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(12-04-2016 12:23 AM)ICB Wrote:  

(12-04-2016 12:03 AM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(12-03-2016 11:54 PM)blazerfrombirth Wrote:  

(12-03-2016 11:46 PM)ICB Wrote:  Administration set it up to have a great Auburn showing. They wanted to make money off Auburn fans and they did. All complaints about the number of Auburn fans in attendance should be directed to the price setters. If you truly want Blazer fans to show up to see UAB, then don't set the price sky high for certain opponents.

Yes.

Season tickets are $239 per seat. That's 16 games at $15 a piece. If our fans are only going to come to 4-5 games a year, then I don't blame the Athletic Dept. one bit. If Bartow Arena is only going to have 6000 Blazers anyway, then set the price to make it a tough ticket.

I bought 4 extra tickets, there were 4 extra bodies rooting for UAB. Had the tickets been lower, maybe I would have had 8 extra blazers in the house. I know several 4-5 game a year fans who refused to buy tickets for this game. I was very close to not buying extra.

That being said... the game was sold out. If making money was the major objective... mission accomplished. If getting a decisive home court advantage was a high priority, mission failed miserably.

I really don't think the fan split would have been any different if the prices were different.