Enough about Kiffin. How do we keep visiting fans from taking over the East side year after year?

[GhostOfJackie]

Jesus Christ faculty..... how many tickets are you nerdy *** poor bastards going to sell to the visiting fans? Why do we have to continue to witness this fiasco happen year after year? From what I understand, these clowns will now have to pay full price and the Bulldog Club fee to purchase season tickets like the rest of us. Is that true?

What other options do we have to get maroon asses in east side seats? They need to offer lower priced season tickets for the east side to make sure we can get those seats filled with actual Bulldog fans, give the visitors a **** hair sliver of a section on the lower east side, and put the remaining visitors tickets in the nosebleeds on the west side. Lower ticket prices so the normal middle class family can afford to attend more than 1 game a season. LOWER PRICES for season tickets! And do not let the faculty get any discount that we are getting. They have RUINED that privilege for their dickwad selves.

 

[MStateU]

Win

 

[PBRME]

It’s far beyond a faculty problem. There’s not that many faculty tickets.

 

[8dog]

Reduce capacity. We weren’t even filling the stadium in 21 and 22 when we were winning.

 

[ronpolk]

We should hire a competent coach.

 

[Walkthedawg]

It’s extremely simple.

step 1) The administration and university gets serious about the sport of football.
step 2) begin working diligently toward setting goals to accomplish the mission.
Step 3) ???
Step 4) Profit immensely.

 

[GloryDawg]

Chairback the entire stadium.

 

[HailStout]

It’s extremely simple.

step 1) The administration and university gets serious about the sport of football.
step 2) begin working diligently toward setting goals to accomplish the mission.
Step 3) ???
Step 4) Profit immensely.

When do we steal the underpants?

 

[615dawg]

Its not just a faculty problem. The university is putting unsold tickets in the secondary ticket market apps.

Let's face it. We are a cheap road game for a lot of fan bases. Lowest secondary market ticket prices in the conference. I talked to several Tennessee fans at the game that couldnt believe they were seeing a Vol game for under $100 a ticket.

 

[Choctaw Dawg]

All the tickets that visiting fans buy are season tickets that were not sold, starts with us winning football games and the fanbase to quit making excuses about not showing up while complaining about the east side takeovers. It is cheaper for Tennessee, Texas, and Georgia to travel to our game than for them to get a ticket to watch their own team at home.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Jesus Christ faculty..... how many tickets are you nerdy *** poor bastards going to sell to the visiting fans? Why do we have to continue to witness this fiasco happen year after year? From what I understand, these clowns will now have to pay full price and the Bulldog Club fee to purchase season tickets like the rest of us. Is that true?

What other options do we have to get maroon asses in east side seats? They need to offer lower priced season tickets for the east side to make sure we can get those seats filled with actual Bulldog fans, give the visitors a **** hair sliver of a section on the lower east side, and put the remaining visitors tickets in the nosebleeds on the west side. Lower ticket prices so the normal middle class family can afford to attend more than 1 game a season. LOWER PRICES for season tickets! And do not let the faculty get any discount that we are getting. They have RUINED that privilege for their dickwad selves.

First sign that you are an angry blowhard......you blame faculty. That puts a neon flashing sign on your that says 'I'm an idiot'.

The answer to your question is to sell more season tickets. Duh. And it's not happening this year.

 

[pcdog2017]

A lot of faculty gave up their season tix after a price hike (following 2-10). Then the school sold those tickets on the open market as single game tickets.

The first answer is to win.

The second answer is that lower bowl tickets should never be sold by the school on a single game basis.

 

[L4Dawg]

Jesus Christ faculty..... how many tickets are you nerdy *** poor bastards going to sell to the visiting fans? Why do we have to continue to witness this fiasco happen year after year? From what I understand, these clowns will now have to pay full price and the Bulldog Club fee to purchase season tickets like the rest of us. Is that true?

What other options do we have to get maroon asses in east side seats? They need to offer lower priced season tickets for the east side to make sure we can get those seats filled with actual Bulldog fans, give the visitors a **** hair sliver of a section on the lower east side, and put the remaining visitors tickets in the nosebleeds on the west side. Lower ticket prices so the normal middle class family can afford to attend more than 1 game a season. LOWER PRICES for season tickets! And do not let the faculty get any discount that we are getting. They have RUINED that privilege for their dickwad selves.

Win

 

[L4Dawg]

Its not just a faculty problem. The university is putting unsold tickets in the secondary ticket market apps.

Let's face it. We are a cheap road game for a lot of fan bases. Lowest secondary market ticket prices in the conference. I talked to several Tennessee fans at the game that couldnt believe they were seeing a Vol game for under $100 a ticket.

The university isn't doing that for the most part. The southeast part of the stadium includes faculty and visitors. It's also perhaps the least popular part of the stadium, especially for day games. The tickets are higher priced than the upper east side, and they are still in the sun.

 

[Arnept]

The last time we beat a SEC team at home, the current MSU junior class was in high school.

Win. That'll fix our problem.

