Student Cat-Griz football tickets

MSU Toddler · Post by **MSU Toddler** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:53 pm

what does um charge its own students for tickets to the game (are they $40 or $50 per game or for this game)? just curious . . .

GrizinWashington · Post by **GrizinWashington** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:16 pm

cat fans, welcome to our world. We get screwed by every team in this conference, all of whom raise their ticket prices when Montana comes to town. I paid $53 for my ticket in Portland and I had terrible seats at the goal line. A PSU fan told me those seats are normally $11. Same thing at Eastern, where their ticket prices double for the Montana game.

Why do they do this? Because they CAN. Do they offer Econ 101 at MSU? It's supply and demand. Believe me. Those seats could be sold for much more than $50.

Hell's Bells · Post by **Hell's Bells** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:22 pm

GrizinWashington wrote:cat fans, welcome to our world. We get screwed by every team in this conference, all of whom raise their ticket prices when Montana comes to town. I paid $53 for my ticket in Portland and I had terrible seats at the goal line. A PSU fan told me those seats are normally $11. Same thing at Eastern, where their ticket prices double for the Montana game.

Why do they do this? Because they CAN. Do they offer Econ 101 at MSU? It's supply and demand. Believe me. Those seats could be sold for much more than $50.

i guess that is why msu made us wait at the field house for tickets to go on sale for a specific time period, only the trick is you must be at least several hours early in order to get tix

i just gave up - better view from my tv screen

GrizinWashington · Post by **GrizinWashington** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:23 pm

If I remember correctly, the Bobcat fan tickets were a little more spread out around the stadium, rather than congregated in one spot. Undoubtedly an attempt by the griz to negate any mass cheering from the Bobcat faithful. I think this is nothing more than an attempt by um to force out the Bobcat fans and allow more of their fans into the games.

Okay, do you really believe this, or do you just want to hear yourself type? Montana has sold nearly 18,000 season tickets this year. It would be impossible to get all of the cat fans into one area without forcing many people to give up their normal season-ticket seat. I'm sure they do their best to accomodate you, but I don't think it's going to be at the expense of Griz season ticket holders.

MSU Toddler · Post by **MSU Toddler** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:24 pm

cat fans, welcome to our world. We get screwed by every team in this conference, all of whom raise their ticket prices when Montana comes to town. I paid $53 for my ticket in Portland and I had terrible seats at the goal line. A PSU fan told me those seats are normally $11. Same thing at Eastern, where their ticket prices double for the Montana game.

Why do they do this? Because they CAN. Do they offer Econ 101 at MSU? It's supply and demand. Believe me. Those seats could be sold for much more than $50.

i think most fans know/understand that - it sucks and they are venting. like you said $53 for an $11 seat - damn. my question was the same as you asked the psu person (what do they normally go for?). i personally think that $50 for this game (if both teams stay strong) is going to be a bargain.

by the way - what is Econ 101 and supply/demand? can't respond with being a you know what? c'mon.

GrizinWashington · Post by **GrizinWashington** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:25 pm

Hell's Bells wrote:
GrizinWashington wrote:cat fans, welcome to our world. We get screwed by every team in this conference, all of whom raise their ticket prices when Montana comes to town. I paid $53 for my ticket in Portland and I had terrible seats at the goal line. A PSU fan told me those seats are normally $11. Same thing at Eastern, where their ticket prices double for the Montana game.

Why do they do this? Because they CAN. Do they offer Econ 101 at MSU? It's supply and demand. Believe me. Those seats could be sold for much more than $50.
i guess that is why msu made us wait at the field house for tickets to go on sale for a specific time period, only the trick is you must be at least several hours early in order to get tix

i just gave up - better view from my tv screen

Okay, now that's too bad. I wish everyone who wanted could get into the game. Fans like Hells shouldn't get shut out.

Hell's Bells · Post by **Hell's Bells** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:27 pm

GrizinWashington wrote:
Hell's Bells wrote:
GrizinWashington wrote:cat fans, welcome to our world. We get screwed by every team in this conference, all of whom raise their ticket prices when Montana comes to town. I paid $53 for my ticket in Portland and I had terrible seats at the goal line. A PSU fan told me those seats are normally $11. Same thing at Eastern, where their ticket prices double for the Montana game.

