Spartans not sold out (?!!)
Ads on 3 different radio stations this morning for "a limited number of tickets still available" in E. Lansing tomorrow night. How the hell, in the middle of the Big Ten season, with the conference front-runner coming in FOR A NIGHT GAME, do you not sell out?
I'm comfortable with my ignorance of all things East Lansing, but that's seriously lame.
(Pardon any dupe posts- I glanced at the 1st 2 pages)
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:52 PM ^
Economy
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:57 PM ^
Yes the economy is bad and sure that is probably why season ticket sales are lower than normal but ANYONE should be able to "splurge" on a 50 dollar ticket to a football game?
Some people have their priorities at MSU and apparently paying 50$ for a football game isn't one of them. It's pathetic.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:00 PM ^
Whoa dude, have you ever been laid off (or a grad student, which is close enough)? Being poor sucks.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:09 PM ^
So the whole MSU fanbase that lives in Michigan is laid off? Really? A school that has 35+k students a year that attend cannot sell out a stadium that seats 70+k.
It's ONE game for 50$. Yeah it sucks being laid off but seriously to say that "oh the economy sucks so people can't afford it" is a load of bs.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:16 PM ^
Assumption: People without a job do not have the extra money to buy tickets.
Q: So the whole MSU fanbase that lives in Michigan is laid off?
A: No, because then not a single ticket would have been sold.
The unemployment rate for the state of Michigan is ~15 percent. One in six people don't have a job. If you don't think that has an effect, you are nuts sir.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:27 PM ^
I said that that is why SEASON tickets are down. But a huge game like PSU should be sold out. If you go to one or 2 games this year at MSU you should obviously go to Michigan and then PSU or IOWA are the other marquee games. At a school as large as MSU with as many alums as MSU has they should be able to sell out for the biggest games unless we go into another depression.
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:14 PM ^
I hope you never lose that silver spoon you are apparently holding. Are you truly that cluesless to think that someone who is laid off, possibly looking at losing a house, car, insurance, etc should "get thier priorities in order" and spend the money on a football game? You must have some list of priorities there. Hopefully they can still afford to keep the cable on so they can atleast watch thier team play on tv. What am I thinking of course they have cable, I mean who can't afford a simple cable bill right?
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:26 PM ^
Do you have bills to pay? A family to support? Have you ever been laid off while still having to do those things? I am lucky enough that I have never yet been without good income, but I certainly understand what it's like to feel pinched at times.
Your comments above (especially the first two) make you appear either totally insulated from most people's reality, young and naive, or dumb. TTFWIW.
Also, negged.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:24 PM ^
Not all the time, but every now and again you make comments that demonstrate just how far removed you are from reality. It would be fascinating, if it wasn't so sad.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:29 PM ^
Eh, I'm pretty sure he is just a young kid that hasn't had the joy of living paycheck to paycheck yet. You know, that wonderful feeling of "60 percent of my paycheck went to rent, 20 percent of my paycheck when to buying food (pasta and cereal), 10 percent went to buy something for my job that I can't get reimbursed for, 15 percent 'should' go towards paying off loans, but lets just put 10 percent there this month, and I have 12.35 left over to take my girlfriend out on our monthly 'lets not eat pasta tonight' date".
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:34 PM ^
my loans, I spend more money than I should on rent every month. I'm frugal with my money yet I can still find money for things that I want to do such as seeing my gf who doesn't live in the same state as me.
If you want something bad enough you'll do it and find a way to accomplish your goals/aspirations. To me it just shows that for Sparty fans football isn't that important of a priority.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:37 PM ^
So she doesn't live in a state of denial, like you?
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:47 PM ^
If you really honestly truly believe that 50$ is a lot of money to spend on something once a year and that pretty much any American can scrape together 50$ to do something that they really want to do then I don't know what to tell you.
Americans spend so much money on bs stuff that they do not need it's ridiculous. We max out our credit cards, pay for shit that we don't need. If you REALLY want to do something then you will find a way to do it and to sacrifice something else.
If you want me to explain to you why 50$ isn't 50$ anymore I will be glad to tell you. But I have a feeling that you don't want to hear logic.
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:21 PM ^
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October 23rd, 2009 at 2:55 PM ^
I actually sort of agree with Bouje (although I don't like to admit it). I work in the entertainment industry (no, I am not a male stripper) and if something is popular and people want to watch it, they will spend the money to go. If it is a crap show (aka - any MSU football game), of course people aren't going to want to spend money to go. I am guessing that if MSU were undefeated and playing the last game of the year for a chance at a national championship birth, that game would be sold out.
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:12 PM ^
A few months ago I was in Michigan I went to a movie theatre in novi to watch the new Harry potter movie. The theatre was sold out. Taking your kids to see a movie every few weeks is the same price as a football game.
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:36 PM ^
For going to see Harry Potter.
