How many tix are you renewing next year?

[UpstreamRedTeam1]

Assuming no change in the coaching staff, post how many you have this year and how many you will go to next year.

I have 5, dropping down to 2 if there is no change.

Please don't debate how bad or good flood is in this thread (we have a bunch of those). I'm more interested in the season ticket holder base renewal risk right now.

 

[PaRU102]

I have 3 right now, dropping to 2 next year.

 

[Underdogs88]

If Flood is still our coach next year I'm dropping from 6 to 4 tickets. I'm having a hard time getting friends and family to come for FREE this year! I will try to upgrade my seat location though. I want to get closer to the 50.

 

[Upstream]

renewing all of them. I am neither adding nor dropping any tickets, regardless of who the coach is.

I'm also not going to reduce my donation if Flood is still the coach.

But I will probably send a letter to JH.

 

[DJ Spanky]

I'm renewing all of them.

 

[Knight Shift]

Will stick with 4 tickets. My donation may go down, but that is dependent on personal finances and not the state of Rutgers.

 

[RUsojo]

Same number of tickets. Increasing donation.

 

[vkj91]

most likely 13 to 5ish. 3 yellow passes to 1. minimum seat donation only

 

[RutgersROB]

Have 3 adding 2 more

 

[RUsSKii]

I'll renew my one season ticket regardless, given the financial advantage of maintaining continuity and fallback of cheaply obtaining tickets for games versus bigger opponents.
Given the scenario of no change in the coaching staff, however, I will make zero effort to bring any additional friends or family who don't already attend the games into the Rutgers football season ticket group. My own fandom/craziness would keep me coming to most games, but I would not be able to remotely justify getting newcomers to join and watch the continued futility of the product being put forth on the field.

 

[mesa4234]

All 5 of them

 

[DHajekRC84]

6 MAY become 4. I'll probably keep all 6 and just sell the extra 2-4 on a per game basis.
Not buying parking. I'll maintain my donations in support of the student athletes.
Unless you're at the top Priority Points mean squat anyway.
I'm sending a letter to JH either way. Not waiting till then.

 

[RURM85]

Renewing my tix. Mr. Magoo could be coach and I wouldn't care. Go Rutgers

 

[buffalochicken21]

3 will become zero.

 

[Local Shill]

3 to 2 since cherry picking any extra seats won't be a problem if the head coach remains. Except for 1 or 2 games you can pretty much move anywhere you want and find some open seats . And I'll ditch the silver parking and buy a pass to the church.

 

[RU at the shore]

Have 6 / Will renew 6, maybe upgrade

 

[S.B. Crumb]

If Flood remains?

Probably keep my 4, but will bide my time and sell them piecemeal for whatever I can get when things inevitably start going bad. Would definitely cut out parking and the extra donations that go with that. Was considering that anyway with their parking supply shenanigans.

 

[Schmurg]

If Flood is still around going from 2 to 0. Will keep my donation the same but direct it to facilities.

 

[vkj91]

Here's the problem for me in all this. I literally don't care right now. I haven't read one article this week about the game, I haven't looked at my calendar to see if I have any conflicts saturday at 330, I haven't watched one post practice report, and I didn't even bother looking at the status of their QB. I look forward to football season all year and from late August it's just been one disappointment after another.

 

[taudelt73]

Not renewing my 4.

 

[RUClassof67]

Renewing all 6 in 127. 7 in Audi.

 

[RUfromNJ]

My 2. I hope my friends will do the same.

 

[e5fdny]

Maybe going down from 4 to 2 but only due to my Dad's health (he'll be 87) and my older son will be too busy in the Fall...college visits, travel hockey/lax. Nobody really wants to go outside of them and me and my friend. Even for the "big" games.

And like some others have said I'll nix parking (really only needed for my Dad) and park in the secret police/fire lot. LOL

 

[mildone]

I wouldn't change my ticket count or donation based on who the coach is. I might even add a ticket which is a decision wholly independent from who the coach might be.

 

[mikebal9]

We currently have 9. I wouldn't be surprised if my group went down to 7. We've had trouble getting people to take the 2 extras.

 

[Ole Cabbagehead]

I expect that 2 of my 6 will be gone next year. With Flood in charge I won't keep those seats without someone paying for them up front. Sucks too, because I waited for years to get that block of seats.

 

[BRKnightsFan]

Probably dropping from 4 to 2 tickets. Getting friends and/or family to come for FREE is getting more and more difficult as the team slides downward. Probably not signing on for parking though. Finances dictate I'll probably end up at the RAC again, and if that is going to be the case, I might as well just pay as I go for day-of-game parking.

 

[dazl]

Keeping all 5 seats. I've been a season ticket holder far too long to be affected by the current turmoil and heartbreak. Heck, I kept my seats during the Shea era - why bailout now? I know 'this too shall pass' eventually.

 

[RUScrewed247]

Renewing all my tickets, Hopefully Rutgers dose not renew The Aspire Group!!

 

[RUfan121]

Zero. Stub Hub and the RU rivals ticket forum for select games.

 

[UpstreamRedTeam1]

NewThanks for the responses thus far.

On average those that gave ticket numbers have 5 tickets. We had a total of 24 responses, with four of those saying they will renew all of them without specific numbers. I will assume each of those have 5 tickets given that's the average of the other 20 responses.