Why do they do this? Because they CAN. Do they offer Econ 101 at MSU? It's supply and demand. Believe me. Those seats could be sold for much more than $50.
i guess that is why msu made us wait at the field house for tickets to go on sale for a specific time period, only the trick is you must be at least several hours early in order to get tix

i just gave up - better view from my tv screen
Okay, now that's too bad. I wish everyone who wanted could get into the game. Fans like Hells shouldn't get shut out.

i dont blame the griz in any way and yes i can afford the 50 bucks to get in i just dont like having to wake up at 6 in the morning on sat just to pay 50 bucks for somthing i can watch at a bar

GrizinWashington · Post by **GrizinWashington** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:28 pm

Toddler, unfortunately I am waaay far removed from being a student, so I don't know what they charge them for a regular game. I do know that it's very difficult for UM students to get game tickets because they go on sale at a prescribed time and are gone in minutes. There just isn't much room left for student seating at Wa-Griz after season tix are sold.

GrizinWashington · Post by **GrizinWashington** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:30 pm

wake up at 6 in the morning on sat just to pay 50 bucks for somthing i can watch at a bar

Finally, a post I can identify with!!

Hell's Bells · Post by **Hell's Bells** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:31 pm

GrizinWashington wrote:
wake up at 6 in the morning on sat just to pay 50 bucks for somthing i can watch at a bar
Finally, a post I can identify with!!

at 6 in the morning it better be football tix

grzh8r · Post by **grzh8r** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:40 am

GrizinWashington wrote:cat fans, welcome to our world. We get screwed by every team in this conference, all of whom raise their ticket prices when Montana comes to town. I paid $53 for my ticket in Portland and I had terrible seats at the goal line. A PSU fan told me those seats are normally $11. Same thing at Eastern, where their ticket prices double for the Montana game.

Why do they do this? Because they CAN. Do they offer Econ 101 at MSU? It's supply and demand. Believe me. Those seats could be sold for much more than $50.

why didn't you just buy cheaper tickets in one of the PSU sections?

http://goviks.com/info/tickets/football ... ickets.asp

face value was $17... sounds like you got ripped off

Helcat72 · Post by **Helcat72** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:45 am

I feel for you students...but I just wish I could pay $50 for the tickets. If non-students are below the $1500 booster level you don't even get the chance to stand in line with the hope of getting a ticket!

Post by **kmax** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:00 am

Helcat72 wrote:I feel for you students...but I just wish I could pay $50 for the tickets. If non-students are below the $1500 booster level you don't even get the chance to stand in line with the hope of getting a ticket!

Eastcoastgriz · Post by **Eastcoastgriz** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:52 am

GrizinWashington wrote:Toddler, unfortunately I am waaay far removed from being a student, so I don't know what they charge them for a regular game. I do know that it's very difficult for UM students to get game tickets because they go on sale at a prescribed time and are gone in minutes. There just isn't much room left for student seating at Wa-Griz after season tix are sold.

I believe student tickets are either $7 or $10 and there about 3000 tickets availible

Billings_Griz · Post by **Billings_Griz** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:09 pm

Hell's Bells wrote:
i just gave up - better view from my tv screen

If you seen what KPAX has to offer, you'd find tix to the game.

torrybruce · Post by **torrybruce** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:22 pm

Billings_Griz wrote:
Hell's Bells wrote:
i just gave up - better view from my tv screen
If you seen what KPAX has to offer, you'd find tix to the game.

DaGriz · Post by **DaGriz** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:35 pm

grzh8r wrote:
GrizinWashington wrote:cat fans, welcome to our world. We get screwed by every team in this conference, all of whom raise their ticket prices when Montana comes to town. I paid $53 for my ticket in Portland and I had terrible seats at the goal line. A PSU fan told me those seats are normally $11. Same thing at Eastern, where their ticket prices double for the Montana game.

