PRESS RELEASE: Redskins Announce No Ticket Price Increase, Full Refund Policy for Season Ticket Holders for 2011 Season

[yellow41]

Some good news from redskins.com:

The Redskins will not raise general admission season ticket prices for the 2011 season, the team announced on Wednesday.

The Redskins have maintained current general admission ticket prices since the 2006 season.

The team also announced a full ticket refund policy for any 2011 preseason and regular season games that are cancelled due to a work stoppage. The policy will apply to all seats, including General Admission, Premium Club Seats and Suites.

“We remain hopeful that an agreement can be successfully negotiated between the League and the Players Association,” said Redskins owner Daniel M. Snyder. “If that does not occur, all Washington Redskins season ticket holders will be offered full refunds for any games that are missed.”

Season ticket holders will have the option to receive refunds in either the form that they paid for tickets (e.g., check, credit card), or in credits toward future games.

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ES Staff Appended Edit:

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

December 1, 2010

Washington Redskins Announce No Ticket Price Increase,

Full Refund Policy for Season Ticket Holders for 2011 Season

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – The Washington Redskins announced today that they will not raise general admission season ticket prices for the 2011 season. The team has maintained current general admission ticket prices since the 2006 season.

The team also announced a full ticket refund policy for any 2011 preseason and regular-season games that are cancelled due to a work stoppage. The policy will apply to all seats, including General Admission, Premium Club Seats and Suites.

“We remain hopeful that an agreement can be successfully negotiated between the League and the Players Association,” said Redskins owner Daniel M. Snyder. “If that does not occur, all Washington Redskins season ticket holders will be offered full refunds for any games that are missed.”

Season ticket holders will have the option to receive refunds in either the form that they paid for tickets (e.g., check, credit card), or in credits toward future games.

[Boss_Hogg]

it's the right thing to do

[Dukes and Skins]

Good move by the team. Thumbs up from me

[TD_washingtonredskins]

Isn't that a league-wide policy (the refund)?

[HouseBowlrz]

Isn't that a league-wide policy (the refund)?

The league-wide policy applied to general admission seating; it would be to each individual organization how to handle the premium seating and PSLs.

[RFKFedEx]

I can hear Bob Dylan singing 'the times they are a changin'.

The NFL's stadium revenue model is dated and the market is proving it.

[TD_washingtonredskins]

The league-wide policy applied to general admission seating; it would be to each individual organization how to handle the premium seating and PSLs.

Oh, good information...thanks. That's a very nice move then, especially if the NFL was giving teams the option of trying to keep some of that money.

[SonnyandSam]

It's a PR game...any NFL team that refuses to refund ANY ticket to a cancelled game would be committing suicide when the fan base would already be angry over the cancelled games. To force a fan to pay for a game that never happens....even billionaire owners can figure that one out.

I want to know what the policy would be if they decide to play games with replacement players. That would be as bad as paying full price for preseason games....Oh wait......we already do that.

[SonnyRules]

With the product we currently have on the field; don't you think they should announch a price reduction for the 2011 season?

[RFKFedEx]

I want to know what the policy would be if they decide to play games with replacement players.

I don't know about 2011, but I'm pretty sure STHs were not offered refunds in 1987 for the scab games bc I attended one. My dad probably would have opted for the refund had it been optional. But that was then, this is now.

[skinfan2k]

ticket prices on the 2nd market will probably will decrease next year i believe

[Mark The Homer]

OP, we appreciate the info, but please review Rule 10 regarding source in title and a link.

[andboom]

it's the right thing to do

Wait what!?? Did I hear that ole Danny boy actually did something right this year!? If I didn't see it, I wouldn't believe it.

[jfriedenthal]

What defines General Admission? Is lower level considered "General Admission"?

[MarkB452]

I don't know about 2011, but I'm pretty sure STHs were not offered refunds in 1987 for the scab games bc I attended one. My dad probably would have opted for the refund had it been optional. But that was then, this is now.

>> The Skins offered refunds offered in 1987, but you had to go down to RFK in person to do it. You could NOT do it over the phone or via mail or the internet (because Al Gore had not invented the internet yet). A friend of my dad made his wife drive into DC and do it. I remember reading that other teams allowed people to do this over the phone or via other means (See Tom Landry quote below):

Good article on the year here:

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/walkthrough/2007/year-scab

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/walkthrough/2007/year-scab-part-ii

Book referenced in the articles:

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/store/year-scab

Key quote here:

With so many familiar faces in camp, Tom Landry had no trouble endorsing the replacement games. While Buddy Ryan was waiving off the games as "not real." Landry suggested that refund-seeking fans should reconsider. "I would pay it," he said if he would ask to spend money to see his replacement Cowboys. "I think it will be fun."

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What defines General Admission? Is lower level considered "General Admission"?

