LSU ticket office once again screwing with basketball attendance

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It’s kind of sad for baseball that LSU basketball somehow still makes more money.

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Operating cost for a 3 game series is pretty high for baseball considering the tickets are really cheap.

I bought 2 season tickets for 200.00.
2 tickets for Auburn and Tennessee was going to be like 120.00 so it was a no brainer to just go ahead and buy the whole season.

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while I agree with your post, just quit bitching and get to the game.

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Thanks for you lsu super fan tough guy response, but I have season tickets. Its the casual basketball fan that LSU acts like they wants to attract, but do the opposite when they force people into buying ticket packages.

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It’s kind of sad for baseball that LSU basketball somehow still makes more money.

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TV money. No one really cares about college baseball nationwide, unfortunately.

Not sure if it’s blanked out because of ticket packages or what but there are only 8 tickets left in the 200 level according to the map and less then 100 in the 3 sections at half court on either side in the upper level

I don't care much to hear any complaining about this. Season tickets in the uppers are only 100-300 dollars for 20ish games each year. Not much to support your alma mater or favorite team. If you jump on the bandwagon you deserve it. As a friend of mine once said, "most of us say we are tigers fans, some of us actually are."

I know this off topic however, I wanted to take my granddaughter to a lady’s baseball game but the only tickets available were, Obstructed view (sitting behind the TV camera) or out in left field. I watch the game on TV, with my granddaughter, half the Stands were empty.

Right, because I suppose everyone can afford to fork over the money for season tickets, right?

It isn't rocket science. You let people pay for what they want to see. If that means that certain seats aren't going to sell, then so be it. Let the program earn back the fans.

It's a guarantee that if you DON'T give fans the courtesy and respect of letting them buy single game tickets, then you will slow the process of momentum considerably.

I've always marveled at how people point fingers at this basketball fan base, and talk about how "great" other fan bases are. Do you think there was such a thing as the "Cameron Crazies" before Krzyzewski? The point is that there isn't a place in this country where you can find a rabid fan base that just sprang up out of thin air. They were all created by some period of success. Just look at LSU baseball. We've lead the nation in attendance for some 25 years in a row. Before Bertman, nobody gave a crap.

You can't strong arm people. That's just not how it works.

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They are doing it exactly the way they are supposed to. This is the most basic concept when selling tickets to events and setting your org up for success long term.

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I'm sorry, but you're going to have to present a comparable business model, and show me how it succeeded, in order for me to buy that.

It's a good strategy when you HAVE a lot of fans. Because people who want to go to games, generally will like the multi-game packages. And, as a matter of fact, I encourage them to give that option for anyone who DOES want it. But to take seats and not give the option of single game tickets for them is ridiculous, ESPECIALLY when you should just be trying to get people to the games, at all, at this point. That's where LSU is, right now. But they don't seem willing to accept that fact.

It's an impatient approach, and just not smart.