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taylorvol said:
Danny froze season tickets prices this year after steep increases over past 5 years.
PS. Some out of towners make it to most weekend games. FWIW, I do and live in ATL. I knew a couple from Indiana who drove down for every weekend series.
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You aren't "tourist-y".... someone like me who is lucky to make a game once every blue moon would be considered "tourist-y" (even though I'm a diehard 😂 )
 
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fryeguy93 said:
There's nothing wrong with the stadium. It's great actually.,

When the team is good, the SRO student section will be a hornet's nest.

I suspect after this season, more local people who care about Tennessee baseball will be able to get tickets. The Nashville and other out-of-area fans will surely not keep buying seats they rarely use. Maybe schmucks like me will be able to get season tickets - and still pay exactly the same amount as the current owners pay.

I looked around last night and the stadium itself is great. In fact, I would call it unique. The designed squeezed a lot into a tiny footprint and its kind of a throwback to the now gone urban stadiums.
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Yep, no problem last night. The team responded and in turn, the crowd responded. Interestingly, I saw a bunch of folks I haven’t seen much this year.

The thing I don’t get is why Danny wouldn’t be pushing to have those big donor seats filled. I can only imagine what the concessions take was yesterday. More bodies, more concession sales. The revenue off beer has to be eye popping.
 
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The concessions prices at all venues are extortion! There’s not one reason they can’t use ATL’s MBD price sheets! UT’s prices are higher than a majority of pro leagues!
 
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Local Yokel said:
Yep, no problem last night. The team responded and in turn, the crowd responded. Interestingly, I saw a bunch of folks I haven’t seen much this year.

The thing I don’t get is why Danny wouldn’t be pushing to have those big donor seats filled. I can only imagine what the concessions take was yesterday. More bodies, more concession sales. The revenue off beer has to be eye popping.
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I bought 2 beers for my daughter and her friend. $37. Unbelievable and no I’m not cheap but that’s outrageous!
 
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Local Yokel said:
What are we talking about here? Not sure I follow.
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People used to complain that they couldn’t go to games because tickets were so expensive. Now with the expansion, prices are reasonable and you almost cant give midweeks away. Weekend games are now standard admission or close on TM.
 
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fryeguy93 said:
There's nothing wrong with the stadium. It's great actually.,

When the team is good, the SRO student section will be a hornet's nest.

I suspect after this season, more local people who care about Tennessee baseball will be able to get tickets. The Nashville and other out-of-area fans will surely not keep buying seats they rarely use. Maybe schmucks like me will be able to get season tickets - and still pay exactly the same amount as the current owners pay.

I looked around last night and the stadium itself is great. In fact, I would call it unique. The designed squeezed a lot into a tiny footprint and its kind of a throwback to the now gone urban stadiums.
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Who’s the bandwagon fans? The locals who didn’t buy tickets initially or the out of area/state fans who bought tickets before the good times started? I got in in 2020 not knowing what was coming but because my son was finally old enough to sit still and enjoy a game and I could spend less than I did on football tickets for 4x the viewing opportunities. Not directed at you @fryeguy93 but it seems like all the new local fans are the ones there for the social scene.
 
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beachvol23 said:
The concessions prices at all venues are extortion! There’s not one reason they can’t use ATL’s MBD price sheets! UT’s prices are higher than a majority of pro leagues!
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Starkville does it right. When they built the new Dude they said State baseball was built on families coming around for generations and they wanted to keep it affordable for all. I was there in 2022 and got 2 Chick Fila sandwiches, with chips and 2 waters for like $16. Waters are/were $2, beers were like $5-$6. Unbelievable atmosphere, culture and product yet always affordable.
 
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Local Yokel said:
Yep, no problem last night. The team responded and in turn, the crowd responded. Interestingly, I saw a bunch of folks I haven’t seen much this year.

The thing I don’t get is why Danny wouldn’t be pushing to have those big donor seats filled. I can only imagine what the concessions take was yesterday. More bodies, more concession sales. The revenue off beer has to be eye popping.
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They had some trouble selling the new seats upstairs. I personally know a number of people who have football and MBB tickets who were called by their ticket rep about buying baseball, and they did.

By selling season tickets (with the required contribution), it's about 90% mission accomplished from the FINANCIAL side of things with regard to ticket sales. If a season ticket holder doesn't show, you still have their money, I don't know the per head number on concession sales, but it can be a cherry on top. Aramark handles concessions, so they're getting a cut.
 
