Reseating 2009 Thread

[Muhoops85]

Lots of good lower bowl seats were still available when I made my selection tonight.  When I made the final submission, the on-screen confirmation had a blurb about payment plans. We have had preferred seating for the last 2 seasons and had to pony up big time when the invoice arrived ($8K including our 2nd set of seats).  We decided to just choose lower bowls during the normal seating process.  The availability of a payment plan (other than running up a credit card bill) may be helpful to the sales efforts.  I do not recall reading anything about payment plans but I think it is a great idea.

[MULS1999]

Our group had its reseating appointment Tuesday night and I must say we were disappointed.  After more than $3500 in combined donations in an effort to "move up," we actually had to move to different seats because 2 of our 4 seats had already been claimed.  The new seats are still very nice; I guess I don't understand the math.  

How can you jump that many places in line and seem to only be treading water?  Are donations really up in this economic climate (seems unlikely)?  I read one explanation might be people increasing a pair of tickets to four.  Can anyone speak to how common that is and what the option is for extisting ticketholders to add tickets under the same point totals?  Because if demand is this high, it would seem that a secondary market could be created with those high point total folks moving from 2 to 4 and then reselling the tickets.

Anyone else having similar experiences?

[Sir Lawrence]

Our group had its reseating appointment Tuesday night and I must say we were disappointed.  After more than $3500 in combined donations in an effort to "move up," we actually had to move to different seats because 2 of our 4 seats had already been claimed.  The new seats are still very nice; I guess I don't understand the math.  

How can you jump that many places in line and seem to only be treading water?  Are donations really up in this economic climate (seems unlikely)?  I read one explanation might be people increasing a pair of tickets to four.  Can anyone speak to how common that is and what the option is for existing ticket holders to add tickets under the same point totals?  Because if demand is this high, it would seem that a secondary market could be created with those high point total folks moving from 2 to 4 and then reselling the tickets.

Anyone else having similar experiences?

I went at 5:15 on Tuesday and was surprised at the availability compared to two years ago.  My percentile, however, has increased 13.06 places since the last reseating.  Keep in mind that the donations counted are over a two year period, and year end giving in 2008 probably wasn't impacted by the economy.  I think that will very much happen next time around, presumably in 2011.

[mu_hilltopper]

Anyone done the online version? 

My question surrounds .. how often is the "seating chart" updated?  I mean .. if you take a few minutes to pick a seat, do seats disappear in front of your eyes, or do you need to refresh the screen somehow?

[Chili]

Anyone done the online version? 

My question surrounds .. how often is the "seating chart" updated?  I mean .. if you take a few minutes to pick a seat, do seats disappear in front of your eyes, or do you need to refresh the screen somehow?

I am fairly certain it is real time. When select seats they will hold them for 30 seconds then they get re-released.

[BrewCity83]

I did the online picking Tuesday night at 6:11 pm.  You have to click out to the Overhead View screen, then select your section to get the updated view on what seats are available.  That only takes a couple seconds.  When you select your seats, you can still "hold" them for 30 minutes and browse around for other available seats in case you want to make a change before you hit "Submit".

I got bumped back one row and over 2 seats (away from midcourt).  I think the resaeting was supposed to start Monday night, but 2 of my 4 seats from last year were already "selected" by Sunday.  Who is getting these seats?  Is there some type of presale to preferred season ticket holders or sponsors?  Or did the university take more or different seats than last year?

[mu_hilltopper]

Yeah, I noticed a few seats gone before Monday, including the two odd seats that were next to me for the last 2 seasons .. no one really sat there most of the time, then some random people would be there every so often. -- Knowing those seats were gone before Monday means that MU must hold those odd ones back for their own purposes.

Not odd they do that, just the location was bizarre.  (Corner section, Row X, 2 in from the aisle?)

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Can somebody tell me if you can log on early and be ready to select as soon as the count down clock hits zero?

