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STPGopherfan

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Thanks to all! Crazy how different it is. Being close to an NFL stadium really helps the Gopher program. What I worry most about is being forced up seat donations.
 
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saturdaysarebetter said:
I'm giving up my season tickets this year as well as the home schedule to me doesn't warrant having season tickets and driving up to the games and/or spending two nights in Altoona. Oregon may be the exception for me this year. Plus with so many people constantly making beer runs during the games and being surrounded by people there to drink rather than watch the game the constant parade in front of me becomes annoying, and if I am sitting, which is rare nowadays, it's usually with someone else's knees in my back so all that has taken away from the enjoyment of the game.

My bad knees limit my walking and enjoyment as well so I don't see as much of campus or town like I used to on game days either. I'll try to continue to go to Penn State road games and as Wandering Spectator wrote make it part of a bigger trip.

I still have road games at Indiana, Minnesota, Northwestern, Oregon, Purdue, Rutgers, UCLA (although I did the Rose Bowl), USC and Washington to go in the Big 10.
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I had to get up 37 times in UCLA game to get up and stand in the aisle to let people leave the row or come back to their seats… and we left after the 3rd qtr! The OSU game was worse
 
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rudedude said:
Only when it’s time to surrender!😁
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FHSPSU67 said:
I gave up my 4 season tix in 2008 when the per seat tax (mine would have been $600 per seat. Today's prices are even more insane for the average Penn State grad!
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And when at least 75% of the games are go State beat blue hens, the value is diminished even more.
 
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Connorpozlee said:
I’ve been priced out of eating eggs. Surely I’ve been priced out of attending games.
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iHop 2 eggs, w bacon, 2 pancakes for $6. How do they do it with the eggs alone costing $1. My guess is they make it up by charging $3.50 for coffee.
 
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Tgar said:
Because a hotel room is $ 1500.00/ night on football weekends and really pricey for many other weekends as well.
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four of us (two couples) attended the OSU game in 2023 at Ohio stadium. We stayed in a Hilton Homewood Suite 2 BR unit. The cost was $300 per night and we used some Honors points to reduce $ cost. Breakfast buffet was included. There were a lot of good restaurants in the area for dinner.

Game tix were $175 each = $700 when we purchased early. Parking was $30 but there was a shuttle to the stadium from that lot.

we had done same in 2018 and costs were not much different. never heard of $1500/night unless it is 8 BR Air BNB.
 
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This thread reminds me of the oft-repeated joke that "nobody ever goes there anymore - it's too crowded."
 
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blion72 said:
four of us (two couples) attended the OSU game in 2023 at Ohio stadium. We stayed in a Hilton Homewood Suite 2 BR unit. The cost was $300 per night and we used some Honors points to reduce $ cost. Breakfast buffet was included. There were a lot of good restaurants in the area for dinner.

Game tix were $175 each = $700 when we purchased early. Parking was $30 but there was a shuttle to the stadium from that lot.

we had done same in 2018 and costs were not much different. never heard of $1500/night unless it is 8 BR Air BNB.
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The difference is that Columbus is a big city (15th in the US). There's plenty of hotel rooms, because the ongoing need is there. No one had trouble this weekend with both the NHL game at Ohio Stadium and the Arnold Classic in town. In State College, you cannot make money with lower prices when you only have about 10 weekends a year to do so (games plus graduation plus Arts Festival and move in/out). You just don't need that many rooms every day in State College.
 
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kgilbert78 said:
The difference is that Columbus is a big city (15th in the US). There's plenty of hotel rooms, because the ongoing need is there. No one had trouble this weekend with both the NHL game at Ohio Stadium and the Arnold Classic in town. In State College, you cannot make money with lower prices when you only have about 10 weekends a year to do so (games plus graduation plus Arts Festival and move in/out). You just don't need that many rooms every day in State College.
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I’m all about maximizing free enterprise. Hotels closing their doors after being nice to alum poors is an awful take
 
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STPGopherfan said:
Just curious if anyone on the board is also concerned about the current college athletics environment and whether or not you may be priced out of your favorite sport/ sports? As a Gopher fan, I am not super worried about the immediate future because the demand is still below supply (all sports). However Penn State has made it to the College football play-off. There is no reason to think that there won't be another Play-off run.

Again, Just curious.
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I got priced a while ago. Money isn’t the issue. There is no rhyme or reason for game times. That got me out.
 
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