They keep adding little teams to FBS, latest being Liberty and Coastal Carolina. That can't help the attendance with those small stadiums thrown into the averages.I bet UAB getting back into the batch does not help that average.
They keep adding little teams to FBS, latest being Liberty and Coastal Carolina. That can't help the attendance with those small stadiums thrown into the averages.I bet UAB getting back into the batch does not help that average.
Well, there goes my idea of taking my family to a "cupcake" game this season. I can go watch a major league baseball game that is a hecka of lot closer to home for those prices. Rangers vs Astros, HERE WE COME!!!!It seemed to me like the University had more trouble selling those single-game tickets for the cupcake games this year than in the past. Seemed like they were doing more promotional packages and email blasts and such to try to move them than in the past. Upper corners of the endzones at $85 a ticket to see the starters maybe play the first half against a cupcake does make the recliner and HDTV look appealing.
That's not true. Ticket prices hereIt seemed to me like the University had more trouble selling those single-game tickets for the cupcake games this year than in the past. Seemed like they were doing more promotional packages and email blasts and such to try to move them than in the past. Upper corners of the endzones at $85 a ticket to see the starters maybe play the first half against a cupcake does make the recliner and HDTV look appealing.
Has AlDOT extended I-20/59 to the I-359 exit? That would help a lot.The 25,000- 40,000 car traffic jam is enough to deter me. Although A-Day is free and has a somewhat game day atmosphere the wife and decided to stay at home only because of that traffic jam.
Get a better carrier; I've not had a single cell reception issue at the stadium over the past few seasons.We have season tickets and only go to the big games. It's a hassle to get there and get out. Too many late games. 9PM EST games are rough when you can't get a hotel. The in stadium experience sucks. There are a million commercial breaks. They still haven't fixed ATT reception issues. The ticker boards are an hour behind on all the other scores. God forbid they give up advertising on 50' of ribbon board and make someone be in charge of updating it continuously.
Sometimes it is just better to sit at home and watch in HD so you can catch football from noon until the late west coast game is over.
I'm glad for you...sounds like a good priority for you. I would love to see you put some figures to all this...tell us roughly what it cost for a couple to attend a season of UA football...that will may my cable costs much more reasonable!The price of the tickets themselves is the least of it. Add food and drink for the day. Multiply that sum by the number of home games.
Then add the Tide Pride fee. Multiply that by the number of seats you have. Add the donation to the Crimson Tide Foundation needed to keep access to post-season tickets.
Add post season tickets -- $350 to $450 a couple for the SECCG. $550 a couple for the Sugar Bowl. $1,300 a couple for the NCG.
Add transportation and lodging in the post-season.
Kind of like buying a new car (as opposed to a used one), there's no way to justify that with dollars and cents logic.
Mrs. Basket Case and I have discussed it, and we do it because we know first hand how temporary this run is. We were in school in the late 70s, and persevered through the 25 years of wilderness (1990-94 Stallings oasis acknowledged) that followed Bryant's retirement.
It won't always be this way, and we don't want to miss a minute of it while it lasts.
This sounds like the description of getting a "Free" puppy.The price of the tickets themselves is the least of it. Add food and drink for the day. Multiply that sum by the number of home games.
Then add the Tide Pride fee. Multiply that by the number of seats you have. Add the donation to the Crimson Tide Foundation needed to keep access to post-season tickets.
Add post season tickets -- $350 to $450 a couple for the SECCG. $550 a couple for the Sugar Bowl. $1,300 a couple for the NCG.
Add transportation and lodging in the post-season.
Kind of like buying a new car (as opposed to a used one), there's no way to justify that with dollars and cents logic.
Mrs. Basket Case and I have discussed it, and we do it because we know first hand how temporary this run is. We were in school in the late 70s, and persevered through the 25 years of wilderness (1990-94 Stallings oasis acknowledged) that followed Bryant's retirement.
It won't always be this way, and we don't want to miss a minute of it while it lasts.
I'm glad for you...sounds like a good priority for you. I would love to see you put some figures to all this...tell us roughly what it cost for a couple to attend a season of UA football...that will may my cable costs much more reasonable!
With the prices they are now charging and the drudgery of fighting the crowds, I'm surprised at how many stadiums are still full. It's just so easy to watch from home with friends, and the price is right.It's the offseason. Thought this would be a decent discussion. I wonder if more people are simply watching from their recliners?
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22422239/college-football-attendance-declines-2017
Conversely, most fans don't want to drive an hour or more to Tuscaloosa to wait 10 minutes before kickoff in hopes of finding a cheap ticket.The issue is that it is hard to fill up a 100k stadium, and most season ticket holders are mostly renewing for points to get face value seats in the postseason. But I just don’t buy the “ it’s way too expensive” argument entirely unless it’s a long travel or the person is afraid to deal with scalpers. The truth is that it is way more affordable to buy a ticket than it has been since games were played at Legion Field. 10-20 minutes before game time for the past 4 years I’ve only seen one game be at or above face value at BDS and that was the 2014 Auburn game.
My wife wants to total up what I spend on golf...it's still cheaper than having a boat! Thanks...Well, I'm cussing you right now because for the first time, I put pen to paper and totaled it up.
Lots of leeway in how you count various expenses, but regular season is a lot. Most of that is Tide Pride and CTF.
Non-regular-season and road game outlay is a function of a lot of different things. Could range from $0 to $5K or more, depending, depending, depending. This last year, we went to FSU in Atlanta, two nights in Nashville for Vandy, both playoff games, had a three-night minimum in NO, with associated restaurant and drink bills. Stayed with friends for both games in Atlanta, so other than tickets (which were substantial), the marginal outlay there was minimal.
Total tab, again depending on exactly how you account for various items, left $10K in the dust.
But I gotta tell you, if there's a drug that could duplicate the effects of seeing that last play live -- watching the OL form a perfect pocket, seeing the ball arc up, then head down, realizing that the receiver is open, then that he caught it, and the game is over, and we're national champs again -- it would sell for several times that.