 

[Xenomorph]

1. Chairback the stadium (I've heard people say it's not possible due to rise/run, I've heard others say it is.)
2. Take capacity down to 58K
3. Increase prices to pay for the upgrade
4. Implement a system where tickets that are purchased at a reduced price (students, faculty, etc) must be scanned with the accompanying purchaser's ID. I don't know how that works or what it looks like, but it would solve the problem of people using MSU football season tickets as their nest egg to fund their vacation.
5. Be better at football. It would increase demand within our fanbase and discourage visiting fans from coming to watch their team curb stomp an opponent.
6. Stop building hotels and making Starkville nicer. Lots of times I've gone to a road game just because... "Hey, I've heard that town is pretty cool and we're playing there. Let's go."

#6 is said in jest.. just pointing out that this is a complicated problem.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

Winning fixes everything. Remember sellouts under DM? Got to win.

 

[Maroon13]

Real practical short term solutions....

Move the students back to the east side. Sections 20 to end (17 I think). Put the chain link fence back up, security at each portal entrance to ensure students only.

Sections 21-22 are open to F&S and as season ticket to fans for a BC donation of $150 per seat.

23 , open to season ticket sales. $100
Per seat donation.

24-25 visitors

North endzone. Open to season ticket sales. $150 per seat donation. Comes with gridiron pass. Or season ticket sales with $50
Per seat donation no gridiron.

East first two rows and west side upper deck chairbacks : no bc donations, full season ticket price.

east and west side upper deck bench seating: reduced season ticket price, no bc required.

 

[Howiefeltersnstch]

If you bought about 20,000 tickets on the east side it would help

 

[RopeDawg]

Easy, just put a good product on the field

 

[GhostOfJackie]

Chairback the entire stadium.

This^

The lower west side is so damn cramped and uncomfortable. The rows are literally the longest rows in the SEC, and you have to squeeze by 50 people to get out. Go measure on Google Earth, they are actually the longest rows in the SEC. The steps are nearly impossible to navigate because they were built in 1920. Just a **** situation for your alumni season tickets holders on the lower west side.

 

[John Deaux VII]

Chairback the entire stadium.

That would just provide greater comfort to visiting team fans. Let's throw in complementary beer while we are at it. Mississippi is the Hospitality State, after all....

 

[Son_of_34]

Jesus Christ faculty..... how many tickets are you nerdy *** poor bastards going to sell to the visiting fans? Why do we have to continue to witness this fiasco happen year after year? From what I understand, these clowns will now have to pay full price and the Bulldog Club fee to purchase season tickets like the rest of us. Is that true?

What other options do we have to get maroon asses in east side seats? They need to offer lower priced season tickets for the east side to make sure we can get those seats filled with actual Bulldog fans, give the visitors a **** hair sliver of a section on the lower east side, and put the remaining visitors tickets in the nosebleeds on the west side. Lower ticket prices so the normal middle class family can afford to attend more than 1 game a season. LOWER PRICES for season tickets! And do not let the faculty get any discount that we are getting. They have RUINED that privilege for their dickwad selves.

Have we not had this convo before? Faculty makes up one section, section 21, the rest is due to people not buying tickets so they get sold to opposing fans. Want to stop it? Buy 17'n tickets

 

[GhostOfJackie]

Its not just a faculty problem. The university is putting unsold tickets in the secondary ticket market apps.

Let's face it. We are a cheap road game for a lot of fan bases. Lowest secondary market ticket prices in the conference. I talked to several Tennessee fans at the game that couldnt believe they were seeing a Vol game for under $100 a ticket.

Then why doesn't the University move the season tickets sold on the upper east side to the lower east side to make sure that those seats are ticketed? (instead of having so many unsold tickets on lower east). Move them down to the lower deck after a period of time when they realize those tickets won't sell. That will take care of at least some of the problem. If the problem is season tickets not being sold down there, then move the upper deck down there.

Or, sell less tickets on the West side and un-cramp that ****-hole. I'd honestly rather sit on the east side during an 11:00 game anyway. It's less cramped.

 

[vhdawg]

Section 21 is Faculty & Staff (https://msubulldogclub.com/documents/2025/1/22/25FB_FAC_DWS_PricingMap.pdf)

Beyond that....MSU people need to buy season tickets.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Win football games. If you’re not putting out a winning product then people aren’t coming. It’s that simple.

Other than that it gets really complicated and expensive. Upgrades to the stadium are nice but if you aren’t winning football games people aren’t going to simply attend because they have a nice cushy seat.

“We’re getting our head kicked in but boy this seat sure is nice.”

 

[GhostOfJackie]

Section 21 is Faculty & Staff (https://msubulldogclub.com/documents/2025/1/22/25FB_FAC_DWS_PricingMap.pdf)

Beyond that....MSU people need to buy season tickets.

The University can easily and simply take season tickets sold in the upper deck and move those people to the lower deck to make it more "full" of season ticket holders. At a certain point when they realize those east side lower tickets are not sold, then make the change. They can at least move all these "non-ticketed" seats that visiting fans keep buying up to the upper decks.

Is that really difficult for the University to do?

 

[The Peeper]

Beyond that....MSU people need to buy season tickets.

