Tiered Single Game Ticket Prices

[Litehouse]

I just saw the email from Marquette about the new tiered pricing plan for single game tickets this year.  It's definitely a huge incentive to get season tickets if you were on the fence.  Even the prices on the 5-packs are increased.  They don't say exactly which games will be included in which Tiers though.



Marquette Men's Basketball
2010-11 Single Game Pricing

Single game tickets for the 2010-11 Marquette Men's Basketball season will go on sale on Saturday, October 9 (to season ticket holders) and Saturday, October 23 (to the general public).

Beginning this season is a variable pricing structure whereby games are priced according to opponent and day of the week.

2010-11 Single Game Prices
Tier A Tier B Tier C
200 Level (only single seats available) $50 $40 $30
400 Level Side Court $35 $30 $25
400 Level Corner Court $25 $20 $15
400 Level End Court $9 $9 $9

Click here for seating diagram

The lowest per-game ticket prices are available as part of a season ticket package. Five-game mini-plans are priced at the Tier B level, a better per-game value than the single game price.

2010-11 Five-Game Mini-Plan Options
Blue Plan Gold Plan
Notre Dame Wisconsin
Syracuse West Virginia
UConn DePaul
Cincinnati St. John's
Providence Seton Hall
 
Mini-Plan Pricing
400 Level Side Court $150 ($30 per game)
400 Level Corner Court $100 ($20 per game)

Five-game mini-plans will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 2. Click here if you would like to be contacted with seating availability.

[jaybilaswho?]

i have three extra season tickets that are available in my group (three people from last year dropped out for the upcoming season).

If anyone is interesting in taking any of the seats for the season please contact me. I would like to get rid of the seats for the entire season, but if there is a lack of interest, I am willing to talk about single game or package deals.

Will sell at face value.

Section is 406 (upper bowl MU's bench side corner) row F, first 5 seats of the row. Great location- beer cart right outside of the section with mens rooms on both sides.

[Mr. Nielsen]

I called on Monday and talked to the ticket office, when I saw that the 5 game packs are now $150 and $100 from $125 & $75 in years past.

Mini-Plans are a better way to go when it comes to price.

GOLD PLAN- Wisconsin, WVU, DePaul, St.John's & Seton Hall

BLUE PLAN- Notre Dame, Syracuse, UCONN, Cinny, Providence

Prices for Big East Weekend &Wisconsin game will be $35 & $25 for single game tickets. While most non-league games will stay at it's normal $25 to $15 tickets. I don't yet how the $30 & $20 tickets fall in place.

I think this is so great and smart what the Marquette ticket office is doing!!! Why charge the same price for MSOE and Notre Dame game. Marquette could make $65,000 more in ticket sale in the Badgers game alone.

[Litehouse]

I don't have a problem with it in general, hopefully it helps drive more season-ticket/mini-pack sales, but $50 to sit by yourself in a single lower level seat is pretty steep.  I would occassionally buy an available single near our group's seats in the lower level for big games to bring an extra person, but it's not worth it anymore for $50.

[Mr. Nielsen]

I don't have a problem with it in general, hopefully it helps drive more season-ticket/mini-pack sales, but $50 to sit by yourself in a single lower level seat is pretty steep.  I would occassionally buy an available single near our group's seats in the lower level for big games to bring an extra person, but it's not worth it anymore for $50.

Are you telling me $50 is too much for the Wisconsin game?

Note- 99% of the lower bowl is sold out to the season-ticket holders. This effects the upper deck.

[Rollout-the-Barrel]

I don't have a problem with it in general, hopefully it helps drive more season-ticket/mini-pack sales, but $50 to sit by yourself in a single lower level seat is pretty steep.  I would occassionally buy an available single near our group's seats in the lower level for big games to bring an extra person, but it's not worth it anymore for $50.

It ison ebay

[Litehouse]

Are you telling me $50 is too much for the Wisconsin game?

Note- 99% of the lower bowl is sold out to the season-ticket holders. This effects the upper deck.

$50 to sit by yourself in a single?  If they can get it, then great.

[Tom Crean's Tanning Bed]

I have a feeling that the 3 tiers will look something like this, at least for this year:

Tier C:  All non-conference games (except Wisconsin)
Tier B:  Mid-week Big East games (non-Big Monday games)
Tier A:  Wisconsin, Notre Dame, weekend/Big Monday Big East games

One upside of this pricing structure, particularly in terms of the 5 game packs is it may help deter Badger fans from buying these just for the Marquette-Wisconsin game; in past years, they could buy up the $45 5-game pack, show up for their 1 game, and either dump the other tix or just trash them. Now maybe $100-$150 isn't as tempting to them for just one game. Downside is I think it may hurt mid-week conference game attendance, but it should not have too much impact on weekend games during conference play; those games are always strong sellers.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Tanning Bed- I think you are correct but I hope you are wrong.
I hope MU doesn't get nuts with overcharging for games.

Tier A- Should only be Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Syracuse, UCONN & WVU and if they fall on a weekend.

Tier B- For weekend Big East games UC, De Paul, PC, Seton Hall & St. John's

Tier C- Non-league games and Big East games during the week that are UC, DePaul, PC, Seton Hall and St. John's.

[mu_hilltopper]

Heh .. I hadn't thought of "tiered" games.  I figured a tier was perhaps certain rows, like Tier A is Row A-J, Tier B K-O, Tier C = nosebleeds.

[Canadian Dimes]

Yes the basketball marketing has really taken a step up over the last 8-9 years.  I have been non judgemental about this over this time but feel it is now time to make an assessmnet and yes the basketball marketing area has taken off over the last 9 or so years. 

[ATL MU Warrior]

Yes the basketball marketing has really taken a step up over the last 8-9 years.  I have been non judgemental about this over this time but feel it is now time to make an assessmnet and yes the basketball marketing area has taken off over the last 9 or so years. 

hilarious

[Canadian Dimes]

TY

[ChicosBailBonds]

Yes the basketball marketing has really taken a step up over the last 8-9 years.  I have been non judgemental about this over this time but feel it is now time to make an assessmnet and yes the basketball marketing area has taken off over the last 9 or so years. 

Even when you try to bash someone, you fail miserably.

Yup, we get it, an attack on me and the marketing we did for MU hoops (much of it created then still used today)....only I left 11 years ago, not 8 or 9. 

EPIC FAIL, again, Robert.

[MedicineHatSpanker]

TY

Always meant to ask what province you drink your Molson Canadian in, eh?

[Canadian Dimes]

Wow...chicos why so defensive?  Only doing what any rational person would do when a change is made. 

That is take a period of time to evaluate the direction of an organization after a change, all the while being no-judgmental. 

I have done that for the last decade...i have refrained from hundreds of posts destroying or supporting the efforts of the group.  I feel it is now time to render my judgment.

While i am not familiar with the inner workings of the department or how things work on a day to day basis nor am I so arrogant to make character judgments about the people they have hired or those that have hired them.  I do feel that based on pure effectiveness and results the MU athletic marketing department has made a seismic shift over the last decade. 

Just my two cents.  Did not know you were an employee, it appears both parties were best served with your termination.

Apologize if my assesment of an organization with which i have very littel knowledge of the inner workings offends you, at least i did it after a decades worth of observations versus judging it daily and only pointing out the negatives while feigning objectivity. 

[Mr. Nielsen]

http://grfx.cstv.com/schools/marq/graphics/auto/MBB-SG-Prices-1011.jpg

Here is the map in how the prices break down.