What are the policies for this at your stadiums? Do they charge extra? Do they allow you to leave them on permanently? I have never had bleacher style season tics so this is all new to me. Thanks.

For UConn, they cost me a great deal more, and they require an additional donation that is basically equal to the cost of the seats.

Choices:
1) Bring your own
2) Rent them for $10 per game at the Liberty Bowl
3) Pay an additional fee ($?) with your season tickets and they remain up for the season.

(05-15-2014 11:41 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  Choices:
1) Bring your own
2) Rent them for $10 per game at the Liberty Bowl
3) Pay an additional fee ($?) with your season tickets and they remain up for the season.

Same at ECU, although I'm not sure what the rental rate per game is.

UCF does not allow people to bring in the hardback seats, but will allow soft seat cushions with backs. They sell the seat cushions to season tickets holders ($25 per seat for the whole season) or you can buy them at games (I forget how much, but I think it's $10/game), but they are two separate components: a seat that is mounted to the bleacher and a separate back pad that is cable-tied to the bleacher back. I get them somewhat for comfort, but mostly to keep people from sliding over into my seats.

For $32 a year an outside company will put cushions in for every game

https://www.seatbacks.com/main.aspx?scho...stangseats

(05-15-2014 11:48 AM)CommuterBob Wrote:  I get them somewhat for comfort, but mostly to keep people from sliding over into my seats.

Ha ha, that's why I bring my seats.

We've been spoiled at UofL. Nearly every stadium in every sport has all chair back seats, save for track and field. Went to a road game last year vs. Kentucky, and was reminded of those damn bleachers. Luckily I was able to stand most of the game.

(05-15-2014 11:41 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  Choices:
1) Bring your own
2) Rent them for $10 per game at the Liberty Bowl
3) Pay an additional fee ($?) with your season tickets and they remain up for the season.

I believe there is also a height restriction if you bring your own.

(05-15-2014 01:55 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 11:41 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  Choices:
1) Bring your own
2) Rent them for $10 per game at the Liberty Bowl
3) Pay an additional fee ($?) with your season tickets and they remain up for the season.

I believe there is also a height restriction if you bring your own.

You're probably right.

At Houston in the past you could bring your own in or rent one at the game.

Not sure what the policy will be in the new stadium.

(05-15-2014 02:04 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 01:55 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 11:41 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  Choices:
1) Bring your own
2) Rent them for $10 per game at the Liberty Bowl
3) Pay an additional fee ($?) with your season tickets and they remain up for the season.

I believe there is also a height restriction if you bring your own.

You're probably right.

It might be the capitalist pig in me but I don’t understand why the school would let you bring your own when they can contract it out to an outside company, manage the purchase and collection of fees, add a nice markup and use it as an additional stream of revenue. Also aesthetically speaking they can control a more uniform look.

(05-15-2014 02:35 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:04 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 01:55 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 11:41 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  Choices:
1) Bring your own
2) Rent them for $10 per game at the Liberty Bowl
3) Pay an additional fee ($?) with your season tickets and they remain up for the season.

I believe there is also a height restriction if you bring your own.

You're probably right.

It might be the capitalist pig in me but I don’t understand why the school would let you bring your own when they can contract it out to an outside company, manage the purchase and collection of fees, add a nice markup and use it as an additional stream of revenue. Also aesthetically speaking they can control a more uniform look.

Some things just are not worth the small revenue bump, but I would say it also depends on the demand and on field product. Meaning, a school like Tulane or Memphis can't be bleeding their fans for a few extra $'s, others have that convenience because they know someone else will be ready to step in if the buyer doesn't like it. The same arguments can be made about ow you price concessions, parking, tailgating tents, PSLs etc. etc. The schools have to assess the cost/benefit of increased revenue vs fan frustration.

(05-15-2014 02:44 PM)wavefan12 Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:35 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:04 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 01:55 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 11:41 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  Choices:
1) Bring your own
2) Rent them for $10 per game at the Liberty Bowl
3) Pay an additional fee ($?) with your season tickets and they remain up for the season.

I believe there is also a height restriction if you bring your own.

You're probably right.

It might be the capitalist pig in me but I don’t understand why the school would let you bring your own when they can contract it out to an outside company, manage the purchase and collection of fees, add a nice markup and use it as an additional stream of revenue. Also aesthetically speaking they can control a more uniform look.

Some things just are not worth the small revenue bump, but I would say it also depends on the demand and on field product. Meaning, a school like Tulane or Memphis can't be bleeding their fans for a few extra $'s, others have that convenience because they know someone else will be ready to step in if the buyer doesn't like it.

If I had to guess, at least here in Memphis, there doesn't seem to be an a lot of chairbacks at games, so maybe there isn't enough demand for them. Personally, I wish we'd just retrofit the stadium to have chairbacks, but to do so is exceedingly expensive (I forget the exact estimate, but it was in the millions).

(05-15-2014 02:51 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:44 PM)wavefan12 Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:35 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:04 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 01:55 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  I believe there is also a height restriction if you bring your own.

You're probably right.

