RE: [gatortalk] FW: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gators win 24th straight at home to open SEC play

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.

 

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Paid attendance was 12159. Isn't that near full?  I realize that includes tickets paid for not redeemed. 

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On Jan 9, 2014, at 1:26 PM, Sandy Alonso <sandyalonso66@gmail.com> 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 <zebulon@gate.net> 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

 

 

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