STJ11Redmen
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Just got an e-mail essentially stating that every season ticket will now have a required donation of at least $100 to buy tickets. Yikes. There has got to be a better way than that to pay for Mullin's buyout.
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[quote="SJU11Redmen" post=355719]Just got an e-mail essentially stating that every season ticket will now have a required donation of at least $100 to buy tickets. Yikes. There has got to be a better way than that to pay for Mullin's buyout.[/quote]
I was all ready to correct this, and mention that it probably goes to the price of the tickets (they did something like that Mullin's first year, when they knew interest would be up), but essentially it doesn't. So, $840 for full, non-chairback, season tickets, plus a $150 donation? Expect a lot of cancellations, especially if there is no installment plan for payments, which has been a godsend for me, IMO.
I'll probably find a way to make it work, but for once, I can't blame a lot of fans for cancelling out. Even if we're good, I can see it becoming like Yankees games. Nobody siting courtside, but the upper bowls of both CA and MSG will be packed.
I was all ready to correct this, and mention that it probably goes to the price of the tickets (they did something like that Mullin's first year, when they knew interest would be up), but essentially it doesn't. So, $840 for full, non-chairback, season tickets, plus a $150 donation? Expect a lot of cancellations, especially if there is no installment plan for payments, which has been a godsend for me, IMO.
I'll probably find a way to make it work, but for once, I can't blame a lot of fans for cancelling out. Even if we're good, I can see it becoming like Yankees games. Nobody siting courtside, but the upper bowls of both CA and MSG will be packed.
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[quote="Knight" post=355724][quote="mjmaherjr" post=355721]stormsaver now called bronze. went up from $540 to $780[/quote]
What are you complaining about? It's only a 44.4% increase.
[/quote] Working in finance I'll now label is Craggflation
What are you complaining about? It's only a 44.4% increase.
[/quote] Working in finance I'll now label is Craggflation 
Ticket Information
https://redstormsports.com/sports/2018/8/8/ticketing-mens-basketball.aspx
https://redstormsports.com/sports/2018/8/8/ticketing-mens-basketball.aspx
Ticket Information
https://redstormsports.com/sports/2018/8/8/ticketing-mens-basketball.aspx
https://redstormsports.com/sports/2018/8/8/ticketing-mens-basketball.aspx
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Moose
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[quote="Paultzman" post=355726]Ticket Information
https://redstormsports.com/sports/2018/8/8/ticketing-mens-basketball.aspx[/quote]
Link doesnt work?
*Cutting and pasting the link worked for some reason
https://redstormsports.com/sports/2018/8/8/ticketing-mens-basketball.aspx[/quote]
Link doesnt work?
*Cutting and pasting the link worked for some reason
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On the website, this is justified by saying that all the other Big East teams do this.
Well:
Georgetown has a rising team, and the favored son as coach, so interest is high.
Depual has a new(ish) arena.
All of the other teams have either recent success and/or rabid fanbases (at least, in their local areas).
I don't see what our justification is. Even MSG has become something of a laughing stock in the basketball world (not our fault - thank Dolan, and the NBA Lottery system for that).
Well:
Georgetown has a rising team, and the favored son as coach, so interest is high.
Depual has a new(ish) arena.
All of the other teams have either recent success and/or rabid fanbases (at least, in their local areas).
I don't see what our justification is. Even MSG has become something of a laughing stock in the basketball world (not our fault - thank Dolan, and the NBA Lottery system for that).
JohnnyFever
Active member
[quote="SJU61982" post=355735]On the website, this is justified by saying that all the other Big East teams do this.
Well:
Georgetown has a rising team, and the favored son as coach, so interest is high.
Depual has a new(ish) arena.
All of the other teams have either recent success and/or rabid fanbases (at least, in their local areas).
I don't see what our justification is. Even MSG has become something of a laughing stock in the basketball world (not our fault - thank Dolan, and the NBA Lottery system for that).[/quote]
Agree the fans need to be given a lot more before you can justify steep increases. However, MSG has become a laughingstock in the basketball world? That's silly IMO. It's one of the premier places to watch any event...in the world. Probably top 3 in the nation at absolute worst. The reason free agents steer clear of the Knicks is James Dolan, not MSG. As long as Dolan is heading operations, the Knicks are guaranteed to fail.
Well:
Georgetown has a rising team, and the favored son as coach, so interest is high.
Depual has a new(ish) arena.
All of the other teams have either recent success and/or rabid fanbases (at least, in their local areas).
