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(06-04-2019 11:29 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 10:24 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:59 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:49 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  People at other schools spend 10x what you will spend at ODU. Stop complaining.

Are there CUSA schools that have tickets 10x the cost of ours? Curious where this is coming from.

People at VT pay 10-20x what we pay and we beat them. Stop complaining.

You are comparing our ticket prices to a top ACC school. That is an awful way to try to justify not having a criticism of the seat fees.

Can you provide an example that shows we're overpaying for chairback seats between the 30s?

(06-04-2019 11:29 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 10:24 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:59 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:49 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  People at other schools spend 10x what you will spend at ODU. Stop complaining.

Are there CUSA schools that have tickets 10x the cost of ours? Curious where this is coming from.

People at VT pay 10-20x what we pay and we beat them. Stop complaining.

You are comparing our ticket prices to a top ACC school. That is an awful way to try to justify not having a criticism of the seat fees.

There could be no seat fees and you would be complaining that ODU is losing money by not charging them. OH WAIT! Some seats have no seat fees and you are still bitching when you are not required to pay one! If you select a seat with a fee its your own damn fault. Quit bitching about everything!

(06-04-2019 12:16 PM)cmett003 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 11:29 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 10:24 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:59 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:49 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  People at other schools spend 10x what you will spend at ODU. Stop complaining.

Are there CUSA schools that have tickets 10x the cost of ours? Curious where this is coming from.

People at VT pay 10-20x what we pay and we beat them. Stop complaining.

You are comparing our ticket prices to a top ACC school. That is an awful way to try to justify not having a criticism of the seat fees.

There could be no seat fees and you would be complaining that ODU is losing money by not charging them. OH WAIT! Some seats have no seat fees and you are still bitching when you are not required to pay one! If you select a seat with a fee its your own damn fault. Quit bitching about everything!

Dude, I'm not even the one who complained lol. Try to get a hold of yourself. Your example was terrible.

(06-04-2019 11:31 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 11:29 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 10:24 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:59 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:49 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  People at other schools spend 10x what you will spend at ODU. Stop complaining.

Are there CUSA schools that have tickets 10x the cost of ours? Curious where this is coming from.

People at VT pay 10-20x what we pay and we beat them. Stop complaining.

You are comparing our ticket prices to a top ACC school. That is an awful way to try to justify not having a criticism of the seat fees.

Can you provide an example that shows we're overpaying for chairback seats between the 30s?

No, I don't think we are overpaying for any of the seats.

(06-04-2019 12:16 PM)cmett003 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 11:29 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 10:24 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:59 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:49 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  People at other schools spend 10x what you will spend at ODU. Stop complaining.

Are there CUSA schools that have tickets 10x the cost of ours? Curious where this is coming from.

People at VT pay 10-20x what we pay and we beat them. Stop complaining.

You are comparing our ticket prices to a top ACC school. That is an awful way to try to justify not having a criticism of the seat fees.

There could be no seat fees and you would be complaining that ODU is losing money by not charging them. OH WAIT! Some seats have no seat fees and you are still bitching when you are not required to pay one! If you select a seat with a fee its your own damn fault. Quit bitching about everything!

You call out my post. I paid the fee and picked my seats. My point was, I would of gotten more seats if the fee was less. Our group dropped there tickets this year by 33%. ODAF has never had to sell FB tickets in our first 10 years. They didn't even have a marketing department. They didn't even have a budget for marketing or advertising. At first we were the hottest thing since toast. Like toast it cooled off. What we fans will be complaining about will be the empty, unsold seats. That's zero dollars coming in. In the old days we would say "maybe everybody didn't show, but it was sold out". So we got the money for the seats and we were happy. Now we'll have people who paid some pretty big bucks for seats. While ODAF will be selling chairbacks on Groupon right next to them for 4 games for $100. So then, fans will say, why should I buy season tickets. At less we can dump nice tickets to VaTech fans when they come and to Norfolk St fans for the first game. I think we'll be around 9K season tickets, hope I'm wrong. The big donors and corporate ticket buyers are not going to pay fees for tickets they give away. CUSA teams paying 10X what we pay, was funny. At UAB you can get mid-field tickets for $100.

(06-04-2019 09:58 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  ODAF expected those big groups to be broken up due to the new fees/donation setup. All I've heard throughout is how donors like myself will have a chance at tickets we never would have under the old system. And they're right.

