, but the economics of a $60-90 or even a $45 ticket is very appealing to our fan base.
I agree $60-$90 isn't appealing. I do think $45 would be a fair price point for those seats that go unsold as season tickets. There has to be a better way than the last couple years' status quo. Maybe even work in a fee that ends up being for OBC. I don't know what they're able to do legally, or with NCAA rules.
I may be misreading this but I think he is saying it IS appealing while you are agreeing that it ISN'T
Should be isn’t very appealing. No way would I suggest that price point for lower bowl tickets.
I am agreeing with Billy that $60 to $90 for a lower bowl seat is NOT appealing, while at the same time agreeing that $45 would be more appealing and potentially get them a shot at selling the unsold ones on a game by game basis.
Again, as noted above, there has to be a better way than the status quo that was used the last 2-3 seasons. To add to that thought, it would be a huge missed opportunity to not have a plan for those seats if for some reason there are seats left after season ticket buyers have been exhausted. You have the golden boy, former alumnus coach returning home, doing all the right things - now is the time to at least TRY to do something with unsold lower bowl seats, and now is the time to revamp your entire approach to ticketing. At the very least, this is how I see it.
So economics again, if you can sell the package with an OBC contribution and 20% of games go unused, and the seating option is exclusive to that package you make more money then piecemealing it game by game. Because the person who buys the package knowing he can go to “most the games but not all of them, just bought tickets to every game. In one transaction you sold the $45 ducat to Marietta, Urbana, UMBC, or whatever non attractive opponent we have. Sure you can sell more of those seats to the 1-3 good games we have per year on a walk up, but you made more money selling a ducat for the games that have small walk up crowds. Simple economics. Sell the most tickets possible at across the board sales, and that absorbs the small attendance at a bad game. 15-20% of all pre-sold tickets pre sold go unused, that’s free money.
Yes. They should try to sell as many season tickets as possible, and season tickets + OBC contribution should always be the better deal on a per game basis. But in the event a seat is not sold via season ticket, they should still make that seat available, both online and through the ticket window on a single game basis. I only make it to the Convo once or twice a season, so I'm not going to buy a season ticket, but when I do come around, I want a premium seat, and I would be willing to spend $30-$50 for it. To not make it available is denying an opportunity at more of my money.
I moved back to Cincinnati from Athens in 2014. Since then I have seen three games in the Convo:
2016 vs. NIU: Sat five rows behind our bench because I bought some of the very few that were available on stubhub
2016-17 opener vs Southern: Won the bid for Monroe's Bobcat Black seats. Spent $60 for two tickets.
This past year vs Marshall. Someone here left me their free tickets they got for being a football season ticket holder. Didn't have to pay for them so I got in the door for free. Sat 10 rows up in the upper deck GA seats, but I would have rather spent $30+ for a seat up close.
Though the Bobcat Black scenario is not exactly fair, in each scenario, the athletic department missed out on my money.