Unfortunate for non-season ticket holders. Gobbled up by the season ticket holders.
As much as I understand your feelings. That would never happen it would be a slap to those who paid for and donated to univ to be able to get them.
And if you opened up to the general public it would hurt the home court advantage and have a lot more people reselling and scalping too.
They're always going to give the benefit to the ones who have been there from the beginning.
Now they are at like 500/ticket for a session. Still pricey but I’d expect them to drop some more before stabilizing.
That would generate a super bowl atmosphere. More about flaunting being there than people that actually care about the game.
Totally get that sentiment, and as one who was going to try and get his aged mother a couple tickets to see CC in person one time, I absolutely understand given the season holders first shot. Even though I'm guessing a chunk of those got them just to make money, they put it out there from the start.
I hope that’s not the case because I am in the bottom of the pole prob with 850 points
Problem is the resellers. The whole world knew it was gonna be a hot ticket this year but the U of I didn't prepare for it. Huge amounts went to people that bought them at rack prices with no donation and sent them straight to stubhub. And of course they still get dibs on tourney tickets.
Seems like they were prepared. Sold out without even having to sell. Ticket and marketing office's dream.
The “resale” market needs to be SEVERELY regulated. If Americans are truly concerned about “inflation” and “inflationary pressures” the resale market is low hanging fruit. It’s been a problem for decades. Let the “retailers” set the prices for the consumer...not the speculators.
Most folks don't measure inflation by women's basketball tickets. Gas, milk, bread, eggs, etc. are a bit more important.
You are correct there are not 15k season ticket holders it’s more like 14K. And we could only buy what we had for season seats some season tickets holders got shuffled and some lost there seats to allow for some going to visitors.
thanks for the responses. this makes sense. And i think i was really underestimating how many actual season tickets were sold this year. We'll look back at these days eventually and tell kids/grandkids about how crazy it was. Even with awesome recruits coming, I think we can agree this last couple years was a perfect storm with just a special group.
I think they announced season tickets right after the championship game, and they went fast.
we did get to go to a game and headed to Wells Fargo for another one, so I have little to complain about. I often think they could have done more to take advantage of the situation. The crossover at Kinnick was a huge deal for the fans. Heck, as weird as it might have been, I feel like they could have had a couple live practices in Carver and sold $20 tickets and sold the place out, ha. Lots of money making opps for the school.
I suppose. Iowa was one of very few (if not the only) schools that sold out every women's game. Hindsight is always 20/20. IIRC there were a lot of people last year saying Iowa wouldn't have a good attendance for the Cross Over in Kinnick.
Supply and demand……the price has been determined by the ticket price, the resale price is artificially influenced by “ artificially limiting supply ”on the secondary market……Demand would always be most accurate when established by the original supplier monitoring sales. The original vendor should be the one responsible for raising or lowering the ticket price….not a secondary vendor.
Anticipate the demand and adjust accordingly. They sold out like Taylor Swift concert tickets. Everyone knew that was coming. Tickets for each game sold for more on the aftermarket than the entire season ticket cost in the first place. Hell if they charged that little for mens season tickets I'd buy some just to take the kid down a couple times and give away the rest. And if I'm not mistaken there's no seat contribution for women's correct?