Yea, I'm in that category. My group dropped in half but my seats improved nicely because higher ranking donors weren't buying up all of the great seats in front of me. And I'm good with that. And I'm not sure ODU loses for having more seats for sale after picking up all that fee money from those of us that still want to support this thing for progress.

BTW, does anyone know how our ticket costs and seat fees compare to the AAC, where some of us get excited about being compared to? I personally want to have the demand that VT has also, but realize that we gave them a great head start back when they soared in the 80s and we declined. But I do wonder how prices and fees look when compared to the AAC schools.

(06-03-2019 09:59 AM)ODUsmitty Wrote:  

(06-03-2019 08:46 AM)MonarchsWon Wrote:  Like anything - I think the market will dictate. You can ask any price you want - people (the market) will pay what they choose. Supply/Demand is always a constant. Ask for as much as you can get and see what the market will bear.

Somehow a Red Honda Civic comes to mind...…………….

Lesson learned. HA!

(06-04-2019 03:10 PM)FearTheLion Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:58 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  ODAF expected those big groups to be broken up due to the new fees/donation setup. All I've heard throughout is how donors like myself will have a chance at tickets we never would have under the old system. And they're right.

Yea, I'm in that category. My group dropped in half but my seats improved nicely because higher ranking donors weren't buying up all of the great seats in front of me. And I'm good with that. And I'm not sure ODU loses for having more seats for sale after picking up all that fee money from those of us that still want to support this thing for progress.

BTW, does anyone know how our ticket costs and seat fees compare to the AAC, where some of us get excited about being compared to? I personally want to have the demand that VT has also, but realize that we gave them a great head start back when they soared in the 80s and we declined. But I do wonder how prices and fees look when compared to the AAC schools.

ECU

$300 – Pirate Club Chairback
$240 – Pirate Club Lower Sideline
$150 – Upper Sideline
$99 – Fan Zone

Cincinnati

Seems to have higher seat fees than us
https://gobearcats.com/documents/2018/4/...ng_Map.pdf

Temple

$275 - Club
$155 - Sideline
$105 - Endzone

UCF

Seems to be in line with us, slightly higher

http://ucfknights.com/quest/Questionaire...M_ID=34100

Houston

Higher than us

https://uhcougars.com/documents/2019/1/1..._FINAL.pdf

(06-04-2019 11:29 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 10:24 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:59 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:49 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  People at other schools spend 10x what you will spend at ODU. Stop complaining.

Are there CUSA schools that have tickets 10x the cost of ours? Curious where this is coming from.

People at VT pay 10-20x what we pay and we beat them. Stop complaining.

You are comparing our ticket prices to a top ACC school. That is an awful way to try to justify not having a criticism of the seat fees.

Right? Put Florida State, Miami, Notre Dame, and Clemson on the schedule knowing that there is some shot at beating them every year and we can demand 20x more. Our most intriguing matchup (VT @ ODU) is conversely their least intriguing (ODU @VT).

While typing this I looked it up and VT has none of those teams at home this year and in fact has a pretty poor home schedule with Pitt and UNC being their best games... but there are other years where you get to play multiple top 10 teams at home and other years where VT themselves are top 10 and I guess years like this you just pay to keep your seats.

(06-04-2019 02:25 PM)DaBigBlue Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 12:16 PM)cmett003 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 11:29 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 10:24 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:59 AM)odu09 Wrote:  Are there CUSA schools that have tickets 10x the cost of ours? Curious where this is coming from.

People at VT pay 10-20x what we pay and we beat them. Stop complaining.

You are comparing our ticket prices to a top ACC school. That is an awful way to try to justify not having a criticism of the seat fees.

There could be no seat fees and you would be complaining that ODU is losing money by not charging them. OH WAIT! Some seats have no seat fees and you are still bitching when you are not required to pay one! If you select a seat with a fee its your own damn fault. Quit bitching about everything!

