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Posted on 10/17/14 at 5:37 pm to BamaHater
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LSU is pricing out the true/die hard fans out of Tiger Stadium
One more "out" and this inning is over.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 5:41 pm to BamaHater
The face value of the tickets is relative a minor issue.
If you have to pay the TAF/Tradition also, which can be a LOT more than the actual ticket price, that is what is so hard to do. In my case, the actual ticket price is about 1/3rd of the overall cost for the ticket.
With the expanded capacity, the parking/traffic major issues, and the spoiled fan base, selling our tickets for the BS games for the face value, which represents a loss of 2/3rds of the price you paid, is a very tough proposition. I have always been able to sell on the Tiger Marketplace since my tickets are so damn good, but twice this year they did not sell, so I ate the full real price of 2 tickets for 2 games, which bites.
Yeah, Yeah, tough problem you might say to have, but after a few years of eating cardboard tickets, and now more frequently, they don't digest so well.
If you have to pay the TAF/Tradition also, which can be a LOT more than the actual ticket price, that is what is so hard to do. In my case, the actual ticket price is about 1/3rd of the overall cost for the ticket.
With the expanded capacity, the parking/traffic major issues, and the spoiled fan base, selling our tickets for the BS games for the face value, which represents a loss of 2/3rds of the price you paid, is a very tough proposition. I have always been able to sell on the Tiger Marketplace since my tickets are so damn good, but twice this year they did not sell, so I ate the full real price of 2 tickets for 2 games, which bites.
Yeah, Yeah, tough problem you might say to have, but after a few years of eating cardboard tickets, and now more frequently, they don't digest so well.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 6:06 pm to Football_Freak
Wife and I had a serious talk (argument) about this today after I told her I had to give away my Kentucky tickets.
Women do not understand the whole idea of supporting the program, buying the crappy games to get the good games, etc. All she wants to know is (a) why are we paying so much, and (b) what are we getting for our money.
I used to be able to defend my position. I can't anymore. I might as well be wiping my arse with $100 bills.
Women do not understand the whole idea of supporting the program, buying the crappy games to get the good games, etc. All she wants to know is (a) why are we paying so much, and (b) what are we getting for our money.
I used to be able to defend my position. I can't anymore. I might as well be wiping my arse with $100 bills.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 7:57 pm to yaherrdme
You can easily tell that the people who complain about ticket prices, parking, etc. are nothing but kids or people who really have no connections to LSU.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:07 pm to Slippy
I'm one of those sick, old guys (but not overweight) whose tickets have been in the family a long time. I have great tickets, but I'm thinking the 'Thrill is gone.' Today's Tiger Stadium is rarely loud. And the Stadium experience is ruined (let me repeat, RUINED) by the piped in electro/techno crap. I go to games to watch football and hear the band, and share the college football experience. That experience is largely gone. I can't hear the band for the techno crap. The game is now far too long, with unending tv timeouts. And on every timeout we get to hear some commercial from one of the stadium sponsors. How many People's Health Alumni are there? I recommend a book titled "Fourth and Long, The Battle for the Soul of College Football." Particularly read about what has happened at Michigan. They hired a corporate whiz (Pizza chain ceo) as AD. He has raised money and improved facilities (whoopee) but has effectively run off the fans. Read posts by today's Michigan fans. They say, the fun has left the building. I disagree with one of the prior posters who said, we're stuck with this, we can't change it. I'm in complete disagreement. We just have to tell our athletic director and our president and our chancellor that this sucks. That this is not college football. That we don't want a minor league pro football team. To see what we're missing, attend any of our smaller colleges in Louisiana. The fans at those smaller stadiums come and cheer long and loud. It ain't Tiger Stadium, but damn it, it's good football. We want the experience of college football. That's it, I'm too old and too sick to type more. 
Posted on 10/17/14 at 8:17 pm to BamaHater
It's not TRUE/DIE HARD.. it's LOUD fans.
Posted on 10/17/14 at 9:19 pm to tiger94gop
quote:
LSU has a dirth of old, overweight, sick fans
Dirth?
I don't know if I should
or 
Posted on 10/18/14 at 7:05 am to Bayou Paddler
quote:
Why do the football ticket holders have to continue to pay for the education side?
Uh, maybe because LSU is first and foremost, an institution of higher learning?
Reading posts like yours tells me we might should just drop all the pretense at LSU and other football factories.
Sever the program from the school, call them the "Baton Rouge Tigers," and accept it for what it is--a farm system for the NFL.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 7:41 am to BamaHater
quote:yes please.
I Guess to appease the fan base we need to charge $20 for tickets and schedule teams like Ohio State, USC, Oklahoma, and Oregon at home.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 7:46 am to avondale88
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Posted on 10/18/14 at 7:46 am to avondale88
quote:
You can easily tell that the people who complain about ticket prices, parking, etc. are nothing but kids or people who really have no connections to LSU.
Not true. I'm not a child and I am a graduate of LSU
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