Total tickets this year =115, renewed or added tickets = 87. Ticket base -24%.

This is a small sample size but is about what I thought the renewal could go to next year. If our current holder base is 30k (going off of memory), that would mean it goes to 22k next season.

What does the 8k ticket drop mean in terms of revenue?

Let's say average ticket price of $50 X 7 games = $350 + $30 donation = 380/seat. Add $10 for parking (one pass per every 3 ticks on avg) and $8 per seat on consessions = $380 + (10+8)x7 = $506 per seat per ticket. $506 X 8k seats = $4mm.

Yes that has a ton of assumptions but my best guess.

 

[Ridge 22]

Here's the problem for me in all this. I literally don't care right now. I haven't read one article this week about the game, I haven't looked at my calendar to see if I have any conflicts saturday at 330, I haven't watched one post practice report, and I didn't even bother looking at the status of their QB. I look forward to football season all year and from late August it's just been one disappointment after another.

I have 8 tickets and 2 Scarlet lot passes and I feel the same way. Flood has managed to bring complete apathy to the program, which is hard to do considering how much I typically look forward to the season. That is why a change has to be made once the season is over. Otherwise, the lost revenue related to a half empty stadium and reduced donations will far exceed the cost associated with moving on from Flood.

 

[Scarlet4ever]

We've been debating dropping from 5 to 4, because inevitably I am struggling to give away 1 seat for half the games as it is. Would either move from 2 parking passes to 1 or none. Not happy about the half empty blue and yellow lots at all.

As vkj91 states, for the first time in like 12 years, I am almost at the indifference point with the team. Lots of disappointments and lack of coverage thanks to Floods brilliant idea of closing all the practices and limiting media access.

 

[KnightHound]

We are going to renew all 31 of our tickets and increase our donation. Its so short sighted to drop out now. My group sees this as a long term investment. Just like the stock market, it's foolish to pull out when things look bad. We'll continue to bank priority points and donations that will yield greater rewards in the future. Plus game day is too much fun and we love to tailgate together and with the rest of the crews in the front of the Blue lot!

 

[Mr_Twister]

Our ticket group has grown from 2 to 25 and 7 parking tags over the more than 25 years. Our numbers are affected more by job transfers and retirement re-location than game results. We all remember the awful seasons. We'd all like Rutgers to be terrific, but frankly we have great days most games days. If we made it through the low-win seasons, we can survive the growing pains in the Big Ten. Most of us think it is short-sighted (penny-wise, dollar-foolish) that the Big Ten, unlike the SEC, doesn't give Rutgers a better financial shake. With a worthy, charismatic head coach and coaching staff in-place that can recruit and do the X's and O's, the TV figures for a competitive Rutgers would be huge for the league. The ho-hum games we play against the better teams in the league provide no leverage ... a competitive Rutgers with real rivalries and drama-filled games would produce huge TV numbers.

 

[zappaa]

We are going to renew all 31 of our tickets and increase our donation. Its so short sighted to drop out now. My group sees this as a long term investment. Just like the stock market, it's foolish to pull out when things look bad. We'll continue to bank priority points and donations that will yield greater rewards in the future. Plus game day is too much fun and we love to tailgate together and with the rest of the crews in the front of the Blue lot!

My long term investment is going on 35 years now...If Flood returns I go to zero.
I'm with VK, when reading about upcoming games, injuries, the opponents injury reports, what the opponents coach is saying about us, what our coach is saying about us no longer interests me, it's time to get out.

 

[KnightHound]

I can't make a decision until the year is over,

My long term investment is going on 35 years now...If Flood returns I go to zero.
I'm with VK, when reading about upcoming games, injuries, the opponents injury reports, what the opponents coach is saying about us, what our coach is saying about us no longer interests me, it's time to get out.

Hey, to each their own. Can't blame people for bailing. We just prefer to hang around and make the best of things!

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

If Flood returns?

Zero

 

[NorthNJRUFan]

Here's the problem for me in all this. I literally don't care right now. I haven't read one article this week about the game, I haven't looked at my calendar to see if I have any conflicts saturday at 330, I haven't watched one post practice report, and I didn't even bother looking at the status of their QB. I look forward to football season all year and from late August it's just been one disappointment after another.

This is an excellent summary of how I feel. When the Nebraska game time came out I can make the game. I couldn't have made it if it was noon. And I'll go but honestly I didn't even care that I could go.

 

[NorthNJRUFan]

We've been debating dropping from 5 to 4, because inevitably I am struggling to give away 1 seat for half the games as it is. Would either move from 2 parking passes to 1 or none. Not happy about the half empty blue and yellow lots at all.

As vkj91 states, for the first time in like 12 years, I am almost at the indifference point with the team. Lots of disappointments and lack of coverage thanks to Floods brilliant idea of closing all the practices and limiting media access.

For me it has nothing to do with closed practices and everything to do with I don't see hope for any sort of legitimate long term success with flood in charge. And I have zero confidence in the RU administration to make a change. I could probably name 10 coaches next year that would excite me about the direction of Ru football. Flood isn't one of them.

And I'm disappointed bc I wanted to root for him but what he did with the academic thing was a total turn off. And not what he did as much as the arrogance with which he handled it. It shows poor judgement.