficult process. I've been doing it for 4 years now. I could see the thought maybe this was GA since it's an "Extension of the Eagles Nest." As a young alum, I like knowing where I will sit every game. Also, I don't have to worry about leaving the place I'm at before the game to find a decent seat.
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I like knowing that I won't have to freeze my ass off for games anymore.
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I respectfully disagree. MU shouldn't be their enabler. They're adults. They're no longer "college kids. They're college graduates. They can figure out who they want to sit by and make the necessary arrangements when ordering season tickets. My 6 buddies and I have done that since we graduated in 2002. We figured it out. It's a simple process. Besides, it's not like they couldn't find a place to sit together in the upper bowl for most games anyway.
MU's objective is to sell the most tickets. GA for the recent alum dedicated section would do that. If one wants assigned seats, there's 10,000 others to choose from. You and your friends were an were an easy sell. But you're not the target. Candidly, the target is my daughter and Chitown and BOTH have expressed preference for GA primarily because it doesn't force them to determine their seatmates. Let me ask the question this way. Does it make sense for the student section to be assigned seats? I'd argue an emphatic no.
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I respectfully disagree. MU shouldn't be their enabler. They're adults. They're no longer "college kids. They're college graduates. They can figure out who they want to sit by and make the necessary arrangements when ordering season tickets. My 6 buddies and I have done that since we graduated in 2002. We figured it out. It's a simple process. Besides, it's not like they couldn't find a place to sit together in the upper bowl for most games anyway.
Enabling? We're talking about where to sit at a basketball game. TAMU has general admission seating in some of the sections for basketball games and it works out very well. Makes us money too. Sure the people who get the front few rows of a section get cheaper tickets but those in the nosebleeds end up overpaying.
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MU's objective is to sell the most tickets. GA for the recent alum dedicated section would do that. If one wants assigned seats, there's 10,000 others to choose from.
What are you basing that on? If someone wants to buy season tickets, I can't imagine that a lack of general admission seating is going to turn them off.
Enabling? We're talking about where to sit at a basketball game. TAMU has general admission seating in some of the sections for basketball games and it works out very well. Makes us money too. Sure the people who get the front few rows of a section get cheaper tickets but those in the nosebleeds end up overpaying.
Yes, it would be enabling if the school created a special "general admission" section for recent grads because they aren't willing to put in a small amount of effort to order season tickets with their friends.
I don't know. Maybe I've just had a frustrating stretch with our recently hired lazy, entitled millennials ;)
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What are you basing that on? If someone wants to buy season tickets, I can't imagine that a lack of general admission seating is going to turn them off.
Let me try another approach. By offering a GA recent alum section IN ADDITION to reserved seating I just doubled my product offering. IDK, I was just a dumb Finance/Economics major back in the day. Two breakfast cereals are better than one by definition. By offering two, you will sell more cereal.
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Enabling? We're talking about where to sit at a basketball game. TAMU has general admission seating in some of the sections for basketball games and it works out very well. Makes us money too. Sure the people who get the front few rows of a section get cheaper tickets but those in the nosebleeds end up overpaying.
We're off on a tangent but I could certainly envision that for the 3rd, seldom used deck in the new arena. Not saying that it's necessarily a good idea but one must always consider the most marginal fan. I've said forever that MU ought to go back to the $99 end-zone season ticket. That alone got chick and I to purchase season tickets from Chicago roughly 10 years ago. We've moved to far more expensive seats from that modest starter spot.
I also remember 3-4 years ago they tried to raise the price of student tickets ($125 I think). It was an absolute disaster, immediately abandoned the following year.
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Let me try another approach. By offering a GA recent alum section IN ADDITION to reserved seating I just doubled my product offering. IDK, I was just a dumb Finance/Economics major back in the day. Two breakfast cereals are better than one by definition. By offering two, you will sell more cereal.
In that case, why not offer GA seating for the entire upper bowl? Or just the upper bowl baselines? Are GA prices cheaper, more expensive or the same cost as assigned seats? And why include only "recent alum" and only one section? I like to get to games early. Why can't I sit in a better seat than someone who arrives a couple minutes after tip-off? After all, everyone in my section and those near me are paying the same cost per ticket. Also, are you offering only one cereal choice to the general public but two choices to people age 25 and under? If so, why?
I understand your point, but I feel that the "GA for recent alum" notion is just unnecessary.
