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re: Tickets sold now at 39,500
Posted on 10/10/15 at 12:22 am to garrick0102
Posted on 10/10/15 at 12:22 am to garrick0102
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I'm not sure how people don't understand the situation. LSU football games are not just people from Baton Rouge. In Nola there are at least 3 school fairs that were planned because LSU was out of town. I'm sure that this is the case all over the state. People plan their lives around home and away games for LSU and the Saints. This is a weekend in which both were supposed to be out of town. Yes, I will be in front of the TV, but no, I can't spend 8 hours going to the game. I could care less what the ticket prices are. I just don't have the ability to go to the game this weekend. The schedule comes out a year in advance for a reason. The fact that 40-60 thousand people can change their plans with a 4-5 days notice is great, but there are also another 40-60 that can't. I'm not sure how people don't realize that.
This x1000000000!
But, surely of the hundreds of thousands of "real" fans who have been "priced out" of LSU football games in favor of the corporate cocktail party crowd who have squeezed them out, there should have been at least 90,000 who could have scraped together $40 to get a rare chance to go to the game, right? Hell, parking is even free and you can bring in your own water bottle. If there was ever a poor man's chance to watch a game in Tiger Stadium, this is it.
This post was edited on 10/10/15 at 12:27 am
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Posted on 10/10/15 at 12:33 am to Hugo Stiglitz
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Uh, more tickets sold equals more revenue?
If you can sell 30,000 tickets at $75 or 90,000 at $25, the gross revenue is the same, but the overhead is much greater with the latter, so why do it?
Posted on 10/10/15 at 12:36 am to Nuts4LSU
We cancelled all of our plans and will be in the stadium with damn bells on. No way we are missing one more opportunity to watch LSU at home. We will only get so many times to see Lf7 run in purple n gold. We look at it this way, 10 years from now, we will be able to say yes I was there. I watched greatness happen with my own eyes. Not on the TV. I was there and it was amazing. Your mileage may vary
Posted on 10/10/15 at 12:42 am to convertedtiger
Ive been blessed enough to see Buga in 4 games IRL and it is something great to see for sure. Hopefully will make another 4 or 5 before he is gone.
Posted on 10/10/15 at 12:47 am to kriskris
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Not sure who pissed in your Cheerios and made you the all knowing king guru of football, but I'm a season ticket holder. I have to work this weekend or I would be there. I think $75 for section 103 row 54 (which is what pulled up when I was looking at tickets out of curiosity) is a STEAL for any game!
Agreed.
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That being said, this "idiot" feels that a half-empty stadium looks bad on TV for any reason.
And South Carolina should concern themselves with that why, exactly? They are getting screwed by this whole situation. They were supposed to have a packed stadium of their own cheering for their team, making a ton of money and making their school look great. Mother nature fricked them out of that, and now they are trying to minimize the damage. They have every right to do that, and we have done a pretty good job of helping them do it.
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If SC controls the ticket prices, then they are fools to not lower the prices. Even if they just get exposure to La athletes, would it kill them to make the gesture?
No, they are not fools to not lower the prices. Their margin is barebones as it is, and now you think they should reduce it even more, just to make a gesture? They are going through enough. They don't owe anybody any gestures right now. They have been fricked over ten ways to Tuesday in this, and they are completely justified in looking out for their own interests as much as they can.
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Maybe I'm an idiot for wanting the school to look good on TV
"The school" in question is USC, not LSU. They have enough to worry about for this game and a lot more, so we can forgive them for not lowering prices to make it easier for more LSU fans to attend the game or to make LSU "look good on TV".
And, as you should have noted, the "idiot" comment referred to your assertion that "LSU should lower the prices", when LSU has no control over the prices.
This post was edited on 10/10/15 at 12:55 am
Posted on 10/10/15 at 12:49 am to garrick0102
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In Nola there are at least 3 school fairs
yep...
Posted on 10/10/15 at 1:03 am to Nuts4LSU
I agree. Of course LSU fans want SC to lower the price of tickets, because then more people would(possibly) go to the game. But then if you're SC, why lower ticket prices and allow even more opposing fans to show up to what's already one of the loudest stadiums in the country...? Just think if this hurricane had hit BR and we were going through this situation, people would be losing their shite on here and saying "screw making money, price out the fans of Bama/Auburn/Georgia/hell, any SEC school"
ETA: I have season tickets in 405, but we planned my son's birthday party for tomorrow under the assumption it would be an away game. It's his 1st, and we're doing an LSU tailgate party and watching on the big screen outside. But, there's 4 tickets right there that a real fan probably scooped up.
