In NJ, the headline would be RU only sold 21 more tickets than 2019.
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In NJ, the headline would be RU only sold 21 more tickets than 2019.
Ticket Sales Stalled While Athletics Spending Spirals Out of ControlIn NJ, the headline would be RU only sold 21 more tickets than 2019.
*ahem* Jack Molenaar *ahem*Somewhere there's someone in a corner office who is sure they know better than everyone else.
You’re lucky if you get a train with NJ transit 😂1 hour is the longest local train.. weekend train. Its too bad they don't run any express on the weekends.. used to be a 44 minute train iirc.
Really. We don't ride much, but we had no problems to from NYC in May.You’re lucky if you get a train with NJ transit 😂
Where did you get on?Really. We don't ride much, but we had no problems to from NYC in May.
Metro park. It was flawless. As I remember it. Is there a regular problem now? I recall they had a sick out one weekend.Where did you get on?
You’re not getting season tickets for $99, foolDiscounted season tickets are being offered at Costco. That’s good enough. $99 for the season is excellent.
Drive up? Or leave from work?Metro park. It was flawless. As I remember it. Is there a regular problem now? I recall they had a sick out one weekend.
You think RU Newark and Camden students want to be bussed to NB for RU FB games?Rutgers should make tickets and buses available to students at the Newark and Camden campuses. The school also needs to come up with an efficient way for people from NYC to come to the games. The last game I went to was a Thursday night game several years ago, I drove in and it took me 3 hours to get home, almost 2 in the morning. I have never had an interest in going to a game in person after that.
We went to office that day, and walked across the street to the station. That change of trains in Long Branch sucks.Drive up? Or leave from work?
Sometimes I will go as far as Matawan before I get on. I like the control of getting home sooner by going down the Parkway, 18 or 34.
I don’t see it that way.I buy 15 dollar tickets on StubHub and sit in the young alumni section near the end zone. No reason to pay full freight until the team improves. Then you have the free giveaways which amounts to the thousands of tickets. If you're paying full price you're doing it wrong.
I thought for the Coast Line they are all combo diesel/electric now and you don’t have to switch at Long Branch? Maybe I’m wrong.🤷♂️We went to office that day, and walked across the street to the station. That change of trains in Long Branch sucks.
NJ Transit has submitted a huge budget increase. I wonder if they plan to electrify the rails all the way to Bay Head? They have electric buses at the airport. One would think that they want to eliminate the diesel engines?
I used to love that for the Trenton Devils/Titans…You think RU Newark and Camden students want to be bussed to NB for RU FB games?
Is it time for the return of the family 4 pack? 4 upper level seats, 4 sodas and 4 hot dogs for $99, or maybe $119?
Yes, they are college students. They are looking for fun things to do. It is something worth trying, if it doesn’t work the plug can be pulled.You think RU Newark and Camden students want to be bussed to NB for RU FB games?
Is it time for the return of the family 4 pack? 4 upper level seats, 4 sodas and 4 hot dogs for $99, or maybe $119?
While I'm not as convinced that pricing is important, I think discounts for kids are great ways to demonstrate family-friendliness and to produce tomorrow's fans.have a kids under 10 are free day or something akin to this
pricing definitely matters and to think otherwise is foolish, especially so given the product on the field and competing priorities.
Need action on the Suggestions if we want RU to move from the bottom of B1G Attendance levels.1. Been suggested
2. Been suggested
3. Been suggested
4. Don't really have control over that or the weather
need to make the whole experience a little more affordable.
Ticket prices will be paid at higher ends when they start winning and demand dictates this....
but.. there are a lot of "one and done" family experiences, as the tix are $$high, but the food prices are crazy, beer is out of sight, soft drinks and water $$$... families will not return, and if they lose that re-enforces it.
** i always said, someone will buy only 2 x $11 beers = $22, cause a 3rd will be $33.
but if you charge $9 x 3, it is $27, and $5+ more than the $22 at 2.
Same with other foods. I see families sharing portions cause it is too high... and the food quality is inconsistent.
** give fans a reason to return other than the most important reason of just winning.
There are dorms at Rutgers-Camden, and you could run buses from there. It would be about an hour and twenty minutes (30 East to 73 South and then up the Turnpike from Exit 4) The dorms are right on the River Line, so maybe instead you could pick kids up where the River Line ends in Trenton.I used to love that for the Trenton Devils/Titans…
$50 for 4 seats, 4 hot dogs, 4 sodas and 4 bag of chips. Only $5 to park too.
And no, I don’t think RU-Newark and RU-Camden people want to be bussed to a game. At least not enough to make it work financially.
For that game at the Linc, sure.There are dorms at Rutgers-Camden, and you could run buses from there. It would be about an hour and twenty minutes (30 East to 73 South and then up the Turnpike from Exit 4) The dorms are right on the River Line, so maybe instead you could pick kids up where the River Line ends in Trenton.
I never thought there was much interest in Rutgers football at the Camden campus until so many Camden students went to the Rutgers-Temple game at the Linc some years ago. So maybe it would make financial sense.
