I would do $46 and maybe a lil more but i cant do $165 right now Woody (via iPhone)
On 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 >>> >>> 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 >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 > -- > 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
