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Title: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: PurplePowerhouse on January 23, 2007, 09:51:52 AM
Just checked kstatesports.com--no tickets available for the Nebraska game Saturday.  Just checked Stub Hub--same deal.  I hope the people who HAVE tickets use them & don't sit at home.  I F'n want to BE THERE.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: michigancat on January 23, 2007, 10:03:24 AM
Those Saturday games could be a tough aftermarket for people who pretty much only want free tickets like I do.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: coitus on January 23, 2007, 10:26:10 AM
only wanting free tickets = bitching about walking from the dorm to bramlage = herniated uterus
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: Saulbadguy on January 23, 2007, 10:27:42 AM
MARCHING COBRAS on Saturday!
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: michigancat on January 23, 2007, 10:37:22 AM
only wanting free tickets = bitching about walking from the dorm to bramlage = herniated uterus

Dude, we've been averaging like 4000 no shows a game.  Paying anything more than $0 is dumb.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: coitus on January 23, 2007, 10:39:44 AM
(http://www.uterus1.com/images/anatomy_uterus.jpg)
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: michigancat on January 23, 2007, 10:41:10 AM
Have you been to every game?

If you can't make it to any future games, I'll take them off of your hands and ensure your status as a KSU fan will remain in good standing.

No charge.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: ksu_FAN on January 23, 2007, 10:47:19 AM
only wanting free tickets = bitching about walking from the dorm to bramlage = herniated uterus

Dude, we've been averaging like 4000 no shows a game.  Paying anything more than $0 is dumb.

Actually, its 3333 per game.  We're now at 29999* paid for empty seats on the season.  

It doesn't technically work this way b/c there are season tickets and donations and such, but if you go by ticket prices for home games ($15 for OOC, $20 for Big 12); K-State has essentually had $501,030 "donated" to KSU athletics/men's basketball by people who didn't fill a seat.

*not including Washburn.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: Stillwater Cat on January 23, 2007, 11:04:14 AM
Think of all the "wear and tear" dollars we are saving...   :D
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: PurplePowerhouse on January 23, 2007, 11:15:37 AM
I'm not looking for free tickets.  I just need 2 tickets, face value.  Apparently some people are content to hoard tickets that they're not using and it pisses me off.  I don't live close enough to Manhattan to justify buying season tickets...plus my job would make it impossible for me to make it to the mid-week games.  I'm just a big fan that's trying to support my team, and I can't get tickets because somebody would rather have their tickets sitting at home, collecting dust.  Its maddening I tells ya!
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: coitus on January 23, 2007, 11:18:40 AM
glad to see not everyone in the house is a cheap skate!

imagine the horror if some had to walk across campus AND pay for a ticket.

what is the world coming to?????
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: michigancat on January 23, 2007, 11:36:00 AM
Retail is for suckers!


BTW, my offer still stands, coitus.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: coitus on January 23, 2007, 11:40:46 AM
i appreciate your offer, but not only do i have no need for your 'service', as a rule i don't do business with panhandlers.

thanks for the offer.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: michigancat on January 23, 2007, 11:42:17 AM
If you eat any tickets, you'll regret it.  Your fan status will be in question*.



*That's really bad.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: WILDCAT NATION on January 23, 2007, 02:05:21 PM
This phenomenon is just going to get worse next year.

Yes, even for good games.

Watch.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: michigancat on January 23, 2007, 02:07:39 PM
This phenomenon is just going to get worse next year.

Yes, even for good games.

Watch.


The sellout phenomenon?

:confused:
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: Pike on January 23, 2007, 02:21:14 PM
Sorry to hijiack the thread but..

only wanting free tickets = bitching about walking from the dorm to bramlage = herniated uterus



Ok well you do it in 15 degree weather in the snow. K?

I almost should've walked last night. The traffic was horrible.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: Dan Rydell on January 23, 2007, 02:34:55 PM
This phenomenon is just going to get worse next year.

Yes, even for good games.

Watch.


What phenomenon?  I think people are going to show up to watch Walker and Beasley.

Also, I think there are going to be more walk-up sales b/c I doubt we sell out season tix with the new required donations.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: ksu_FAN on January 23, 2007, 02:42:35 PM
Yeah, plus I think they'll know better how what to expect and how to handle.  Face it, when you haven't sold more than 6-7K season tickets for a decade, then you suddenly sell 12K+, you probably don't know exactly what you're doing.  I think that was the case this year, but I can't blame them for not expecting to double sales.  The PSLs throw another wrinkle in, but I think they'll be much more equipped to handle it.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: coitus on January 23, 2007, 02:49:00 PM
Sorry to hijiack the thread but..

only wanting free tickets = bitching about walking from the dorm to bramlage = herniated uterus



Ok well you do it in 15 degree weather in the snow. K?

I almost should've walked last night. The traffic was horrible.

the estrogen level in college students these days is unreal.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: WILDCAT NATION on January 23, 2007, 03:04:56 PM
This phenomenon is just going to get worse next year.

Yes, even for good games.

Watch.


What phenomenon?  I think people are going to show up to watch Walker and Beasley.