You call out my post. I paid the fee and picked my seats. My point was, I would of gotten more seats if the fee was less. Our group dropped there tickets this year by 33%. ODAF has never had to sell FB tickets in our first 10 years. They didn't even have a marketing department. They didn't even have a budget for marketing or advertising. At first we were the hottest thing since toast. Like toast it cooled off. What we fans will be complaining about will be the empty, unsold seats. That's zero dollars coming in. In the old days we would say "maybe everybody didn't show, but it was sold out". So we got the money for the seats and we were happy. Now we'll have people who paid some pretty big bucks for seats. While ODAF will be selling chairbacks on Groupon right next to them for 4 games for $100. So then, fans will say, why should I buy season tickets. At less we can dump nice tickets to VaTech fans when they come and to Norfolk St fans for the first game. I think we'll be around 9K season tickets, hope I'm wrong. The big donors and corporate ticket buyers are not going to pay fees for tickets they give away. CUSA teams paying 10X what we pay, was funny. At UAB you can get mid-field tickets for $100.

I think you are right. Especially since I just picked and saw all the great remaining inventory. I like sitting up high so I can see the whole field, as a result, Im pretty sure when its all done, I will have been able to get the same seats without any fees and donations. Oh well, I want to support the program. But if times get more tight financially, I may have to roll the dice and try to get the same seats without fees. I looks like that may be pretty easy in the future.

(06-04-2019 03:41 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 11:29 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 10:24 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:59 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:49 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  People at other schools spend 10x what you will spend at ODU. Stop complaining.

Are there CUSA schools that have tickets 10x the cost of ours? Curious where this is coming from.

People at VT pay 10-20x what we pay and we beat them. Stop complaining.

You are comparing our ticket prices to a top ACC school. That is an awful way to try to justify not having a criticism of the seat fees.

Right? Put Florida State, Miami, Notre Dame, and Clemson on the schedule knowing that there is some shot at beating them every year and we can demand 20x more. Our most intriguing matchup (VT @ ODU) is conversely their least intriguing (ODU @VT).

While typing this I looked it up and VT has none of those teams at home this year and in fact has a pretty poor home schedule with Pitt and UNC being their best games... but there are other years where you get to play multiple top 10 teams at home and other years where VT themselves are top 10 and I guess years like this you just pay to keep your seats.

That's exactly what you're supposed to do as a fan. You pay to keep your seats. If you're only fanning when the team is winning, you're not a fan.

VT started charging a seat fee after the team played in the national championship game. Everyone complained. Now, it's just part of the deal. That attitude will happen at ODU as well.

I am hoping that the new stadium and ODU guys seeing some success in the NFL will bring better recruits. It's a process and ODU is just at the beginning.

(06-04-2019 02:25 PM)DaBigBlue Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 12:16 PM)cmett003 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 11:29 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 10:24 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 09:59 AM)odu09 Wrote:  Are there CUSA schools that have tickets 10x the cost of ours? Curious where this is coming from.

People at VT pay 10-20x what we pay and we beat them. Stop complaining.

You are comparing our ticket prices to a top ACC school. That is an awful way to try to justify not having a criticism of the seat fees.

There could be no seat fees and you would be complaining that ODU is losing money by not charging them. OH WAIT! Some seats have no seat fees and you are still bitching when you are not required to pay one! If you select a seat with a fee its your own damn fault. Quit bitching about everything!

You call out my post. I paid the fee and picked my seats. My point was, I would of gotten more seats if the fee was less. Our group dropped there tickets this year by 33%. ODAF has never had to sell FB tickets in our first 10 years. They didn't even have a marketing department. They didn't even have a budget for marketing or advertising. At first we were the hottest thing since toast. Like toast it cooled off. What we fans will be complaining about will be the empty, unsold seats. That's zero dollars coming in. In the old days we would say "maybe everybody didn't show, but it was sold out". So we got the money for the seats and we were happy. Now we'll have people who paid some pretty big bucks for seats. While ODAF will be selling chairbacks on Groupon right next to them for 4 games for $100. So then, fans will say, why should I buy season tickets. At less we can dump nice tickets to VaTech fans when they come and to Norfolk St fans for the first game. I think we'll be around 9K season tickets, hope I'm wrong. The big donors and corporate ticket buyers are not going to pay fees for tickets they give away. CUSA teams paying 10X what we pay, was funny. At UAB you can get mid-field tickets for $100.

Same here - we got chair back isle seats (section 216) but we dropped from ten tickets to seven (b/c of the price). I never liked that the big donors were able to scoop up tickets for their friends and deny other fans the opportunity to buy premium seats. The new process definitely leveled the playing field. But you’re right - my group will not be willing to continue to pay $485 for a seat to watch a subpar team. No one in their right mind would.