Why do they do this? Because they CAN. Do they offer Econ 101 at MSU? It's supply and demand. Believe me. Those seats could be sold for much more than $50.
why didn't you just buy cheaper tickets in one of the PSU sections?

http://goviks.com/info/tickets/football ... ickets.asp

face value was $17... sounds like you got ripped off

Sit in the PSU section? Ever heard of a home field advantage on the road? Stupid question, never mind. The point is to sit together. Notice they still jack the prices up for the Griz games?
Back to the topic, I think $50 is a bit steep. I just payed $28 for Oregon/Cal tix and that was homecoming. Supply and demand though. I had no problem buying 6 tix the week before the game for myself and some friends. Try buying 6 tix to Griz/Cat game the week before. Forget about it.

Egg Salad · Post by **Egg Salad** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:10 pm

DaGriz wrote:
grzh8r wrote:
GrizinWashington wrote:cat fans, welcome to our world. We get screwed by every team in this conference, all of whom raise their ticket prices when Montana comes to town. I paid $53 for my ticket in Portland and I had terrible seats at the goal line. A PSU fan told me those seats are normally $11. Same thing at Eastern, where their ticket prices double for the Montana game.

Why do they do this? Because they CAN. Do they offer Econ 101 at MSU? It's supply and demand. Believe me. Those seats could be sold for much more than $50.
why didn't you just buy cheaper tickets in one of the PSU sections?

http://goviks.com/info/tickets/football ... ickets.asp

face value was $17... sounds like you got ripped off
Sit in the PSU section? Ever heard of a home field advantage on the road? Stupid question, never mind. The point is to sit together. Notice they still jack the prices up for the Griz games?
Back to the topic, I think $50 is a bit steep. I just payed $28 for Oregon/Cal tix and that was homecoming. Supply and demand though. I had no problem buying 6 tix the week before the game for myself and some friends. Try buying 6 tix to Griz/Cat game the week before. Forget about it.

I'm not buying that Griz/PSU is a supply and demand thing. This year, there were 13K for the game. 2004 there were 8,400. The stadium they play in seats in the neighborhood of 20,000. Doesn't sound like supply is lacking. Next time the Griz are out in Portland, all the Griz fans should just skip this one. At $50 a pop, it would send a pretty good message to PSU.

Eastcoastgriz · Post by **Eastcoastgriz** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:51 am

grzh8r wrote:
b]This really doesn't surprise me coming from the griz.... there used to be a time when the majority of opposing team tickets were sold in the same section If I remember correctly, the Bobcat fan tickets were a little more spread out around the stadium, rather than congregated in one spot. Undoubtedly an attempt by the griz to negate any mass cheering from the Bobcat faithful. I think this is nothing more than an attempt by um to force out the Bobcat fans and allow more of their fans into the games.[/b].
Get a clue. Most opposing team tickets are directly behind their team. (On about the 20 yard line, west side) But lets do the math. Stadium seats plus or minus 23,500. Over 18,000 season tickets are sold, UM students get another 3,000ish. That leaves just 2,500 seats for Administration, coaches and the general public. How many tickets do you think there will be available for opposing fans?

If the face value truly is $40, then it seems um would be guilty of scalping their own tickets. Ridiculous. Just remember griz, two can play this game and I'm hoping next year the Bobcat athletic department plays by the same rules and charges exorbitant prices for griz fans and doesn't sell more than two tickets together anywhere in the stadium.

Does anyone know if there is a written agreement amongst the Big Sky or each school regarding the sales of opposing team tickets?

We give an allotment of tickets to sell for all home games. How the opposing school cares to disburse them is up to the school. You should be happy your school has chosen to get a percentage of those tickets to the students.

DaGriz · Post by **DaGriz** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:53 am

I'm not buying that Griz/PSU is a supply and demand thing. This year, there were 13K for the game. 2004 there were 8,400. The stadium they play in seats in the neighborhood of 20,000. Doesn't sound like supply is lacking. Next time the Griz are out in Portland, all the Griz fans should just skip this one. At $50 a pop, it would send a pretty good message to PSU.

It wasn't $50 at the PSU/UM game. It was around $34. They raised the price but not that much. Supply and demand wasn't an issue either. They raised the price because the quality of the product was better and they knew people would pay more for that game. I like your idea though. Cat fans should listen to what you're saying, skip this one and send a message.