I noticed in the reports today that the UM athletic budget is about $6M more than MSU. It appears that they get about $5M more from football revenue. That seems like a big difference for two stadiums of similar size. Does their stadium have that many more luxury boxes? Is that where the difference comes from?
Why the difference in athletic budget for MSU versus UM?
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I noticed in the reports today that the UM athletic budget is about $6M more than MSU. It appears that they get about $5M more from football revenue. That seems like a big difference for two stadiums of similar size. Does their stadium have that many more luxury boxes? Is that where the difference comes from?
1. About 6,000 more seats or so,
2. They have luxury seating down both sidelines, and the south end zone.
2. They have luxury seating down both sidelines, and the south end zone.
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For football, y'all sell about 11,000 to our 7,500. You also charge significantly less than we charge our students.
student ticket revenues
state:
11k student tickets @ $7 each @ 7 home games= $539,000 vs.
om:
7.5k student tickets @ $84 football package = $630,000
**OM also slings student tickets in tri-sportpackages for$120 which covers baseball, football, and basketball. Interesting way of doing it, but pro's and con's definitely
state:
11k student tickets @ $7 each @ 7 home games= $539,000 vs.
om:
7.5k student tickets @ $84 football package = $630,000
**OM also slings student tickets in tri-sportpackages for$120 which covers baseball, football, and basketball. Interesting way of doing it, but pro's and con's definitely
those 4500 seats have a difference of approximately $200 between student tickets ($50/season) and reg. priced season tickets ($240/season). 4500 * 200 = 900K.
Not complaining, would be more than ok with paying more than that, but just trying to figure out facts.
that it was raised to$7 by gblast yr as approved by student government- anyone knowing otherwise feel free to correct me
I was not comparing regular prices to student ticket prices. I was comparing OM STUDENT to MSU STUDENT prices
Still $700,000 though. Plus their approximately 10,000 greater capacity is good for another $2,000,000. Add in that they have more luxury seating than we do and don't sell as many discounted season tickets, and a $5M difference in football revenues sounds about right.
I don't have a problem charging the students an extremely low price to go to the game at all. I think 5 dollars is more than reasonable for a college student.
Comparing their student ticket revenue (prices) to ours and thought it was interesting that they offer package multi-sports pricing. Curious as to why we don't. That is all
Your "math is fun" response seemed like you were mocking JimHalpert and showing there wasn't a huge difference between the student ticket revenues when there is a huge difference.
So a damn hamburger happy meal and a mickey D's sweet tea has pretty much an equivalent value to an SEC game? Are you nuts, Todd!?!Todd4State said:
$5.00 will buy a student about 1 to 1 /2 beer today and I damn sure think if they can pay $25-$100 a night getting drunk, or getting fat on $5 pizza 3-4 times a week, then they can pay a measly $7 - $8 a game in 2010!!
it's not so much an issue of can/can't afford it. It's an issue of giving everyone an opportunity to go, and making the events attractive to go to. One of the best ways to do that is to keep the cost down.
I think that one thing that college students should get to do when they are in college is be able to go to the games at an affordable rate and enjoy them and be with their friends. I think that's a very important part of developing support for teams down the road.
There are plenty of other ways to get money without raising the student ticket prices.
I think that one thing that college students should get to do when they are in college is be able to go to the games at an affordable rate and enjoy them and be with their friends. I think that's a very important part of developing support for teams down the road.
There are plenty of other ways to get money without raising the student ticket prices.
Most high schoolgames cost $5-7. I think a college kid can afford $10 to go see a couple of SEC schools compete.</p>