There was a group that tried to move ideas like this along but…🤷♂️Need action on the Suggestions if we want RU to move from the bottom of B1G Attendance levels.
have a kids under 10 are free day or something akin to this
pricing definitely matters and to think otherwise is foolish, especially so given the product on the field and competing priorities.
If you tell a parent their kid(s) get in free and will be fed, also included…they’ll come.While I'm not as convinced that pricing is important, I think discounts for kids are great ways to demonstrate family-friendliness and to produce tomorrow's fans.
If the team is doing well, kids from the Camden campus will want to be there. It's not as though there's a football team at the Camden campus.For that game at the Linc, sure.
Heading up the Turnpike, not so much IMO.
Did they come to the Temple game up here?If the team is doing well, kids from the Camden campus will want to be there. It's not as though there's a football team at the Camden campus.
Maybe that's because there's no easy way to get there? That's why buses might really help.Did they come to the Temple game up here?
I don’t know but probably not.
That's totally fine to support the program how you want to. Just saying that there is no ground for someone complaining that tickets are too expensive in our current program state. Plenty of options for those who don't want to or can't pay full freight.I don’t see it that way.
I pay for season tickets because it’s my school and those are my seats.
And if my little extra I need to pay for the “gift” to sit where I want to sit gets something for the program, great.
If not, I still feel I am helping, even if it’s a little bit in the eyes of some.
It took you 3 hrs after a Thursday night game to drive home to NYC?Rutgers should make tickets and buses available to students at the Newark and Camden campuses. The school also needs to come up with an efficient way for people from NYC to come to the games. The last game I went to was a Thursday night game several years ago, I drove in and it took me 3 hours to get home, almost 2 in the morning. I have never had an interest in going to a game in person after that.
Damn shame NJ never invested in a proper Shore Line that would run similar to that of the NE corridor line. They could have express and local lines that feed properly into the main line in or past Rahway that goes all the way down to AC. Can you imagine the boost to property and real estate values and development along such a line?Drive up? Or leave from work?
Sometimes I will go as far as Matawan before I get on. I like the control of getting home sooner by going down the Parkway, 18 or 34.
I think the point is a change in prices could be beneficial to bring in more fans.. to develop the fan base.. and, at least imo, you cannot do that while maintaining higher prices for the existing fan base to keep the tickets they have supported the program with... you'd alienate some fans that way. But it is not about current fans complaining about ticket prices.That's totally fine to support the program how you want to. Just saying that there is no ground for someone complaining that tickets are too expensive in our current program state. Plenty of options for those who don't want to or can't pay full freight.
YepIt took you 3 hrs after a Thursday night game to drive home to NYC?
They bussed Newark and Camden students to an opening weekend game and it was an utter failure. Very little interest and the kid's that did come wanted to leave before the scheduled return time. I remember talking to one of the security guards on the way out and asked why there were so many kids on the steps outside the student section exit.Yes, they are college students. They are looking for fun things to do. It is something worth trying, if it doesn’t work the plug can be pulled.
i Am including a 45 minute shuttle bus ride back to my car from the stadium in the total.It took you 3 hrs after a Thursday night game to drive home to NYC?
Basketball doesn't have to bus people in.They bussed Newark and Camden students to an opening weekend game and it was an utter failure. Very little interest and the kid's that did come wanted to leave before the scheduled return time. I remember talking to one of the security guards on the way out and asked why there were so many kids on the steps outside the student section exit.
For a noon kickoff kids from Camden would have to be on a bus close to 9:00-9:30 am the latest and they would not be boarding a bus until 4:00 the earliest. No traffic or delays your not looking at getting back to Camden until 5:30 the earliest. Yea sign me up for a 9-10 hr day.
Agree. I can't imagine there is that much need or desire from students on Newark and Camden campuses to be bussed and granted tickets to a football game. Unless of course it is a big game match up in which they would not be needed in the first place.The only way they would feel differently is if the team was really good and there was a huge game, say a match up with Ohio State and cameras all around and electricity in the air. Then I bet they'd be excited--but so would everyone else. At the end of the day only wins put a**es in seats. The rest is marginal.
Where do you live, City Island or Whitestone Queens?i Am including a 45 minute shuttle bus ride back to my car from the stadium in the total.
Back in the day, for a noon kickoff I'd be in the Scarlet Lot setting up the tailgate by 9am. Miss those times, even though for most of those years we'd be getting beat by the likes of Villanova, Maine and Tulane.They bussed Newark and Camden students to an opening weekend game and it was an utter failure. Very little interest and the kid's that did come wanted to leave before the scheduled return time. I remember talking to one of the security guards on the way out and asked why there were so many kids on the steps outside the student section exit.
For a noon kickoff kids from Camden would have to be on a bus close to 9:00-9:30 am the latest and they would not be boarding a bus until 4:00 the earliest. No traffic or delays your not looking at getting back to Camden until 5:30 the earliest. Yea sign me up for a 9-10 hr day.