Comments on: RPI Plans To Take More Money From Fans

By: Goon

Goon — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:34:56 +0000

General Admission tickets at MTU are only 15 bucks, that is really cheap.

By: FadeToBlackAndGold

FadeToBlackAndGold — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:54:14 +0000

Michigan Tech has done this for awhile, as games against NMU, WI, and MN, as well as both Winter Carnival tilts, are all marked up a couple bucks (I believe general admission is usually $15, which is already a pretty big stretch in the Houghton area, IMO).

You're right though, there's nothing new in your RPI example. When it comes to athletics, hype, past and present success, and facilities improvements tend to go hand-in-hand with price increases.

Good luck to RPI this winter.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:57:03 +0000

As your team and arena get better, everything else gets worse. Here's the situation in Minneapolis:
- All single game tickets are over $30 (and if you don't buy them on the day they go onsale in September, you'll be buying on the street later on). Oh yeah, and the only ones available are scattered single seats or SRO.
- Parking costs $10, unless you feel like parking a long ways from the arena and hopping a bus across campus. Even on the west bank part of the campus, lots will charge about $5.
- There's a waiting list for season tickets about 2000 people deep, and it moves about 20 people per year.
- If your number on that list isn't worth a crap, your only other option is to make a donation to get season tickets. If memory serves, the minimum required is $500 per season per ticket. That's the donation, not the cost of the ticket (which is more than $500). Going this route will cost you about $1200 per ticket per season, minimum. Add in parking, and you're pouring about $1500 into a year of college hockey.

If your team becomes successful and develops a loyal following that sells out the building repeatedly, this is the future that awaits you.

Of course, since FSN is kind enough to show pretty much every game, I just say the hell with it and watch on tv rather than attend games.