ETA: I have season tickets in 405, but we planned my son's birthday party for tomorrow under the assumption it would be an away game. It's his 1st, and we're doing an LSU tailgate party and watching on the big screen outside. But, there's 4 tickets right there that a real fan probably scooped up.
This post was edited on 10/10/15 at 1:07 am
Posted on 10/10/15 at 1:03 am to convertedtiger
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We cancelled all of our plans and will be in the stadium with damn bells on. No way we are missing one more opportunity to watch LSU at home. We will only get so many times to see Lf7 run in purple n gold. We look at it this way, 10 years from now, we will be able to say yes I was there. I watched greatness happen with my own eyes. Not on the TV. I was there and it was amazing. Your mileage may vary
I hope you have a great time and that it is an experience that you will remember and share with others for the rest of your life. You are doing a great service to people in need while also enjoying something that no one may ever have another chance to see. Thank you and the others (however many it turns out to be) who are putting your money and time on the line to make the best out of this bad situation for all involved.
Posted on 10/10/15 at 1:18 am to Nuts4LSU
Cheers to you as well. We bought our 2 tickets and then pooled together and bought 6 more at work today for some of our employees that may never get another opportunity to see a game like this. I sincerely hope we pack the stadium tomorrow if for no other reason than we take care of our own. THIS IS THE SEC! We may try to destroy each other on the field of play but we rally and take care of our own! We here in LA can empathize with the folks in South Carolina. Let's beat them like drum on the football field but also help lift them up, even if it is for a brief 3 hours and a few dollars. GEAUX TIGERS!!!
Posted on 10/10/15 at 1:33 am to ell_13
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Yeah the USC athletic department is in great need, ppl
bunch of hypocrites in this thread
if the shoe was on the other foot we'd be hoping for as much income as possible.
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Nuts4LSU
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If you can sell 30,000 tickets at $75 or 90,000 at $25, the gross revenue is the same, but the overhead is much greater with the latter, so why do it?
Makes a ton of sense imo. Also, I'm not gonna cry about actually being able to get out of there at a reasonable time for once.
This should also put the "neutral site" crap to bed. Would have been awesome for both schools to take a huge loss when 15-20k showed up to a neutral field.
This post was edited on 10/10/15 at 1:39 am
Posted on 10/10/15 at 1:41 am to touchdownjeebus
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In Nola there are at least 3 school fairs
More like 8-10
There are two in Kenner and four in Metairie I know of this weekend, not counting the one in Harahan (maybe it's next week) and Octoberfest and Petfest and Gumbo Fest.
All this weekend.
Posted on 10/10/15 at 2:06 am to Shane4689
Geaux Tigers
Posted on 10/10/15 at 4:16 am to Nuts4LSU
quote:agreed
surely of the hundreds of thousands of "real" fans who have been "priced out" of LSU football games in favor of the corporate cocktail party crowd who have squeezed them out, there should have been at least 90,000 who could have scraped together $40 to get a rare chance to go to the game, right? Hell, parking is even free and you can bring in your own water bottle. If there was ever a poor man's chance to watch a game in Tiger Stadium, this is it.
Posted on 10/10/15 at 4:33 am to Nuts4LSU
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I'm not sure how people don't understand the situation. LSU football games are not just people from Baton Rouge. In Nola there are at least 3 school fairs that were planned because LSU was out of town. I'm sure that this is the case all over the state. People plan their lives around home and away games for LSU and the Saints. This is a weekend in which both were supposed to be out of town. Yes, I will be in front of the TV, but no, I can't spend 8 hours going to the game. I could care less what the ticket prices are. I just don't have the ability to go to the game this weekend. The schedule comes out a year in advance for a reason. The fact that 40-60 thousand people can change their plans with a 4-5 days notice is great, but there are also another 40-60 that can't. I'm not sure how people don't realize that.
This x1000000000!
But, surely of the hundreds of thousands of "real" fans who have been "priced out" of LSU football games in favor of the corporate cocktail party crowd who have squeezed them out, there should have been at least 90,000 who could have scraped together $40 to get a rare chance to go to the game, right? Hell, parking is even free and you can bring in your own water bottle. If there was ever a poor man's chance to watch a game in Tiger Stadium, this is it.
For the first poster you quoted , I'm sorry the old ball and chain is the reason you have to stay home and go to a shitty school fair .....
To reply to NUTS, I hear the saying a lot " priced the average fan out " ..... Who are these people and did they not achieve at least a GED and have that shitty of a job that they are "priced out" shite I barely made it through high school and can afford 4 season tix and a parking pass every year ,....
Posted on 10/10/15 at 5:08 am to Shane4689
Tell Alleva to suck a D. Seriously. Quit challenging me, bro.
