left available. Probably about 75 of those 200 being on the very top row. Seems like those will be a tough sell.
By my count there are about 200 Scoreboard Club seats
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Considering how many east side CL seats are still available...
I'm watching closely to see if Scott's predictions of availability by rank come true. He's already missed on his prediction for the 200's. I'm concerned this is confirming my fears about our fanbase's capacity for premium seating at the chosen price levels.
I'm watching closely to see if Scott's predictions of availability by rank come true. He's already missed on his prediction for the 200's. I'm concerned this is confirming my fears about our fanbase's capacity for premium seating at the chosen price levels.
I highly doubt that happens. I think they'd be much more likely to 'add value' to the SBC tickets than lower the donation price. Maybe they add access to the Gridiron level for a game or two.
How many east side CL seats are left? I haven't heard of a surplus. I chose in the morning (meaning there had to be many more after me) and I'm almost to the south end of CL.
I don't think very much. Gridiron club is field level which some would argue gives you a better experience. Both come with food, drink, and a locker. Gridiron access is like a come-go type compared to SBC which you'd sit the entire time.
We've sold less than half of the gridiron passes so far.
We've sold less than half of the gridiron passes so far.
Thanks guys. So there's really no need to have both. Do I have to wait until my selection time to get scoreboard?
In my opinion they vastly overpriced the gridiron club. By the time you add in a seat it's more expensive than scoreboard club and it's only part time. How does that make sense?
I could be wrong and it's the single greatest experience at the stadium.
I could be wrong and it's the single greatest experience at the stadium.
I think gridiron is $750 plus a ticket. Scoreboard is $1100 plus ticket. It isnt cheaper.
There is no doubt they will discount some of the premium seating before it is said and done. I think some seats will be left over in the gridiron, scoreboard or CL
There is no doubt they will discount some of the premium seating before it is said and done. I think some seats will be left over in the gridiron, scoreboard or CL
I would be shocked to see a discount on premium seating implemented this year for folks who have yet to buy seats, and there's certainly no precedent. If you want to piss off the upper echelons of your fan base, that's the easiest way to do it.
Now, if you're talking about an overall price cut for certain sections in coming seasons, I could see that. UM had to do that with certain sections of their baseball seating a few years ago.
Now, if you're talking about an overall price cut for certain sections in coming seasons, I could see that. UM had to do that with certain sections of their baseball seating a few years ago.
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OM also put a temporary hold on their additional obligations to get in their Endzone Club in order to fill it up. This was prior to 2012 -- and I had a buddy that jumped at it for 6 seats...
The one thing that's clear from this expansion is that we somehow managed to screw up and underbuild/underprice the heck out of skyboxes...
Which is surprising to me. I would think Club Level would be a hotter ticket than full blown box seats. I'm guessing it was easier for people to pool together money for boxes.
Actually, gridiron is $750, plus the ticket PLUS your donation for whichever section your ticket may be in. Which would make it more expensive for lots of sections.
Right?
Right?
That is correct.
IMO Gridiron is ideal for people with minimal $$ invested in actual season tickets in sections that aren't quite as good -- as a gateway into trying to get those people to buy premium seating in the future...
I think people are going to need to "see" the experiences available in the Gridiron before we sell it out...
Correct - it's an 'add-on'. But, I think some people probably compared GridIron Access + Tickets in Section 02/03/05/06 OR Scoreboard Club Level seats.
Scenario A (say Section 3 + GridIron) -
$325 Donation
$310 Ticket
$750 Grid Iron
$1,385 Total Cost
Scenario B (SBC) -
$1,100 Donation
$310 Ticket
$1,410 Total Cost
Scenario A (say Section 3 + GridIron) -
$325 Donation
$310 Ticket
$750 Grid Iron
$1,385 Total Cost
Scenario B (SBC) -
$1,100 Donation
$310 Ticket
$1,410 Total Cost
Looks like it's going pretty well.
Sold out of the chair backs on 100 and 200 pretty much except for the ends. Same for the club level. Scoreboard club is filling up except for the top rows, which shouldn't be an issue I wouldn't think. Section 4 is starting to fill in, and I expect during the week it will be gone. Couldn't have picked a year with better expectations to re-seat and open the expansion. Sorry for not bitching about it to those who think our AD is a turd for helping us get a bad *** stadium.
