http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-footb...15aab.html

Quote: Northern Illinois University football fans can now take advantage of the special “1965” ticket pricing, previously offered online only, at Huskie Stadium on every remaining NIU Football home game day this season. Tickets in section A and G on the West Side of Huskie Stadium now can be purchased at the ticket windows on game day for $20 each as NIU Athletics and Hy-Vee have extended the 50th Anniversary promotion to stadium sales.

Discuss.......

Good but sucks it had to be done.

Hey if they are the crap seats and need to discount them to get butts there, fine with me.

Tiered pricing with many options and something for everyone now offered across the stadium including walk ups. Wonder what people will complain about next...

The good point is SF is listening to people's views and willing to make adjustments. Fans will appreciate and respect the AD's staff for that.

(09-09-2015 03:29 PM)HuskieTap22 Wrote:  Tiered pricing with many options and something for everyone now offered across the stadium including walk ups. Wonder what people will complain about next...

its kind of disheartning with all the improvements, the quality of football, the game day options to hear game in and game out complaints. How much more can they do. It is what it is, i guess everyone has to make up their mind if they want to go or not. And if you don't thats ok, you can't be everything for everybody. Having said that, looks like great weather this Saturday lets have fun

You could call them complaints, but you could also call it feedback. If the diehards on here consider it an issue, the casual fan probably does too. And those are the ones we need to get to come back to increase the fanbase.

The hardest thing is getting those that haven't gone in years (and are sports fans) to go to some games.

(09-09-2015 03:44 PM)HUSKIEFOOTBALLFAN Wrote:  The hardest thing is getting those that haven't gone in years (and are sports fans) to go to some games.

The hook will be the p5 ooc home game. That will draw them back, and maybe keep them for other MAC games.

Sorry, but Kansas did not do that... but BC might.

(09-09-2015 03:48 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote:  

(09-09-2015 03:44 PM)HUSKIEFOOTBALLFAN Wrote:  The hardest thing is getting those that haven't gone in years (and are sports fans) to go to some games.

The hook will be the p5 ooc home game. That will draw them back, and maybe keep them for other MAC games.

Sorry, but Kansas did not do that... but BC might.

here's what will happen with that concept, people will only buy the BC game. I may sound like a broken record, but i'm there to see the Dogs play, a better opponent, good. These games are one of the enjoyments in life for me, but thats just me. I think its time to put this discussion to bed and have fun, start palnning your menu

(09-09-2015 04:13 PM)GCD70 Wrote:  

(09-09-2015 03:48 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote:  

(09-09-2015 03:44 PM)HUSKIEFOOTBALLFAN Wrote:  The hardest thing is getting those that haven't gone in years (and are sports fans) to go to some games.

The hook will be the p5 ooc home game. That will draw them back, and maybe keep them for other MAC games.

Sorry, but Kansas did not do that... but BC might.

here's what will happen with that concept, people will only buy the BC game. I may sound like a broken record, but i'm there to see the Dogs play, a better opponent, good. These games are one of the enjoyments in life for me, but thats just me. I think its time to put this discussion to bed and have fun, start palnning your menu

That is why the BC game shouldn't be sold as an individual ticket.

The only way you get a BC ticket is if you are...
A season ticket holder
A guest of a season ticket holder (limit 1 guest ticket per season ticket)
A mini plan holder (other 2 games picked cannot be vs USF)
A student
A guest of a student

Keep in mind we also host USF that year too.

(09-09-2015 03:40 PM)GCD70 Wrote:  

(09-09-2015 03:29 PM)HuskieTap22 Wrote:  Tiered pricing with many options and something for everyone now offered across the stadium including walk ups. Wonder what people will complain about next...

its kind of disheartning with all the improvements, the quality of football, the game day options to hear game in and game out complaints. How much more can they do. It is what it is, i guess everyone has to make up their mind if they want to go or not. And if you don't thats ok, you can't be everything for everybody. Having said that, looks like great weather this Saturday lets have fun

Yeah , Im starting to re-think my Big 12 aspirations for NIU, its becoming apparent our fans are not that type of fan, not ready for that kind of a conference yet.

(09-09-2015 04:20 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(09-09-2015 03:40 PM)GCD70 Wrote:  

(09-09-2015 03:29 PM)HuskieTap22 Wrote:  Tiered pricing with many options and something for everyone now offered across the stadium including walk ups. Wonder what people will complain about next...

its kind of disheartning with all the improvements, the quality of football, the game day options to hear game in and game out complaints. How much more can they do. It is what it is, i guess everyone has to make up their mind if they want to go or not. And if you don't thats ok, you can't be everything for everybody. Having said that, looks like great weather this Saturday lets have fun

Yeah , Im starting to re-think my Big 12 aspirations for NIU, its becoming apparent our fans are not that type of fan, not ready for that kind of a conference yet.

Let's not overreact to 1 game against a lower P5 team. Did we really learn anything we already didn't know on Saturday? NIU is in the early stages of building the fanbase. That takes decades, not seasons.

Although a few thousand more would have everyone feeling better, it is somewhat immaterial in terms of conference movement given attendance was never NIU's selling point. Physical attendance will always be tough, but at the same time, NIU can quickly makeup ground in TV draw (I admit that those can be correlated).

I don't think NIU will ever make it to the Big 12 with OU and UT, but NIU joining a P5 was always going to be like TCU and Baylor. With top-25 teams those two schools often barely break 40k, with TCU often only being in the 30s for actual attendance. Even in the early stages of growth that NIU is in, they could get 30-40k for a regional power (that travels) like ND or Wisconsin.

Extending this $19.65 may suck (in the words of HuskieJohn), but it is completely expected, if not the norm. It is cliche, but you have to spend money to make money. Iowa State used to give tickets away for $15 for their hillside seating while getting mid-30s to low 40s. Now they just played in front of 62K against an FCS team and coming off 2-10. Nebraska at one time paid radio stations in western Iowa to carry NU football. Subsidized ticket sales is one of the fastest ways to build the fanbase.

Build premium seating to capture more $ from the small die-hards you do have. Move the loss in seats from those suites to the endzones for a better atmosphere while also adding several thousand. Get good non-conference games and make the non-endzone seats only available via season tickets. Btw, Baylor used to tarp off some of their seating and Iowa State contemplated first hiding seats with a video board until more than 62k was needed (they ended up stopping at 62k).

But we know the price point is not the main hurdle. NIU needs the MAC to stop weekday games or NIU needs to move to the AAC.