[Strokin 3s]

Although I have not selected yet I think this set up is ideal.  Especially compared to previous times when you would get taken in and shown what was left.  At least this way you can get a feel for what will be available to you ahead of time.

I am amazed at the number of good seats still left.

[bilsu]

Yeah, I noticed a few seats gone before Monday, including the two odd seats that were next to me for the last 2 seasons .. no one really sat there most of the time, then some random people would be there every so often. -- Knowing those seats were gone before Monday means that MU must hold those odd ones back for their own purposes.

Not odd they do that, just the location was bizarre.  (Corner section, Row X, 2 in from the aisle?)

When I went in for reseating I asked why there was two shades of red marking the taken seats. The one shade of red were the seats reserved by MU for their own use. In the past I have been told that the very large donors select their tickets before the reseating process.

[Sir Lawrence]

Can somebody tell me if you can log on early and be ready to select as soon as the count down clock hits zero?

Yes

[Sir Lawrence]

When I went in for reseating I asked why there was two shades of red marking the taken seats. The one shade of red were the seats reserved by MU for their own use. In the past I have been told that the very large donors select their tickets before the reseating process.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Dick Strong doesn't worry about the reseating process. 

[bma725]

When I went in for reseating I asked why there was two shades of red marking the taken seats. The one shade of red were the seats reserved by MU for their own use. In the past I have been told that the very large donors select their tickets before the reseating process.

Bingo.

Not only that but there are some people(jesuits, long time faculty etc) who are exempt from reseating.   They won't lose the seat, but in many cases that also means that they can't improve their seats if they choose to.

[bilsu]

Our group had its reseating appointment Tuesday night and I must say we were disappointed.  After more than $3500 in combined donations in an effort to "move up," we actually had to move to different seats because 2 of our 4 seats had already been claimed.  The new seats are still very nice; I guess I don't understand the math.  

How can you jump that many places in line and seem to only be treading water?  Are donations really up in this economic climate (seems unlikely)?  I read one explanation might be people increasing a pair of tickets to four.  Can anyone speak to how common that is and what the option is for extisting ticketholders to add tickets under the same point totals?  Because if demand is this high, it would seem that a secondary market could be created with those high point total folks moving from 2 to 4 and then reselling the tickets.

Anyone else having similar experiences?

I only take two seats. In the past they did not encourage me to take any more. This year they asked me three times in the reseating process if I wanted two more seats. So they definately were pushing it. With the donation level per seat you have to make donations to keep up. In my case I have to donate $375 a seat for my two seats, which comes to $1,500 in two years. Someone else taking 4 seats at my level will have to donate $3,000 in two years. If I do not doing anything else, I will fall 15 points behind the person with four seats.

[Fullodds]

When does reseating start each day?  I have my apppointment in a few hours and I'm wondering how many are in front of me

[warriormom]

Reseating starts at 4:00 each day except Saturday.  Starts in the morning not sure when.  They add new patrons every MINUTE so be ready to pick right away.  You can be in the system at anytime and on more than one computer.  We had two people on checking both sides of the arena.  The seats disappear as they are chosen.  They turn a bright red/purple color while they are hold and then turn dark red when chosen.  No need to refresh.  It is vital to be logged in before your time because of the frequency of new choosers.  When it is your time to choose a message will pop up and you can click on your first seat.  after your first choice it tells you that it is in your cart or something like that and you have to click OK.  Then choose your remaining seats.  The instructional video is actually helpful.
   We spoke with Joe True in the Blue and Gold office several times about concerns.
It is true that faculty and staff that have been grandfathered in can keep their same seats.  The University seats were also blocked out ahead of time and these seats are all over the arena not just prime seats.  He told us the number of University seats actually went down this year.  Not sure if they were in the lower bowl or not.
We went up 30 spots and were basically treading water too.  We lucked out and got 4 on the mid court aisle in a similar section to what we had been in, where were on the opposite aisle last time.
Joe told us that many people ahead of us had increased from 2 to 4 tickets.
We noticed that although 15 people were in ahead of us ( we went at 4:16 on Tuesday) only 8 seats were chosen in that time period, 4 groups of 2.  So there were 11 people who took their sweet time.
Hope this helps

[mu_hilltopper]

Boy, that deal where you can go up from 2 to 4 tickets is a real killer for everyone downstream.  

