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________________________________ From: Cecilia [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, December 17, 2012 11:52:15 PM Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [Gainesville SUN ]: Bitter ticket sales for Sugar Bowl for UF Heeheeeeee ----- Original Message ----- >From: Helen Huntley >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 5:03 PM >Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [Gainesville SUN ]: Bitter ticket >sales >for Sugar Bowl for UF > >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 >>>> >>>>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) 823-3801www.helenhuntley.com >> > > > >-- > >Helen Huntley >(727) 823-3801www.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 -- 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