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In that case, why not offer GA seating for the entire upper bowl? Or just the upper bowl baselines? Are GA prices cheaper, more expensive or the same cost as assigned seats? And why include only "recent alum" and only one section? I like to get to games early. Why can't I sit in a better seat than someone who arrives a couple minutes after tip-off? After all, everyone in my section and those near me are paying the same cost per ticket. Also, are you offering only one cereal choice to the general public but two choices to people age 25 and under? If so, why?
I understand your point, but I feel that the "GA for recent alum" notion is just unnecessary.
Good enough. We'll just disagree. So for interest sake, what's your view on student having GA?
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Just watched MU again win the NCAA Championship. I AM CHARGED! LET'S GET IT ON!
WARRIORS, WARRIORS, WARRIORS
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I respectfully disagree. MU shouldn't be their enabler. They're adults. They're no longer "college kids. They're college graduates. They can figure out who they want to sit by and make the necessary arrangements when ordering season tickets. My 6 buddies and I have done that since we graduated in 2002. We figured it out. It's a simple process. Besides, it's not like they couldn't find a place to sit together in the upper bowl for most games anyway.
Damn someone forgot what it's like to be young and have plans change quickly. Settle down gramps. Why didn't you also include "I have dinner every night at 5:30 and three bowel movements by 9:15 am or I call my MD about constipation." In that post.
Don't forget, not everyone has just 6 friends that they only want to sit by game in and game out.
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Damn someone forgot what it's like to be young and have plans change quickly. Settle down gramps. Why didn't you also include "I have dinner every night at 5:30 and three bowel movements by 9:15 am or I call my MD about constipation." In that post.
Don't forget, not everyone has just 6 friends that they only want to sit by game in and game out.
Thanks, Mr. Popular. You're a fine example of the "everything should revolve around me" generation. Just because you and your massive group of friends are disorganized and unreliable doesn't mean there should be a general admission section for recent grads. For the record, we started off with a group of about 10-12 guys buying tickets in the same section and several other people who we'd meet up with before/after games and during halftime. That changes over time. You'll learn that some day, young whippersnapper.
Also, plans change quickly? Really? I have 4 kids age 6 and under. Don't tell me about plans changing quickly ;)
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Good enough. We'll just disagree. So for interest sake, what's your view on student having GA?
I was personally never a big fan of the GA seating for students (despite seeing bad ConfUSA ball in my student days). I would have liked to see something similar to the points system that regular season ticket holders have (i.e. move closer with each year you buy tickets). Basically, it would end up being seniors towards the front and frosh in the upper deck. A stamp/wristband arrangement doesn't seem like it would be too complex an undertaking. That said, "stadium management" isn't my field so maybe it would be.
(Full disclosure: I'm an engineer who likes structure and order)
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I was personally never a big fan of the GA seating for students (despite seeing bad ConfUSA ball in my student days). I would have liked to see something similar to the points system that regular season ticket holders have (i.e. move closer with each year you buy tickets). Basically, it would end up being seniors towards the front and frosh in the upper deck. A stamp/wristband arrangement doesn't seem like it would be too complex an undertaking. That said, "stadium management" isn't my field so maybe it would be.
(Full disclosure: I'm an engineer who likes structure and order)
I've always struggled with this concept... in the grand scheme, there's nothing worse than making students sit outside in freezing temperatures to see a big game whether or not the team is doing well - it seems somewhat Machiavellian for an athletic department to create a system that makes this an inevitability ("look at the students, they're having so much fun and they're so passionate... boy I wish I was in college again" as they AD admins "brave" outside temps for 50 feet from parking garage to arena entrance).
But in the age of television contracts, the last thing you want viewers to see is a bunch of empty seats in the lower bowl.
In a perfect setting, student tickets would have seats (or sections) assigned before each game according to some sort of point system that takes into account the student's class/year, the number of games they've attended previously, their preferred friend/companion/kiss-cam-partner lists, etc. Although the complexity of which would be necessary to avoid empty seats and maximize some element of "fairness" I cannot even begin to comprehend. But the bottom line is that the more games you attend, the closer you get to the floor... that way, the older kids have something of a priority status, but in the same light, a senior who hasn't been to a game his/her entire collegiate career doesn't get to show up on Senior Day vs. GTown to watch MU clinch the BE and displace a freshman who's attended every game.
