Kirby Hocutt, fresh off his botch job in prying more money from President Shalala, announced plans to cut the ticket prices for some sections for the 2009 season. Of course, my section, Alumni, will see none of those benefits. Kirb-dawg, you do realize the Alumni section is full of all the recent grads, right? The ones who can’t afford season tickets, but get them anyways? And most importantly, the ones who will potentially be big donors in 10 years, for the next 20? (Hell, I only went to Miami for a year, and I want to go all Alex Rodriguez when I’m rich and convince those territorial fucks in the Gables to build an on-campus stadium! They would never let me, even for a $5 million straight donation to the city, but still.) And he couldn’t cut the $75 donation fee? Come on, Kirbs. The donation fee is a 21% premium to the actual season ticket cost. This is like a NFL seat license. Killing us.
On the plus side, all the unemployed, South end zone at the OB Canes fans will see some real discounts. Cuts reach upwards of $151 in the upper levels, with two mid-level club sections (206 and 212) seeing a decrease as well.
In reality, the all-in Alumni ticket price is actually a great deal. $345 for six games (most seasons you get seven), a state of the art stadium, great parking, easy enter and exiting, and it serves all kinds of liquor. And that was for 20 rows up from the field.
Randy is being proactive in this budget crisis. He has offered (and has been accepted) for Miami to bus to games at UCF and USF next season. Not too shabby. Will save the Athletic Department $140K. I feel those should be bus trips every year really. Only 4 hours max to either location. On a personal level, anything under 8 hours on Google Maps is an automatic drive over flying. And when Google Maps tracks estimated time using 65 mph average, you can always chip away at that time, with your 85 mph clip.
For all this money being saved, I can only hope they paint the end zones this year. As much as I love the slanted parallel lines, a la Notre Dame, it reminds me of…Notre Dame. Enough!
With tickets at only $19/game, you don’t even need a season ticket. You could go to 6 for $114, and use the rest of the money on alcohol/gear/food/whatever. Do you think they have considered that?
Perhaps DC Tourists, perhaps. But those have to be the worst of the worst in terms of sections. Then again, when you’re that high up, you need that extra cash to get drunk to enjoy the game!
Anton,
I am a lifelong Hurricane fan. How much does a good ticket for an indidivdual game cost. A good seat what is the price range?
Thanks for the info.
Tom
Tom,
The cheapest individual game ticket is $19. But of course, no one wants to sit that high, especially if you’re only going to one game.
A good ticket, say FSU home game this past year, was $65. That was 20 rows up from the field in the corner of one end zone. They have a demand seasonality for the season tickets. UCF is $38, Va Tech is $50, FSU is $65. The highest ticket this season will no doubt be the Oklahoma game. Add in the fact it was moved to later in the season, and if Miami is doing well at that point, you will see an even higher premium.
Here is a link to the 2009 Season Ticket Prices. You can divide any section’s plan by 6 (total home games), and then add say a 20% premium if you’re talking the OU game.
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mifl/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2009SeasonTicketPrices.pdf