I watched an unbelievably entertaining Iowa-PSU wrestling match there. Place was rocking.They are a winning program which makes it easier, but that is sort of the point. Put a top product on the court and PSU fans will show up irrespective of where it is played.
Penn State choosing money over attendance?
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I watched an unbelievably entertaining Iowa-PSU wrestling match there. Place was rocking.They are a winning program which makes it easier, but that is sort of the point. Put a top product on the court and PSU fans will show up irrespective of where it is played.
I was able to buy tickets over the weekend directly from PSU by calling the ticket office at face value. Got lower bowl tickets for the OSU Game for $24 a piece after taxes and fees for adults, and $14 for children. If you call and do not go through whatever ticketing site they are using you can get very affordable tickets to the game. Even if they lose to Rutgers, I am assuming they will start to get a very good atmosphere for the games in conference play.
I agree. It's never going to be a great basketball arena. Will always have too much dead space at end-lines, court side seats far away, cavernous.... But you get 11,000-12,000 people in there, and the place would be rocking.... still a crappy building. But would be rocking.
Looks like all tickets are $20, not just for NLC members. First few rows on other side have already sold. I love it!
My issue was never that they held back any upper deck seating, it was that they jacked the price from $24 to $50. I agree to keep the attendees/fans in close proximity but it’s like they were hoping to not open the remaining sections. Also, now seats in upper section are $20, while seats in opposite side but same relative position were $50. If I paid $50 last week and someone paid $20 this week I would be angry.
Almost happened to me. Was debating and almost bought tickets more than half way up the upper section for $50 on Friday. Glad I waited and got front row upper section for only $20 ... I would have been pissed.
Now I just paid more than I wanted to for the hockey game Friday night (making a weekend of it), but those tickets are shrinking fast and "you can't take it with you". Saturday night hockey game prices are ridiculous!
Well, there goes the neighborhood.
Seriously, I knew a bunch of people at North, and taught summer school there every other year. I remain grateful that the bulk of my teaching career happened in that neck of the woods. I was blessed.
Great place to grow up - went to Oakland Elementary School which is now a Korean Church I believe- lot of money in the area (which we didn’t have) but it really helped with the school system which was first class and I am sure you contributed to that.Well, there goes the neighborhood.
benefits include a bonus based on price per ticket sold.
Saw the other day that nfl attendance is down, while viewership is up ( despite the nauseating number of commercials). Pretty clear signal, I’d say.
FC: Prices dropped to $20 now.
I called the ticket office and brought that up. The person I talked to had no idea why the prices went up, or even that they did. He is looking into it and giving me a call back. I commented how short-sighted that is if we are trying to build a fanbase, I’m glad to see the prices dropped. All of this happen while the ticketing office was out for winter break (fwiw, maybe it was automated thing having to do with demand, and it got changed when the ticket office was back?)
I called the ticket office and brought that up. The person I talked to had no idea why the prices went up, or even that they did. He is looking into it and giving me a call back. I commented how short-sighted that is if we are trying to build a fanbase, I’m glad to see the prices dropped. All of this happen while the ticketing office was out for winter break (fwiw, maybe it was automated thing having to do with demand, and it got changed when the ticket office was back?)
Forget the BJC... Let's do what Oklahoma State did a few years ago and renovate Rec Hall like they did Gallagher Iba Arena.
This debate has been going on for over 20 years now... Not a fresh or visionary suggestion...Forget the BJC... Let's do what Oklahoma State did a few years ago and renovate Rec Hall like they did Gallagher Iba Arena.
I tend to think they'll be refunded. I realized that it was clearly a mistake when I called to complain. I have lower level sideline seats, so I wasn't wronged by it either
Let just say their ticket pricing schemes aren’t on the mark. It took them all the way to mid November to figure out what we knew in July: that PSU v Rutgers Football after Thanksgiving Day would be the lowest priced ticket of the year. They had them at $60 while open resale was at $15-18....and then lowered them to $30 in November trying to sell the remaining tickets. Smh
Good to see the price drop to something reasonable. There is no excuse for it not to be sold out or close to it other than weather.. this team is really good. Saturday afternoon. Hockey at night. Revenge game vs OSU. White it out and make it a hornet's nest for Ohio State. Bryce Jordan can be absolutely rocking given the right circumstances. This is one of them. Now hopefully we can take care of business tomorrow night and the next couple games and maybe be sitting in the top 15 or 10 by then. This is the year to make a national statement.
Of course I see people have already bought groups of tickets and trying to resell them for $80. I hate people!
Too funny - grew up at 1035 Marshall Road - 3 bedroom ranch that the new owners put a second story on like a lot in that neighborhood- crazy how much those houses now go for - I think my Dad paid $35K for it but that was way back in 1964 I think.
We’ll see... Rutgers is no pushover. Unfortunately, if Penn State loses to Rutgers it will bring everyone out of the woodwork criticizing Chambers. Winning on the road in the Big Ten is tough.
Yup, big game.. PSU is now favored. Definitely a scary game. No Geo Baker for them is a break for us. Have to show up ready or they'll beat us.
I’m a little worried about the toll that playing in the Palestra game (was crazy hot in there) will have. Hopefully the team gets very hydrated.
Lamar only played 24 minutes and Mike 21 due to foul trouble. They went 10 deep and nobody played 30 minutes. Also, the team traveled from Philly to NJ Saturday evening so they have been settled in for a few days. I don't think physically the team will be drained. The mental side is a different story.
These are college kids in early January. Physical fatigue is a non-issue. Maybe if they were 30, but not as 20 year olds
We need to ditch water polo like Klempsun. Go to some private school in New England if you wanna do that stuff.
#WomensWaterPoloIsTheProblem
#WomensWaterPoloIsTheProblem
