$9 tickets available for tonight's game

[Local Shill]

If anyone was scared off by all the talk of these non-conference games being "sold out," there are plenty of $10 tickets available in the 300s for tonight's game.
They're being sold for $3 and $4 but with fees it's $9 or $10.

Very little doubt there was some Rutgers-led shenanigans with the allotment of these tickets that backfired.

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[Greene Rice FIG]

we had potential season ticket holders turned away....there must be a good explanation for this, and I would like to hear it.

 

[fatsam98]

we had potential season ticket holders turned away....there must be a good explanation for this, and I would like to hear it.

I would assume the explanation is RU gets a cut of the ones that will sell for well over face once conference play rolls around.

I hate it too

 

[Local Shill]

we had potential season ticket holders turned away....there must be a good explanation for this, and I would like to hear it.

For the non-conference games at least this year, this is shaping up a lot like the 2007 football season - *someone* or some entities tried to create artificial demand that might not actually exist. That's my theory.

It's not just a handful of ticket available - it's dozens and dozens. Fishy indeed.

 

[RUinBC]

If anybody wants to sell direct to an RU fan, I need three for tonight to bring my kids. Preferably 100 or 200 level.
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[Greene Rice FIG]

Few questions out loud.....
1. Are those areas overflow for student tickets and it is known students won't use
2. Do they think they can sell over face for conference games?
3. Do they want to create excess demand by reducing available seats, which allows them to charge more for 200s?

I am guessing 1 and 3 have a chance of being right. Yes RU can make bad decisions, but I am fairly certain there is a reason for doing what they are doing.

#3 has a parallel to the SHU Rock curtain

 

[Local Shill]

Few questions out loud.....
1. Are those areas overflow for student tickets and it is known students won't use
2. Do they think they can sell over face for conference games?
3. Do they want to create excess demand by reducing available seats, which allows them to charge more for 200s?

I am guessing 1 and 3 have a chance of being right. Yes RU can make bad decisions, but I am fairly certain there is a reason for doing what they are doing.

There's a reason for everything they do but it's been about 30 years since I can recall students sitting in the corner sections of the 300 level. Honestly, 108, 109 and 110 are rarely full and there's always non-students in there somehow.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

There's a reason for everything they do but it's been about 30 years since I can recall students sitting in the corner sections of the 300 level. Honestly, 108, 109 and 110 are rarely full and there's always non-students in there somehow.

Do students in big games cram in to 108 and 109 and 100 leaving the designated spots upstairs empty?

Don't know the answer to this...be curious to try and understand what is behind this

 

[Local Shill]

Do students in big games cram in to 108 and 109 and 100 leaving the designated spots upstairs empty?

Don't know the answer to this...be curious to try and understand what is behind this

I think not. Many of the tickets for sale on the secondary market (likely dumped by Rutgers) are in the last few rows of sections like 301 and 307 (corner sections). It's just a weird shell game Rutgers is playing.

 

[Rutgers25]

They’ve been playing games like this for the last several years. Create perception of demand. Nobody is clamoring to sit in the 300s for St Peters even with the freshmen.

 

[JayDogSmooth]

Paging Mr. Hobbs…

In all seriousness, SeatGeek probably leveraged supply and demand for basketball in order to sign on with the football allotment they are given

This is not just a Rutgers specific issue (not that it makes it right), but like most things in sports these days, the average fan is the one who is going to get screwed on this

 

[R1766U]

I've been watching tickets closely for this game. There was a flood of tickets released at dirt cheap prices sometime yesterday evening/this morning AM.

Many of them on StubHub are showing seats 1-4 or 1-2--- which leads me to believe that the last few rows in the arena are being withheld by the AD and listed on these secondary markets.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Paging Mr. Hobbs…

In all seriousness, SeatGeek probably leveraged supply and demand for basketball in order to sign on with the football allotment they are given

This is not just a Rutgers specific issue (not that it makes it right), but like most things in sports these days, the average fan is the one who is going to get screwed on this

not really....they can go to a game for $9

 

[JayDogSmooth]

not really....they can go to a game for $9

Sure
And then when Seton Hall comes in, it’s $200

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Scandal time... because this is scandalous and could result in abandonment by real fans. And if they do this for basketball, why wouldn't they do it for football (if predicted demand increases).. and even tailgate lots.

