No Increase in 2014 Football Season Ticket Prices
Michigan Athletics sent out an email today regarding the PSD re-calculation date (i.e., tomorrow, which would dictate priority for post-season football tickets and basketbal B1G tournament tickets) and also included a (not-so-surprising) note stating that the prices for the 2014 Football Season Tickets will not be increased.
"No increase in Football season ticket prices for the 2014 season "
At least DB is aware that he can't get more money for tickets next year. The only question that remains is whether they will "decrease" ticket prices for next season??
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Date | Opponent |
Aug. 30 | APPALACHIAN STATE |
Sept. 6 | at Notre Dame |
Sept. 13 | MIAMI (Ohio) |
Sept. 20 | UTAH |
Sept. 27 | MINNESOTA* |
Oct. 4 | at Rutgers* |
Oct. 11 | PENN STATE* |
Oct. 18 | Bye |
Oct. 25 | at Michigan State* |
Nov. 1 | INDIANA* (HC) |
Nov. 8 | at Northwestern* |
Nov. 15 | Bye |
Nov. 22 | MARYLAND* |
Nov. 29 | at Ohio State* |
Dec. 6 | Big Ten Championship Game |
November 14th, 2013 at 11:09 AM ^
Given the rancid nature of next year's home schedule, those prices BETTER not increase. Brandon's trying to avoid getting trident-murdered by the mob.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 11:15 AM ^
it's like me choosing to not slam my fingers in the car door.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:16 AM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 11:26 AM ^
Ha, that is the perfect example.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:09 AM ^
I think there's no way they decrease season ticket prices, although it will be interesting to see what they do with face value/public ticket prices, and dynamic pricing.
They usually designate 2 or 3 games as "premium games" and charge $20 more per ticket face valuae for those games. I can't imagine any games next year are "premium games."
Similarly, if they let market demand dictate "dynamic" pricing, I don't see any games going above public face value.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:27 AM ^
I wouldn't be surprised if they designate Penn State and the homecoming game as "premium"
November 14th, 2013 at 11:10 AM ^
I chuckled when I saw that note in the email this morning. That's a mighty fine gesture they're making. A slate of dogshit games and we don't have to pay extra? Awesome.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:21 AM ^
No thanks, DB, I'll go ahead and use Stubhub to buy my tickets ... rather than using Stubhub to sell my tickets at a 50% discount for games I can't attend.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:26 AM ^
I think next season will be the first that I won't be able to sell a few games to cover the cost of my season. Especially with the new PSD rates, I could probably sell all of my 2014 tickets and only cover 25% of my cost. Road games at ND, OSU and MSU? Kudos, DB, that's the worst scheduling I've ever seen.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:30 AM ^
I'm not buying next year. Have had alum season tickets 7 years in a row (after 7 undergrad/grad season tickets), but this has gotten absurd.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:44 AM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 11:48 AM ^
I don't know why people shit on DB for games @MSU and @OSU (along with @ND next year for that matter). I'd imagine he has no control over the Big Ten conference scheduling, which stuck us on a bad year because of our already existing series with ND which happened to be away in 2014 which was scheduled long before DBs time.
November 14th, 2013 at 12:26 PM ^
It's perfectly appropriate to shit on DB for scheduling at MSU because that's two years in a row at MSU, a fate not bestowed upon any other B1G team (in terms of doubling up at a rival). In fact, we're the only team in conference to get doubled up against two opponents. He has input given that the scheduling was a result of expansion and he's admitted to having influence in such matters. ND and OSU...yeah, true...but it's the movement to E.L. that screwed the schedule. It's always a weaker year when we have ND and OSU on the road, but it's now terrible.
November 14th, 2013 at 7:50 PM ^
Well . . .
I'm noticing that we played IU and Minny at home this year, and play them both again at home next year. I'm not sure, I guess, what you mean by doubled up if not that? Everyone had this happen due to realignment.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:10 AM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 11:11 AM ^
What does decrease mean? -Dave Brandon
November 14th, 2013 at 11:12 AM ^
There is going to be a big decrease in 2014 ticket prices on Stubhub I bet.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:12 AM ^
App State Under The Lights!
November 14th, 2013 at 11:37 AM ^
what are the marquee games next year? MSU is on the road again, and I think OSU is on the road. Hell even the ND game is in south bend.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:44 AM ^
I think Utah may be a good game and Penn State should be pretty good (their fans travel well).
