Got the e-mail for the season ticket renewal yesterday. Was quite excited when the email made a VERY big deal that “most seat prices will remain flat for this year”.
I then logged in to see that not only did our seats go up 10%, but that the required “Crimson Club Fee” also went up another 6%. So all told, the “flat or no increase” they claimed actually ended up being about a 13% jump. I was planning to sell these tix anyways, but now I’m just hoping the guy buying them doesn’t back out
The whole thing leaves a very bad taste, tbh. If you’re going to do a 13% increase, then just do a 13% increase. Don’t make a big deal about them being flat or cheaper…and then just go ahead and raise them anyways.
Yeah, if you keep the ‘per game’ cost the same going from 6 to 7 games, it should be a 16.6% increase. Then next year the AD can say they kept your total the same, but we drop from 7 to 6 games and we continue the cycle
Exactly. They’ve been playing that game so long now I can’t even remember when they started doing it. Basically they’ll figure out a way to jack the price up 13% to 17% every year but sell it as no change.
Just did the math and our actual ticket price is only 35% of the total renewal cost. The bulk is CC obligation. That was easier to swallow when it was considered a donation.
