Monday, July 7, 2014

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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