Record Breaking 6,024 for VB Game

[SpanglerFan316]

Not sure I can say that I am impressed with the effort out of the Sports Marketing department for this match. Although it's easy to criticize from the outside without all the facts.

Seems to me this would have been a great opportunity for a Corporate Sponsor (i.e. Dillons or Quik Trip) to have bought up all the available $1 tickets and given them away free at their outlets and locations.

The sponsor would also get several announcements of their Sponsorship on the Video Board during the match.

Maybe they tried this and just couldn't find an appropriate corporate sponsor. But, if you could put something like this together I think we might be able to come close to a sell out.

If they did this, walk-up people who didn't know to get free tickets from Dillons, etc. would not be able to watch the match.

[SpanglerFan316]

Just got 25 more tickets while getting lunch; I'm still getting requests for tickets (and I ran into someone I know who was getting tickets for his family - first time VB fans).

[RoyalShock]

I wonder if MSU has ever played in front of 5000 hostiles.

[rrshock]

I get to go now. I took the Dr. Advice and took a day off for a "family illness" instead though. My boy was cranky, so he must be sick, right?

And now my wife is going to go too (I think that's what she said).

[WstateU]

Kudos’ to all of you for your marketing efforts… you’ve even convinced me to make the trip to ICT with my wife tonight… proof that marketing works!

:good:

[1972Shocker]

If they did this, walk-up people who didn't know to get free tickets from Dillons, etc. would not be able to watch the match.

Dillons or Quik Trip simply replaces the ticket offices as the walk up window.

If we had an advance sellout at the WSU ticket office you would have the same problem.

Once you are out of tickets you announce the sellout. Regardless of the spot the tickets are distrisbuted from. There will always some people who may not get the sell out news.

Koch Industries could of showed up two weeks ago and bought every available ticket for their employees and we would have the same issue.

I think that the someone on this board posted a goal of a sell out. If that had already happened, no tickets would be avalaible for game time walk ups. Not sure I see that as a bad thing.

Anyway, I suppose I should just leave the sports marketing to the experts.

:posterwu: :goshocks: :posterwsu:

[1972Shocker]

Kudos’ to all of you for your marketing efforts… you’ve even convinced me to make the trip to ICT with my wife tonight… proof that marketing works!

:good:

The more the merrier WstateU. Will this be your first WSU Volleyball match?

[RoyalShock]

If they did this, walk-up people who didn't know to get free tickets from Dillons, etc. would not be able to watch the match.

Dillons or Quik Trip simply replaces the ticket offices as the walk up window.

Or, two hours prior to game time, Dillons returns the tickets to the ticket office so they can be sold as walk-ups.

[1972Shocker]

Kudos’ to all of you for your marketing efforts… you’ve even convinced me to make the trip to ICT with my wife tonight… proof that marketing works!

:good:

I think SpanglerFan316 and WuDrWu deserve the most credit. They have really hustled with this.

I did just finish off distributing the last of my 115 tickets and I am putting up my SOLD OUT sign.

However, I think SF316 and Doc are way ahead me though.

I certainly hope the match now lives up to all the hype we have given it.
I am expecting it to, but in sports, you just never know what will happen.

:posterwu: :goshocks: :posterwsu:

[WstateU]

Kudos’ to all of you for your marketing efforts… you’ve even convinced me to make the trip to ICT with my wife tonight… proof that marketing works!

:good:

The more the merrier WstateU. Will this be your first WSU Volleyball match?

Actually, the second match this year... we try to attend a couple of matches per year and listen over the internet when possible. We're looking forward to the evening in Wichita.

:goshocks:

[rrshock]

Where do most of you guys usually sit at? I get to go by myself now.

[RoyalShock]

I typically sit in the NW corner about 12-15 rows up. But with the added attendance and having to drive in from out of town, we'll probably have to go in the upper sections or be more on the end.

[1972Shocker]

I generally also like to sit off the NW corner about mid-way up.

I have just found that to be my own prefered angle for watching the matches.

I'm not sure I would like sitting right in the middle because you have the up-referee's stand to try and look arround. I would try to angle off to one side or the other. Again, just my personal preference.

[ShockerFever]

There's no cut-off at like 7,000 right with the curtain? They'll take the curtain down if need be, correct?

So basically what I'm saying is.. that I'm still trying to convince the g/f to go. If we decide to, will I still have a problems getting tickets this late?

Thanks guys.

[1972Shocker]

There's no cut-off at like 7,000 right with the curtain? They'll take the curtain down if need be, correct?

So basically what I'm saying is.. that I'm still trying to convince the g/f to go. If we decide to, will I still have a problems getting tickets this late?

Thanks guys.

You might want to call the ticket office for official confirmation, but I can't imagine they would not just drop the curtain. I would love to have that problem, but doubt that we will.

If you do have to sit on the East side you will be a little furher away from the VB court, since the court sits on the west side of the basketball court.
However, those should still be good seats as long as you get high enough to see over the scorer's table.