It's strange. I've heard of people actually attending UF for an education.
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 9, 2014, at 2:10 PM, "Darlene Goodfellow" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The athletic department also sold tickets on Black Monday for this game. I > couldn’t attended but bought four for $7 each and put them in my son’s > stocking for Christmas so he could take his three roommates with him. None of > the three had ever been to a Gator basketball game before. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of mail.bobparks.com > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 3:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gatortalk] FW: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators win 24th straight at > home to open SEC play > > Paid attendance was 12159. Isn't that near full? I realize that includes > tickets paid for not redeemed. > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > Real Estate Broker > Bob Parks, LLC > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > 615-972-4239 > 615-826-4040 > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 9, 2014, at 1:26 PM, Sandy Alonso <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you were able to see the game, the stands (for those who pay the > non-student price) had empty seats; the Rowdy Reptile section was full to the > brim (lower bowl bleachers) as was the General Admission section just above > it. I think you are right, Zeb, that they opened more of the > normally-reserved seats to students. My guess is that they were made > available through the ticket donation/ticket exchange program. > > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 2:10 PM, John Vega <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 9, 2014, at 11:52 AM, Kirkley.net wrote: > > > I'm shocked and a bit disappointed that this is the record and it surpassed > the previous record by 1,000. It seems to be that on a campus of 50,000 we > should routinely get 10% of them to come watch a basketball game. > > Does the athletic department not provide more student tickets or is it a > demand problem, or cost problem? > > Ken K > MNGator > > I think that it is weirder than that. In fact, I don't know how this stat is > even kept. > > I attend a lot of UF basketball games and buy tickets from the UAA and > on-line at StubHub. > > The "Rowdy Reptiles" section is student only, not sure if it is discounted or > free like at Duke. Either way, there is enough incentive to camp out. > > All other seats are reserved and the tickets sold at full price. > > So, I don't see how we could ever have more students attending other than > counting the Rowdy Reptile section. When I buy a reserved seat, it is not as > if the website or the ushers know whether I am a student (well, maybe the > ushers). It is not as if the UAA will kick out season ticket holders to > increase the size of the Rowdy Reptile section. > > My only guess is that we had a number of unsold tickets from the UAA and - to > sell them - the UAA discounted them and sold them as student tickets. If so, > it would mean that outside demand for this game was low, not high. > > That makes sense, as we beat USC by 37 last year, and it is tough to road > trip to Gainesville for a Wednesday night game. So, there probably were a > fair number of unsold seats. > > I guaranty that we will have fewer "students" attend the UK game, not because > they don't want to, but because people like me have bought tickets. > > -Zeb > > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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