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I've always struggled with this concept... in the grand scheme, there's nothing worse than making students sit outside in freezing temperatures to see a big game whether or not the team is doing well - it seems somewhat Machiavellian for an athletic department to create a system that makes this an inevitability ("look at the students, they're having so much fun and they're so passionate... boy I wish I was in college again" as they AD admins "brave" outside temps for 50 feet from parking garage to arena entrance).
But in the age of television contracts, the last thing you want viewers to see is a bunch of empty seats in the lower bowl.
In a perfect setting, student tickets would have seats (or sections) assigned before each game according to some sort of point system that takes into account the student's class/year, the number of games they've attended previously, their preferred friend/companion/kiss-cam-partner lists, etc. Although the complexity of which would be necessary to avoid empty seats and maximize some element of "fairness" I cannot even begin to comprehend. But the bottom line is that the more games you attend, the closer you get to the floor... that way, the older kids have something of a priority status, but in the same light, a senior who hasn't been to a game his/her entire collegiate career doesn't get to show up on Senior Day vs. GTown to watch MU clinch the BE and displace a freshman who's attended every game.
The GA system for the students also helps guarantee that the most enthusiastic and dedicated fans get to sit up front, unlike the rest of the arena where the sweater vest crowd scores the best seats, while the wild cheering of glow and me goes unnoticed in the upper bowl...
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The GA system for the students also helps guarantee that the most enthusiastic and dedicated fans get to sit up front, unlike the rest of the arena where the sweater vest crowd scores the best seats, while the wild cheering of glow and me goes unnoticed in the upper bowl...
I don't think people realize that sitting out in the cold for hours was actually one of my most rewarding moments of the student section. I loved that wait, forces people to be creative.
Also, if you cheer ad loud as you say you do, I'm sure you and glow would be welcomed into the young alumni section. With permission from chick jr of course.
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I don't think people realize that sitting out in the cold for hours was actually one of my most rewarding moments of the student section. I loved that wait, forces people to be creative.
Also, if you cheer ad loud as you say you do, I'm sure you and glow would be welcomed into the young alumni section. With permission from chick jr of course.
Yeah, that's not happening.
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I don't think people realize that sitting out in the cold for hours was actually one of my most rewarding moments of the student section. I loved that wait, forces people to be creative.
It was great. I met a few people in line for games as a freshman that I'm still friends with to this day.
That said, I was ready to be done with it after four years. Much prefer getting there at tip after some pregame beverages.
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In a perfect setting, student tickets would have seats (or sections) assigned before each game according to some sort of point system that takes into account the student's class/year, the number of games they've attended previously, their preferred friend/companion/kiss-cam-partner lists, etc.
Too complicated. 6 hours before tip, students can log into their account and claim a game ticket. This way the most passionate fans for each game get the best seats. But, get off my lawn.
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It was great. I met a few people in line for games as a freshman that I'm still friends with to this day.
That said, I was ready to be done with it after four years. Much prefer getting there at tip after some pregame beverages.
I was ready to be done after three years.
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I was personally never a big fan of the GA seating for students (despite seeing bad ConfUSA ball in my student days). I would have liked to see something similar to the points system that regular season ticket holders have (i.e. move closer with each year you buy tickets). Basically, it would end up being seniors towards the front and frosh in the upper deck. A stamp/wristband arrangement doesn't seem like it would be too complex an undertaking. That said, "stadium management" isn't my field so maybe it would be.
(Full disclosure: I'm an engineer who likes structure and order)
Interesting that you say that. Students GA was strongly preferred by my kids and their friends. Honestly, I think you're in the small minority. But unlike some others here who are calling you names, I've enjoyed your perspective.
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wouldn't the Frosh and Soph fans be more vociferous? By my Senior year I couldn't applaud with two beers in my hands and usually had a date
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Underclassmen are usually way more rambunctious, imo.
I support a point system that rewards those that attend all sports.
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All you clowns with your crazy algorithms MUST be engineers. The outdoor line matters about twice a year and frankly is a wonderful rite of passage as Chitown indicated. Leading the entire student body into the BMO BC against Bucky in both 2010 (Frosh daughter) and 2012 (Frosh son) should be worthy of a banner in the Al somewhere. Of course as upperclassmen, they preferred to hang back and pre-game a tad.
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Pitt has a neat system for student tickets.