Yes, 100 and 200 level are GA, but not Dream Seats and I don't think TD Club or TG Club would count either.

---------- Post added December-1st-2010 at 11:45 PM ----------

Site here says that most teams offered refunds for replacement games:

Average attendance increased after the first week but was nowhere near pre-strike levels: Week 1 – 16,949; Week 2 – 27,627; Week 3 – 26,063. Almost all clubs offered ticket holders refunds for replacement games.

http://members.cox.net/mbordelon4345/nfl1987.htm

Note the policy says NOTHING about replacement games, just games that are canceled.

[RFKFedEx]

Good stuff MarkB. I can't picture NFL owners offering refunds today because scab games are recorded as official NFL games.

[Mark The Homer]

The phrase "general admission" has different definitions depending on who's using the term.

StubHub, for example, defines "general admission" tickets as tickets that are not allocated to a specific seat. You can sit anywhere within a general area.

The team, and others, treat the phrase "general admission" tickets or seats as synonymous with "non-premium" tickets or seats.

Hope this helps.

[tshile]

Note the policy says NOTHING about replacement games, just games that are canceled.

this is the kicker. we'll see how many games are canceled...

[Rocky21]

So the economy is in the toilet and the team has a losing record so the FO decides not to increase ticket prces next year?

Snyder is a marketing genius!!!

[RFKFedEx]

I'd love to know the longest streak they've gone without raising ticket prices since 1937. Five years is probably a new record.

[hail2skins]

I'd love to know the longest streak they've gone without raising ticket prices since 1937. Five years is probably a new record.

It'll be interesting to see how large the increase is when they do decide to raise prices again. Don't think the uppers have ever gone up a lot, but the lowers have gone up a nice hike when they decided to raise them. $60 to $75 in 2000 I think, and then basically up to $109 the last time. They did increase them slightly from $75 to $79 during Spurrier.

I wouldn't be surprised to see $150 charged for lowers the next increase. But I'm also grateful that they haven't increased parking in a while either. I know some disagree, but $35 is ridiculous.

[tshile]

It'll be interesting to see how large the increase is when they do decide to raise prices again. Don't think the uppers have ever gone up a lot, but the lowers have gone up a nice hike when they decided to raise them. $60 to $75 in 2000 I think, and then basically up to $109 the last time. They did increase them slightly from $75 to $79 during Spurrier.

I wouldn't be surprised to see $150 charged for lowers the next increase. But I'm also grateful that they haven't increased parking in a while either. I know some disagree, but $35 is ridiculous.

thats why i don't park at the stadium. i can park right oustide of it for 10$ cheaper, and I don't have to fight the traffic leaving.

all the lower level tickets are the same price, correct? i was thinking about upgrading, but didn't really think about the possible raise in prices in the near future... 99$ is the face value (before taxes/fees), and I wasn't quite sure i was up for that... to go to something like 150, i'd bail automatically.

[Mark The Homer]

I'd love to know the longest streak they've gone without raising ticket prices since 1937. Five years is probably a new record.

It'll be interesting to see how large the increase is when they do decide to raise prices again. Don't think the uppers have ever gone up a lot, but the lowers have gone up a nice hike when they decided to raise them. $60 to $75 in 2000 I think, and then basically up to $109 the last time. They did increase them slightly from $75 to $79 during Spurrier.

I wouldn't be surprised to see $150 charged for lowers the next increase. But I'm also grateful that they haven't increased parking in a while either. I know some disagree, but $35 is ridiculous.

When Snyder took over, some of the lowers were going for $55. So $109 is almost double.

The endzone clubs, priced by Mr. Cooke, were $99 each. That includes tax. They were hiked so much after Snyder's arrival, the team had to eventually tear the seats out.

The last price hike for downstairs was from $79 to $109 - nearly 40%. I think that much of a increase discounts any advantage we might have regarding the number of years between price hikes.

[hail2skins]

This probably belongs more in the thread by SkinsHokie Fan about FedEx, but holy crap... Detroit is the only NFC team with a worse home record than the Skins since (including) the 2000 season. That is just incredible.....yet another thing we share with the Lions (haven't gone to the NFCCG since '91).

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81c8fc1a/article/redskins-fedex-field-doesnt-deliver-homefield-advantage

[MarkB452]

Good stuff MarkB. I can't picture NFL owners offering refunds today because scab games are recorded as official NFL games.

Thanks. I think we can look at a lot of the stuff from 1987 to get a feel for what could happen or things that they will try to prevent from happening (such as refunds). One idea could be to offer partial refunds/discounts for Scab games if it comes to that. BTW, I would not be surprised to see some preseason games affected like we saw in the 1970's (1974?, I think). Hoping this all gets resolved before the draft, but not holding my breath.

BTW, hard to believe that Zorn crossed the picket line. I did not know that. Also interesting that the Saints current coach, Sean Payton (sp?), had crossed as well.