Improve Mason home game experience discussion

[TweederGMU]

Bring back Mikey the Chimp and the Unicycle Riding Plate Spinning Lady. What's her name, Red Panda or something like that?

Mikey the Chimp is on an island somewhere slurping down banana smoothies and getting his diapers changed by Jollay on the reg. He's home

 

[Verdad]

Watch Chimp Crazy on HBO before you call for Mikey the Chimp to come back.

 

[Jack Strop]

Are there any incentives to get a lot of students to come to games? Students get in free + a hot dog and soda?


1. Rewards, points & prizes
2. point-per-game system that leaves to free merch, gift cards (chipotle etc), priority tickets
3. Season long prize for attending all games (free ipad, free semester of textbooks, tuition credit raffle)
4. I know we do themed nights sometimes
5. Hype the student section brand (build this up)
6. Better intro experience for players

I'm not trying to be rude, but all of these ideas have been done with little success.

 

[EXpatriot13]

I'm not trying to be rude, but all of these ideas have been done with little success.

Student attendance has also been the least of our problems so far this season. Them actually being engaged in the game itself is a whole separate issue.

 

[Jack Strop]

Student attendance has also been the least of our problems so far this season. Them actually being engaged in the game itself is a whole separate issue.

They're making progress with the students so far this season... baby steps, but progress.

 

[Stoolguy]

They're making progress with the students so far this season... baby steps, but progress.

It’ll only get better!! Once conference play comes around hopefully students will be louder and more ready. The winning helps a lot!!

 

[BraddockBeach]

JMU, Cornell, ODU, and the vcu games are the ones to go to.

I'll be at the vcu game!! should be a good one

 

[Mason2006Patriot]

I'll be at the vcu game!! should be a good one

Go to more games if you can! Trust me this team is fun to watch!

 

[BraddockBeach]

Go to more games if you can! Trust me this team is fun to watch!

I would if I didn't live multiple states away!! Def worth the long drive though!!

 

[tblack33]

Sale right now for 50% off tickets, presumably for the remainder of the year? Plus free tickets to one of the OOC games with purchase. Solid deal.

 

[NewPatriot]

Lol. Andy Ruge has posted a bunch about 06 on Linkedin lately. He was talking about promotions / giveaways, and I brought up Mikey the Chimp. He apparently said that Mikey headlocked a youngster before the game. Needless to say I doubt hes doing halftime shows ever again lol.

I grew up in Mclean back in the 60's and early 70's. When I was six, the owner of the old mclean fix it off old dominion drive used to keep a chimp in a cage. One Saturday in 1970, my dad bought me a slurpee at the 7-11 then took me to fix it shop.

While he was at the counter dealing with the fix it guy, I saw the chimp in the cage, he was eyeing my slurpee. So I gave it to him to take a sip. Well he started slurping the whole thing so I tried to take it back.

I had to grab it hard from him but he almost ate my hand in the process.

The lesson: Never give your slurpee to a chimp.

 

[jessej]

Sale right now for 50% off tickets, presumably for the remainder of the year? Plus free tickets to one of the OOC games with purchase. Solid deal.

Their math ain't mathin'

50% discount yields tickets costing $37.50
implying a non-discounted purchase price of $75
is that correct for lower center section seats?

 

[jessej]

I am in Las Vegas at the Players Era/NIL Tournament.
Men's Finals were yesterday.
Women's Final were this afternoon.

I sat in the Texas section - which won the Woman's Tournament with a short jumper with .7 seconds left in the game.
The folks i sat with are Texas Women Season Ticket Holders.
They told me that they play in a 12,000-seat arena where the head coach has mandated that the season ticket prices kept low to maximize attendance.
(also, this should increase concession, parking revenue and a higher expected per person marketing rate)

Now I have no idea of what the Texas costs/revenue streams look like, nor what form of pricing per seat looks like, but it is one strategy.

btw Women's payout
Texas - $1M
SC - $500k
UCLA - $300K
Duke - $200k

Men's side
each of the 16 teams got $1M each
Kansas finished in 3rd place and got an announced performance bonus of an additional $300k
so I assume there was a similar bonus structure to the Women's payout

 

[tblack33]

Their math ain't mathin'

50% discount yields tickets costing $37.50
implying a non-discounted purchase price of $75
is that correct for lower center section seats?

Yeah there’s no way face value should be that high, that’s wild. Did they adjust pricing for single game seats by a lot this year?

 

[GSII]

I am in Las Vegas at the Players Era/NIL Tournament.
Men's Finals were yesterday.
Women's Final were this afternoon.

I sat in the Texas section - which won the Woman's Tournament with a short jumper with .7 seconds left in the game.
The folks i sat with are Texas Women Season Ticket Holders.
They told me that they play in a 12,000-seat arena where the head coach has mandated that the season ticket prices kept low to maximize attendance.
(also, this should increase concession, parking revenue and a higher expected per person marketing rate)

Now I have no idea of what the Texas costs/revenue streams look like, nor what form of pricing per seat looks like, but it is one strategy.

btw Women's payout
Texas - $1M
SC - $500k
UCLA - $300K
Duke - $200k

Men's side
each of the 16 teams got $1M each
Kansas finished in 3rd place and got an announced performance bonus of an additional $300k
so I assume there was a similar bonus structure to the Women's payout

Anyone know what the payout is for the battle 4 atlantis? I've heard in the past.It's two million per team.

 

[hoopsjunkie75]

Bring back Mikey the Chimp and the Unicycle Riding Plate Spinning Lady. What's her name, Red Panda or something like that?

Red panda fell and broke her wrist at a WNBA game in July. She just started performing again a few weeks ago.

 

[jessej]

Anyone know what the payout is for the battle 4 atlantis? I've heard in the past.It's two million per team.

 

[MasonFanatic]

Yeah there’s no way face value should be that high, that’s wild. Did they adjust pricing for single game seats by a lot this year?

Yes, they did. I think they're $70 plus fees.

 

[FreeGunston12]

Yes, they did. I think they're $70 plus fees.

I don’t think they were that expensive when I looked / went earlier this season. We got corner seats, so I don’t have a record of what the prices were. To my recollection, they were more like $50 per seat.

 

[jessej]

Their math ain't mathin'

50% discount yields tickets costing $37.50
implying a non-discounted purchase price of $75
is that correct for lower center section seats?

Problem has been fixed
all remaining tix are now $25 or $15 depending upon location
not counting the 4 edge/corner sections