Also, I think there are going to be more walk-up sales b/c I doubt we sell out season tix with the new required donations.


Businesses owning tickets...

Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: michigancat on January 23, 2007, 03:06:47 PM
Why would a business be more likely to buy tickets and not use them?
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: catzacker on January 23, 2007, 03:12:11 PM
I don't think the problem will be businesses buying tickets as much as it will be less people with tickets in hand prior to the game/season.  IMO, the people that are more likely to attend the games are the ones that already have tickets right now (and even those people don't show up consistently); if less people have those tickets then attendance should drop.  I would expect student attendance to rise next year. 

Or maybe it means more people go in on sets of tickets and non-student attendance increases because you're opportunities to watch the game are lessened and therefore more valuable. 
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: WILDCAT NATION on January 23, 2007, 03:21:34 PM
Why would a business be more likely to buy tickets and not use them?

Great question, but that's the biggest problem right now...that, or a BUNCH of loaded folks in Western KS have seats in Section 5,6, or 7 and don't use them.

Most of the people in the chairbacks already donate at levels that are now "required" I'm guessing.

Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: michigancat on January 23, 2007, 03:24:52 PM
Why would a business be more likely to buy tickets and not use them?

Great question, but that's the biggest problem right now...that, or a BUNCH of loaded folks in Western KS have seats in Section 5,6, or 7 and don't use them.



How do you know that's the biggest problem?  How do you know it isn't people from Topeka or KC or Salina that aren't going to games?

I would think a business is more likely to put tickets to use than your average KC season ticket holder.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: PurplePowerhouse on January 23, 2007, 03:35:21 PM
I don't know.  All I know is that a "Joe fan" like myself can't seem to find tickets for ONE GAME and its pissing me off.   :banghead:
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: sonofdaxjones on January 23, 2007, 03:36:00 PM
Many in the chairback seats blow past new requirements already, so I don't see many of those seats being open, but I bet some will be.

I saw on another site, some guy saying he won't pay the $8K (plus price of ticket) a year it will take to keep both his football and basketball chairbacks (4 each).    
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: PurplePowerhouse on January 23, 2007, 03:43:47 PM
Many in the chairback seats blow past new requirements already, so I don't see many of those seats being open, but I bet some will be.

I saw on another site, some guy saying he won't pay the $8K (plus price of ticket) a year it will take to keep both his football and basketball chairbacks (4 each).   

I know I sure couldn't afford to blow that kind of coin on chairbacks & season tickets.  But I think what we're seeing now is that the common fans are starting to get cut off from accessing games.  And as a KSU grad & fan that went to basketball & football games religiously when I was a student and even since graduation, its a real bummer because the message I'm getting is "You don't matter anymore."
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: WILDCAT NATION on January 23, 2007, 04:24:59 PM
Can anyone really blame someone for not wanting to "donate" 10 grand to see college games.  Jeezus, that is absurd.

I wondered how many folks out there that have been going to games for years had seats in the 1000 dollar/seat sections for both football and bball.

If you had 4 seats in bball, that were previously covered by your football donation, you just got you tickets bumped up 4 GRAND...


Timmy, I hope you got this right.

Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: WildCatzPhreak on January 23, 2007, 04:38:03 PM
http://kansasstate.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=12&tid=87783039&mid=87783039&sid=889&style=2

Try this.  I've gotten pretty much all of my basketball/football tickets this way.  Always face value or cheaper, keeps people that can't use their tickets from wasting them and keeps me from having to pay insane prices or buy tickets I won't be able to use.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: PurplePowerhouse on January 23, 2007, 05:03:28 PM
I tend to stay away from the rivals side of things, but I want tickets so...OK.  Thanks for the tip  :hope:
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: PurplePowerhouse on January 24, 2007, 08:12:14 AM
Day 2 of my ticket search:  Still no luck.  That f'n arena better be packed Saturday  :banghead:
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: WILDCAT NATION on January 24, 2007, 08:42:56 AM
I promise if you look hard enough, you'll find some.

Call Jason at the PI office...they've taken over the job of the AD to get a ticket exchange going.  Great for them...yet another letdown from our AD.

Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: PurplePowerhouse on January 24, 2007, 09:53:03 AM
"PI office?"  Explain.

Dude, I've looked everywhere I can think of.  I don't think anybody is even looking at the ticket exchange areas of the message boards.  One guy told me he had a couple of tickets available, but haven't heard from him since.  I think fate is determined to block me from going, but I'm going to keep looking.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: michigancat on January 24, 2007, 09:58:53 AM
ebay?
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: PurplePowerhouse on January 25, 2007, 10:46:44 PM
YES!  Finally scored some tickets courtesy of Squeak from this board.  THANK YOU!
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: ECN on January 25, 2007, 10:50:11 PM
you wanted tickets? i had 10th row section 10..extras...gone now. was only 20 for both. oh well.
Title: Re: BUMMED (Tickets)
Post by: ChicagoCat on January 25, 2007, 11:28:37 PM
I got 1 student Icat.  Best offer, if no offers I'll give away.  I will be able to give away in town.  Must have ID for use.  PM me