I don't see what our justification is. Even MSG has become something of a laughing stock in the basketball world (not our fault - thank Dolan, and the NBA Lottery system for that).[/quote]
Agree the fans need to be given a lot more before you can justify steep increases. However, MSG has become a laughingstock in the basketball world? That's silly IMO. It's one of the premier places to watch any event...in the world. Probably top 3 in the nation at absolute worst. The reason free agents steer clear of the Knicks is James Dolan, not MSG. As long as Dolan is heading operations, the Knicks are guaranteed to fail.
PharmDJohnnie11
Member
This pretty much seals it for me. Will be going the stubhub route this year. I would have to pay an additional 500 in donations and it looks like my seat went up over 300 dollars per seat on top of that.
Absolutely ridiculous for a program that hasn’t been relevant in 20 years. Get some winning seasons under your belt before basically doubling season ticket prices.
Absolutely ridiculous for a program that hasn’t been relevant in 20 years. Get some winning seasons under your belt before basically doubling season ticket prices.
[quote="Mike Zaun" post=355736][quote="SJU61982" post=355735]On the website, this is justified by saying that all the other Big East teams do this.
Well:
Georgetown has a rising team, and the favored son as coach, so interest is high.
Depual has a new(ish) arena.
All of the other teams have either recent success and/or rabid fanbases (at least, in their local areas).
I don't see what our justification is. Even MSG has become something of a laughing stock in the basketball world (not our fault - thank Dolan, and the NBA Lottery system for that).[/quote]
Agree the fans need to be given a lot more before you can justify steep increases. However, MSG has become a laughingstock in the basketball world? That's silly IMO. It's one of the premier places to watch any event...in the world. Probably top 3 in the nation at absolute worst. The reason free agents steer clear of the Knicks is James Dolan, not MSG. As long as Dolan is heading operations, the Knicks are guaranteed to fail.[/quote]
I just fear that future recruits are going to see the Barclays Center as the place to be, in this town. A lot of star power on the Nets, now. If they have success, win a championship, and make several deep playoff runs, MSG could be relegated to second class, at least in the basketball world. Every high school recruit's dream is to be a star in the NBA. With all that star power on the Nets, recruits are more likely to gravitate to that place, IMO, unless RJ Barrett is the real deal (I don't think he is, but I've been wrong before).
The Knicks are in purgatory, the Rangers are in rebuild (though they will be better this year), and college hoops stinks in this town (Syracuse can only play there so often). Other then the monthly Billy Joel concert, MSG really does not have much of anything going for it right now (and why would you go to that if you're not a Billy Joel fan? - for the record, I go at least once a year, sometimes twice).
Well:
Georgetown has a rising team, and the favored son as coach, so interest is high.
Depual has a new(ish) arena.
All of the other teams have either recent success and/or rabid fanbases (at least, in their local areas).
I don't see what our justification is. Even MSG has become something of a laughing stock in the basketball world (not our fault - thank Dolan, and the NBA Lottery system for that).[/quote]
Agree the fans need to be given a lot more before you can justify steep increases. However, MSG has become a laughingstock in the basketball world? That's silly IMO. It's one of the premier places to watch any event...in the world. Probably top 3 in the nation at absolute worst. The reason free agents steer clear of the Knicks is James Dolan, not MSG. As long as Dolan is heading operations, the Knicks are guaranteed to fail.[/quote]
I just fear that future recruits are going to see the Barclays Center as the place to be, in this town. A lot of star power on the Nets, now. If they have success, win a championship, and make several deep playoff runs, MSG could be relegated to second class, at least in the basketball world. Every high school recruit's dream is to be a star in the NBA. With all that star power on the Nets, recruits are more likely to gravitate to that place, IMO, unless RJ Barrett is the real deal (I don't think he is, but I've been wrong before).
The Knicks are in purgatory, the Rangers are in rebuild (though they will be better this year), and college hoops stinks in this town (Syracuse can only play there so often). Other then the monthly Billy Joel concert, MSG really does not have much of anything going for it right now (and why would you go to that if you're not a Billy Joel fan? - for the record, I go at least once a year, sometimes twice).
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Moose
Well-known member
[quote="SJU61982" post=355738][quote="Mike Zaun" post=355736][quote="SJU61982" post=355735]On the website, this is justified by saying that all the other Big East teams do this.
Well:
Georgetown has a rising team, and the favored son as coach, so interest is high.
Depual has a new(ish) arena.
All of the other teams have either recent success and/or rabid fanbases (at least, in their local areas).
