OnlyForNow said:
They also show up to every single game compared to the diamond club who show up to about 25% of the games.
Bondag said:OnlyForNow said:
They also show up to every single game compared to the diamond club who show up to about 25% of the games.
I can't blame them for that because I only make about 35%, but I won't piss anyone in my section off for selling my Tuesday games on Flash Seats for $5.
Tex100 said:Why do you think they are doing this? Make more money and pay RC more? Because there are a lot of high PP Ags who want club seats and can't get them?Hop said:twk said:They would reseat the entire stadium. It would be a domino effect--folks would get pushed down, the pushed upstairs, then pushed out, and that's assuming that the Diamond Club seats were first offered to existing season ticket holders. Open it up to non-season ticket holders, or let folks add tickets, and you might end up with current season ticket holders with no seat at all (which is why I doubt they would do it that way).Bunk Moreland said:
it may be more vicious, but it'll be in much smaller numbers.
And let's be real, half those blue hairs don't even show up for the games, they just own the seats. What do they care if their empty seat is moved down a bit.(I kid I kid)
I understood reseating at Kyle Field, as building club seats and suites on the west side was key to financing the project, and that was going to lead to a reduction in seats on the West side. If they are basing the financing of the Olsen renovations on an expanded Diamond Club, then they need to refigure. If the added seating won't pay for the project, then it probably doesn't need to be done. If it will, then there's no need to reseat everyone just so that 150 more folks can be part of the Diamond Club.
They did the same thing 6-7 years ago w the current premium area. It affected EVERY season ticket holder in the lower sections because they simply shifted everybody over to account for the displaced seats behind home plate. It was a mess then because of the way it was handled. They just moved season ticket holders without notice or consultation and it really upset a lot of season ticket holders. That's why K-Man gave up his seats and left. A lot of others left as well.
To do this a second time in 6-7 years is BS...especially if they do it without consultation or allowing people to pick their new seats. Many of these season ticket holders have been there for over 25 years like myself and I think season ticket holders should always have the right of first refusal at whatever the new price will be...or at the very least give advanced notice and allow people to pick new seats.
Hop said:Tex100 said:Why do you think they are doing this? Make more money and pay RC more? Because there are a lot of high PP Ags who want club seats and can't get them?Hop said:twk said:They would reseat the entire stadium. It would be a domino effect--folks would get pushed down, the pushed upstairs, then pushed out, and that's assuming that the Diamond Club seats were first offered to existing season ticket holders. Open it up to non-season ticket holders, or let folks add tickets, and you might end up with current season ticket holders with no seat at all (which is why I doubt they would do it that way).Bunk Moreland said:
it may be more vicious, but it'll be in much smaller numbers.
And let's be real, half those blue hairs don't even show up for the games, they just own the seats. What do they care if their empty seat is moved down a bit.
I understood reseating at Kyle Field, as building club seats and suites on the west side was key to financing the project, and that was going to lead to a reduction in seats on the West side. If they are basing the financing of the Olsen renovations on an expanded Diamond Club, then they need to refigure. If the added seating won't pay for the project, then it probably doesn't need to be done. If it will, then there's no need to reseat everyone just so that 150 more folks can be part of the Diamond Club.
They did the same thing 6-7 years ago w the current premium area. It affected EVERY season ticket holder in the lower sections because they simply shifted everybody over to account for the displaced seats behind home plate. It was a mess then because of the way it was handled. They just moved season ticket holders without notice or consultation and it really upset a lot of season ticket holders. That's why K-Man gave up his seats and left. A lot of others left as well.
To do this a second time in 6-7 years is BS...especially if they do it without consultation or allowing people to pick their new seats. Many of these season ticket holders have been there for over 25 years like myself and I think season ticket holders should always have the right of first refusal at whatever the new price will be...or at the very least give advanced notice and allow people to pick new seats.
That's not my point. I think a season ticket holder should always have the right to renew their same seats. Now, Texas A&M has the right to raise the price or make it ultra-premium, but I think the existing season ticket holder should be given the right of first refusal to purchase the same seats at the new price. It's just not prudent or right to kick out season ticket holders who've had the same seats for 25-30 years. Season ticket holders don't have the right to keep seats at low prices, but they should have the ability to choose to pay the new price or go to another area...and then allow these displaced season ticket holders to pick their new seats as opposed to the AD simply moving them without notice and tell you where they moved you.
No argument about that. In reality, they will be displaced because either there will be less seats due to larger chairs and /or foot room or many of the existing season ticket holders will not be able to pay 2K per seat.Hop said:Tex100 said:
Why do you think they are doing this? Make more money and pay RC more? Because there are a lot of high PP Ags who want club seats and can't get them?
