Pukes raising ticket prices

[ruf/nekdad]

I find it hard to believe, that in this drought, no one here has picked up this and run with it.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsStory.asp?ID=070130_Sp_B1_OSUti58215

OSU tickets to hike
By BILL HAISTEN World Sports Writer
1/30/2007


Officials announce another $64 increase.

In 2005, a basic Oklahoma State football season ticket was priced at $231. In 2006, the same ticket went for $295, an increase of $64.

The price again has been increased, OSU officials announced on Monday, and again it is a $64 hike. For the six-game 2007 home schedule, the basic season ticket is $359.

OSU launches its season-ticket renewal campaign on Thursday. Prospective ticket-buyers will be presented with multiple payment plans. Donor seating will be priced the same as it was last season, university officials stated in a press release. In 2006, the club-level season ticket went for $395, along with a $1,500 donation to the Posse Club.

The Cowboys have home dates this year with Florida Atlantic (Sept. 8), Texas Tech (Sept. 22), Sam Houston State (Sept. 29), Kansas State (Oct. 20), Texas (Nov. 3) and Kansas (Nov. 10). OSU has not announced single-game ticket prices.

Even with Texas A&M, Nebraska and Oklahoma on the 2006 Stillwater schedule, none of OSU's six home dates was a sellout. OSU's 43,500-seat Boone Pickens Stadium is the smallest football venue in the Big 12.

In 2006, Oklahoma State's season-ticket sales total was 33,000, down from 37,000 in
2005. Last season's average attendance was 40,954. In 2005, it was 44,860.

[Boomer.....]

I read this yesterday and was cracking up. All anyone at OSU did this season was bitch about the price of season tickets and what does OSU do, raise the ticket prices once again. Their ticket sales are slumping big time, and are only going to get worse with the ticket price hike. After the new addition is completed, they will only be filling out about half of the stadium.

[ruf/nekdad]

Lets see....uh, sales are down.. lets increase capacity and raise the price. Brilliant!

[BoonesFarmSooner]

I take it that OSU doesn't have a strong Economics department....

[MichiganSooner]

I think the plan is to enclose the west endzone; at least they have a big semi-circle dug out with a chainlink fence around it and signs posted that say construction zone.

Who is going to sit in these seats? During ticket sales for the Indy Bowl, Puke fans were whining because the seats available were in the endzone. (Gasp!) If they are all too good for endzone seats at their big bowl game, who will buy them for regular season? Wonder what the price will be? Probably more than the cost of the tetanus shot.

[Flagstaffsooner]

I take it that OSU doesn't have a strong Economics department....:D

[BOOMERBRADLEY]

Talk to any OSU puke and when they are not spewing out crap like "Wait til next year, Gooner" They are normally saying "We are on the rise and we will be winning the Big 12 very soon"

I was bored, so here ya go
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/8982/timecover1gf6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[MamaMia]

I take it that OSU doesn't have a strong Economics department....They're suppose to have a strong agriculture department, but they cant grow grass.

They're also suppose to have a strong engineering department, but who builds a football field/stadium in the wrong direction?

Maybe some anonymous donor will pay for all the remaining tickets and give them away?

[ruf/nekdad]

Ahh, now its beginning to make some sense. Show roll eyes thingy here.

[85sooners]

:eek: :D

[mdklatt]

In 2006, Oklahoma State's season-ticket sales total was 33,000, down from 37,000 in
2005. Last season's average attendance was 40,954. In 2005, it was 44,860.

Aggie Lojik: We're not selling as many tickets so we need to increase the price to make up the revenue difference.

[AlabamaSooner]

[QUOTE=MamaMia]They're also suppose to have a strong engineering department, but who builds a football field/stadium in the wrong direction?QUOTE]

Touching on that subject, I believe I read that they built it that way primarily because of the wind (since it's seems to be either straight from the north or south).

[ruf/nekdad]

uhh, ?, well..., somebody want this one?

[Rhino]

Unbelievable.

Holder is one dumb, stubborn dude.

[OSUAggie]

They're suppose to have a strong agriculture department, but they cant grow grass.

Grass is going in after the IPF is completed and the artificial surface that is currently on the stadium ground is moved over there.


They're also suppose to have a strong engineering department, but who builds a football field/stadium in the wrong direction?

Not that big of a deal.


