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re: Alabama screwed us on tickets...
Posted on 11/1/11 at 11:04 am to Choupique19
Posted on 11/1/11 at 11:04 am to Choupique19
Dammit there a TON of fail in this thread.
The SEC mandates that X% of your stadium MUST be allocated for visitors. Of that visitor allocation X% MUST be in the lower bowl.
LSU has changed their lower level allotment to match these minimums, or very close to them.
The visiting team receives the ENTIRE grouping of tickets from the home team and chooses how to allocate them among their fans. So no, Alabama didn't put 600 students in the upper deck. LSU did, and no LSU can't put BAMA's band in the East Upper...only Bama can choose to do that.
When/if LSU ever builds a South Endzone Upper Deck, you will find that the majority of those visitors seats in the East Upper will be put on the top rows there.
The SEC mandates that X% of your stadium MUST be allocated for visitors. Of that visitor allocation X% MUST be in the lower bowl.
LSU has changed their lower level allotment to match these minimums, or very close to them.
The visiting team receives the ENTIRE grouping of tickets from the home team and chooses how to allocate them among their fans. So no, Alabama didn't put 600 students in the upper deck. LSU did, and no LSU can't put BAMA's band in the East Upper...only Bama can choose to do that.
When/if LSU ever builds a South Endzone Upper Deck, you will find that the majority of those visitors seats in the East Upper will be put on the top rows there.
This post was edited on 11/1/11 at 11:06 am
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Posted on 11/1/11 at 11:06 am to Golfer
quote:
Dammit there a TON of fail in this thread.
The SEC mandates that X% of your stadium MUST be allocated for visitors. Of that visitor allocation X% MUST be in the lower bowl.
LSU has changed their lower level allotment to match these minimums, or very close to them.
The visiting team receives the ENTIRE grouping of tickets from the home team and chooses how to allocate them among their fans. So no, Alabama didn't put 600 students in the upper deck. LSU did, and no LSU can't put BAMA's band in the East Upper...only Bama can choose to do that.
BOOM
/thread
Although, we could do what Bama and UF do and spread everyone out so it looks worse on TV and isn't as loud.
Posted on 11/1/11 at 11:11 am to Golfer
quote:
Dammit there a TON of fail in this thread.
It's been tough trying to keep up in here.
Posted on 11/1/11 at 11:15 am to Golfer
I see a lot of confusion and helpful data from others. This is how the Bama seating (and SEC seating for that matter) was told to my by TAF.
*The SEC mandates that you have to offer the visiting team 7,000 tickets
*Of the 7,000 tickets, a certain percentage must be "good" seats (i.e. lower bowl) (ETA: Per PRK, it's 1700)
*Bama does this, but just barely
*LSU gives more than the SEC minimum (ETA: Per PRK, it's 3000 lower bowl seats)
So this begs the question, "Why doesn't LSU simply move more visiting fans to the upper deck and more LSU upper deck fans down low?" This cannot be done (ETA: cannot be done easily) because if you move LSU fans down low, they now owe a HIGHER TAF Traditions fund fee (for sitting in better seats). Most upper deck fans don't want to pay the higher mandatory donation amount.
*If LSU expands into the South Endzone, they will do the same thing Bama has done to us. Book it!
OK, here is where it gets hairy
*If LSU brings the FULL band, that, plus player's families, TAF staff, other "dignitaries"; we now are down to only a handful of tickets for the season ticket holder
*In 2009, I believe that only TAF numbers 1-30 or so received tickets in the lower bowl. Numbers 31 and up had to go to the upper deck.
We are not (I think) bringing a full band this year. Because of this, there are now more lower bowl seats for LSU fans.
Feel free to correct me if I'm a bit wrong on some of my info
*The SEC mandates that you have to offer the visiting team 7,000 tickets
*Of the 7,000 tickets, a certain percentage must be "good" seats (i.e. lower bowl) (ETA: Per PRK, it's 1700)
*Bama does this, but just barely
*LSU gives more than the SEC minimum (ETA: Per PRK, it's 3000 lower bowl seats)
So this begs the question, "Why doesn't LSU simply move more visiting fans to the upper deck and more LSU upper deck fans down low?" This cannot be done (ETA: cannot be done easily) because if you move LSU fans down low, they now owe a HIGHER TAF Traditions fund fee (for sitting in better seats). Most upper deck fans don't want to pay the higher mandatory donation amount.
*If LSU expands into the South Endzone, they will do the same thing Bama has done to us. Book it!
OK, here is where it gets hairy
*If LSU brings the FULL band, that, plus player's families, TAF staff, other "dignitaries"; we now are down to only a handful of tickets for the season ticket holder
*In 2009, I believe that only TAF numbers 1-30 or so received tickets in the lower bowl. Numbers 31 and up had to go to the upper deck.
We are not (I think) bringing a full band this year. Because of this, there are now more lower bowl seats for LSU fans.
Feel free to correct me if I'm a bit wrong on some of my info
This post was edited on 11/1/11 at 11:18 am
Posted on 11/1/11 at 11:31 am to Golfer
quote:
Dammit there a TON of fail in this thread.
Settle down, Beavis. I've been here since 2005, this is not the first time this thread has come up. I know the SEC rules for vistiting seat distribution. I was just playing along with all of the "LSU is getting screwed" crowd. To hear them argue, LSU is only getting about 150 lower bowl seats.
Sorry for rantarding!
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