Seat License?

[PurplePutt]

QUOTE(OmniscienceFrog @ Apr 25 2010, 07:43 PM) [snapback]550323[/snapback]
This is not true. We have ten seats in section E and have not been required to donate $5000 to buy them and there has been no notification that we have to pay that to get them this year either. We have had these seats for about 45 years though, so I guess it is possible that they have required that of people that have moved into those sections in the last few years, but have never heard of it before your post.


10 seats for 45 years! Man that is an impressive commitment to TCU.

 

[halfwaytoheaven]

QUOTE(OmniscienceFrog @ Apr 25 2010, 07:43 PM) [snapback]550323[/snapback]
This is not true. We have ten seats in section E and have not been required to donate $5000 to buy them and there has been no notification that we have to pay that to get them this year either. We have had these seats for about 45 years though, so I guess it is possible that they have required that of people that have moved into those sections in the last few years, but have never heard of it before your post.


Yes, it's just people who are now trying to get into those sections. I know a guy who tried to get his dad's seats (which he'd had for decades) after he passed away, but they wanted $5000.

 

[gdu]

QUOTE(PurpleHills @ Apr 26 2010, 12:05 AM) [snapback]550302[/snapback]
For some there is a world between what you want it to be and what one can afford it to be. Now if there are thousands that can pay and will that's fine. If however this expands beyond milking the willing and able to soaking the average Joe then I'll be back to catching the games on TV if possible or once again being a radio fan. Guess I'd best really enjoy this year for who knows what I'll be able to afford to do after that. The game ticket is only PART of the cost of making a game, some of us have to bypass a paid day at work and then the drive to Fort Worth and back, food, gas, ect. To many these things are not small and must be balanced with more pressing needs. I have been preaching the "value" of attending TCU football games to those that have little or no ties to TCU and that has worked to get new blood into Frog Fandom, that line might be put on the shelf if this expands too far.
PH
Should have known that just a soon as they got good they'd price me out of it.

There will still be plenty of cheap seats.

 

[gdu]

QUOTE(StinnettFrog @ Apr 26 2010, 12:21 AM) [snapback]550312[/snapback]
I will hope that this rumor is not true. Although I am sure many can afford that for watching games I am not one who would use my money in that way. Loyalty goes both ways in life. I paid for my first season tickets after the 1-10 season to support a team I followed mainly by radio and occasionally attended live when possible.

If the powers that be decide I need to pay $2,000 or more just for the right to purchase the same seats I have used for over a decade then I will follow from tv and radio from that point on. You can lose a fan base a lot quicker than you build one, I hope they ponder that before over reaching.

GO FROGS

Fine. There will still be plenty of affordable, good seats in the new stadium. Not even the people who foot more of the bill are going to keep their same seats.

 

[gdu]

QUOTE(OmniscienceFrog @ Apr 26 2010, 12:43 AM) [snapback]550323[/snapback]
This is not true. We have ten seats in section E and have not been required to donate $5000 to buy them and there has been no notification that we have to pay that to get them this year either. We have had these seats for about 45 years though, so I guess it is possible that they have required that of people that have moved into those sections in the last few years, but have never heard of it before your post.

It's true for new people or they just know my rep here when they asked me to pay it a few years ago.

 

[Forza Frogs]

Well I will hold out some hope. As a recent grad, I am on the east side 50 yd line of the stadium so maybe my costs will be less than others. I hope I don't have to give up any seats though, I like having extra tickets for friends.

 

[halfwaytoheaven]

QUOTE(tcugdu @ Apr 25 2010, 08:47 PM) [snapback]550342[/snapback]
It's true for new people or they just know my rep here when they asked me to pay it a few years ago.


They heard how much you were paying to go to UT games and they figured you were an easy mark.

 

[gdu]

QUOTE(Forza Frogs @ Apr 26 2010, 03:11 AM) [snapback]550385[/snapback]
Well I will hold out some hope. As a recent grad, I am on the east side 50 yd line of the stadium so maybe my costs will be less than others. I hope I don't have to give up any seats though, I like having extra tickets for friends.

They will and you won't. I can't imagine non-primo seats will go up by more than 20% or so.

 

[bwood]

QUOTE(PurplePutt @ Apr 25 2010, 06:00 PM) [snapback]550273[/snapback]
Forza posted that he had 9 season tickets and I know others who have that many. You start making those cost 2000 each and you go from paying about 2000 a year just for your tickets to 18,000 a year. You don't think that will put a damper on attendance?


How do you figure? A PSL is NOT an annual cost, it is a ONE time fee... Spread that PSL cost out over the useful life of the seat/stadium and it is significantly less (especially if this one is around as long as the current one!!).