(06-09-2019 05:40 PM)ODUDJ96 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 02:25 PM)DaBigBlue Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 12:16 PM)cmett003 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 11:29 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-04-2019 10:24 AM)cmett003 Wrote:  People at VT pay 10-20x what we pay and we beat them. Stop complaining.

You are comparing our ticket prices to a top ACC school. That is an awful way to try to justify not having a criticism of the seat fees.

There could be no seat fees and you would be complaining that ODU is losing money by not charging them. OH WAIT! Some seats have no seat fees and you are still bitching when you are not required to pay one! If you select a seat with a fee its your own damn fault. Quit bitching about everything!

You call out my post. I paid the fee and picked my seats. My point was, I would of gotten more seats if the fee was less. Our group dropped there tickets this year by 33%. ODAF has never had to sell FB tickets in our first 10 years. They didn't even have a marketing department. They didn't even have a budget for marketing or advertising. At first we were the hottest thing since toast. Like toast it cooled off. What we fans will be complaining about will be the empty, unsold seats. That's zero dollars coming in. In the old days we would say "maybe everybody didn't show, but it was sold out". So we got the money for the seats and we were happy. Now we'll have people who paid some pretty big bucks for seats. While ODAF will be selling chairbacks on Groupon right next to them for 4 games for $100. So then, fans will say, why should I buy season tickets. At less we can dump nice tickets to VaTech fans when they come and to Norfolk St fans for the first game. I think we'll be around 9K season tickets, hope I'm wrong. The big donors and corporate ticket buyers are not going to pay fees for tickets they give away. CUSA teams paying 10X what we pay, was funny. At UAB you can get mid-field tickets for $100.

Same here - we got chair back isle seats (section 216) but we dropped from ten tickets to seven (b/c of the price). I never liked that the big donors were able to scoop up tickets for their friends and deny other fans the opportunity to buy premium seats. The new process definitely leveled the playing field. But you’re right - my group will not be willing to continue to pay $485 for a seat to watch a subpar team. No one in their right mind would.

Exactly...our group was the same. We went down as well. I have heard that pretty much across the board. In the past, we were trying to cultivate new season ticket holders / donors those dropped out this year. They all said the price was too high. I was not about to cover their seat membership fee. All have said IF they decide to go to a game they will simply buy a ticket at the game or through stubhub and avoid the seat fee. They know there will be many good seat tickets available.

(06-10-2019 07:14 AM)Mr.BigBlue Wrote:  Exactly...our group was the same. We went down as well. I have heard that pretty much across the board. In the past, we were trying to cultivate new season ticket holders / donors those dropped out this year. They all said the price was too high. I was not about to cover their seat membership fee. All have said IF they decide to go to a game they will simply buy a ticket at the game or through stubhub and avoid the seat fee. They know there will be many good seat tickets available.

The fees are too high? Why didn't they just buy tickets without a seat fee? Or are they expecting to sit on the 50 for the same price as someone that sits in the endzone? Seems like just a bunch of complaining and excuses to me.

(06-10-2019 10:10 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 07:14 AM)Mr.BigBlue Wrote:  Exactly...our group was the same. We went down as well. I have heard that pretty much across the board. In the past, we were trying to cultivate new season ticket holders / donors those dropped out this year. They all said the price was too high. I was not about to cover their seat membership fee. All have said IF they decide to go to a game they will simply buy a ticket at the game or through stubhub and avoid the seat fee. They know there will be many good seat tickets available.

The fees are too high? Why didn't they just buy tickets without a seat fee? Or are they expecting to sit on the 50 for the same price as someone that sits in the endzone? Seems like just a bunch of complaining and excuses to me.

Dont they have seats available with no membership fee and no required donation? $200?

(06-10-2019 10:27 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 10:10 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 07:14 AM)Mr.BigBlue Wrote:  Exactly...our group was the same. We went down as well. I have heard that pretty much across the board. In the past, we were trying to cultivate new season ticket holders / donors those dropped out this year. They all said the price was too high. I was not about to cover their seat membership fee. All have said IF they decide to go to a game they will simply buy a ticket at the game or through stubhub and avoid the seat fee. They know there will be many good seat tickets available.

The fees are too high? Why didn't they just buy tickets without a seat fee? Or are they expecting to sit on the 50 for the same price as someone that sits in the endzone? Seems like just a bunch of complaining and excuses to me.