That's not my point. I think a season ticket holder should always have the right to renew their same seats. Now, Texas A&M has the right to raise the price or make it ultra-premium, but I think the existing season ticket holder should be given the right of first refusal to purchase the same seats at the new price. It's just not prudent or right to kick out season ticket holders who've had the same seats for 25-30 years. Season ticket holders don't have the right to keep seats at low prices, but they should have the ability to choose to pay the new price or go to another area...and then allow these displaced season ticket holders to pick their new seats as opposed to the AD simply moving them without notice and tell you where they moved you.
MMantle said:
Well said, I'm a former Aggie baseball player, had season tickets, for 20 years, in section 105, missed a total of 9 home games in those 20 years, only missed 2 football, and 4 basketball..
Was an Endowed football donor, and season basketball ticket holder, but couldn't handle all the 12th Man, and athletic dept BS anymore........all the efforts to appease, at any cost, the big-money guys.
Left College Station 2 months ago, as Roberto Duran so eloquently said, "No mas."
Sad.
RR
I think a lot of teams around the world would disagree here. Or at least say it's not a certainty.Quote:
And this is the perfect example why taking seats away from longtime loyal season ticket holders for prime suite seating is bad business in the long run. You risk running off what would otherwise be inelastic demand.
They aren't proposing new suites, although I suppose that could change. They basically left space for some additional suites up at the top of the grandstand.aggiepaintrain said:
If new suites displace entire sections they will have no choice but to reseat the entire stadium. Hold on to your butts.
TXAggie2011 said:I think a lot of teams around the world would disagree here. Or at least say it's not a certainty.Quote:
And this is the perfect example why taking seats away from longtime loyal season ticket holders for prime suite seating is bad business in the long run. You risk running off what would otherwise be inelastic demand.
You can afford to run some people off when you're selling suites to big spenders. There is not a ubiquitous focus on developing suites and premium seating for no reason.
JerryWorld has ground level suites where you can't see a thing. If you go to most NBA arenas, there are suites at the very top. Plus, we're talking about a 4,000 baseball venue where anything built is close to the action. The TMF has been holding big donor social events for baseball games at the balcony of the Student Rec Center.Aggieangler93 said:
The issue with this on the face of it, and I am not in favor of moving long time season ticket holders in a forced manner, is that most folks think of premium seats in baseball, as being in a premium location in the stadium, and that is not at the end of the base paths. I'm not sure you could sell the idea of premium seats at the end of the base path, no matter how luxurious you made them, but maybe I am wrong.
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NRG has suites in both end zones and from goal line to goal line. Minute Maid Park has suites from left field all the way around to right field. Toyota Center has suites from baseline to baseline.
12th Man Ag said:
NRG has suites in both end zones and from goal line to goal line. Minute Maid Park has suites from left field all the way around to right field. Toyota Center has suites from baseline to baseline.
Many people want the suite amenities and sacrifice the perfect vantage point for these things.
I like a combo of the third base suite. Make a ground level suite with a few rows of premium seats and then finish off the section with reserved seating.
If you make the third base club nice enough, plenty of folks who want that experience will go there vs. removing sections 105 & 109.
12th Man Ag said:Bondag said:OnlyForNow said:
They also show up to every single game compared to the diamond club who show up to about 25% of the games.
I can't blame them for that because I only make about 35%, but I won't piss anyone in my section off for selling my Tuesday games on Flash Seats for $5.
Why would it piss people off in your section if you sold those Tuesday games to Aggies?
My seats are behind the first base dugout. When I've put them on Flash, I've had a couple of occasions where visiting parents bought the seats, and were rather obnoxious according to my neighbors. Consequently, I stopped doing that, but I've found other means to sell those tickets.annie88 said:12th Man Ag said:Bondag said:OnlyForNow said:
They also show up to every single game compared to the diamond club who show up to about 25% of the games.
I can't blame them for that because I only make about 35%, but I won't piss anyone in my section off for selling my Tuesday games on Flash Seats for $5.
Why would it piss people off in your section if you sold those Tuesday games to Aggies?
I agree. When I can't make some of the Tuesday games I love to sell them cheap or give them away to Aggies especially students or younger Ags. I see that as a good thing
What happened to the bullpen?ensign_beedrill said:
Here's the right field berm picture.
Think that's it, just to the left of the 370 marker.Farmer1906 said:What happened to the bullpen?ensign_beedrill said:
Here's the right field berm picture.