Sold out of the chair backs on 100 and 200 pretty much except for the ends. Same for the club level. Scoreboard club is filling up except for the top rows, which shouldn't be an issue I wouldn't think. Section 4 is starting to fill in, and I expect during the week it will be gone. Couldn't have picked a year with better expectations to re-seat and open the expansion. Sorry for not bitching about it to those who think our AD is a turd for helping us get a bad *** stadium.
Agreed.
My only concern about the Scoreboard Club is the section always potentially appearing empty. With the available "space" up there, I'm betting at least 25% of the ticket holders rarely see their seats...
IMO, they should sell more tickets to that section than they have seats. Maybe even on two pricing tiers. Or otherwise, get creative in how they handle an uber-visible premium section of ours looking empty, even when filled to "capacity"...
Underbuild - maybe so. Underpriced - people that can afford 50K for a skybox probably can afford 75k.
I don't know. If I'm paying that much and getting a booze locker and catered food... I'm going. Now, they may be empty for games against terrible teams like USM, but with the excitement building this year... those cushioned seats are gonna be filled.
I'm not implying that people aren't going to show up for games. I'm implying that a bunch of them won't be in their "seats" when they are up there. They've got that entire open air "concourse" up there to themselves to watch the game from, which I essentially see being set up kinda like tailgates you can watch the game from most of the time. With alot of room to spread out. Personally, I'd hardly ever "sit" up there. I'd be leaning on a rail on one side or the other with a drink and plate of food in my hand -- where I can jump up and down, stand the entire game, and otherwise do whatever I want without bothering a single other person... nor being in a semi-cramped space...
What makes it worse is that we did the same dad-blasted thing in 2001. LT mentioned multiple times that we could've sold many more skyboxes than we built.
Anyway, I believe the TTF fee has already been waived for the remaining Scoreboard Club seats, so I think we're seeing more proof of what I've long suspected: we have the numbers of upper echelon givers to match most SEC schools, but we're lagging badly in the middle tiers compared to the big boys. That means we need to halt any plans for further price increases in our non-skybox premium seating for a number of years, and take these factors into account when planning the new/revamped baseball stadium.
Anyway, I believe the TTF fee has already been waived for the remaining Scoreboard Club seats, so I think we're seeing more proof of what I've long suspected: we have the numbers of upper echelon givers to match most SEC schools, but we're lagging badly in the middle tiers compared to the big boys. That means we need to halt any plans for further price increases in our non-skybox premium seating for a number of years, and take these factors into account when planning the new/revamped baseball stadium.
The east Club Level is the same way. There are always seats that appear to be empty, but go inside at any given point during the game and it's so full you can hardly walk around. Lots of people buy seats, then stay inside the whole game watching it on television. Others just roam around. And of course, they sell the seats by the windows too so those people sit and watch from inside. They don't contribute to the empty seat appearance.
But during games, CL isn't all that visible on television. The Scoreboard Club will be highly visible, and it could stand the chance of appearing empty a lot of the time.
But during games, CL isn't all that visible on television. The Scoreboard Club will be highly visible, and it could stand the chance of appearing empty a lot of the time.
The decks on each side of the SBC
will eventually be sky boxes. The infrastructure is already there, they just need to build the indoor boxes. May be the scoreboard club should have been general seating and oversold by 5%. Get there early if you want a seat, otherwise stand at the rails.
will eventually be sky boxes. The infrastructure is already there, they just need to build the indoor boxes. May be the scoreboard club should have been general seating and oversold by 5%. Get there early if you want a seat, otherwise stand at the rails.
This is a better way of stating the point I'm trying to get across. Clubs are almost never "full" in the seats themselves even though they are almost always "sold out" with the tickets being used -- but most of them aren't arguably the singlemost visible section in given stadiums. And most of them don't have nearly the amount of "free space" that our Scoreboard Club will.
I wonder what it would cost us today to demolish the west upper/mid deck and make an approximate copy of the east side with ~50 extra skyboxes? I know an engineer that was involved with Tiger Stadium when they demolished/rebuilt their original upper deck new -- and he said it was far more feasible in their situation than trying to renovate...
Didn't know that TTF was a requirement for Scoreboard Club. You sure about that? Since TTFers got to choose first over everybody else, I doubt there are any left to pick up the remaining seats.
If you mean Scoreboard Club, it's probably because a) they're in the endzone, b) they're in the boiling sun for the entire game during early fall day games, and even early evening games, and c) they're catching the full north wind for late fall night games.
And if you don't like heights ....
And if you don't like heights ....