Posted on 10/10/15 at 5:45 am to garrick0102
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I'm not sure how people don't understand the situation. LSU football games are not just people from Baton Rouge. In Nola there are at least 3 school fairs that were planned because LSU was out of town. I'm sure that this is the case all over the state. People plan their lives around home and away games for LSU and the Saints. This is a weekend in which both were supposed to be out of town. Yes, I will be in front of the TV, but no, I can't spend 8 hours going to the game. I could care less what the ticket prices are. I just don't have the ability to go to the game this weekend. The schedule comes out a year in advance for a reason. The fact that 40-60 thousand people can change their plans with a 4-5 days notice is great, but there are also another 40-60 that can't. I'm not sure how people don't realize that.
This.
Season ticket holder
My son has a soccer game at 12 for which I am the coach. Am I supposed to cancel on both teams so I can go to the game?
On top of that our normal sitters for the games are on vacation because they planned it during an away weekend. Our backup sitters aren’t available because they are going to a benefit that was planned because of the away weekend.
You people need to get off your high horse.
Posted on 10/10/15 at 6:06 am to KyleWhittingham
Posted on 10/10/15 at 6:25 am to tigernation56
It is a valid excuse that others have weddings and parental obligations.
Yes, there are several fairs/fest in NOLA. But let's be honest. There's a festival/fair every got Damn weekend in NOLA (regardless of football schedules). You just happen to be involved with or working one this weekend.
For instance, the huge Cochon De Lait fair at St. Edwards in Metairie is over the LSU-UF weekend.
People that want to go, will do what it takes to go. Those that can't, simply wont.
I'm not even an LSU fan, but I'm taking my nephew and a few folks to get an experience they've never had despite being huge LSU fans.
For me, I'm looking at it as an opportunity to watch an entire LSU game and see how UF will matchup with them next weekend. The price is a steal due to no third party markup, but I would not attend if the time of the game conflicted with UF-Mizzou.
I mean Damn, 75 bucks gets you lower bowl tickets vs an SEC opponent
Chance to watch the eventual Heisman winner in person
Chance to watch an undefeated NC contender
Free parking
Free water/vodka
Free tailgate sponsored by LSU
You shouldn't have any concessions cost. The ticket price should be your total expense if you are on that much of a budget.
Yes, there are several fairs/fest in NOLA. But let's be honest. There's a festival/fair every got Damn weekend in NOLA (regardless of football schedules). You just happen to be involved with or working one this weekend.
For instance, the huge Cochon De Lait fair at St. Edwards in Metairie is over the LSU-UF weekend.
People that want to go, will do what it takes to go. Those that can't, simply wont.
I'm not even an LSU fan, but I'm taking my nephew and a few folks to get an experience they've never had despite being huge LSU fans.
For me, I'm looking at it as an opportunity to watch an entire LSU game and see how UF will matchup with them next weekend. The price is a steal due to no third party markup, but I would not attend if the time of the game conflicted with UF-Mizzou.
I mean Damn, 75 bucks gets you lower bowl tickets vs an SEC opponent
Chance to watch the eventual Heisman winner in person
Chance to watch an undefeated NC contender
Free parking
Free water/vodka
Free tailgate sponsored by LSU
You shouldn't have any concessions cost. The ticket price should be your total expense if you are on that much of a budget.
Posted on 10/10/15 at 6:54 am to gatorguru
I do not understand how and why any true LSU fan makes "other" plans just because LSU is playing away? I am married with kids and my Virginia born and raised wife knows that LSU football comes first for 4 hours on a Saturday 13 or 14 games a year, unless there is medical emergency. True fans will be in front a TV watching LSU on the road if they cant make it there, not doing other stuff...save tbe plans for Sunday!
Posted on 10/10/15 at 7:05 am to OU812
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I do not understand how and why any true LSU fan makes "other" plans just because LSU is playing away? I am married with kids and my Virginia born and raised wife knows that LSU football comes first for 4 hours on a Saturday 13 or 14 games a year, unless there is medical emergency. True fans will be in front a TV watching LSU on the road if they cant make it there, not doing other stuff...save tbe plans for Sunday!
When they play away, you don't have to plan for travel to/ from the game, tailgating, the hill, pregame, etc. All you plan for is the actual game time...
GOING to the game takes more than 4 hours. You're right in that most will be in front of a TV for the game, but those that made other plans, probably aren't able to do both.
If I had RSVP'd for a wedding that started @7 (for arguments sake) 3 hours away, I could most likely watch the entire game, at the stadium or on TV. But there is no way I would be able to make said wedding if I had gone to the game.
You can't look at it in a vacuum
This post was edited on 10/10/15 at 7:08 am
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