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Post by alwaysorange on Jul 28, 2019 17:10:53 GMT -8
A month ago I went on osubeavers.com and there were a heck of a lot of season tickets to choose from. Today there are relatively few. Anybody know how many season tickets have been sold?
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Post by baseba1111 on Jul 28, 2019 17:18:53 GMT -8
A month ago I went on osubeavers.com and there were a heck of a lot of season tickets to choose from. Today there are relatively few. Anybody know how many season tickets have been sold? I'm not sure what they are showing, nor why, but there should be PLENTY of season tix for sale... MANY.
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Post by zzufrevaeb on Jul 29, 2019 14:19:03 GMT -8
A month ago I went on osubeavers.com and there were a heck of a lot of season tickets to choose from. Today there are relatively few. Anybody know how many season tickets have been sold? They broke up a lot of them for mini plans and single game sales.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 14:12:43 GMT -8
When are they going to be mailed out?
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Post by NativeBeav on Jul 31, 2019 14:37:47 GMT -8
When are they going to be mailed out? First week in August, is what the email from the OSU ticket office said. I would expect to see them between now and a week from Friday - I guess
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Post by OSUprof on Aug 1, 2019 7:38:01 GMT -8
No official announcement has been made on the number of season tickets sold.
After the Fiesta Bowl, season ticket sales averaged between 20000 and 25000 each year. Sales began falling in 2013 and dropped to 17500 in 2016. Last season, sales had further declined to 15393.
Some are predicting that sales will fall below 10000 this season. If those predictions come true, that is a loss of 15000 season tickets off the high mark. The last time OSU sold less than 10000 season tickets was in 1998.
I'm hoping that doesn't happen but a lot of fans have walked away from Beaver football since 2013. Most of those who left have adopted a wait and see attitude. As one that still has skin in the game - owner of three season tickets and donor, I'd be interested in knowing if other posters are investing more than just words on a free message board or are they hoping that someone else will do the heavy lifting for them.
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Post by bvrblvr on Aug 1, 2019 7:55:12 GMT -8
I've had 6 season tickets since 1997 and will be there again this year. I'm not sure if that makes me a "heavy lifter" or just gullible.
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Post by alwaysorange on Aug 1, 2019 7:56:27 GMT -8
Three season tickets and donor. I don't expect anybody else to lift without me helping. However, it would be nice if we could get a major sponsor/donor.
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Post by irimi on Aug 1, 2019 8:26:49 GMT -8
As one that still has skin in the game - owner of three season tickets and donor, I'd be interested in knowing if other posters are investing more than just words on a free message board or are they hoping that someone else will do the heavy lifting for them.
Sorry, but that's kind of a dick move on your part. Why put down others for not having the resources or capability to do the "heavy lifting"? What do you get out of it? A holier-than-thou attitude? There are probably many reasons people on this board do not have season tickets--finances, location, or time, to name just a few. Sure, there also may be a handful who post here who are not happy with the state of the program and so will not support it with their cash or time. Perhaps those were the people you were addressing, but your blanket statement includes all of the others. If you want to call out the fair weather fans, then I'm right behind you. But just remember that there are fans sitting at home tuning in on the radio or stuck at work who would gladly be in your shoes while you tailgate and enjoy the atmosphere of Beaver football.
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Post by ochobeavo on Aug 1, 2019 8:54:03 GMT -8
I'll play along...
Was a season ticket holder - probably beginning with Riley 1. During the GA years, my season tix went from 6 to 4 to 3. Mainly because the kids got older, had their own interests, weekend jobs and activities and watching the Beavs get throttled on Saturdays wasn't really appealing to them.
Plus the product on the field meant that I would occasionally run into trouble finding people who wanted to come along when I had unused tickets. "So you're telling me I can have a free ticket to sit in the rain AND watch us lose by 30 and then leave the game 4 hours later completely frustrated? Sign me up!"
Last year I finally decided not to renew, but still managed to make it to 4 games. This year I went with mini-package that will cover me for the 1st half of the season. 2nd half of the season will likely conflict with other activities, so I'll be a game-day decision from November on...
Pretty certain i'm not helping get the West-side remodeled, but the mini-plan works perfect for me.
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Post by biggieorange on Aug 1, 2019 9:00:29 GMT -8
No official announcement has been made on the number of season tickets sold.
After the Fiesta Bowl, season ticket sales averaged between 20000 and 25000 each year. Sales began falling in 2013 and dropped to 17500 in 2016. Last season, sales had further declined to 15393.
Some are predicting that sales will fall below 10000 this season. If those predictions come true, that is a loss of 15000 season tickets off the high mark. The last time OSU sold less than 10000 season tickets was in 1998.
I'm hoping that doesn't happen but a lot of fans have walked away from Beaver football since 2013. Most of those who left have adopted a wait and see attitude. As one that still has skin in the game - owner of three season tickets and donor, I'd be interested in knowing if other posters are investing more than just words on a free message board or are they hoping that someone else will do the heavy lifting for them.