Other than that, it will be Maryland's inaugural game in the Big House and the return of App State (I refuse to go to that game; hearing that team's name makes me sick to my stomach).
November 14th, 2013 at 1:36 PM ^
played at Michigan in 85, 89 and 1990
November 14th, 2013 at 11:18 AM ^
I think Dynamic Pricing means they will try to match the market so that should mean that they will lower ticket prices to match Stubhub. I am looking for the check to reimburse me for the Akron and Nebraska games that were very way cheaper on the open market.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:23 AM ^
Except the official policy for dynamic pricing states that they will never undercut the prices that season ticket holders pay.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:46 AM ^
I know that's the stated policy, but I'm not sure I know exactly what season ticket holders pay per game, and I'm a long time season ticket holder. There is a face value price listed on all the tickets ($75 or $95 for this past year, I believe). But, when I buy my tickets in April I pay something less than the sum of the face values. But, I also pay a PSD - a PSD that is not consistent throughout the stadium (and aren't some people still grandfathered in at $0 PSD in the endzones?).
So what is the minimum price with dynamic pricing - the listed face value or something else?
November 14th, 2013 at 11:51 AM ^
Season ticket holders pay $65 per ticket.
PSD is a donation so that doesn't get counted as part of the season ticket price.
Therefore, to answer your question, the floor for dynamic pricing is $65 per ticket.
November 15th, 2013 at 7:30 AM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 11:18 AM ^
Thanks, Dave!
Can my grandma have some water before she passes out?
November 14th, 2013 at 11:45 AM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 11:21 AM ^
But look for a nice big price hike for 2015. With the feast/famine schedule as it is currently set up I wouldn't be surprised to see price increases and freezes in a 2 year cycle.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:21 AM ^
If you think students coming out to the games this year was bad, just wait until next year. I'll (hopefully) be grad student next fall and about 70% of the people I've talked to have said they won't buy tickets next year unless the prices go down. Even if they do go down, it's going to have to substantial, especially with the negative attitude toward the athletic department on campus (I know, beating a dead horse). The prices for tickets in the secondary student market this year were ridiculous. I could have bought single tickets to every game from people and paid less than half of what I paid for season tickets.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:26 AM ^
Dave Brandon, the guy smart enough to not bite the hand that feeds him since 2014. That has a certain ring to it.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:54 AM ^
Didn't we already know this? Thought it was stated policy they were only going to raise ticket prices every other year.
November 14th, 2013 at 11:55 AM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 1:21 PM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 12:16 PM ^
I am still getting an increase of $38.50 per seat per season ticket.
I had endzone seating that predated the implementation of the PSD requirement. Bill Martin made a decision to allow those who wanted to remain in the end zone to be exempt from the PSD.
Then, last season, Brandon decided to up everyone's mandatory "donation" including the endzone seating. To make it "easier" though, it was half of the increase last season with the full increase being this season. End zone PSD is $75 per seat.
Expect an increase of some form in 2015. There is no way that Brandon doesn't take advantage of a decent home schedule to try to squeeze more out of the fans.
November 14th, 2013 at 8:58 PM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 11:56 AM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 12:25 PM ^
I can remember. Plus the fact that we have 5 of the first 7 at home, then just 2 more the rest of the year. Plus anyone else already tired of the 2 bye weeks?
Go Blue!
November 14th, 2013 at 11:56 AM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 12:19 PM ^
You mean he hasn't cancelled Appy St yet?
November 14th, 2013 at 1:18 PM ^
November 14th, 2013 at 1:33 PM ^
Worst home schedule I've ever seen
November 14th, 2013 at 2:02 PM ^
I would consider it an increase seeing as you don't get ND and Ohio State now.
November 14th, 2013 at 2:52 PM ^
They should reduce them, given the schedule (and the bad taste this season is leaving in people's mouths). We just got $100M from Stephen Ross, so we can get by with slightly reduced ticket revenue next year.
November 14th, 2013 at 4:23 PM ^
Can do whatever it pleases with the ticket prices, reminder they hold all the cards.
How far they want to push that envelope is an interesting thing as far how the revenue maximization game is played (just objectively thinking about the problem and not taking a bias or side)
I think the Ath Dept sells thru Stub Hub because they get a lot of valuable data in return regarding price trends, etc, baseball-style-statistics more or less...e.g. "how far did the price drop when an ominous cloud blocked the sun after 4pm"
The fact that we went from 105701 (or was it 107501, sorry I forgot) to regularly exceeding 110k says that the bloodletting isn't done yet.