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shell29bell · 09-15-2009, 04:56 PM

There is has been a lot of talk about the Jags not being able to sell out any games. I went to check about going and saw the cheapest tickets are $50!!! This is according to ticket master. I have a family of 5 and it would cost about $300 for me to take the them to a game after all the fees and what not. Then another $15-$20 for parking and on top of that who knows how much for a few sodas at the game. I am sure when it is all said and done it would be around $400 to take my family to 1 game!!! They have all these empty seats why not drop the ticket prices?? I would think they would rather have someone pay $20 a ticket instead of the seat going unsold.

When I lived in Atlanta and Author Blank to over the first thing he did was drop ticket prices. You would get an upper deck ticket for only $10!!!! I know the dome hold about 25,000 more seats, but I will say this again would you as an owner not want to get some money per seat then none at all?? Anyone have any thoughts?

Peter the Brit · 09-15-2009, 05:11 PM

Great idea but will the Jgs listen

mawipafl · 09-15-2009, 06:30 PM

They're offering some sort of Flex Ticket thing, but honestly the radio ad was so confusing I stopped listening.

The policy of KISS should apply -- offer cheap seats, offer 2 for 1 tickets, make getting there easy and inexpensive -- all these things would/could get fans out of the sports bars and into the stadium. There really is a good fan base - just look at the cars spilling out of the parking lot of Sneakers and places such as that on game day.

Blacking out the home games does absolutely nothing but make folks like me begin to not care one way or the other about our local team - if it's not affordable, it's just not affordable whether on TV or not, whether a winning season or not.

JagFan27 · 09-15-2009, 07:12 PM

I got an email at work this week that the Jaguar organization is offering our organization tickets at a discounted price. I own four season tickets, so I am not too happy to know that I could have bought my tickets for $10-$20 per ticket per game than I paid for the season tickets!!
Maybe next year, I should just wait until they offer the discounted prices...

EricBoyd · 09-15-2009, 07:30 PM

My wife is in the same "organization" as JagFan. I was glad to see the offered discounts, but I doubt we'll ever put 'em to use. LOL I'm actually going this weekend, but not at a discounted rate. No, I don't make sense sometimes.

projectmaximus · 09-15-2009, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by shell29bell

There is has been a lot of talk about the Jags not being able to sell out any games. I went to check about going and saw the cheapest tickets are $50!!! This is according to ticket master. I have a family of 5 and it would cost about $300 for me to take the them to a game after all the fees and what not. Then another $15-$20 for parking and on top of that who knows how much for a few sodas at the game. I am sure when it is all said and done it would be around $400 to take my family to 1 game!!! They have all these empty seats why not drop the ticket prices?? I would think they would rather have someone pay $20 a ticket instead of the seat going unsold.

When I lived in Atlanta and Author Blank to over the first thing he did was drop ticket prices. You would get an upper deck ticket for only $10!!!! I know the dome hold about 25,000 more seats, but I will say this again would you as an owner not want to get some money per seat then none at all?? Anyone have any thoughts?

shellbell, you are correct that it is very costly to bring a large family to an NFL game. I empathize with you, but also recognize that they can't drop prices. If they lower ticket prices now it would devalue the product. How would everyone who bought season tickets feel if people were now purchasing the same thing as them but for half the price? or less? What would it do to future sales when people expect ticket prices to drop? And ultimately, they just can't offer tickets that cheap year after year given the amount of ticket sales revenue made by the big market franchises. To be part of revenue sharing, a club has to eclipse a minimum mark for revenue.

I don't believe upper deck tickets were $10 with the Falcons in the past decade. Perhaps you bought the tickets second hand for below face value, but the Georgia Dome is only marginally larger than Jax's stadium (for NFL games...for college games Jax's capacity is higher) and the cheapest regular single game seat is $55 according to the Falcons website. If you bought season tickets, the cheapest ticket was $35 each for ten games. Not bad, but pretty much on par with the Jags.

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Originally Posted by mawipafl

They're offering some sort of Flex Ticket thing, but honestly the radio ad was so confusing I stopped listening.

The policy of KISS should apply -- offer cheap seats, offer 2 for 1 tickets, make getting there easy and inexpensive -- all these things would/could get fans out of the sports bars and into the stadium. There really is a good fan base - just look at the cars spilling out of the parking lot of Sneakers and places such as that on game day.

Blacking out the home games does absolutely nothing but make folks like me begin to not care one way or the other about our local team - if it's not affordable, it's just not affordable whether on TV or not, whether a winning season or not.

The flex pack is pretty simple...you can buy 3 tickets for the same cost per game as season tickets. (40/game) Only, you don't have to buy all ten games. Just three games. And you get to pick which three. And which seats you want...the concept is simple but their ad may have been confusing.

The long-term effect of blacking out games is debateable, but I understand and agree that going to games can be cost-prohibitive for many many people. But the economics of the NFL is not gonna change (in fact, could get much much much worse when the CBA expires) so maybe we just can't afford to have a local team. I don't think anyone should get the blame for this; people who cant afford tickets just cant afford them, and people who dont want tickets shouldnt be forced to buy them. But that doesnt change the fact that NFL ticket prices aren't coming down...and the Jags will leave Jacksonville eventually if more people in this city aren't able or willing to buy tickets.

projectmaximus · 09-15-2009, 07:42 PM

haha, looks like ill partially eat my words. thanks for the update...I hope they're able to sell a lot more tickets and make it an economically worthwhile move.

shell29bell · 09-15-2009, 08:05 PM

We were season ticket holders for the Falcons in 2003 and for the upper deck tickets we paid $100 a ticket for the season. That is for 10 games, so yes they were $10 a ticket per game. That was the 1st year the falcons sold out every game of the season in more than 20 years at that time. You are correct that now they have raised up prices back up and the cheap tickets are $55. I am not blaming anyone I was just stating during these hard times they could drop prices to get more people to come to the games.

shell29bell · 09-15-2009, 08:11 PM

I mistyped it was the 2002 season. Also here is an article that mentions the $10 tickets. Signup - Knowledge@Emory

i3est21 · 09-15-2009, 08:25 PM

I read somewhere the Jags are doing poorly because Jax has the smallest metro area than any other large city, despite being something like the 16th largest city in the nation. I tried to find the article but to no avail.

I too empathize with you and wanting to take your family to a game, I tend to think all NFL ticket prices start in the $50 range. Which is why I prefer a large high definition TV, a reclining chair, and a BBQ 8-)