The Republican tax overhaul will have a big impact as tickets aren't tax deductible anymore. It isn't just OSU that is having trouble selling season tickets. For example it used to be 50% of the cost for entertainment was deductible for businesses. Prior to last year, donors could deduct 80 percent of the purchase of season tickets to athletic events. The Internal Revenue Code now reads that donations to universities cannot be deductible if “the taxpayer receives (directly or indirectly) as a result of paying such amount the right to purchase tickets for seating at an athletic event in an athletic stadium of such institution.” But the thing about charitable donations is that they are supposed to be charitable, meaning the donor cannot expect anything of value in return for the donation. There is a joke here is that Beaver season ticket holders SHOULD be able to claim to be a charitable cause (though its close) given we get nothing in return of value.
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Post by TheGlove on Aug 1, 2019 9:26:00 GMT -8
Why buy season tickets when tickets are readily available and the product on the field is s%#t?
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Post by joeavocado on Aug 1, 2019 9:29:43 GMT -8
I gave up season tickets after Year 1 of CGA, for a few reasons: 1. My wife put her foot down and said she's had it with night games unless it's Week 1 or 2, the two other wives in our group agreed. 2. The CGA train wreck was obvious in year 1 and I didn't want to pay money to watch it unravel before me. 3. The people we had seats with lost interest and weren't fired up about renewing. 4. With replay review and TV timeouts, watching games in person has become a 4+ hour activity, much of it involves sitting in your seat...waiting. Instead of TV broadcasting what's happening in a stadium, it is now the stadium waiting for TV to allow them to resume the game.
We still go to 2-3 games per year, although now we wait until the start time is determined, check the weather and what seats are available on StubHub. The conference has pretty much pushed us into a wait and see approach, it isn't just happening at OSU, similar dynamic at all the PAC-12 schools. We had season tickets for over 15 years, also had season tickets in the Pettibone and Kragthorpe days. I just don't think the investment makes sense any more. The entertainment world has changed, priorities shift. Big 10 schools are having to incent students to show up to games...for free. Sellouts are becoming more rare in college football. I'm super optimistic about J Smith, that doesn't mean the 1990's model of having to buy season tickets to support my team makes sense to me. Although I still donate to the school and OSU gets most of my sports dollars. I wish I had the passion of 2000, I don't, and for that I apologize to myself and all of you.
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Post by Judge Smails on Aug 1, 2019 9:32:37 GMT -8
No official announcement has been made on the number of season tickets sold.
After the Fiesta Bowl, season ticket sales averaged between 20000 and 25000 each year. Sales began falling in 2013 and dropped to 17500 in 2016. Last season, sales had further declined to 15393.
Some are predicting that sales will fall below 10000 this season. If those predictions come true, that is a loss of 15000 season tickets off the high mark. The last time OSU sold less than 10000 season tickets was in 1998.
I'm hoping that doesn't happen but a lot of fans have walked away from Beaver football since 2013. Most of those who left have adopted a wait and see attitude. As one that still has skin in the game - owner of three season tickets and donor, I'd be interested in knowing if other posters are investing more than just words on a free message board or are they hoping that someone else will do the heavy lifting for them.
The Republican tax overhaul will have a big impact as tickets aren't tax deductible anymore. It isn't just OSU that is having trouble selling season tickets. For example it used to be 50% of the cost for entertainment was deductible for businesses. P rior to last year, donors could deduct 80 percent of the purchase of season tickets to athletic events.The Internal Revenue Code now reads that donations to universities cannot be deductible if “the taxpayer receives (directly or indirectly) as a result of paying such amount the right to purchase tickets for seating at an athletic event in an athletic stadium of such institution.” But the thing about charitable donations is that they are supposed to be charitable, meaning the donor cannot expect anything of value in return for the donation. There is a joke here is that Beaver season ticket holders SHOULD be able to claim to be a charitable cause (though its close) given we get nothing in return of value. This was never true. It was the donation that was 80% deductible, not the ticket cost. If you were doing that, I will notify my friends from the IRS
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Post by Mike84 on Aug 1, 2019 9:51:52 GMT -8
No official announcement has been made on the number of season tickets sold.
After the Fiesta Bowl, season ticket sales averaged between 20000 and 25000 each year. Sales began falling in 2013 and dropped to 17500 in 2016. Last season, sales had further declined to 15393.
Some are predicting that sales will fall below 10000 this season. If those predictions come true, that is a loss of 15000 season tickets off the high mark. The last time OSU sold less than 10000 season tickets was in 1998.
I'm hoping that doesn't happen but a lot of fans have walked away from Beaver football since 2013. Most of those who left have adopted a wait and see attitude. As one that still has skin in the game - owner of three season tickets and donor, I'd be interested in knowing if other posters are investing more than just words on a free message board or are they hoping that someone else will do the heavy lifting for them.
It's not always easy to justify, even to myself, but I have continued to donate and buy tickets since 1997. I did take a year off as a season ticket holder in 2007, but I still donated. It's been a while since I feel I got "rewarded" for attending games in person, but I sure am glad that I was there for some of the biggest wins in our history....hopefully there will be more home wins over ranked teams in our future. I don't donate much, relatively speaking, and I totally understand that some die-hard, dedicated fans don't have the resources to donate anything at all, but I definitely do not subscribe to the theory that I should cut my donation if the product on the field is bad. That, to me, is the opposite of how it should be. I feel like they need my donation more than ever right now. As long as I can, I want to try to be part of the solution.
Go Beavs! Mike '84
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