At a designated point before each game, you log into your online account and mark that you want a ticket for the game. Then, at a later designated point, tickets are distributed based on who has the most points out of the people who requested tickets based on the following system:
2 points for each game attended in the past
-1 point for requesting a ticket, getting issued a ticket, and then not showing up.
If there are still tickets available after that distribution, then anyone who wants one can log in and get one.
Of course, Pitt doesn't pay rent at the Pete, so that explains why they don't worry about charging the students for tickets.
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All you clowns with your crazy algorithms MUST be engineers. The outdoor line matters about twice a year and frankly is a wonderful rite of passage as Chitown indicated. Leading the entire student body into the BMO BC against Bucky in both 2010 (Frosh daughter) and 2012 (Frosh son) should be worthy of a banner in the Al somewhere. Of course as upperclassmen, they preferred to hang back and pre-game a tad.
Kegs 'n Eggs > Buzz's stale Dunkin' Donuts, ai na?
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Interesting that you say that. Students GA was strongly preferred by my kids and their friends. Honestly, I think you're in the small minority. But unlike some others here who are calling you names, I've enjoyed your perspective.
I will admit that my viewpoint is probably skewed by the fact that a group of us sat in the student section watching bad basketball for 3 years before Wade arrived my senior year. By late in that season, those of us who had been consistently going to games found ourselves fighting for seats with people who didn't know a basketball from a watermelon. It was fun to be part of a student section that was relatively full for a change but also frustrating that people had to run and push and shove in order to get a decent seat.
In addition, any time a mass of people goes sprinting into a confined space, it's a safety concern. All it takes is one serious injury (or one minor injury to an "important" student) and the GA system goes away. Why not get out ahead of that and get the student seating more organized?
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I will admit that my viewpoint is probably skewed by the fact that a group of us sat in the student section watching bad basketball for 3 years before Wade arrived my senior year. By late in that season, those of us who had been consistently going to games found ourselves fighting for seats with people who didn't know a basketball from a watermelon. It was fun to be part of a student section that was relatively full for a change but also frustrating that people had to run and push and shove in order to get a decent seat.
In addition, any time a mass of people goes sprinting into a confined space, it's a safety concern. All it takes is one serious injury (or one minor injury to an "important" student) and the GA system goes away. Why not get out ahead of that and get the student seating more organized?
You are starting to sound like those overprotective parents. Let's just cover all of our kids with bubble wrap and hold their hands as they go up the stairs.
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You are starting to sound like those overprotective parents. Let's just cover all of our kids with bubble wrap and hold their hands as they go up the stairs.
There's an obvious difference between a) being an overprotective parent and b) protecting yourself from a lawsuit from overprotective parent.
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Serious question, what is acceptable apparal now? I don't think a jersey with gold shorts and blue and gold knee high socks are gonna cut it anymore but at the same time I ain't in sweater vest territory yet.
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Serious question, what is acceptable apparal now? I don't think a jersey with gold shorts and blue and gold knee high socks are gonna cut it anymore but at the same time I ain't in sweater vest territory yet.
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Serious question, what is acceptable apparal now? I don't think a jersey with gold shorts and blue and gold knee high socks are gonna cut it anymore but at the same time I ain't in sweater vest territory yet.
Marquette sweatshirt/t-shirt/zippy/pullover (not all at once). No shorts. No jerseys. No "student" t-shirts.
Welcome to the big leagues.
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There's an obvious difference between a) being an overprotective parent and b) protecting yourself from a lawsuit from overprotective parent.
Exactly.
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Serious question, what is acceptable apparal now? I don't think a jersey with gold shorts and blue and gold knee high socks are gonna cut it anymore but at the same time I ain't in sweater vest territory yet.
Hey... you millennials are all about dressing ironically. Get yourself a damn sweater vest.
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Serious question, what is acceptable apparal now? I don't think a jersey with gold shorts and blue and gold knee high socks are gonna cut it anymore but at the same time I ain't in sweater vest territory yet.
Wear whatever the hell you want, man.
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Wear whatever the hell you want, man.
Bingo
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Kegs 'n Eggs > Buzz's stale Dunkin' Donuts, ai na?
Yep. Or simply avoiding the cold. Funny thing is my son doesn't drink before games. Maybe last year he should have!
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Marquette sweatshirt/t-shirt/zippy/pullover (not all at once). No shorts. No jerseys. No "student" t-shirts.
Welcome to the big leagues.
Agree.