Ask the Pack......season tickets?

[AMoore14]

I graduated in 2004 and have never bought season tickets because I did not have the money to make a large enough donation(still dont really), but I was talking with a friend the other day about buying them and how much they cost and how large a donation you have to make to get decent seats. He called me back about 2 days later and said a friend of his that has had season tickets for about 25 years is trying to sell some of his season tickets and was gonna let the buyer just buy through him and just pay a portion of hisbulldog club donationand pay the price for the tickets. The tickets are like 45 yard line on the home side and I think about half way upthe bottom section (where you enter the stadium). He is wanting $590 per ticket (that includes the donation). That sounds like a terrific deal to me.......and was think that I would never be able to get those tickets for that price on my own ever .........I guess I would be getting grandfathered into some really good season tickets.

I guess my question is.....Is that a good deal for those tickets? And would you buy them if you were me?

Thanks

 

[Sarc Dawg]

1- you're at his mercy every year to retain those seats.
2- you will never build up any kind of ranking in the BC this way.
3- because of 1 and 2- in 10 years you could be right back where you started if someone closer to him decides they want your tickets (or he stops buying them altogether)
4- for the record, I have had (2) 50 yard line seats on the East side for3 years nowand pay the same amount.

 

[jb1020]

for the good 45 yd line seat then yes, its a good deal. If money as an issue, there are cheaper options.

I sit in Section F, between the Goal line and the 20, unless the action is on the opposite goal like we love our seats. We have a great view of the video board too.

it cost $240 + $50 donation.

 

[Rockdat2]

I am currently doing the same thing with my brother-in-law through one of his freinds. We are buying two tickets from somebody that has had them for a long time and only paying a small portion of the Bulldog Club donation. The problem with this is, if he decides not to sell them to me anymore then all the money I have paid for season tickets will go to waste because they are being purchased in his name and not mine. So i will be back to no Bulldog Club points. It's a chance I will have to take though because I can't beat the price. </p>

 

[topdawg.sixpack]

I understand everyone wants the best seats in the house, but you have to start somewhere. If you graduated in 2004, then you are still pretty young, and I wouldrecommendyou joining the Bulldog Club in your own name (only takes 100 bucks) and buy your own tickets. So for 290 bucks a seat (240 for ticket plus 50 for BC), you will have your own seats, and while they may not be on the 45, you will have access to them and have your name on them for as long as you desire.<div>
</div><div>Also, it increases the Bulldog Club membership, which is a big goal for them. </div>

 

[jb1020]

and trust me, you want to be the guy has friends pitching in on your donations, not the other way around!

 

[8dog]

if he is willing to pay that on behalf of someone else.

I think that will get you in the lower grandstand and not a bad seat.

 

[AMoore14]

2- you will never build up any kind of ranking in the BC this way.

I guess that is one thing that I dont full understand........the point system? a brief explanation would help tremendously.......

Thanks

 

[topdawg.sixpack]

nm

 

[sleepy dawg]

paying your dues to the bulldawg club now and working your way up. If you're willing to pay the kind of money you are paying for those tickets anyway, you can have some pretty decent seats in just a couple of years. Also you will be helping yourself get better seats for the future, which you won't be doing at all with this guys seats.

 

[Sarc Dawg]

Going through someone else does you no good and it certainly won't grandfather you in in any way.

Go to the BC page for more details on the formula used. Essentially # of tickets, consecutive years of tickets, yearly $ donated, consecutive total$ donated all factor in. In your scenario all that will equal 0.

 

[colodawg]

I had a similar situation where I could NEVER have built up enough points in the BC to have chairbacks on the west side on the 50 and box seats at the dude behind home plate (my friends had those seats). SO - I bought their seats PLUS paid my BC fees AND bought season tickets which I then sold - some years as a package, other years at the gate.

This allowed me to build points for my Hump priority which otherwise I would not have had.

Don't know whether you could afford to do it the way I did, but it worked for me until moving to CO. Now I just send some money each year to the BC.

 

[ShaNaNa]

I love this area because it is filled with young, recent graduates and it is a decent view.

 

[AMoore14]

How often do seats come open in the better seating areas? I was given some tickets last season in section B that were ok, but not great (mainly because I could not see the jumbotron well), and some guy that I was sitting near was complaining that he had been paying the donation for a higher level section for several years, but was still stuck in those seats I guess cause no seats were opening up? Is there usually some seats available for each section if you can afford to donate to the required level and get to them first?

I dont expect to start with great seats by any means, but dont want to be donating lots of money and get stuck in pitiful seats for years on end..........know what i mean. I also will never be able to afford to outbid out some old geezer that can donate half a million dollars each year either, which would be nice if I could though

 

[fairweatherfan]

Pony up the money for seats in section F (good atmosphere, ok field view, and awesome jumbotron view. It'll only cost you $300 per seat (~$250 for tix and $50 BC donation). After about two years, lay down some cash and get high enough rankingin the BC for good tickets. Then all you have to do is make the minimum donation for those seats every year. The key is to make your first large donation really count, because you get more points (1.5x) for current year donations versus lifetime giving.

 

[Seinfeld]

we don't have many guys giving $5,000 per year much less $500,000. If I were you, I'd try to get the guy to cut you a deal since all of your money is going to his Bulldog Club points standing. It would be one thing if it was a family member that was going to promise you those seats for future seasons, but I have a feeling that this guy hasn't promised you anything. If he refuses, then I agree with the other posters here about going ahead and starting your own account. I promise that it doesn't take as much as you think to move up.

I've been donating for three years and currently have 10 seats on the West side 25-yd line, 18 rows up. Two years ago, I was told that we could have been on the 40-yd line but the problem was getting 10 seats together. Anyway, I do have the benefit of working for a company with a gift matching program but I assure you that I don't donate that much. I don't think you'll have any problem getting something around 20-yd line in the lower level.

Concerning the guy that wasn't moving up, I'm going to guess that he hasn't raised his donation much in the last few years either. Bottom line, you have to assume that most people give around the same amount every year so if you're not raising your donation, you probably aren't going to be moving up anywhere.