As time goes on, and the 12 good sections get more and more entrenched, it's more and more favorable to just forget about helping yourself, instead, find a friend above you and ask them to get you 2.  

It's one thing that if you bear children and want to start taking them to games .. it's another when you're just buying for others who would normally not get such prime seats due to their point level.

[Sir Lawrence]

Well that was frustrating.  I just selected for my business partner.  I did my own from the Al.  These I did from home.  Running Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10  Had everything ready to go.   My time comes up, and I try to select, and it won't "take."  I try four times; no go.

So, I re-log in using Explorer, and fortunately get the same seats I was targeting, but I'll admit I was a bit panicked, selecting for someone else and getting nowhere.  The web site states:

      PC users – We suggest you use a Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/) browser or newer versions of Internet Explorer (6.0 or higher).

So, what the heck?

[QPSS70]

I picked the other night.  I recall they said I would get an email confirm within 24 hours, but I haven't gotten one yet.  Should I be worried?  

Is everyone else getting an email confirm?  Someone above mentioned payment plans but I don't recall seeing anything about plans.  

Hope I didn't screw up.

Edit:
The email confirmation was just delivered several minutes ago right after I posted.  3 days later, but I am set for next year's seats. 

[augoman]

agree about the frustration of 2 seats to 4..., especially when I went thru hell, and lost a ton of 'position', going to 4 seats many years ago.  I believe the comment re getting seats for friends w/ lower point totals is accurate, and should not be allowed- if detected. 

[muguru]

So can anyone confirm that they are offering payment plans this year?? If so, what are the options, do we know??

[QPSS70]

This was in the email I received from MU last night confirming my ticket purchase:

This year we are happy to offer you the ability to pay for your season tickets via a 6-month payment plan. If you so choose, you may elect to have the total cost of your season tickets split into six charges payable over six months. The first of the six payments is due by July 31 and will immediately be charged to your credit card. The remaining five payments will then automatically be charged to the same credit card on the last day of each ensuing month from August through December.

You may instead choose to pay the total amount in one payment due by July 31.

If you have any questions, please email athletics@marquette.edu or call 414-288-GOMU (4668).

[Brewtown Andy]

This was in the email I received from MU last night confirming my ticket purchase:

This year we are happy to offer you the ability to pay for your season tickets via a 6-month payment plan. If you so choose, you may elect to have the total cost of your season tickets split into six charges payable over six months. The first of the six payments is due by July 31 and will immediately be charged to your credit card. The remaining five payments will then automatically be charged to the same credit card on the last day of each ensuing month from August through December.

You may instead choose to pay the total amount in one payment due by July 31.

If you have any questions, please email athletics@marquette.edu or call 414-288-GOMU (4668)

Not bad, but still not as great of a payment plan as MU employees get.

[wardle2wade]

Reseating starts at 4:00 each day except Saturday.  Starts in the morning not sure when.  They add new patrons every MINUTE so be ready to pick right away.  You can be in the system at anytime and on more than one computer. 

Thanks for the great info, but I believe it starts earlier than 4pm... on the other board, someone said their time is 2:47pm on Friday (today).  Can anyone confirm the start or tell of any earlier time?  I'm helping my friend pick his seats this afternoon.

Also, my time is for Sat 10:10am.  Anyone know how much earlier it starts tomorrow?  I'm hoping 10am.

Thanks in advance

[warriormom]

They may have changed the times for Friday but I know for a fact they started at 4:00 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
We have a 9:30 time on Saturday morning.  If you call the Blue and Gold office or ticket office they will tell you the times.  It isn't a secret.