I don't see what our justification is. Even MSG has become something of a laughing stock in the basketball world (not our fault - thank Dolan, and the NBA Lottery system for that).[/quote]
Agree the fans need to be given a lot more before you can justify steep increases. However, MSG has become a laughingstock in the basketball world? That's silly IMO. It's one of the premier places to watch any event...in the world. Probably top 3 in the nation at absolute worst. The reason free agents steer clear of the Knicks is James Dolan, not MSG. As long as Dolan is heading operations, the Knicks are guaranteed to fail.[/quote]
I just fear that future recruits are going to see the Barclays Center as the place to be, in this town. A lot of star power on the Nets, now. If they have success, win a championship, and make several deep playoff runs, MSG could be relegated to second class, at least in the basketball world. Every high school recruit's dream is to be a star in the NBA. With all that star power on the Nets, recruits are more likely to gravitate to that place, IMO, unless RJ Barrett is the real deal (I don't think he is, but I've been wrong before).
The Knicks are in purgatory, the Rangers are in rebuild (though they will be better this year), and college hoops stinks in this town (Syracuse can only play there so often). Other then the monthly Billy Joel concert, MSG really does not have much of anything going for it right now (and why would you go to that if you're not a Billy Joel fan? - for the record, I go at least once a year, sometimes twice).[/quote]
I'm not even a Knicks fan but the Knicks are the Knicks and the Garden is the Garden. A few years of over the age of 30 Kyrie and Durant off an Achilles snapping aren't going to change that.
Well:
Georgetown has a rising team, and the favored son as coach, so interest is high.
Depual has a new(ish) arena.
All of the other teams have either recent success and/or rabid fanbases (at least, in their local areas).
I don't see what our justification is. Even MSG has become something of a laughing stock in the basketball world (not our fault - thank Dolan, and the NBA Lottery system for that).[/quote]
Agree the fans need to be given a lot more before you can justify steep increases. However, MSG has become a laughingstock in the basketball world? That's silly IMO. It's one of the premier places to watch any event...in the world. Probably top 3 in the nation at absolute worst. The reason free agents steer clear of the Knicks is James Dolan, not MSG. As long as Dolan is heading operations, the Knicks are guaranteed to fail.[/quote]
I just fear that future recruits are going to see the Barclays Center as the place to be, in this town. A lot of star power on the Nets, now. If they have success, win a championship, and make several deep playoff runs, MSG could be relegated to second class, at least in the basketball world. Every high school recruit's dream is to be a star in the NBA. With all that star power on the Nets, recruits are more likely to gravitate to that place, IMO, unless RJ Barrett is the real deal (I don't think he is, but I've been wrong before).
The Knicks are in purgatory, the Rangers are in rebuild (though they will be better this year), and college hoops stinks in this town (Syracuse can only play there so often). Other then the monthly Billy Joel concert, MSG really does not have much of anything going for it right now (and why would you go to that if you're not a Billy Joel fan? - for the record, I go at least once a year, sometimes twice).[/quote]
I'm not even a Knicks fan but the Knicks are the Knicks and the Garden is the Garden. A few years of over the age of 30 Kyrie and Durant off an Achilles snapping aren't going to change that.
JohnnyFever
Active member
Not sure if anyone else has tried the new Red Storm Pass...I did this past season and loved it. You basically get a mini pack of 5 games at a time (usually people pick the premier MSG games) for a highly discounted rate. I split one with a friend and ended up paying something like $80 for 5 good games all in the 100 level of MSG. Compare that to one game where you can easily pay $80 for the 1 ticket for similar seats plus the ridiculous stubhub/ticketmaster transaction fees. There's always another $30-40 in fees it's absurd. Red Storm Pass also gives you the best available seats for that price! I'm assuming they're doing it again this year but not positive.
I hope attendance is not awful now after these insane increases. You have an unknown coaching staff (to our fans), there's very little chance we sniff postseason contention, and they still sell popcorn at CA as the best it gets with Little League stand food. And you will go home with your back aching! At SUNY Binghamton I went to a game in their recently built new stadium and it was so comfortable with all seat backs and they actually had 21st century D1 level food choices. I know they get state money but you get my point.
I hope attendance is not awful now after these insane increases. You have an unknown coaching staff (to our fans), there's very little chance we sniff postseason contention, and they still sell popcorn at CA as the best it gets with Little League stand food. And you will go home with your back aching! At SUNY Binghamton I went to a game in their recently built new stadium and it was so comfortable with all seat backs and they actually had 21st century D1 level food choices. I know they get state money but you get my point.