Does anyone have a better update on ticket sales for Saturday. It seems like plenty exist (even more today in the expensive section)
Originally when Miami cancelled the series (in advance of UC doing it) I thought the common belief was we would continue to play UC every couple of years- now I am reading more of this series never being played again
Maybe Miami was playing 4D chess with the extreme ticket prices- then they can argue nobody cares about the series ending
I find it hard to believe we’ll never play them again
I probably agree but if you believe our basketball staff we cant get UC or Xavier to play us even at their arena
Mainly because of the NET. Realistically the big 12 won’t be much more than 1 maybe 2 bids for college football. All UC need to focus on is winning the conference an at large isn’t happening for them regardless of who they play in non conference
Honestly, if the game doesn’t sellout, and the excuse is ticket prices, then both schools should re-evaluate fielding FBS football programs. The ticket price for club seats is about $120 and regular seats is $50. The game features a P4 team about 1-2 miles from its campus. The ticket price is not out of line with other P4 teams.
If it doesn’t sell out? I don’t know what TQL’s plans are between now and kick, but unless it involves just dumping thousands of tickets to local charities so the number isn’t embarrassing, this is a sports marketing disaster. At worst they totally mispriced the tickets, but even without the price drop to $120 from 150, its embarrassing Miami can’t sell out midfield sections in its closest metro with over 30,000 alumni, that’s also within an hour or so drive of Dayton and Columbus as well.
They released previously unavailable tickets in the central blocks that I assume Miami couldn’t move just this morning and dropped prices.
It also tells you what alums think of Miami football, the product
Well, the “product” we saw at Pitt doesn’t exactly enthuse fans to buy a $150 ticket, does it?
Mami hardly ever wins OOC games and is 1-17 vs UC since 2005. Kind of throwing $ away.
The game got moved from Paycor Stadium to TQL because it had to be at neutral site, otherwise Miami wouldn’t play the game. This was scheduled as a UC home game, originally. If it had been a Miami home game, they would have gladly taken the game to Yeager.
What does this have to do with my post? I know all of this. My point was, if two FBS teams (P4 team located < 2 miles away vs. G6 team with supposedly higher aspirations located ~ 40 miles away) can’t sell out a 24,000 seat soccer stadium because $150 club seats and $50 regular seats are too expensive, maybe neither school has any business investing in FBS football.
The ESPN prediction wheel has Miami with a “6.9%” to win. That is so BS. We must prove this wrong. Beat UC and run them out of the building like when Miami crushed OSU in ice hockey in 2009 and 2016 and then now OSU is afraid to play. Let UC fear us like everyone fears our hoops team.
@OldRedskin Apparently you didn’t buy a ticket from Miami for the game. We were charged $156.
Just guessing, but here’s what I think may have happened:
Miami football is generally not a premium experience, even for our more affluent fans. We don’t have a big fan base when we’re not winning, it’s no surprise ticket sales look bad with a meh team and shaky economy.
Also, this game being on ESPN+ is pathetic. I don’t know what the contracts say but I don’t care, this should’ve been planned to at least get ESPNU.
Paycor is a neutral site
Honestly both schools should be ashamed at themselves for ending this rivalry
Neither school wanted to play in front of a host of empty seats. The upper deck would’ve been closed off & fans still wouldn’t have filled the lower sections.
FCC saw an opportunity to get into hosting American football and went to each school to gauge their interest, which was mutually favorable. Apparently, FCC bought out the Paycor contract. I believe they also, in conjunction with their ticket seller, seatgeek.com, set the pricing. $100 behind a goal for a big soccer match is probably worth it. It’s a great view. Behind the goal posts? Not so much.
There isn’t need for a lot of nuance here about who owns the contracts, etc., when there appear to be 10-12K unsold seats in a 26K capacity for a local rivalry game. I would think UC would expect to put at least 26K in Nippert for an FCS opponent.
The game is woefully overpriced. And everyone involved is showing their ass. That includes TQL Stadium. I reached out this week to inquire about a suite for the game. The cheapest option I was quoted, which only included admission for 12, was quoted at $4,000 before any f&b. I was told this had already been discounted down from $5,000. For reference, I paid a base price of $3,000 for a suite at Acrisure Stadium 2 weeks ago.
38K in Nippert last week for Western Carolina.
