UAB Selling Tickets at…Costco?

[MeanGreenGlory]

I haven’t been able to verify this, but it definitely looks like a Costco display. 
 

If true, I think it’s actually a pretty clever way to reach the local community and try to get new people to attend a game and build the fan base. 

Best Case Scenario: You sell more tickets and increase attendance  

Worst Case Scenario: You don’t sell the tickets in the store but you get three months of good advertising exposure in the local community. 

Edited August 3, 2023 by MeanGreenGlory

[UNTcrazy727]

34 minutes ago, MeanGreenGlory said:

I haven’t been able to verify this, but it definitely looks like a Costco display. 
 

If true, I think it’s actually a pretty clever way to reach the local community and try to get new people to attend a game and build the fan base. 

Best Case Scenario: You sell more tickets and increase attendance  

Worst Case Scenario: You don’t sell the tickets in the store but you get three months of good advertising exposure in the local community. 

A handful of schools have done this in the past.

https://rutgerswire.usatoday.com/lists/what-college-football-programs-are-selling-tickets-at-costco/

[MeanGreenGlory]

50 minutes ago, UNTcrazy727 said:

A handful of schools have done this in the past.

https://rutgerswire.usatoday.com/lists/what-college-football-programs-are-selling-tickets-at-costco/

Wow. I haven’t seen this before. Neat idea. 
 

It could be a good experiment for UNT to sell tickets in the DFW Costco and Sam’s Club locations.
 

My hunch is that the additional butts in seats is worth the lower profit margin at our current stage. 

[emmitt01]

7 hours ago, MeanGreenGlory said:

Wow. I haven’t seen this before. Neat idea. 
 

It could be a good experiment for UNT to sell tickets in the DFW Costco and Sam’s Club locations.
 

My hunch is that the additional butts in seats is worth the lower profit margin at our current stage. 

I think a program like North Texas should do ANYTHING to make purchasing tickets easier.   
 

I will search the internet (including this message board), subscribe to email blasts, and talk to friends to find out when/where I can watch North Texas…but I’m already invested in this program. We need to reach the “lived in/around Denton for years but never stepped foot in DATCU” casual fans who might make an impulse buy.   Hell, put wing zone tickets next to the chap-stick and candy as people are checking out at Kroger.  

[Tommy Gadberry]

I would like to see them do this at Wal Mart on University.

[Matt from A700]

Shoot this makes me want to buy tickets from Costco just for the extra memorabilia.

I hate this new age of digital tickets. I like getting physical tickets and saving them as keepsakes.

[SteaminWillieBeamin]

Likely for sale at CostCo, but not selling.

[MeanGreenGlory]

57 minutes ago, SteaminWillieBeamin said:

Likely for sale at CostCo, but not selling.

I don't know...the number of times I've walked into Costco with a specific list and walked out with a handful of impulse buys is probably above 90%. 

Two tickets for a local D1 football game under $45? I bet people are picking them up.

And, like I mentioned above, the local advertising you get in the stores even if the tickets aren't selling is still probably worth it. 

[Big Z]

What if we could include UNT tickets in a 6 pack, 12 pack, 18 pack or 24 pack of beer?

[DentonLurker]

4 hours ago, MeanGreenGlory said:

the number of times I've walked into Costco with a specific list and walked out with a handful of impulse buys is probably above 90%.

That $300 cover charge at Costco gets me every single time.

[DentonLurker]

7 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

I hate this new age of digital tickets. I like getting physical tickets and saving them as keepsakes.

My guess is it comes with instructions and some kind of code you redeem for electronic tickets through the website.

[GMG_Dallas]

So is SMU...