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Message: [QUOTE="GoCuse44, post: 757867"] I agree that the preferred seating prices need an overhaul major. As a season ticket holder I have no problem paying a donation for my seats and I think it's nuts to charge the casual fan a similar rate for single game tickets. I have Syracuse Crunch season tickets. My ticket price is higher based upon the fact I have seats in the "Crunch Club" but on game day the casual fan is not charged a premium for the seats near me and I could care less. In addition, the athletic department should be taking a page from the Syracuse Crunch marketing department and go to the Chamber of Commerce to obtain contact info for every company in Central New York. They should the have sports marketing students call each company and give them a promo code for their employees to use for discounted tickets. The Crunch staff was able to sell 6200 tickets in two days for the Calder Cup playoffs. Throughout the hockey season the majority of the tickets are sold at discounted rates to youth hockey teams, groups, companies, labor unions, government agencies, the military, law enforcement, etc. The Crunch understands that the most important thing is getting people in the building because they can make up for the discounted tickets through concession sales and parking alone. It's a concept I don't think the SU athletic department understands. I am at a loss as to why the Carrier Dome Box Office, Athletic Department staff, and sports marketing students aren't calling every business from Rochester to Utica with promo code/ticket deals for the Clemson game. When the Clemson game is over start doing the same thing for Wake Forest and Donovan McNabb's return to the Dome. It's a lot of work but it needs to be done to sell tickets in this town. All you have to do is look at the success of the Syracuse Crunch and the failure of Syracuse Chiefs to see what a lack of marketing does in terms of getting butts in the seats. The sad thing is I think the SU athletic runs their operation sports marketing operation more like the Syracuse Chiefs in terms of promoting its product and selling tickets. Also the university should refund the money to every student who bought football season tickets and let the students in for free for every football game on a first come first serve basis. Sorry for the long post but they way SU markets prices it's football tickets and markets the team is a source of frustration to me. [/QUOTE]

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