Maybe some anonymous donor will pay for all the remaining tickets and give them away?

When the WEZ project is completed, those tickets will be much cheaper, and will sell just fine... At least I hope so.

[OklahomaTuba]

So he got up off his knees from polishing T Boones nob for a few minutes and this is what he does???

I say, keep it up!

Who the hell is going fire him?? T Boones owns the joint now, and they are REAL close.

[Sooner in Tampa]

So T Booger Picker OK'd this???? He can't be that stupid...

[MikeInNorman]

So T Booger Picker OK'd this???? He can't be that stupid...

OK'd it? I would assume everything that happens there is his idea, as mouthed by his hand-selected AD, Mike Holder.

[Sooner in Tampa]

OK'd it? I would assume everything that happens there is his idea, as mouthed by his hand-selected AD, Mike Holder.Thats what I was getting at...if T Booger OK'd an idea this absurd, How did he ever get rich being this dumb?

[royalfan5]

They're suppose to have a strong agriculture department, but they cant grow grass.

They're also suppose to have a strong engineering department, but who builds a football field/stadium in the wrong direction?

Maybe some anonymous donor will pay for all the remaining tickets and give them away?
It's not like OSU is the only school that runs east west. Oregon and Kentucky's also do as well as Minnesota's new stadium will.

[fwsooner22]

It's not like OSU is the only school that runs east west. Oregon and Kentucky's also do as well as Minnesota's new stadium will.


That's a group I want to be associated with..............

[Seamus]

sho, 'nuf:

http://geography.uoregon.edu/infographics/campusMaps/autzen_big.gif

how retarded.

[Boomer.....]

Actually that's 15 degrees north of west.

[Dio]

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/6170/autzenwn8.png

Updated map

[mdklatt]

Touching on that subject, I believe I read that they built it that way primarily because of the wind (since it's seems to be either straight from the north or south).


So they wanted a crosswind? :confused:

[deweydw]

The Cowboys have home dates this year with Florida Atlantic (Sept. 8), Texas Tech (Sept. 22), [B]Sam Houston State (Sept. 29), Kansas State (Oct. 20), Texas (Nov. 3) and Kansas (Nov. 10).

Interesting to see Sam Houston State on their schedule. At the risk of being ridiculed for mentioning his name, wonder if Bomar will beat them again. That would be funny.

[Boomer.....]

At the risk of being ridiculed for mentioning his name, wonder if Bomar will beat them again.
Who? :confused:

[Jello Biafra]

I think the plan is to enclose the west endzone; at least they have a big semi-circle dug out with a chainlink fence around it and signs posted that say construction zone.


roflmao gawd! tell me there isn't a sign that says "construction zone" i don't know which is funnier......the fact that there is a big fuggin hole in the ground with a sign explaining what it is or.....the fact that the school actually had to put the sign up explaining what it is.

and another thing......with my "donation" i paid way more than that and you mean to tell me they can't part with 300 or so bucks for football? WTF? the rust will reform by the time they sell that dump out.

[badger]

HOW are they going to sell season tix when they don't even have their "rivalry" game this year?! not even ou fans will buy season tickets, let alone osu fans!

what would be amusing is if they raise student prices by that much. that's the only crowd that still cares.

[snp]

I would so pay $359 to watch Florida Atlantic.

[badger]

http://www.okstate.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=1420&SPID=143&DB_OEM_ID=200&Q_SEASON=2007
they play georgia... but it's at georgia.
they play troy... but it's at troy.
let's see... home games...

1- FAU (perennial ESPN.com Bottom 10 power)
2- Texas Tech (would you pay 300 bucks to see their coach cry after Tech wins?)
3- Sam Houston State (who else wants to assemble an OSU-fanbase just to cheer for Brett Bonehead to have a craptacular game?)
4- KSU (well... i guess they travel pretty well...)
5- Texas (adjust tv to distinguish orange from oranger)
6- Kansas (cheer on Mangino, or he gets fired)

And there you have it. The only game I'm tempted to see is SHS, because I have some booing I need to do.

[oufan1]

I take it that OSU doesn't have a strong Economics department....
http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88345

[insuranceman_22]

Everybody calm down, I know why this is happening. The agg's won't get their beat down from Stoops & Co. in August (the beginning of the season) ......and they need something to complain about until then.

[goingoneight]

sho, 'nuf:

http://geography.uoregon.edu/infographics/campusMaps/autzen_big.gif

how retarded.

