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Post by AustinHoya03 on Jan 22, 2008 19:19:17 GMT -5
How does one purchase these tickets that are donated back to Georgetown and how does the Athletic Department ensure they go to Georgetown fans? I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing they just go into the pool of tickets that go to HHC members who request tickets. BUT, anyone can be an HHC member, even a Syracuse fan, as FL pointed out above... |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2008 20:32:11 GMT -5
How does one purchase these tickets that are donated back to Georgetown and how does the Athletic Department ensure they go to Georgetown fans? I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing they just go into the pool of tickets that go to HHC members who request tickets. BUT, anyone can be an HHC member, even a Syracuse fan, as FL pointed out above... Correct on all counts |
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Post by section220 on Jan 22, 2008 21:40:18 GMT -5
Has it been CONFIRMED that the whole lower bowl is sold out??? I moved to section 115 this year after 2 in 220 and up to the Cuse game I haven't seen the same person twice. Our section was overrun with Cuse fans or just casual observers as it seems to be every game. I guess I can deal with the opposing fans in our section (no HHC donation is required) but I just want to throw up when I see the HHC and alumni sections flooded with orange and blue/gold! But like others have said, a program that has struggled for a while and only has 6,000 undergrad students is going to struggle to keep up the fan support of state schools and/or schools with a strong regional or national following.
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Post by RockawayHoya on Jan 22, 2008 22:05:07 GMT -5
Has it been CONFIRMED that the whole lower bowl is sold out??? I moved to section 115 this year after 2 in 220 and up to the Cuse game I haven't seen the same person twice. Our section was overrun with Cuse fans or just casual observers as it seems to be every game. I guess I can deal with the opposing fans in our section (no HHC donation is required) but I just want to throw up when I see the HHC and alumni sections flooded with orange and blue/gold! But like others have said, a program that has struggled for a while and only has 6,000 undergrad students is going to struggle to keep up the fan support of state schools and/or schools with a strong regional or national following. I'm in 115, and I feel the same way. Although I'm both YA and HHC, I'm pretty sure that the section is designated as neither, as was told to me by the ticket dept. when I originally bought them. Hence, you get the random mish-mash of fans who either don't have a rooting interest and just want to go to games, or worse, opposing fans. That results from random people buying season tickets and then just Stubhubbing every game. At almost every game I've been to this year I've had different random idiots yelling at me to sit down. Well guess what guys, if you want to sit and watch the game, go to the 400's with the rest of your fellow Irish/Orange scum. This is also an open plea to whoever does the section designations to make 115 a YA section. All of the other corner sections adjacent to the students are, why can't 115 be too? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2008 9:06:39 GMT -5
Aside from scattered singles, the lower bowl is sold out through season tickets.
That said: particularly in the sections where there is no donation required, you're not going to see most of those people on a game-to-game basis. I'm guessing some opposing fans have bought season tickets solely for the purpose of seeing their team, and are selling the majority on StubHub. Even if you can't unload the Fairfield/Jacksonville/American, etc. games, you'll probably make bank on other games and at least break even. If I lived in Philly and could get my hands on Villanova season tickets, I'd do the same to see the Hoyas. (EDIT: If we were on Nova's home schedule that particular year)
If these tickets aren't in the hands of Hoya fans to begin with, there's not much we can do.
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Post by joey0403p on Jan 23, 2008 13:43:12 GMT -5
I agree with everything here -
I'm assuming if we sell them off this board and the person has more than 20 posts we are in the clear though... right.
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Post by Cambridge on Jan 23, 2008 14:08:47 GMT -5
1A. That being said, raise your hand if you were aware that the Hoya Hoop Club has a program that encourages season ticket holders to donate tickets (for a writeoff or some other compensation I believe) they can't use to a certain game and GUARANTEES they'll be put in the hands of a Georgetown fan. Anybody? Anybody? This is the one thing about the StubHub partnership that DOES make me mad--the University basically takes the money and cross-promotes against its own well-meaning program. Kind of like if McDonough inked a sponsorship deal with the street vendors on 7th street selling the knockoff We Are Georgetown shirts. Wow. I had no idea. This actually tempts me as an out-of-towner to purchase season tickets, keep a couple for those two or three games I make a season and donate the rest of them back to the Hoop Club for a write off...AND ensure that they end up in the hands of Hoya fans. There needs to be visible and consistent marketing of this option by the HHC, and StubHub can go F itself. HHC didn't sign the sponsorship deal after all. |
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Post by Ro on Jan 23, 2008 15:35:45 GMT -5
Donating tickets is actually pretty easy. I've been doing it for any games I can't make it to for the past 5 season's. I've never cut it as close as gameday, but if you call the day before the game Hoyas Unlimited will accept the tickets as a donation. They have your seat information on file and make the barcode on your tickets inactive and then issue new tickets for your seats with a new barcode. A few weeks after the game you get a letter in the mail documenting the donation.
I don't think that any of us buy season tickets with the intention of profiting off of them. As someone mentioned in an earlier post, this is an upfront cost that we pay months in advance and while I totally can understand people wanting to recoup the cost of tickets for games they can't attend, I think this is a great option on many levels. First off, the tickets are used for the benefit of the program. Secondly, they will be used by Hoya fans/supporters/friends of the University. Third, this counts as a donation and increases your giving level to the HHC. Fourth, while you don't recoup the full cost of the ticket you don't take a full loss as you can write-off the cost of your tickets.
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Jan 23, 2008 17:53:22 GMT -5
Regardless of what we can/should/will do, I think this situation will improve each year as more and more recent grads are accustomed to having Gtown games be "the thing they do." They'll get their YA tickets (which hopefully the university will continue to provide and prioritize through HHC), and they'll be at games and yelling hard (like Section 121 used to.)
Anyone who's been coming to the arena on a regular basis for more than 5 seasons knows how much better it is now, and how much it's improved. I see a trend toward more of the same as long as III and Co. keep winning.
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