Dont they have seats available with no membership fee and no required donation? $200?

Yup, you could literally pay what you were paying last year and that is still somehow a problem. Can't make everyone happy I guess.

(06-10-2019 10:27 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 10:10 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 07:14 AM)Mr.BigBlue Wrote:  Exactly...our group was the same. We went down as well. I have heard that pretty much across the board. In the past, we were trying to cultivate new season ticket holders / donors those dropped out this year. They all said the price was too high. I was not about to cover their seat membership fee. All have said IF they decide to go to a game they will simply buy a ticket at the game or through stubhub and avoid the seat fee. They know there will be many good seat tickets available.

The fees are too high? Why didn't they just buy tickets without a seat fee? Or are they expecting to sit on the 50 for the same price as someone that sits in the endzone? Seems like just a bunch of complaining and excuses to me.

Dont they have seats available with no membership fee and no required donation? $200?

Yes. That's why it's just an excuse. And a lame on at that.

(06-10-2019 10:31 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 10:27 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 10:10 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 07:14 AM)Mr.BigBlue Wrote:  Exactly...our group was the same. We went down as well. I have heard that pretty much across the board. In the past, we were trying to cultivate new season ticket holders / donors those dropped out this year. They all said the price was too high. I was not about to cover their seat membership fee. All have said IF they decide to go to a game they will simply buy a ticket at the game or through stubhub and avoid the seat fee. They know there will be many good seat tickets available.

The fees are too high? Why didn't they just buy tickets without a seat fee? Or are they expecting to sit on the 50 for the same price as someone that sits in the endzone? Seems like just a bunch of complaining and excuses to me.

Dont they have seats available with no membership fee and no required donation? $200?

Yes. That's why it's just an excuse. And a lame on at that.

I think part excuse and part they want better seats than end zones and 10 yard line seats. Again...this is the uphill battle ODAF is facing. The demographics, debt, and employment selection of our alumni especially recent ones is impacting the ability of ODAF to grow the fan base.

(06-10-2019 10:35 AM)Mr.BigBlue Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 10:31 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 10:27 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 10:10 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 07:14 AM)Mr.BigBlue Wrote:  Exactly...our group was the same. We went down as well. I have heard that pretty much across the board. In the past, we were trying to cultivate new season ticket holders / donors those dropped out this year. They all said the price was too high. I was not about to cover their seat membership fee. All have said IF they decide to go to a game they will simply buy a ticket at the game or through stubhub and avoid the seat fee. They know there will be many good seat tickets available.

The fees are too high? Why didn't they just buy tickets without a seat fee? Or are they expecting to sit on the 50 for the same price as someone that sits in the endzone? Seems like just a bunch of complaining and excuses to me.

Dont they have seats available with no membership fee and no required donation? $200?

Yes. That's why it's just an excuse. And a lame on at that.

I think part excuse and part they want better seats than end zones and 10 yard line seats. Again...this is the uphill battle ODAF is facing. The demographics, debt, and employment selection of our alumni especially recent ones is impacting the ability of ODAF to grow the fan base.

Why are you carrying their water when you're the good fan making the donation? For years they rode your good donation to great seats. And through all those years, they never felt compelled to give their own donation. And now that they're being asked to give a little more for prime seats, it's too much? That's BS.

(06-10-2019 10:42 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 10:35 AM)Mr.BigBlue Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 10:31 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 10:27 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-10-2019 10:10 AM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  The fees are too high? Why didn't they just buy tickets without a seat fee? Or are they expecting to sit on the 50 for the same price as someone that sits in the endzone? Seems like just a bunch of complaining and excuses to me.

Dont they have seats available with no membership fee and no required donation? $200?

Yes. That's why it's just an excuse. And a lame on at that.

I think part excuse and part they want better seats than end zones and 10 yard line seats. Again...this is the uphill battle ODAF is facing. The demographics, debt, and employment selection of our alumni especially recent ones is impacting the ability of ODAF to grow the fan base.

Why are you carrying their water when you're the good fan making the donation? For years they rode your good donation to great seats. And through all those years, they never felt compelled to give their own donation. And now that they're being asked to give a little more for prime seats, it's too much? That's BS.

Trying to build the fan base and hopefully have them turn into a ODAF member because of the excitement of football and growing the program. Didn't work out....I always try to help new people to ODU or older alumni return to supporting the University.