A couple weeks ago the Seminole Boosters sent out an email inviting some of us to a Town Hall on "Athletics leadership." There were "asking members who have not yet renewed for 2017 (season tickets and/or booster members) to share their opinion as to how we can improve upon the overall fan experience or enhance things that you currently enjoy." Stan Wilcox and Andy Miller were going to be there and the meeting was to be held Aug. 1.
I signed up, and showed up but the meeting never happened. I was told that there was not enough respondents and they sent out an email (I didn't get one) and that if I had anything I wanted to say then someone call me (I did and they haven't).
So lets have this discussion right here. I'll go first:
I've been getting phone calls from the ticket office and emails so I'm assuming season ticket sales are down this year. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I dropped my season tickets but continue to pay my booster fees--I would also suspect that many, if not most people who drop their season tickets also drop their booster fees.
I don't want to rehash the talking point excuses we give for our scheduling other than to say that, when researched some of them appear dubious at best. The simple fact is that when we've played marquee out of conference teams at home we've filled the stadium while charging more than double what we charge for a cupcake team. We've also sold more season tickets and got more booster money when we've had a better home schedule. So:
Schedule another good P5 team for home and homes.
Give us an assurance you won't move our home games with Notre Dame to neutral sites.
Understand that although North Carolina State might be better than Nebraska on a given year, you can charge more for a Nebraska ticket and draw more fans (along with season ticket holders and booster fees) when a Nebraska is on your home schedule. Our conference just doesn't have enough fanbases that travel well.
The mist machines are a great idea, put them thoughout the stadium.
If possible, tie ticket allocations to both booster fees and season ticket sales. We shouldn't be selling 10 tickets to a person who only buys 2 season tickets so he can resell at a profit to recoup part of his booster fees. Booster fees are tax deductible and often it is the lower level boosters who are paying the markup.
I signed up, and showed up but the meeting never happened. I was told that there was not enough respondents and they sent out an email (I didn't get one) and that if I had anything I wanted to say then someone call me (I did and they haven't).
So lets have this discussion right here. I'll go first:
I've been getting phone calls from the ticket office and emails so I'm assuming season ticket sales are down this year. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I dropped my season tickets but continue to pay my booster fees--I would also suspect that many, if not most people who drop their season tickets also drop their booster fees.
I don't want to rehash the talking point excuses we give for our scheduling other than to say that, when researched some of them appear dubious at best. The simple fact is that when we've played marquee out of conference teams at home we've filled the stadium while charging more than double what we charge for a cupcake team. We've also sold more season tickets and got more booster money when we've had a better home schedule. So:
Schedule another good P5 team for home and homes.
Give us an assurance you won't move our home games with Notre Dame to neutral sites.
Understand that although North Carolina State might be better than Nebraska on a given year, you can charge more for a Nebraska ticket and draw more fans (along with season ticket holders and booster fees) when a Nebraska is on your home schedule. Our conference just doesn't have enough fanbases that travel well.
The mist machines are a great idea, put them thoughout the stadium.
If possible, tie ticket allocations to both booster fees and season ticket sales. We shouldn't be selling 10 tickets to a person who only buys 2 season tickets so he can resell at a profit to recoup part of his booster fees. Booster fees are tax deductible and often it is the lower level boosters who are paying the markup.