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:19 PM ^
Probably safe to assume that die-hard Spartan fans are bummed that the school is having to hawk tickets late in the week for a big game like this. Regarding the tough economy and personal priorities; I was living pay check to pay check in Chicago in the early 90's when Michigan had a huge early game against Florida State. As bad as my financial situation was I HAD to be there. I bummed a ride from a friend and over paid a scalper for a ticket without haggling because I HAD to be in the stadium before kickoff. Although FSU hung 50 pts on the board and beat Michigan I never regretted spending the money. Bet the Spartan athletic department wished they had more fans with that kind of passion for their team.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:31 PM ^
But to not be able to sell out for the biggest game of the year is absurd.
Yes there are lots of people who are laid off and can hardly make ends meet. But there are also others who spend their money on other things (such as getting wasted at a bar etc). I don't think that it is me who is removed from society but people who can legitimately say that 50$ once a year will completely screw them over financially.
Come on you cannot tell me that with inflation, with the dollar being devalued that 50$ is a lot of money now because it's not.
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:25 PM ^
Their biggest game of the year is when they played us and they did sell out.
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:42 PM ^
Of course, there were like 15,000 Michigan fans in the stands that day. It is a little surprising, even with the economy, that MSU is having this much trouble moving tickets. If they win tomorrow, though, I imagine they'll sell out their remaining games.
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:52 PM ^
I've been out of work for almost two years now, and do odd jobs to make ends meet. I've only been able to go to one game this year, and that was because my friend paid for the ticket. $50 is a lot of money to somebody who is out of work.
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:37 PM ^
Why negged?
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:08 PM ^
That's enough money for a keg and the gas to go pick it up. And don't forget that great couch along the side of the road that will get burnt when they lose.
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:54 PM ^
Having a night game that means the tailgaters will be able to drink longer and most likely knew they would passed out before the game even started.
Three years ago a buddy of mine was in EL for the ND night game and saw at least two people passed out around campus on the way to the stadium. They are just keeping the tratition alive!
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:32 PM ^
Most people have taking the "splurge" money and have saved it for important things, like food or gas. That's a pretty elitist thing to say, especially on what is happening in the state of Michigan.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:04 PM ^
It's not sold out, are you kidding. Economy or not, that is very hard to believe. My guess, those who don't attend will miss approximately 57 minutes of very good MSU football, all completely derailed by a delay of game, two illegal procedures penalties, an off-sides, and a personal foul-late hit out of bounds (or some other variation of these things)Iowa 20-MSU 17, Heartbreak in Spartan Town.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:09 PM ^
MSU's homecoming was last week but I don't think they sold that out either.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:20 PM ^
Still.... very surprized.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:31 PM ^
sir-priced.
October 23rd, 2009 at 10:56 PM ^
You are a very smart black dude/
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:54 PM ^
Spartan fans will melt in the rain.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:28 PM ^
They'll also run the option, but only if the downpour can be safely classified as a hurricane.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 PM ^
Because of the terrorist threat, Spartan fans are no longer allowed to bring their flammable couches inside the stadium.
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:56 PM ^
Tune into 1270 at 2:00 if true, he'll take a few minutes from chuckling at Mich to bash his fan base.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:39 PM ^
mike has the day off today...
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:58 PM ^
I've heard three people at the office say today that they're excited for MSU's night game on national tv.
Here's to hoping they can't find the game before it's out of reach.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:01 PM ^
is going to smoke MSU. Especially if the weather's shitty.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:10 PM ^
Same deal with the game against Michigan. I was able to buy 2 tix the week before the game from MSU. How pathetic that their game against to which their season is defined cannot sell out.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:12 PM ^
at the beginning of the year. I'm not surprised that they didn't want to go to that game either.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:39 PM ^
For the UM game they still had tickets available on there website less than 12 hours from kickoff
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:48 PM ^
Unreal. That is so pathetic (or apathetic?).
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:03 PM ^
I think it might have been because they only released X amount of tickets to the public at a time, and these were the ones the released the day before the game
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 PM ^
and I was thinking of going after watching Michigan take down PSU with it being a night game and all. Then I realized it was a 7pm start which must mean Big 10 network.
October 23rd, 2009 at 1:51 PM ^
actually sells out a game........Michigan, Ohio State and ND are about it, mostly because the visitors buy up the extras. The last two OSU games in EL were embarrassingly OSU partisan crowds......they could actually do the O-H-I-O cheer around the stadium with ease.
I have season tickets and have not been able to even GIVE away my 40 yard line seats this season. Only been to the Michigan game and on that day there were far more sellers than buyers, sold an extra for $40 and no one used the seat.
This is nothing new, its not the economy, its simply the way things are at MSU and have always been.
October 23rd, 2009 at 2:13 PM ^
i think a heck of a lot more stadiums sell out than osu, um and nd. in the big 10 alone i would say iowa, wisky and penn st almost always sell out. add to that most sec schools, a bunch of big 12 and a few pac 10.
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:20 PM ^
i don't think all U-M fans from chicago are sell outs.
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:38 PM ^
yeah you totally missed what I was saying.
Only the ND, UM and OSU games ever sellout AT MSU, and occasionally a couple others for unknown reasons.
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:42 PM ^
MSU actually had a sellout streak of around 30 games earlier this decade.