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AthensVol2007 said:
Starkville does it right. When they built the new Dude they said State baseball was built on families coming around for generations and they wanted to keep it affordable for all. I was there in 2022 and got 2 Chick Fila sandwiches, with chips and 2 waters for like $16. Waters are/were $2, beers were like $5-$6. Unbelievable atmosphere, culture and product yet always affordable.
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Noticed the difference in philosophy that you describe versus what people describe at all UT venues?

I despise our AD and admin for being so greedy!
 
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@1RBFjr said:
They had some trouble selling the new seats upstairs. I personally know a number of people who have football and MBB tickets who were called by their ticket rep about buying baseball, and they did.

Buy selling season tickets (with the required contribution), it's about 90% mission accomplished from the FINANCIAL side of things with regard to ticket sales. If a season ticket holder doesn't show, you still have their money, I don't know the per head number on concession sales, but it can be a cherry on top. Aramark handles concessions, so they're getting a cut.
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By upstairs I assume you mean the suites? Weren’t they like $65K/year? Outside of business’s only so many people who can drop that on baseball tickets.
 
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Watching this State/LSU game on ESPN 2 and I would kill for an atmosphere like this at LNS. What do we have to do to make this happen? I know they double our capacity but it’s night & day difference in atmospheres between Dudy and LNS. I want this. We have to make this happen at LNS.
 
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SasquatchVFL said:
Watching this State/LSU game on ESPN 2 and I would kill for an atmosphere like this at LNS. What do we have to do to make this happen? I know they double our capacity but it’s night & day difference in atmospheres between Dudy and LNS. I want this. We have to make this happen at LNS.
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It’s 40+ plus years of a baseball culture; it’s not something that happens overnight. MS is a great baseball state overall, the 3 big state schools have a combined baseball capacity of like 36K, it’s simply unrivaled anywhere.
 
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SasquatchVFL said:
Watching this State/LSU game on ESPN 2 and I would kill for an atmosphere like this at LNS. What do we have to do to make this happen? I know they double our capacity but it’s night & day difference in atmospheres between Dudy and LNS. I want this. We have to make this happen at LNS.
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Over 15,000 fans at the game in Starkville tonight. Impressive!!
 
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beachvol23 said:
The concessions prices at all venues are extortion! There’s not one reason they can’t use ATL’s MBD price sheets! UT’s prices are higher than a majority of pro leagues!
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Does Tennessee allow fans to bring in outside food and beverages (plastic bottles). The Phillies do. I don’t think I have purchased anything inside CBP in at least five years.
 
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SasquatchVFL said:
Watching this State/LSU game on ESPN 2 and I would kill for an atmosphere like this at LNS. What do we have to do to make this happen? I know they double our capacity but it’s night & day difference in atmospheres between Dudy and LNS. I want this. We have to make this happen at LNS.
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Move the stadium to different place on campus where you can whatever you want with it.

Also, our fans don’t care enough about baseball to make that type of atmosphere happen

Another side note, guess where all the student sections are at other SEC stadiums? In the outfield.
 
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HeavenUniversity said:
Does Tennessee allow fans to bring in outside food and beverages (plastic bottles). The Phillies do. I don’t think I have purchased anything inside CBP in at least five years.
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No, the TBA LNS usher police would have a conniption!!!

The TB RAYS @ Trop pre-covid scam used to allow mini cooler, food and sealed drink but went cashless (boo) and now only allow one sealed “personal” size bottle of water!

The organizations will always squeeze the fans. They want to extract every cent they can and always blame it on “security”.

For example: Safety & Security Regulations | Tampa Bay Rays

They use to SELL and allow a regular cowbell, but downgraded them to the little tinker bell collar size, which defeats the purpose! These are the old ones!

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Pawleysvol said:
Move the stadium to different place on campus where you can whatever you want with it.

Also, our fans don’t care enough about baseball to make that type of atmosphere happen

Another side note, guess where all the student sections are at other SEC stadiums? In the outfield.
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That’s fine. I can assure you that most of the students would be fine in the outfield vs a standing room only cattle pen which isn’t even angled towards the plate.
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Agree it’s expensive but they are also 24 oz beers or equivalent of 4 beers you bought.
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good point. They were large for sure.
 
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