Big House Suites Available
Just recieved an email from the Athletic Dept stating that 2 suites are available. Suites 508 East and 506 East (both are East Side by South goal line). $70,000 annual donation required along with 3, 5 or 7 year committment. $70k gets you 16 season tickets and 4 parking passes (2 Champions lot, 2 Blue lot)
So, who is gonna put together the Kick Starter?
per year and aren't deadbeats, that sounds a lot more doable. The East side premium seats are nicer because they have that really nice indoor lounge area behind them. Personally though, I'd prefer (if I had the money to pay for them) the outdoor club seating on that side because I like being outside with the crowd and all the noise. But some of those seats go for about that $4375 depending on location.
I'd rather sit in the stands out in the real air and real weather. To me, the only advantage of suites is being able to take a piss without all the hassle.
As I live a modest middle class life and am not an alumni or big time donor, I can only afford season tickets for the basketball team and have to get my football tickets elsewhere. I get them from a former captain of a Rose bowl winning team. Given his status which has enabled this, he spends half of the games down in the stands and the other half in a suite I believe he shares with some others. Say what you will, but to have the luxury to choose whether you want to be down with the regular folk or up in the suite depending on the day and your mood would be pretty nice.
I wouldn't want to spend every game up there, but there have been a few that I wish I could.
FWIW, we have found it's also pretty easy to swap seats midway through the game, which might make "splitting" some premium seats with another family more feasible.
Anytime you leave club level, they give you a blue elevator pass which you have to produce to get back up there. So all you have to do is meet your party on the concourse, and swap the tickets & blue pass. So you could spend the first half up top and then swap with someone in the bowl for the second.
Cmon Don,
You're probably old enough to rock a pair of depends for the big games, never miss a minute of the action!
/aboutabiscuityoungerthanDon
i have a suite at the joe and comerica and im about to cancel both for this!
missing the #humble
he's being half-humble by canceling his suites at the joe and comerica... it would be bragging if he kept both AND added these suites at the big house.
#explainabrag
#havingthelastwordbrag
situation - I have luxury suites at every NFL and NBA arena and will jet in (private jet of course) when I can squeeze the game in .....what with playing golf at Augusta from time to time and my yachting lessons...........
damn you charlie weis!
with this schedule what is going to happen next year when the home schedule really sucks?
dude, DB is like 5 steps ahead of you...
that is why he is requiring 3, 5 and 7 year commitments... to lock you in regardless of the schedule/economy/armageddon/etc.
suite owners didn't think it was a worthwhile investment. Requiring 3, 5, and 7 year commitments can actually be a detriment if your consumer is not seeing value in tying up that kind of money for an extended period of time. Given upcoming home schedules that are pretty weak that may be why some suite owners are already bailing after their original three year agreement despite the best home slate we are going to have for a while. In 2015 you have two marquee games, but 2014's schedule sucks and 2016's OOC of Hawaii, Colorado, and Ball State is pretty weak.
I was amused by your use of the word dude which is definitely not something I would expect from a 2006 Michigan Law grad.
based on goblue4evr, it sounds like these particular suites have been vacant or underutilized for some time.
the multiyear commitment is definitely an added cost, but i assume that the companies who buy these tix don't necessarily think about the games the same way as a typical person (i.e., it's another venue for entertainment and client development purposes, etc.). in addition, they're probably not looking at it as an investment per se, but rather, as a cost of doing business.
also, i'm glad that you're amused by my use of the word "dude". i didn't think much of it (as i probably say it daily), but i agree that i usually wouldn't type it.
and developed a serious hatred of the word while I was there as I thought my name had been changed. I understand the cost of doing business but with some awful home schedules coming up you have to wonder if companies aren't considering a different venue for spending their entertainment money for their clientele.
In 2014 you have 7 home games and not one that is all that enticing. At $10,000 a game you have to wonder. 2015 is better with MSU and OSU, but 2016's OOC schedule is Hawaii, Colorado, and Ball State. I love Michigan football but you have to wonder when DB is going to push it past the limit that people and companies are willing to pay.
and the MGOBLOG empire get one and we will freeload and use it like we do the blog.........Looking forward to my invite
i'm pretty sure Seth/Brian are doing just fine... this site has tons of traffic and traffic equals $$...
if you're worried about him, just click an ad or two.
I just bought one.
server on the east side and 508 east is one of my suites. in 2010 and 2011 it was the adidas suite and then they moved to 509 east. last year 508 was not used until halfway through the season when barracuda Systems took it over for the remainder of the season. as for 506 east (which is not one of mine) iirc this suite was being used by a shady ass lawyer who got the boot after 2 or 3 games for not making his payments in a timely fashion, after he was kicked out the suite went unused. since i have been working in the suites the unused ones become U of M suites for different groups, which ends costing the school money in the long run.
how do these guys tip u? i'm curious what these guys are tipping considering it's a corporation that typically buys the seats, but the guys who attend aren't necessarily the bigwigs (i.e., could be a sales guy who had a big quarter and is getting rewarded).
taking so long to respond to this been busy for the last few weeks... as for how i am tipped, there is an auto tip that is generated on each suite holders/host bill but that is removed as long as the suite holder has their food order in before the cut off point which i belive is either monday or tuesday at 12pm of that game week. after that its up to the suite holder/host to tip me or not. some of them are really good about it and some not so much but it is usually right around 15 to 20%. there are some suites that you bend over backwards for to help them out and they only tip you about 10% but i'm not one to bitch since i do have a full time job so anything i make at the stadium is just extra cash to pay bills with.
as for who attends the games, yes its more or less sales people or the people in management who the tickets have been given to because no one else can go. some of the companies pick names out of a hat so you have different people each week. one of my suites the owner/founder/CEO of the company is at every game with this family and friends and then he has a sales person or 2 there with clients. for the adidas suite the rep and his assistant are at every game and they have friends and family there along with some former players. when it's random sales perosn or other employees in the suites the one thing that they do know is that the company credit card is on file so they never have to worry about how anything is paid for. I had one suite that kind of took advantage of it at every game because they act like they have never seen food and pop before, so they tear through everything before the first quarter is over with.forgot when i offered the joe suite up to anyone on this site for the UM vs MSU hockey game??