 

[YA]

Thursday May 13, 2010 at 7 pm.

TCU Premier Frogs for alumni in their 30's and 40's.

Having a stadium event with details of the redo plan, Coach Patterson and tailgate food from the likes of Del Frisco's to Eddie V's. Cash Bar.

If you haven't gotten an invite and you are in your 30's or 40's, call 817.257.7803 to sign up. $20 per person.

Many details will be provided on the stadium redo, plus a night of food and drink.

 

[gdu]

QUOTE(YA @ Apr 26 2010, 02:53 PM) [snapback]550517[/snapback]
Thursday May 13, 2010 at 7 pm.

TCU Premier Frogs for alumni in their 30's and 40's.

Having a stadium event with details of the redo plan, Coach Patterson and tailgate food from the likes of Del Frisco's to Eddie V's. Open Bar.

If you haven't gotten an invite and you are in your 30's or 40's, call 817.257.7803 to sign up. $20 per person.

Many details will be provided on the stadium redo, plus a night of food and drink.

I'm looking forward to the Austin event this Thursday.

 

[desmith03]

QUOTE(YA @ Apr 26 2010, 09:53 AM) [snapback]550517[/snapback]
Thursday May 13, 2010 at 7 pm.

TCU Premier Frogs for alumni in their 30's and 40's.

Having a stadium event with details of the redo plan, Coach Patterson and tailgate food from the likes of Del Frisco's to Eddie V's. Open Bar.

If you haven't gotten an invite and you are in your 30's or 40's, call 817.257.7803 to sign up. $20 per person.

Many details will be provided on the stadium redo, plus a night of food and drink.


Is that what that invite said? I got so offended that TCU was rushing me into my 30s (by a few months) that I threw it out.

 

[Frognosticator]

This wholw PSL thing makes me think that TCU is gearing up to being in an auto-bid BCS conference pretty soon.

 

[gdu]

QUOTE(Frognosticator @ Apr 26 2010, 04:29 PM) [snapback]550586[/snapback]
This wholw PSL thing makes me think that TCU is gearing up to being in an auto-bid BCS conference pretty soon.

So did UNLV just know a long time ago? What about Boise?

 

[Frognosticator]

QUOTE(tcugdu @ Apr 26 2010, 10:39 AM) [snapback]550599[/snapback]
So did UNLV just know a long time ago? What about Boise?


Are you stupid, or just pretend to be? Just wondering.

 

[halfwaytoheaven]

QUOTE(YA @ Apr 26 2010, 09:53 AM) [snapback]550517[/snapback]
Thursday May 13, 2010 at 7 pm.

TCU Premier Frogs for alumni in their 30's and 40's.

Having a stadium event with details of the redo plan, Coach Patterson and tailgate food from the likes of Del Frisco's to Eddie V's. Cash Bar.

If you haven't gotten an invite and you are in your 30's or 40's, call 817.257.7803 to sign up. $20 per person.

Many details will be provided on the stadium redo, plus a night of food and drink.


Hmm ... I'm a bit under the limit for that one. How can I find out about other events where they'll be sharing info on the stadium?

 

[Froglaw]

QUOTE(NeonLeonClay @ Apr 25 2010, 03:24 PM) [snapback]550194[/snapback]
Can anyone give some insider information on the news I'm hearing about a $5,000 to $6,000 seat license a year for season ticket holders between the 40's? This new AD scares me.


Top 10 programs charge for seats between the 20's.

I notice that your a first time poster.

TCU football is going to get expensive. Start saving now.

The day of the $10 general admission ticket is behind us.

I hope and pray we always have a "Family Four Pack" that keeps the price reasonable for people with Bleacher Creatures.

 

[desmith03]

QUOTE(Froglaw @ Apr 26 2010, 02:37 PM) [snapback]550797[/snapback]
I hope and pray we always have a "Family Four Pack" that keeps the price reasonable for people with Bleacher Creatures.


I concur; see picture below... :tongue:

 

[gdu]

QUOTE(Frognosticator @ Apr 26 2010, 07:11 PM) [snapback]550771[/snapback]
Are you stupid, or just pretend to be? Just wondering.

Way to respond to the content! Well done. How could I possibly argue with the excellent points you have made?

 

[gdu]

QUOTE(halfwaytoheaven @ Apr 26 2010, 07:29 PM) [snapback]550787[/snapback]
Hmm ... I'm a bit under the limit for that one. How can I find out about other events where they'll be sharing info on the stadium?

froglinks. CGP will do his annual coachig ciruit I'm sure with an event in Dallas.