By the way, tickets to the Orange Bowl start at $14 on StubHub On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Helen Huntley <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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]. Also >> check out Andreu's blog at >> Gatorsports.com<[email protected].+Also+check+out+Andreu's+blog+at+Gatorsports.com> >> .* >> >> * >> * >> >> * >> * >> >> * >> * >> >> >> Sent From Shane's iPhone >> Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! >> >> -- >> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >> 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >> 2008 National Football Champions | >> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel >> (1996), >> Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us >> >> -- >> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >> 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >> 2008 National Football Champions | >> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel >> (1996), >> Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us >> >> -- >> GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! >> 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions >> 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions >> 2008 National Football Champions | >> Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel >> (1996), >> Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us >> > > > > -- > Helen Huntley > (727) 823-3801 > www.helenhuntley.com > -- Helen Huntley (727) 823-3801 www.helenhuntley.com -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
