USM Ticket Sales

[Ta town]

Suellentrop just tweeted that 7,800 tickets were sold as of Weds morning. Somebody is off by a few thousand and I doubt it's him.

[WstateU]

Stub Hub is another bend over here it comes outfit. I would rather deal directly with my Shockernetters than those folks, although I understand that is how they make their revenue.

Thanks Fever. These are Christmas presents so I will head over today.

Here's your patch... wear it proudly.

[1972Shocker]

What has been reported in Shockernet has been tickets remaining per the IBA web site.

I am not sure if the big arena sponsors like Intrust Bank, Cessna, Spirit, House of Schwan, Pepsi and Cox receive any tickets as part of their sponsorship deals or not. If so, that could account for the difference.

[shocktheheart]

I know I will be there. Four of us in my companies suite!

[1972Shocker]

According to the interactive seating chart there are currently 5,782 seats available. 1,974 in the lower bowl and 3,808 in the upper bowl.

This does not include the premium seating. The two Exective Suites (2 x 16 guests), the Loge Boxes (I think there are 24 with seating capcity of 4 to 8 each), the Club seating (150+) and the Party Suites (2 x 32 guests).

[SB Shock]

Suellentrop just tweeted that 7,800 tickets were sold as of Weds morning. Somebody is off by a few thousand and I doubt it's him.

He was late on the Baker story, so him tweeting out old data would not be surprising. All the data is coming from select-a-seat.

5,780 seats available

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

Bought 4 for friends in Wichita to go!

[shox1989]

I went online to buy four more today with the #watchus promo code and Intrust wants to gouge me with $19.00 in convenience fees which basically negates the discount. WTF? Any way around that?

If you go to the arena you can park for free, walk up to the box office which usually has little or no lines and buy your ticket with no extra fees. If you are in the downtown area anyway it takes very little time to do.

[shox1989]

What has been reported in Shockernet has been tickets remaining per the IBA web site.

I am not sure if the big arena sponsors like Intrust Bank, Cessna, Spirit, House of Schwan, Pepsi and Cox receive any tickets as part of their sponsorship deals or not. If so, that could account for the difference.

I believe that the total tickets available for an event like this one is something like 13,600. The remaining tickets must be either permanent suites, floor seats that may be added for an event but aren't permanent and maybe corporate sponsors. But the total never adds up anywhere close to 15,010 as I recall. I remember looking at this pretty closely a couple of years ago, trying to figure out the total amount of revenue that could be produced by a game at INTRUST.

[1972Shocker]

I believe that the total tickets available for an event like this one is something like 13,600. The remaining tickets must be either permanent suites, floor seats that may be added for an event but aren't permanent and maybe corporate sponsors. But the total never adds up anywhere close to 15,010 as I recall. I remember looking at this pretty closely a couple of years ago, trying to figure out the total amount of revenue that could be produced by a game at INTRUST.

13,600 would fit in with what has been reported here. 7,800 sold plus 5,800 available = 13,600

[1972Shocker]

Seats Available By Price Range:

Lower Bowl:
9 @ $152 (Courtside)
I can't tell if there are any of the baseline courtside seats at $99.00 available
116 @ $67
1,788 @ $39

Upper Bowl:
1,078 @ $29
2,722 @ $17

[shox1989]

Kstate is playing #8 Florida on Saturday in the Sprint Center. I clicked on the Sprint Center site to see the ticket prices and if it was sold out. It is NOT sold out and I was surprised at how much CHEAPER the Kstate tix are than WSU-So. Miss.

The cheap seats are just $10 for Kstate-Florida (as opposed to $17 for WSU), the middle upper deck is $20 (as opposed to $29 for WSU), the lower bowl ends are $30 (as opposed to $39 for WSU) and the lower bowl seats between the baselines are $60 (as opposed to $67 for WSU).

Kstate is playing the #8 team in the country and they are charging significantly less than the WSU promoter is charging for So. Miss! And K-state has NOT sold out their game.

I have to believe that if WSU were playing the #8 team in the country with those ticket prices we would sell out easily.

[SB Shock]

5,780 seats available

5,749 seats available

[ShockTalk]

Kstate is playing #8 Florida on Saturday in the Sprint Center. I clicked on the Sprint Center site to see the ticket prices and if it was sold out. It is NOT sold out and I was surprised at how much CHEAPER the Kstate tix are than WSU-So. Miss.

The cheap seats are just $10 for Kstate-Florida (as opposed to $17 for WSU), the middle upper deck is $20 (as opposed to $29 for WSU), the lower bowl ends are $30 (as opposed to $39 for WSU) and the lower bowl seats between the baselines are $60 (as opposed to $67 for WSU).

Kstate is playing the #8 team in the country and they are charging significantly less than the WSU promoter is charging for So. Miss! And K-state has NOT sold out their game.

I have to believe that if WSU were playing the #8 team in the country with those ticket prices we would sell out easily.

You are seeing the light.

If USM were ranked in the top 10 or if their name was Florida and not ranked in the top 25, either would be a sell out at IBA, probably even with the current price structure.

One should note that a larger venue has the luxury of generating the same or larger revenue than a smaller one with a smaller ticket price. Also, TV money adds to that pot to keep ticket costs down.

[Ta town]

I bought my 2 tickets a long time ago so I'm not holding out. Just curious if anyone thinks they will offer up another deal when they get within 48 or 24 hours of this thing?