Quote:Oh you are saying we can't make up numbers here.....Damn, that's no fun!

EMU may under that plan. Since the prices of the "Pepsi tickets" sold would be so low, they'd count the Pepsi sales at the game as ticket sales.

In all honesty though, I think EMU with their new look/stadium are getting more fans -- which is great. I just think ANY team (EMU is not solo on this) -- shouldn't inflate their #s so much. If it doesn't matter, then don't announce it and tell the crowd/press that.

(11-04-2014 01:18 AM)toddjnsn Wrote:  

Quote:I would like to see the MAC release ticket revenue numbers for each school, that's the number that matters.

Ehhh, you can still play/deceive with it. Like Pepsi paying for advertising by "buying tickets". Or parking fines on campus -- you have to "buy tickets". Both are equally ridiculous.

Plus, in VIP sections, you could have donors "buy" seats at $1,000 apiece for that purpose just being symbolic, but nobody's home. I would not mind that as much, though -- as long as it was a person, from their own personal account (not a business or organization), nor counted as a donation.

all of those scenarios produce real money. And that's the bottom line.

Every school has a projected amount of fans per game, then per season right? Why don't schools who struggle have $2 tickets? Or a game where 5,000 tickets are free for first come/first serve? Or even buy 10 dollar ticket, get two free? Some options to get the non-fans into the stands so they can become fans! It seems like marketing should get more of the blame. Akron football for example...should have more than 8k. Ball State and NIU should have more than 13k. Those teams have a reason to support them. MAC fans can't be that stingy, can we?

If someone gave me tickets to a BG, EMU, Akron, BSU, or CMU game on a weekend that Toledo didn't play, I'd go!

Free tickets do not pay the bills. If you can have 15k naturally, why do it. We are kind of on the edge of the 15k, but we do have group tickets for 15 or more at $10. Then just adult $25/$30 at Gillette per contract of minimum average ticket price of $24.50 and $20 at McGuirk.

If you go too cheap, your saying your product is crap.

[quote[Free tickets do not pay the bills.[/quote]

Free tickets as a supplement can end up filling in more seats, drawing more people to it -- and ending up paying the bills -- even immediately because there'll at least be more bought to get free ones.

EX:
3,000 tickets bought at $10 = $30,000 (other 3-4k who were actually there basically free, part of student tuition or virtually free, giveaways, band, etc)

But with 6-7k people Actually showing up -- it's not going to be so festive or a place to go if you're not a big fan or relative, etc.

10,000 tickets bought at $3 = $30,000 (which includes another freebie -- 2-for-1; say 65% of the 'other ones' show up) = 16,500 fans... vs the 3,000. All for the same price.

I'd rather have a stadium full @ dirt-cheap prices, than extremely bare for reasonable prices -- when the revenue's the same.

Once you get people wanting to go to the games -- a social big communal thing that starts sticking -- then you can raise prices, etc.

Last night's attendance for KSU was 7,471 and they still over-reported