And a plane flight for those who live down south. I wouldn't mind paying that to see UF in Miami, but I'm not piling four plane tickets and two hotel rooms on top of $600 in tickets.
-Zeb On Dec 16, 2012, at 7:55 PM, Woody Bass 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 -- 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
