New Pricing

[Big12Mustang]

I think prices are okay. Just do something for new young alumni and keep stubhubbers out with the high donation per seat

[Mustangs_Maroons]

Are you guys talking about $500 for the season which as I understand is 10 games? I must be missing something because I don't get the complaints? I wonder if you were also complaining when it was $125. If you're not happy just average the two years and call it a day.i wish I had the option to buy this and watch what is the best SMU product we have seen in 30 years.

By all the [deleted] complaining here I was wondering if we're were tortilla tech or SMU.

[Stallion]

probably more like 16 home games

[Mustangs_Maroons]

probably more like 16 home games

That makes this complaining even sadder. Just budget for the salaries of the staff and travel costs we need to get these highly priced recruits and we don't even break even. I guess alternatively we can get a lazy coaching staff (see football) and pay them the minimum amount and then only play $50 for the season and watch the team get spanked night in and night out.

[SMU89]

Obviously, the details are no longer on the link.

Anyone have more specifics - MC Donation Levels, Seat Pricing?

To be competitive, you need bucks. No bucks. No Buck Rogers.

If I get priced out of being able to go to Moody, I'm fine if the place is packed, I can watch on tv, and we are winning. It's a business. I want it to succeed and beat the competition.

Besides, Mr. Ydel always has an open invitation to watch games at his house.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

The more I look at this the prices really aren't that ridiculous.

Yeah, requiring a donation for the baseline and sideline upper seats is probably a shock to some, and the existing 203/205/212/214 crowd gets screwed a bit - but overall the average hike for existing holders is not outrageous.

I imagine we will fervently revisit this topic when the official prices are released.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Obviously, the details are no longer on the link.

Anyone have more specifics - MC Donation Levels, Seat Pricing?

Link to a screenshot earlier in this thread.

[NY Pony]

I'll be paying 300% of what I was. $250 to $750 for my 2 seats is steep. It's not the price that bugs me, it's the massive jump.

[Mustangs_Maroons]

When I think back to marketing and the basic 4Ps, I believe the the current pricing probably reflects the product on the court next year if not actually below it. The problem is that you have a reference point from last year which was completely out of whack and non market (aka [deleted] cheap) and you're anchoring to this non sensical level. This is real D1 top 15 basketball now. We arrived faster than what they may have thought. That's a very good reality to be in.

Like I said if you don't want to accept that fact then just pretend it will be expensive next year but that it was ridiculously cheap last year and average the damn years.

[SMU89]

Link

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=15nwwnr ... 1nTcWt5mSM

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

I'll be paying 300% of what I was. $250 to $750 for my 2 seats is steep. It's not the price that bugs me, it's the massive jump.

Yeah - those tickets got (allegedly) screwed hard I agree.

[NY Pony]

When I think back to marketing and the basic 4Ps, I believe the the current pricing probably reflects the product on the court next year if not actually below it. The problem is that you have a reference point from last year which was completely out of whack and non market (aka [deleted] cheap) and you're anchoring to this non sensical level. This is real D1 top 15 basketball now. We arrived faster than what they may have thought. That's a very good reality to be in.

Like I said if you don't want to accept that fact then just pretend it will be expensive next year but that it was ridiculously cheap last year and average the damn years.

I get your argument but I disagree, then again I don't know how long the wait list is.

Think of it this way: you're Buick. For years, you made the most boring cars in America. Suddenly, you re-do the line and are offering a pretty great product. Do you price it for what it is, similar to an Acura or Infiniti, or do you price a little lower to rebuild your base?

If the wait list is long then maybe they have it right. That said, they may be running the risk of offputting some current ticketholders.

[Mustangsabu]

The old blue seats, now the red seats have really been the ones to take it hard. A seat three years ago was $360, now it is $1000 with a $2500 donation. So my three seats were $1080 and are now going to be $5500. That is 500% of where they started. It's ballsy for a team that still qualifies as Cinderella.

[Stallion]

I'll be paying 300% of what I was. $250 to $750 for my 2 seats is steep. It's not the price that bugs me, it's the massive jump.

Yeah - those tickets got (allegedly) screwed hard I agree.

but they were ridiculously underpriced. $250/2=$125 per ticket /16 games = less than $8 per ticket. Hell I bet most of this board spent three times as much on beer. Remember SMU charged $95 per ticket for SMU v A&M and what $80 for SMU v. TCU a couple of years ago at Ford INCLUDING the end zone.

[SMU89]

The old blue seats, now the red seats have really been the ones to take it hard. A seat three years ago was $360, now it is $1000 with a $2500 donation. So my three seats were $1080 and are now going to be $5500. That is 500% of where they started. It's ballsy for a team that still qualifies as Cinderella.

Which is where the ** new ticket holders will pay MC fee per seat comes into play. By being a grandpa, you can feel better about what you're paying.