SwampEm

I wonder how many general admission seats they still really need to sell? It must be a fairly large number if they are still sending out emails. It's a good thing they removed all of those UL end zone seats.

All Under Armour did was rip off The Charm City Roller Girls helmets.

They could also change the helmets to this logo.

TSHILE- I am not discounting $352.60. I would to love have an extra $352.60 laying around. There is however a little thing called profit maximization. One would have to assume that somebody who is enticed by the 10% reduction in prices is going to spend zero to minimal money in the stadium since that extra $7.90 per ticket was keeping them away from the game in the first place. I would also go under the assumption that these people would also look to hitch a ride with a parking pass holder or take the metro as well because their $352.60 savings would be reduced to $2.60 if they bought a parking pass. Then you would have to take into account if this would cause more than a 11.1111% increase in demand for tickets since money is effectively lost on the other tickets being sold at $71.10 vs $79. I highly doubt that they would garner a 11.1111% increase in demand to create a greater profit.

They could do a section or two that is family friendly. No beer men, half price tickets for kids (future STH's), and some sort of mascot.

I really don't think lowering a $79 UL ticket to $71.10 is going to make a lot of difference.

According to PFT the team would have to pay 34 cents on the dollar for the tickets to avoid a blackout. Here is more. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/05/14/blackout-loophole-could-give-union-some-labor-leverage/

It is not up to the owner. The owner does have the option of "buying" the seats at a discounted price (I assume the " league split" portion of the tickets), and then they can give them away to charity.

I wonder how many UL seat they still have to sell? I wonder if all those folks that "upgraded" to a plasma TV might be getting worried about a blackout.

I wish I could get a free jersey for paying on time...... ---------- Post added July-26th-2011 at 01:12 PM ---------- I wonder how many more tickets they need to sell?

Nothing is really "sold-out" anywhere. You can call a Marriott Hotel and get a room even if there is "no vacancy " if you are a platinum member (75+ nights stayed per year), Derek Jeter can probably eat at any restaurant in New York without reservations. There are seats for every NFL team laying around somewhere. They may be scattered single seats, player returns, OV etc, but they are around. Be persistent and something will turn up.

I bet they can find a few for you. they may have to sacrifice a few "player returns" in the UL corners, but they may swing it.

Did you get a email or was it in your account manager? I checked both and got nothing.

I don't know of anybody who has gotten away with not having to pay for preseason games.

I wonder what they are going to do for long time STH's who didn't pay a penny because of the lockout. Do you think they are going to start them up at the top again?

Just out of curiosity did they move anybody up higher in a row but closer to the 50? A move from something like a Section 422 row 4 to a Section 401 row 8 would be a gigantic upgrade in my opinion.

There are 29 rows. I started in row 28, moved to row 18, then row 10 in 422. This year I got upgraded to the LL section 112.

Tickets are usually sent out in late July.

The practice of teams charging for preseason games is not new. Check out this case from 1974 http://openjurist.org/495/f2d/1286/coniglio-v-highwood-services-inc . It appears that even then 16 of the 26 teams in the league did require that you buy preseason tickets then. The Redskins were never mentioned in this case so I guess that it is safe to say in 1974 The Redskins did not require STH's to buy preseason tickets. http://openjurist.org/495/f2d/1286/coniglio-v-highwood-services-inc

When was the last year that this was an option? I don't doubt that it was optional at some point but I highly doubt it was in the last 25 years.

Quote Originally Posted by SkinsNatsFan View Post The other very significant change for the season ticket holder was to force us to purchase the pre-season games. That used to be optional. Again, not trying to blame Dan Snyder, or trying to make it seem like the Redskins are doing something that other teams don't. When was this an option? Who in their right mind would pay more than 20% of face value to watch that garbage unless it was forced upon them? As far as I know it is a requirement of every team in the league.

I don't ever recall seeing the PG County tax listed on sporting events elsewhere in the County. When you buy Terps, or BaySox tickets are you paying this tax as well?

They probably complain about it because they may think it's awkward to charge a friend $110 for a $99 face value ticket. A very short explanation to the friend usually solves the problem. The same thing happens when you buy tickets for anything through Ticketmaster though. TM list their BS fee on the ticket but it does not include delivery fee which can be expensive in relation to the ticket if you are only buying two tickets to an event.

According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics $60 in 1997 is worth $84.47 today. The price of the tickets has exceeded inflation since the stadium opened. http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm