I see that FSU is discounting the tickets. UF should do that too for the less desirable seats. Tickets on StubHub start at $46. Why would anyone pay UF $165 for the same nosebleed seat?
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Woody Bass <[email protected]> wrote: > And you forgot the avg price of a ticket is $165 and trust me.. The hotels > arent cheap either > > Woody (via iPhone) > > On Dec 16, 2012, at 7:26 PM, "Jerry D. Belloit" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This is not the least surprising. If Florida was playing Ohio State or > USC (West), there would have been more tickets sold. The problem is > threefold: 1. I agree that the economy has something to do with the poor > sales, 2. Louisville is just not an interesting opponent. I am not sure > if the Sugar Bowl had any other choices other than some regional school in > Illinois, but there ought to have been someone more exciting than > Louisville. 3. I am not sure that people are that interested in going to > New Orleans anymore, especially the more senior of us. I enjoyed New > Orleans when I was younger. New Orleans is not that family friendly. I > would not want to take younger children there. As a senior citizen, I am a > little afraid of being out at night in New Orleans. The crime is just too > high. I can think of several Bowl cities that I would prefer over New > Orleans. > > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > Date: Saturday, December 15, 2012 12:53 PM > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [Gainesville SUN ]: Bitter ticket sales for Sugar > Bowl for UF > > Bitter ticket sales for Sugar Bowl for UF > <http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20121214/ARTICLES/121219762?p=all&tc=pgall> > > Gator fans and Cincinnati fans hang out outside of the Louisiana Superdome > before the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, La., on Jan. 1, 2010. > *Doug Finger/The Gainesville Sun* > By Robbie Andreu <http://www.gatorsports.com/personalia/andreur> > Gainesville SUN Staff writer > Published: Friday, December 14, 2012 at 5:11 p.m. Last Modified: > Friday, December 14, 2012 at 5:11 p.m. > > A berth in the Sugar Bowl is Florida's reward for a successful football > season. But with it comes a likely significant financial hit for the UF > athletic department. > > As part of the current bowl system, participating schools are required to > purchase a designated number of tickets from the bowl and then sell them. > Schools are accountable for any unsold tickets. > > Playing in a BCS bowl, Florida was required to purchase 17,500 tickets > from the Sugar Bowl. With the Jan. 2 game against Big East co-champion > Louisville less than three weeks away, UF has sold only 6,500 tickets. > > That leaves UF holding 11,000 unsold tickets at an average price of $165 a > ticket. That adds up to a little more than $1.8 million in unsold tickets, > which would be a significant financial hit for the University Athletic > Association. > > UF is expected to sell more tickets between now and the game. The school > also will get assistance from the SEC, which has a rule where it will > purchase up to 3,000 unsold tickets from member institutions that are > unable to sell all of their bowl tickets. > > UF's ticket sales also lagged in a poor economy before the Sugar Bowl > game against Cincinnati, another Big East school, three years ago. Less > than three weeks before that game, the Gators were holding about 5,000 > unsold tickets. > > Even with some help from the SEC, the UAA sustained a significant > financial loss three years ago. > > That hit, coupled with probably an even bigger one this year, could add up > to more than $2 million in combined losses for UF from unsold tickets in > its last two Sugar Bowl appearances. > > Florida isn't the only state school facing a significant financial setback > this bowl season playing in a non-championship game during a struggling > economy. Florida State, which plays Northern Illinois in the Orange Bowl > (also a BCS bowl), has sold less than 5,000 of its 17,500 tickets even > though it has slashed the cost of bowl tickets. Northern Illinois has sold > about 5,500 of its tickets. > > Along with the economy, another factor working against schools like UF and > FSU is the reality that fans can find and purchase less expensive tickets > on the Internet without having to go through the university. > > Among the nine SEC schools in bowl games, six (UF, LSU, Mississippi State, > Georgia, South Carolina and Texas A&M) remain far short of selling out > their bowl tickets. Only Alabama, Vanderbilt and Ole Miss have sold out. > > Alabama is in the BCS Championship Game, Vanderbilt is playing in its home > city (Nashville) and Ole Miss has a short trip to Birmingham for the > Compass Bowl, where tickets are only $50. > > Mike Hill, UF's executive associate athletic director for external > affairs, expressed appreciation for the Florida fans who have purchased > tickets for the Sugar Bowl and are headed to New Orleans. > > “We certainly understand the financial commitment it takes to travel to > and attend a game like the Sugar Bowl, and we are very appreciative of the > support of our fans who are making their way to New Orleans,” Hill said. > “We are looking forward to celebrating a special football season with them > in the Big Easy as we bring in the New Year and close the curtain on a very > memorable 2012 season. > > *Contact Robbie Andreu at 352-374-5022 [email protected]. 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