For that to happen Lebby is going to have to step up his and his teams game, TREMENDOUSLY.

The ticket office next year has a monumental job ahead of them................

 

[DerHntr]

Stop blaming the faculty and staff who sit in one section when your post is about fans “taking over the east side.” The people teaching and providing services to students at State are nerdy *****, clowns, and dickwads to you. And no, I’m not a member of the faculty or staff. I’m just trying to figure out how you can sit there and be so insanely pissed at them when it’s clearly a more systemic problem.

 

[MSUDC11-2.0]

People aren’t buying season tickets on the east side, and because we haven’t been good they aren’t buying single game tickets either.

I don’t see a scenario where our ticket sales are vastly improved going into next year. So don’t expect much change until we win more. Our SEC home games next year are Bama, Auburn, Oklahoma, Mizzou, Vandy. I’m not sure any of those will bring the crowds that Tennessee or OM brought this year but some will bring plenty of people. Specifically Bama, I’m sure.

 

[The Peeper]

The University can easily and simply take season tickets sold in the upper deck and move those people to the lower deck to make it more "full" of season ticket holders.

What if those upper level ticket holders don't want to move and pay the higher ticket prices in the lower level, what then?

For example, those in upper level 335 would have paid $300/seat this year. To go directly below that section to the lower level section 20 those seats are $700, big increase. You paying the difference since its your idea?

 

[vhdawg]

For those of you that need a more visual representation of what each seat costs for a season ticket, counting Bulldog Club donation, here you go.

To those saying move the East Upper Deck people down, two things, 1) they may like where they sit, 2) you're gonna have to cut the rest of them a deal to get them to move down.

 

[GhostOfJackie]

What if those upper level ticket holders don't want to move and pay the higher ticket prices in the lower level, what then?

For example, those in upper level 335 would have paid $300/seat this year. To go directly below that section to the lower level section 20 those seats are $700, big increase. You paying the difference since its your idea?

Then move them anyway. Who cares if the University loses out on $400 a ticket? The problem with visiting fans filling up a majority of the east side matters more than whatever cost they will lose out on. They are lucky people are still buying upper deck tickets anyway.

All I'm saying is that the problem can be at least partially fixed by making sure season ticket holders from other lower priced areas end up in those lower east seats, no matter what the cost is to MSU. They just need to make it happen. Some of you are "no" people and think the University simply cannot handle such an important task. I promise you they can. Do a lottery or something to move down to the lower level. This isn't hard.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Can't just say 'win'. Because at MSU, there is likely a small pain period coming first. As a small fanbase, we have to go above and beyond, and fill up the stadium first. Danny was right about that.

What we really need, is a plan we can all believe in. It can't be dependent on a singular coach, because those change.....often.

 

[beachbumdawg]

Jesus Christ faculty..... how many tickets are you nerdy *** poor bastards going to sell to the visiting fans? Why do we have to continue to witness this fiasco happen year after year? From what I understand, these clowns will now have to pay full price and the Bulldog Club fee to purchase season tickets like the rest of us. Is that true?

What other options do we have to get maroon asses in east side seats? They need to offer lower priced season tickets for the east side to make sure we can get those seats filled with actual Bulldog fans, give the visitors a **** hair sliver of a section on the lower east side, and put the remaining visitors tickets in the nosebleeds on the west side. Lower ticket prices so the normal middle class family can afford to attend more than 1 game a season. LOWER PRICES for season tickets! And do not let the faculty get any discount that we are getting. They have RUINED that privilege for their dickwad selves.

Don’t put a **** product on the field and sell it as roses

 

[The Peeper]

Then move them anyway. Who cares if the University loses out on $400 a ticket?

Then everybody is going to buy up top and expect to get moved down. How are you going to move some and not others. You aren't thinking this through

 

[The Peeper]

Can't just say 'win'. Because at MSU, there is likely a small pain period coming first. As a small fanbase, we have to go above and beyond, and fill up the stadium first. Danny was right about that.

What we really need, is a plan we can all believe in. It can't be dependent on a singular coach, because those change.....often.

The last 2 seasons were LARGE "pain periods" , that ship has sailed on this dude. Fans have seen enough of this movie to know it sucks and won't be back until there's a new sheriff they can believe in and not a smoke and mirror show w/ the Wizard behind the curtain pushing buttons. They aren't coming back just because there's a new light show and some different food vendors

 

[GhostOfJackie]

Then everybody is going to buy up top and expect to get moved down. How are you going to move some and not others. You aren't thinking this through

Lottery. Life isn't fair.

If there is a chance that season ticket holders who really want to be on the lower east side, might end up on the upper east side if they don't catch the lottery spot, no way they take that risk by buying upper east tickets. You are not thinking this through because you are lazy, and a "no" person. It can be done, the University just doesn't want to do it.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Can't just say 'win'. Because at MSU, there is likely a small pain period coming first. As a small fanbase, we have to go above and beyond, and fill up the stadium first. Danny was right about that.

What we really need, is a plan we can all believe in. It can't be dependent on a singular coach, because those change.....often.

A plan you can believe in is a coach that wins football games. You’re trying to over complicate it

 

[ckDOG]