If it is what it seems to be.. this is bad.

Why did Rutgers stop selling all tickets itself? Why did it make deals with vultures? Someone explain the logic again please.

 

[TRU2RU]

As corporate sponsors I am positive that Seat Geek & Stub Hub have it written in the contract that they get an allotment of tickets for every game & those are the tickets for sale

 

[Local Shill]

No worries, Rutgers will still announce its 65th straight sellout tonight as 1,000 or more seats in 300 level collect dust.

 

[toby83]

How about the $700 tickets in row A in sect 103? I am willing to bet those are empty tonight lol.

 

[bac2therac]

Why are people acting surprised Rutgers does this in both sports

 

[Rutgers25]

not really....they can go to a game for $9

The problem is that these tickets aren’t dumped until the last minute. Makes it tough to plan.

 

[S_Janowski]

Scandal time... because this is scandalous and could result in abandonment by real fans. And if they do this for basketball, why wouldn't they do it for football (if predicted demand increases).. and even tailgate lots.

If it is what it seems to be.. this is bad.

Why did Rutgers stop selling all tickets itself? Why did it make deals with vultures? Someone explain the logic again please.

Scandal?

Lol you’re kidding right?

This is how partnerships with SeatGeek and Stubhub work. Everyone does it.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Scandal?

Lol you’re kidding right?

This is how partnerships with SeatGeek and Stubhub work. Everyone does it.

Scandal is the AD getting in to a relationship with the gymnastics program thus shutting down the APC cut through for hoops fans for fear of a member of the press slipping in and getting to the said gymnastics coach.

Conspiracy theory on the last part

 

[TRU2RU]

Scandal is the AD getting in to a relationship with the gymnastics program thus shutting down the APC cut through for hoops fans for fear of a member of the press slipping in and getting to the said gymnastics coach.

Conspiracy theory on the last part

I bet you are afraid to sleep in the dark

 

[King of S]

They’ve been playing games like this for the last several years. Create perception of demand. Nobody is clamoring to sit in the 300s for St Peters even with the freshmen.

How is this possible? They use to call this fraud. Shame on the ticket office.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

For the non-conference games at least this year, this is shaping up a lot like the 2007 football season - *someone* or some entities tried to create artificial demand that might not actually exist. That's my theory.

It's not just a handful of ticket available - it's dozens and dozens. Fishy indeed.

ooooooooh...."dozens and dozens!!!!" Say it ain't so Shill, SAY IT AIN'T SO!!!"

 

[JayDogSmooth]

$2.00 get in via stubhub
Definitely brokers dumping late

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

How is this possible? They use to call this fraud. Shame on the ticket office.

And THAT is why it is a possible scandal. It is shocking that some people here cannot see the issue of dishonesty.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

ooooooooh...."dozens and dozens!!!!" Say it ain't so Shill, SAY IT AIN'T SO!!!"

How would you like to be one of the "dozens and dozens" who tried to by season tickets who couldn't get it in order to reserve possible profits for ticket brokers? What about student tickets.. how were they limited? Is there still a fee for sports attached to their bills under student fees? Did the number of held-back tickets go up a lot because of Dylan and Ace?

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Potential reason #4.....

I'll bet the season ticket holder spends a fraction per game to what a single game fan pays in concessions.

I will probably not spend a penny this year on food or merchandise.

$2 stubhub buyer pays parking and maybe much more in concession

 

[Local Shill]

I'll admit I was wrong about 1,000 empty seats. Place was probably 90 to 95% full. Somehow most of those dirt cheap tickets availabe in the 300s a couple hours before the game ended up being used.

It's still wrong that RU didn't simply sell them in an honest and straightforward way, though.

 

[ScarletTony]

Plenty of reasons for this including those already mentioned but nobody's said anything about how it's an undesirable matchup on a Monday night so it's going to be one of the easiest games for legit season ticket holders to get rid of.