RE: [gatortalk] Gator Factoid

Sorry for joining the conversation late, but it's interesting since I gave
up my season tickets after Muschamp's first year.

The play of the team had NO impact on my decision.

I think UF is being affected by the same thing that is affecting every
college and professional sport, which is the cost of going versus staying
home watching it on a giant HDTV is making it more attractive to stay home.

UF along with everyone else has lost track of the fact that fans are their
customers and not a revenue source where they can squeeze another dollar out
of and now there is competition in the form of HDTV and the fact that just
about every game is on TV. The fans are speaking loud and clear, they are
staying away and it's going to take more than just dominate football teams
to bring them back.

In my case my donation and ticket purchases amounted to $4000/year and I had
lost all my privileges, combine that with game day hassles of dealing with
UPD, parking restrictions, and other nickel/dime things UF was doing and it
got to be a real sore point with me.

I live in Jacksonville, so I didn't have the travel costs associate with
hotel rooms in Gainesville, but for 10 years or more I did travel to every
game home, away, bowl, and SEC title games....I'm saving a ton and used some
of that to purchase a 65 inch Samsung HDTV and installing a HDTV outside so
I can watch it from the pool, while drinking my own beer, using my own
"clean" restrooms and grilling my own food. To be honest, once I got over
the guilt of not attending games, I wondered why I didn't do it a year or
two earlier. I get my live game experience by attending the UF/UGA game
every year...

Like I said, UF is not alone if you watched the Nascar Race in Daytona over
the weekend they are spending 100's of millions on remodeling the track in
order to improve the race day experience....The City and Jacksonville and
the Jaguars are spending millions on new TV replay screens, wifi, premium
seating, etc...it's a sign of the times...


Stephen Manuel

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Subject: Re: [gatortalk] Gator Factoid

The expense of the tickets is only part of the problem.

Simply put, there are not enough hotels in Gainesville. So, on football
weekends, they double their prices and demand a 2 night minimum.

$250 for a room that you only need for one night and would be $60 on most
nights is difficult to accept.

If I were coming from far out of town, I would make an entire weekend out of
the event once every few years. Enjoy the nostalgia, tour the campus, see
the butterfly and natural history museums. Find a nice restaurant and
splurge.

To think that I could do that 6 to 7 times a year, every year, is
unrealistic.

-Zeb


On Jul 6, 2014, at 9:47 PM, Jerry D. Belloit wrote:

> I kept my two football and four basketball season tickets for several
> years after moving to PA. I was lucky to get to a game a year. After
> a while I just could not justify the expense.
>
> jerry
>
> On 6/25/14, 11:01 PM, "C.Simpson" <ces1948@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I do think that if I lived in Gainesville or much closer I would find
>> a way to get to a couple of games, but having to drive so many hours
>> each way with all the associated expenses just puts it out of the
>> picture for me. I really do appreciate that HDTV is around as it's
>> pretty much my gameday experience of choice.
>>> Interesting, but not surprising. Not only do older people have more
>>> money, they also have a long tradition of going to games going back
>>> before the age of HDTV.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>>> On Jun 25, 2014, at 5:54 PM, Woody Bass <gatorrrrrr@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> optout.
>>
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