"Hey casual fans, get better tickets for the same price as the early buyers!"

[TripleGrad]

Just venting:  Ticket office just sent an email offering "premium sideline" and "premium midfield" for the same price I bought my endzone tickets for when they first went on sale.  Way to incentivize early engagement, management.

The same type of behaviour made buying season tickets at Texas Motor Speedway uneconomical, and surprise, those ticket sales dropped. 

[MeanGreen22]

I don’t see the issue. They’re trying to sell as many seats as possible. Why not put empty seats on sale if you have them when you’re a week out?

[Pavlovs Eagle]

47 minutes ago, TripleGrad said:

Just venting:  Ticket office just sent an email offering "premium sideline" and "premium midfield" for the same price I bought my endzone tickets for when they first went on sale.  Way to incentivize early engagement, management.

The same type of behaviour made buying season tickets at Texas Motor Speedway uneconomical, and surprise, those ticket sales dropped. 

These are the same folks who make it incredibly challenging to add occasional single game $150+ tickets to the Club Section when I haven't seen new faces in the empty seats around me in 5-6 years.

[DentonLurker]

How is this any different than literally anything else you might buy? If you want a 2024 vehicle now, you’ll pay more than if you wait 6 months.

[Hunter Green]

Some people will bitch about anything.

[Glory to the Green]

I think it’s fine. More fans makes for a better in game experience for all involved…minus Cal. GMG!

[GMG_Dallas]

They're just trying to sell out the game for Cal. Single game tickets are discounted only for Cal as of yet.

[emmitt01]

I see no issue.  I buy early and make my donation because:

1) I want to sit where I want to sit and hold those seats

2) I want to support UNT athletes

[TripleGrad]

Meh.  Lesson learned.  Next time I want to attend a "marquee" game I'll just wait for UNT to put the tickets on sale.  

But you have to wonder how many others just made that same decision.

[Glory to the Green]

5 hours ago, TripleGrad said:

Meh.  Lesson learned.  Next time I want to attend a "marquee" game I'll just wait for UNT to put the tickets on sale.  

But you have to wonder how many others just made that same decision.

Don’t we hope they take advantage the deal, have a great time, keep coming, and bring their friends?  

[bstnsportsfan3]

5 hours ago, TripleGrad said:

Meh.  Lesson learned.  Next time I want to attend a "marquee" game I'll just wait for UNT to put the tickets on sale.  

But you have to wonder how many others just made that same decision.

what a wonderful attitude to have 🙄

[NorthTexasWeLove]

I see the argument on both sides here. 

One side: This kills the incentive to purchase season or single single game tickets. It also lessens the value of the product in general. 

Other side: We're alum. We're donors. And we should have a certain level of commitment to the program to, at minimum, buy season tickets early. 

[emmitt01]

1 hour ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

I see the argument on both sides here. 

One side: This kills the incentive to purchase season or single single game tickets. It also lessens the value of the product in general. 

Other side: We're alum. We're donors. And we should have a certain level of commitment to the program to, at minimum, buy season tickets early. 

Third side: A week out from a game where you open against a name opponent you do everything you can to entice people to attend (especially when weather may be a factor)

 

[Matt from A700]

8 hours ago, TripleGrad said:

Meh.  Lesson learned.  Next time I want to attend a "marquee" game I'll just wait for UNT to put the tickets on sale.  

But you have to wonder how many others just made that same decision.

I understand where you're coming from, but it is a tactic used by almost every sports team that doesn't sell out games.

[golfingomez]

11 hours ago, TripleGrad said:

Just venting:  Ticket office just sent an email offering "premium sideline" and "premium midfield" for the same price I bought my endzone tickets for when they first went on sale.  Way to incentivize early engagement, management.

The same type of behaviour made buying season tickets at Texas Motor Speedway uneconomical, and surprise, those ticket sales dropped. 

Wait... I think we're buying the lead... Texas motor speedway had season tickets? What does that get you into?

[TripleGrad]

7 minutes ago, golfingomez said:

Wait... I think we're buying the lead... Texas motor speedway had season tickets? What does that get you into?

A buddy and I had them for two decades or so.  You got the same tickets to the Cup, Busch, Truck, and Indycar races.  For a while it was a good deal, then TMS started offering extremely low cost tickets just before the races that weren't too much worse than ours.  So why spend $$$$ per seat for season tickets when you could just cherry pick the races you wanted to see for $?

It was even worse for some, for some seats there are also PSL charges.

You can still buy season tickets there:  https://www.texasmotorspeedway.com/events/season-tickets/

 

Edited August 27, 2023 by TripleGrad

[TIgreen01]

23 hours ago, TripleGrad said:

Just venting:  Ticket office just sent an email offering "premium sideline" and "premium midfield" for the same price I bought my endzone tickets for when they first went on sale.  Way to incentivize early engagement, management.

The same type of behaviour made buying season tickets at Texas Motor Speedway uneconomical, and surprise, those ticket sales dropped. 

What’s your solution?

[Udomann]

Supply vs demand.

Until we (demand) outpace the seating capacity (supply), expect prices to evolve to intersect them.

Welcome to the good ol' goddamned USA! 

🇺🇲

[GMG93]

I’m honestly good with whatever promo leads to putting more butts in seats.  Sure would be nice for folks watching around the country to see a full(ish) stadium of green adorned fans cheering the home team to a W.  

Edited August 27, 2023 by GMG93

[NM Green]

After a contemplative beer I decided to buy 2 tickets for FC Dallas vs Inter Miami for $99 each., my season ticket agreement. Woke up in the AM after the link went live to the masses and the tickets were worth $900 each.

It truly is a supply issue and i didn’t cash  out because I wanted the $900 Messi Messi Messi experience. 

Worth it.
GMG . 

[emmitt01]

5 hours ago, Udomann said:

Supply vs demand.

Until we (demand) outpace the seating capacity (supply), expect prices to evolve to intersect them.

Welcome to the good ol' goddamned USA! 

🇺🇲

[GMG_Dallas]

If you know casual fans or just people looking for something to do, GA tickets are $10 today and tomorrow. Edit, when I called the ticket office, they said it was today and tomorrow. The tweet says just today, though. 

 

 

Edited August 29, 2023 by GMG_Dallas

[THOR]

i like to know that my ass has only ever sat on my seat....i know my people, i know i paid more, whatever.  if it is a money thing, season tickets are not for you.  we dont pay for them for value, we do it for the school and our spot.  money is spent...who cares now what promotions they through out

[97and03]

19 hours ago, THOR said:

i like to know that my ass has only ever sat on my seat....i know my people, i know i paid more, whatever.  if it is a money thing, season tickets are not for you.  we dont pay for them for value, we do it for the school and our spot.  money is spent...who cares now what promotions they through out