BeBrave

Yes, but I learned they close that deal promptly 30 minutes before tip.

my problem with not playing that game at chaifetz is we would be completely catering to the non booster who only wants to see that game. in all likelihood we split the arena with the opponents fans and the home court advantage we deserve just went down the street from chaifetz. you dont see duke moving their home games out of dinky cameron to play at the pnc arena only about 20 miles away. +1 If you can get in Chaifetz, do it. But if you can't, would you rather another EIU and SIU-E December or a big boy date downtown?

Skip, if we were selling out the $10 and $12 tickets I could see your point but we aren't (except for maybe the RI game). I can't believe there are all that many people that are in a world where the most they will pay is $12 a ticket but they require it to be center court or near center court. If people want the cheap ticket they should be willing to sit in the end-zone. Not to mention that just about anybody that attends these games knows you can buy the cheap ticket and move down to better, open seats if you desire. Thus, I don't believe that offering some tickets at $32 and others as low as $12 is meaningfully hurting attendance. Rather, I believe the problem is there simply aren't enough people willing to come out for blood donor games or NYE games no matter what the price. I offered FREE tickets to 150 co-workers on Monday and only 1 accepted. There inlies the problem. I don't know of anyone -- and certainly no one in this thread -- expecting center court, near court for $12. @JMM28 and @BEBRAVE Fact: There are $12 tickets available for every game already. Fact: We have not been selling those tickets out. To me, that tells me the price of the $20 and $32 tickets is not the problem, its that there aren't enough people willing to spend $12 on a ticket to see us play some directional state school that we will beat by 20 or come to a game on NYE. If all of the $12 tickets were sold but we couldn't sell the $20 or $32 tickets, then you'd have a point. People that are price sensitive to the cost of the ticket have a lot of options on which price range to purchase so I'm just not buying the argument that the pricing structure is causing all these attendance problems. That's certainly possible. I would contend walk up business is looking for a good value though. I know what to expect from a $12 ticket (and the lowest price on the board): upper bowl, endzone. However, I purchased the $32 ticket (highest price on the board I saw when I purchased) because I perceived a better value for the seat ... I'll always pay $16 for a good seat to a college basketball game. That's a great value in my mind. And having been to enough sporting events, I have a pretty good grasp on how much seats costs. Your theory very well could be true. But it could be that $12 is over priced for upper bowl endzone at SLU to the general public. Likewise with the other sections/pricing.

Bradley guy, Using a Bradley themed user name and avatar is not the best way to make fans on this board (I could care less as long as you post meaningful things). Neither is only posting negative things about SLU. I liked your early posts you provided some great info comparing SLU and Bradley fan bases & ticket pricing. Later when you just complain about prices again it starts to get annoying. You seem knowledgeable about college basketball. Share some of that knowledge rather than just complain. Maybe now that you know about the pricing, you can buy some $12 tickets and just move down if you decide to go to future games (maybe get there early and enjoy some $2 beers to help you forget about the price of tickets). I hope you do and you post some good insights on the board. Fair enough.

Skip, if we were selling out the $10 and $12 tickets I could see your point but we aren't (except for maybe the RI game). I can't believe there are all that many people that are in a world where the most they will pay is $12 a ticket but they require it to be center court or near center court. If people want the cheap ticket they should be willing to sit in the end-zone. Not to mention that just about anybody that attends these games knows you can buy the cheap ticket and move down to better, open seats if you desire. Thus, I don't believe that offering some tickets at $32 and others as low as $12 is meaningfully hurting attendance. Rather, I believe the problem is there simply aren't enough people willing to come out for blood donor games or NYE games no matter what the price. I offered FREE tickets to 150 co-workers on Monday and only 1 accepted. There inlies the problem. I don't know of anyone -- and certainly no one in this thread -- expecting center court, near court for $12.

1) Do you know how to use the quote function correctly? 2) LS sends a survey about the event you attend. That info is sent to the merchant. In this case, I'm guessing Ahearn will receive the survey results.

I submitted my complaint through LivingSocial ... since I know you're deeply concerned.

You get that season-ticket-holder-real-fan mindset everywhere, skip.

I don't know which is better. I'm saying because I'm invested in Bradley, I'd be more willing to spend $32 for an upper bowl corner seat. I wouldn't spend $32 to see Bradley play Eastern Illinois, Missouri State, SIU-C (let alone E), but I'd be willing to pony up that money for Creighton, Illinois State, Wichita State, Michigan, etc. And I'm not saying there aren't cheap seats to be had. Only that I find it ludicrous to pay $32 for upper bowl corner seats. Considering I had never been to a SLU hoops game before last week, I wrongly assumed a $32 ticket would be in the lower bowl. From what appears to be a relatively large board, very few seem to disagree with me. btw, You people have a problem changing the words people use. I say what I mean, and I mean what I say.

So, because I'm a Bradley fan, you're not interested in my money to buy a seat at Chaifetz for a men's basketball game and cheer for the Billikens? FWIW, I attended a SLU soccer game a few years ago too. Do you have to be a Billikens fan to go to a Bills game and want more info on the team? To visit the message board? Not sure SLU fans are in a position to turn away customers with a gym that not near capacity most nights. I mean, I've not seen a single post here wondering why people don't come out to support this team. (<-- I don't see your sarcasm font button, so this note will have to suffice)

Of which, I'm a member. Are you saying I'm not welcome to be a fan of SLU hoops?

If you have the entire lower bowl sold -- ENTIRE -- and ya'll are complaining about attendance, you have a bigger issue than drawing new fans. I get that the sidelines of the lower bowl are corporate tickets that may or may not get used, especially for a weeknight cupcake game. But corporate America ain't wooing clients with corner/baseline tickets. OK ... what part of, "I never expected fourth row center court" (ie, sidelines) did you not comprehend?

+1

On the plus side, you didn't have a sixth-year senior spend the last two nights in jail for possession of a controlled substance. It's vicodin and not meth, coke, herion, etc., but it's still a felony.

I have the expectation of a seat worth the face value of the ticket sold for that seat. I never expected to sit 4th row center court. I did expect to be in the lower bowl.