After review, the ruling on the stadium stands as called, it runs east and west... urrr, I think.

[goingoneight]

Interesting to see Sam Houston State on their schedule. At the risk of being ridiculed for mentioning his name, wonder if Bomar will beat them again. That would be funny.

Aggy lost to SHS before? Bwaaaaahahahahahahaha!!! :eek:

[GottaHavePride]

I think they were referring to the fact that Bomar was actually QB here for a year and beat them.

[Pricetag]

1- FAU (perennial ESPN.com Bottom 10 power)
2- Texas Tech (would you pay 300 bucks to see their coach cry after Tech wins?)
3- Sam Houston State (who else wants to assemble an OSU-fanbase just to cheer for Brett Bonehead to have a craptacular game?)
4- KSU (well... i guess they travel pretty well...)
5- Texas (adjust tv to distinguish orange from oranger)
6- Kansas (cheer on Mangino, or he gets fired)

I wonder what the face value of that Texas ticket is going to be. It's their only marquee game. They had Nebraska and OU last year, and the prices were ridiculous, even for those two games. And they're going to raise them for this? Yikes.

[MamaMia]

It's not like OSU is the only school that runs east west. Oregon and Kentucky's also do as well as Minnesota's new stadium will.
So, if Oregon, Kentucky, and Minnesota all jumped off a bridge, should osu follow?

[ruf/nekdad]

Yes, head first please.

[royalfan5]

So, if Oregon, Kentucky, and Minnesota all jumped off a bridge, should osu follow?
I really don't have a problem with that.

[deweydw]

I think they were referring to the fact that Bomar was actually QB here for a year and beat them.

Thanks, yes I was referring to Bumar. This will be OSU and SHS first meeting. Of course if Bumar was starting for SHS.

[stoopified]

In fairness to the Cowpukes they were FIRST with the east to west stadium.They gotta be first in something related to football.:D

[SleestakSooner]

It's not like OSU is the only school that runs east west. Oregon and Kentucky's also do as well as Minnesota's new stadium will.

School: University of Kentucky
Location: Lexington, KY
Founded: 1865
Stadium: Commonwealth (1973)
Current Capacity: 67,500
First Year of Football: 1881
Record: 1-2-0
All Time Football Record
545-541-44


School: University of Oregon
Location: Eugene, OR
Founded: 1876
Stadium: Autzen (1967)
Current Capacity: 54,000
First Year of Football: 1894
Record: 1-2-1
All Time Football Record
537-459-46


School: University of Minnesota: Twin Cities
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Founded: 1851
Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982)
Current Capacity: 63,669
First Year of Football: 1882
Record: 1-1-0
All Time Football Record
626-439-44


School: Oklahoma State University
Location: Stillwater, OK
Founded: 1890
Stadium: Boone Pickens Stadium (1920)
Current Capacity: 50,614
First Year of Football: 1901
Record: 2-3-0
All Time Football Record
483-505-48


Looks like OSU was the first to build theirs that way. Not at all sure why the others would emulate them. Of all the teams you mentioned the Pokes have the only losing record over all.

[badger]

but... osu IS first in something! they have more national championships than any other school!

(hehehehehehe. there's something about wrestling that's always made me giggle. perhaps its those tight outfits they all wear, or maybe the fact that they're under five feet tall and grab at eachother for several minutes)

[Flagstaffsooner]

So, if Oregon, Kentucky, and Minnesota all jumped off a bridge, should osu follow?Gundy is running training drills on that.
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/munroe/images/livstb1.jpg

[tommieharris91]

Key to osu/sam houston game:

Will the ags will boo or cheer Romar?

[illinisooner]

I wonder what the face value of that Texas ticket is going to be. It's their only marquee game. They had Nebraska and OU last year, and the prices were ridiculous, even for those two games. And they're going to raise them for this? Yikes.

2 years ago I went to the OSU/Texas game (Where VY had 500 yards by himself) in Stoolwater and paid $10 for a face $60 ticket and sat 6 rows from the field. I had to lead the student section in yelling "sucks" to overpower the UT fans yelling "fight", because the students weren't doing it. So yeah I don't think anyone will pay too much for that game.

[Readyfor8]

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/6170/autzenwn8.png

Updated map

Am I the only one that got this? Good Stuff!