It might be the capitalist pig in me but I don’t understand why the school would let you bring your own when they can contract it out to an outside company, manage the purchase and collection of fees, add a nice markup and use it as an additional stream of revenue. Also aesthetically speaking they can control a more uniform look.

Some things just are not worth the small revenue bump, but I would say it also depends on the demand and on field product. Meaning, a school like Tulane or Memphis can't be bleeding their fans for a few extra $'s, others have that convenience because they know someone else will be ready to step in if the buyer doesn't like it.

If I had to guess, at least here in Memphis, there doesn't seem to be an a lot of chairbacks at games, so maybe there isn't enough demand for them. Personally, I wish we'd just retrofit the stadium to have chairbacks, but to do so is exceedingly expensive (I forget the exact estimate, but it was in the millions).

My interest in them is to keep other drunken NOLA lunatics off my space and protect my ass from the early season heat here in the Bayou.

(05-15-2014 02:51 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  Personally, I wish we'd just retrofit the stadium to have chairbacks, but to do so is exceedingly expensive (I forget the exact estimate, but it was in the millions).

Chairbacks can be a double whammy when it comes to cost. Not only are they more expensive to purchase and install, but you also tend to lose seating capacity in the process (bucket seats are usually 22-24" wide whereas bleacher seats are usually ~18" wide).

In general if you look, many chairbacks are just plastic molds fastened to a bench. If you do them that way, the cost comes down quite a bit. Then you can refit 60,000 seats for about $3 -$4 million or less.

(05-15-2014 03:00 PM)wavefan12 Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:51 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:44 PM)wavefan12 Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:35 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:04 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  You're probably right.

It might be the capitalist pig in me but I don’t understand why the school would let you bring your own when they can contract it out to an outside company, manage the purchase and collection of fees, add a nice markup and use it as an additional stream of revenue. Also aesthetically speaking they can control a more uniform look.

Some things just are not worth the small revenue bump, but I would say it also depends on the demand and on field product. Meaning, a school like Tulane or Memphis can't be bleeding their fans for a few extra $'s, others have that convenience because they know someone else will be ready to step in if the buyer doesn't like it.

If I had to guess, at least here in Memphis, there doesn't seem to be an a lot of chairbacks at games, so maybe there isn't enough demand for them. Personally, I wish we'd just retrofit the stadium to have chairbacks, but to do so is exceedingly expensive (I forget the exact estimate, but it was in the millions).

My interest in them is to keep other drunken NOLA lunatics off my space and protect my ass from the early season heat here in the Bayou.

Oh I don't dispute the virtues, I quite agree with having chairbacks, I'm just offering a possible explanation as to why the Liberty Bowl doesn't have a large contract to do this internally and instead let's fans bring their own.

(05-15-2014 03:06 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 03:00 PM)wavefan12 Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:51 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:44 PM)wavefan12 Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:35 PM)NYCTUFan Wrote:  It might be the capitalist pig in me but I don’t understand why the school would let you bring your own when they can contract it out to an outside company, manage the purchase and collection of fees, add a nice markup and use it as an additional stream of revenue. Also aesthetically speaking they can control a more uniform look.

Some things just are not worth the small revenue bump, but I would say it also depends on the demand and on field product. Meaning, a school like Tulane or Memphis can't be bleeding their fans for a few extra $'s, others have that convenience because they know someone else will be ready to step in if the buyer doesn't like it.

If I had to guess, at least here in Memphis, there doesn't seem to be an a lot of chairbacks at games, so maybe there isn't enough demand for them. Personally, I wish we'd just retrofit the stadium to have chairbacks, but to do so is exceedingly expensive (I forget the exact estimate, but it was in the millions).

My interest in them is to keep other drunken NOLA lunatics off my space and protect my ass from the early season heat here in the Bayou.

Oh I don't dispute the virtues, I quite agree with having chairbacks, I'm just offering a possible explanation as to why the Liberty Bowl doesn't have a large contract to do this internally and instead let's fans bring their own.

Business opportunity?

(05-15-2014 03:32 PM)wavefan12 Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 03:06 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 03:00 PM)wavefan12 Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:51 PM)Lord2FLI Wrote:  

(05-15-2014 02:44 PM)wavefan12 Wrote:  Some things just are not worth the small revenue bump, but I would say it also depends on the demand and on field product. Meaning, a school like Tulane or Memphis can't be bleeding their fans for a few extra $'s, others have that convenience because they know someone else will be ready to step in if the buyer doesn't like it.

If I had to guess, at least here in Memphis, there doesn't seem to be an a lot of chairbacks at games, so maybe there isn't enough demand for them. Personally, I wish we'd just retrofit the stadium to have chairbacks, but to do so is exceedingly expensive (I forget the exact estimate, but it was in the millions).

My interest in them is to keep other drunken NOLA lunatics off my space and protect my ass from the early season heat here in the Bayou.

Oh I don't dispute the virtues, I quite agree with having chairbacks, I'm just offering a possible explanation as to why the Liberty Bowl doesn't have a large contract to do this internally and instead let's fans bring their own.

Business opportunity?

The lack of seatbacks even when we can bring our own would lead one to speculate that the demand isn't really there for the average fan and would not pay for itself.