Season Ticket prices and Required donations

beast of the east

beast of the east

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 As our season ticket holders know, this year prices were raised 20% for most ticket packages (mine went from $500 to $600 per ticket). This seemed exorbitant to me in a year where inflation was around 2%, unemployment around 10% (and much higher for new grads), and the economy generally in the dumper.

I've compared our season ticket prices to other leading Big East Schools in major metro areas, and in general we are at the higher end. More important than that though is the fact that most schools charge a lower season ticket price, but require a donation in the hundreds of dollars per seat based on location. While the total amount then rivals or exceeds our season ticket price, it allows a percentage of your cost to own tickets be tax deductible as a donation. I'm just curious why St. John's hasn't adopted something similar - lower season ticket prices, but include a required donation for all seats.
 
As a donor to the basketball program do you get any special perks? If not, i think a little incentive would help.
 
 It is a business. They were coming off a great year and had a terrific class of students scheduled to arrive. Hopes were high. So if the hopes are high the prices must be too. That my friend is it in a nutshell
 
We had/have 19 home dates this year, as compared to just 16 last year, so the total price was bound to go up.

$100 is probably a little too much, but considering the increase in games, not as bad as you would think. I do think the Garden needs to rethink charging $75 a pop for the lower bowl tickets. Tough sell for an uninterested fan base (present compant excepted, of course).
 
We had/have 19 home dates this year, as compared to just 16 last year, so the total price was bound to go up.

$100 is probably a little too much, but considering the increase in games, not as bad as you would think. I do think the Garden needs to rethink charging $75 a pop for the lower bowl tickets. Tough sell for an uninterested fan base (present compant excepted, of course).
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Nova is in a similar market with much more success and charges $40.

The main notion in this thread though was SJU implementing lower season ticket prices plus a tax deductible donation. IT seems that's what most programs are doing.
 
The school never returned the loyalty deserved to season tix holders after firing Jarvis during christmas & later
hiring a well overmatched Norm. They could have have listened to the wealthy donors trying to get Billy Donavan but No ,Harry has too much power being president & on the board of directors.

Longtime season tic holders were Not rewarded like they should have been but threatened to donate more or Lose your seats prime location! That was the reason I cancelled after paying $1000 for 2 seats & $1000 for Red&White during the worst losing years of st.j's mens bb they required a $1000 more????
What a terrible way to treat your alumni & loyal fanbase :silly: :blink:
They pissed off alot of people at the wrong time with that pts system.
The smart move was to grandfather everyone & make no threats & demands for more $ until they won with a proven coach after at least 4-5 yrs to give back to us what we lost with Jarvis cheating & Norms Losing.

Sadly since I cancelled No one ever called me & asked me Why I cancelled which shows a lack of caring!

Class of 1987

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The school never returned the loyalty deserved to season tix holders after firing Jarvis during christmas & later
hiring a well overmatched Norm. They could have have listened to the wealthy donors trying to get Billy Donavan but No ,Harry has too much power being president & on the board of directors.

Longtime season tic holders were Not rewarded like they should have been but threatened to donate more or Lose your seats prime location! That was the reason I cancelled after paying $1000 for 2 seats & $1000 for Red&White during the worst losing years of st.j's mens bb they required a $1000 more????
What a terrible way to treat your alumni & loyal fanbase :silly: :blink:
They pissed off alot of people at the wrong time with that pts system.
The smart move was to grandfather everyone & make no threats & demands for more $ until they won with a proven coach after at least 4-5 yrs to give back to us what we lost with Jarvis cheating & Norms Losing.

Sadly since I cancelled No one ever called me & asked me Why I cancelled which shows a lack of caring!

Class of 1987

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Agree 100%. This school and father Harry doesnt give a rats a$$ about its fan base or alumni. I know many a season ticket holder who were displaced by Money-A$$h and his band of cronies when Stormin Norman arrived. I can tell you that the Norm Roberts era did more harm then you know as countless amounts of loyal fans that followed the program left due to the greed of the programs leaders. And in terms of loyalty, it's not in the school's vocabulary. When I gave up season tickets after some 30+ years, no one bothered to call me either to find out why. But lets face it. Athletics in todays world is all about the almighty buck anyway. Dont let the crucifixes on the walls fool you, underneath them are large dollar signs.
 
 Wow 30+ yrs as a season ticket holder & nobody called you to try & get some feedback?
Thats total incompetence on the schools AD.

I know one thing for sure our prime seats at the garden are being sold to Scuse,Gt,Uconn&Puke fans
NOT Johnny fans & they can Blame themselves!
 
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