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Post by refandump on Feb 15, 2017 6:20:10 GMT -5
Looking to buy books or single game tickets to OHSAA boys state basketball semi final and finals games in Columbus.
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Post by fanofthegame on Feb 15, 2017 20:02:15 GMT -5
We went to the box office Thursday morning last year and bought 200's for the whole weekend. If we didn't need so many close together we could have gotten 100's, but they only came as singles or two together.
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Post by refandump on Mar 2, 2017 6:19:34 GMT -5
btt
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Post by tommygunn on Mar 6, 2017 8:39:45 GMT -5
Discussed the state tournament with a friend the other day and we reminisced the days we use to go down with a large group, stay in the same hotel, get up with a bloody mary, go to bed with a mouthful of advil, watch most games, booze it up a the VC, hit up a strip club or 2, tailgate, etc. It has all but died for most of the guys that we use to go down with. Ticket prices went through the roof, the Holiday Inn, no longer there and people just got tired of being raped at every turn money wise to go watch some HS basketball. I partially blame the Schott. In no way should they, or Columbus allow scalpers to do what they currently do with HS tickets. I remember years ago (not Lebron) where scalpers were wanting 80 dollars a ticket to sit in the lower bowl. GTFOOH
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Post by backgammon on Mar 8, 2017 21:33:32 GMT -5
"...I partially blame the Schott. In no way should they, or Columbus allow scalpers to do what they currently do with HS tickets. I remember years ago (not Lebron) where scalpers were wanting 80 dollars a ticket to sit in the lower bowl. GTFOOH" WHAT? The Schott has next to nothing to do with scalping. The only reason that they are involved at all is because the OHSAA wants to give the impression that they are doing something to contain it. This is why the rent-a-cops give the brokers the heave ho a couple of times an hour. They actually hassle the crap out of those guys, when they should, by law, be taking to task the unlicensed clowns that are selling. But, if they did that, the OHSAA would sell about 25% of the tickets that they do currently, since the school personnel wouldn't be able to scalp the free tickets that their school paid for. The City of Columbus is never going to do anything about it, other than to take in $200 per licensed broker!!! Why on Earth would they do anything but collect their cash? I'm thankful for the brokers, as they allow me access to the quality tickets, and not the end zones and peanut gallery garbage that is most common. |
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Post by fanofthegame on Mar 9, 2017 7:57:23 GMT -5
So you like the current system where all the 100's on the sides are sold to schools, officials, and VIP's who turn a profit by reselling them to scalpers who turn a further profit selling them to you $10-20 over face value? I would prefer a system where a guy like me and his buddies who make a weeeknd of it with their sons every year can buy good tickets directly from the ticket office at face value.
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Post by backgammon on Mar 9, 2017 11:24:43 GMT -5
The current system works, for the OHSAA, and thus, it won't change.
If the OHSAA adopted your idea of selling off the best seats to "fans," please see above, as the percentage of tickets sold would be parallel to the 25% figure that I mentioned, albeit, in a different scenario. You already said, above, that you bought at the box office. Those would be considered "good" tickets by the masses. You want prime rib = 100's on the side; at hamburger price = face value.
To answer your question, yes, I like the system as is. It works for me, but more importantly, it works for the people that is has to work for, the ones sponsoring the tournament.
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Post by malabar10 on Mar 9, 2017 13:13:32 GMT -5
I will wave to everybody from Section 105, Row C, seat 24. Same seat every year at the Schott.
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Post by fanofthegame on Mar 9, 2017 15:55:09 GMT -5
The 100 level seats we could get were not together. They were odds and ends. We are three dads and five sons. Some years there were as many as four or five friends. We want to sit together. My suggestion is honor loyalty. We've gone 11 years running. Most businesses honor return customers. It's called continuing revenue stream. We've had to beg, borrow, and steal to get decent seats together.
I enjoy the games, but I'd hardly call any of them prime rib. We're not talking about the Lebron era state tourney.
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Post by tommygunn on Mar 9, 2017 18:00:18 GMT -5
The 100 level seats we could get were not together. They were odds and ends. We are three dads and five sons. Some years there were as many as four or five friends. We want to sit together. My suggestion is honor loyalty. We've gone 11 years running. Most businesses honor return customers. It's called continuing revenue stream. We've had to beg, borrow, and steal to get decent seats together. I enjoy the games, but I'd hardly call any of them prime rib. We're not talking about the Lebron era state tourney. My point. Its not like Lebron is playing every year. Hasn't really been a Lebron since Lebron yet people get raped for wanting to watch HS basketball and be able to see the players from decent seats. Honestly, I think they should sell them ONLINE. First come 1st serve. You want the entire weekend.....you get prime picking options. But no, they will continue to hand out to Athletic Directors, who sell them for profit. |
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Post by backgammon on Mar 14, 2017 14:53:49 GMT -5
Fan: You're not reading well. Try again. I never called the games prime rib, only the seats that you're clamouring for, 100's on the side.
The OHSAA DOES take care of their return customers. Those would be the SCHOOLS that buy up to 8 tickets each, dating back to before you were even born.
The revenue stream IS continuing, because the schools will be there long after your group disbands, and it will disband, they all do. I've been going down
there for 40 years and have seen 'em come and go.
Tommy: Correct, no changes will be made, because the system WORKS, for the OHSAA. And no, the tickets aren't "handed out" to AD's, etc. Nothing is free, as money changes hands for ALL 8 school tickets.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Mar 14, 2017 16:02:18 GMT -5
Tommy is one of the many conspiracy theorists we have.
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Mar 14, 2017 16:06:17 GMT -5
The 100 level seats we could get were not together. They were odds and ends. We are three dads and five sons. Some years there were as many as four or five friends. We want to sit together. My suggestion is honor loyalty. We've gone 11 years running. Most businesses honor return customers. It's called continuing revenue stream. We've had to beg, borrow, and steal to get decent seats together. I enjoy the games, but I'd hardly call any of them prime rib. We're not talking about the Lebron era state tourney. Trying to get 8+ seats in a row, in the best seating, for face value, at any large athletic event. Next to impossible. |
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Post by fanofthegame on Mar 14, 2017 22:35:12 GMT -5
Didn't require 8 in a row. We were willing to go 3-3-2, etc. 100's on the side are mostly singles and occ twos.
Bottom line, I've seen crowds dwindle since I started going. If I were the OHSAA I'd consider alternatives to the status quo. Ask the myopic NOL what doing what's always been done results in.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 4:24:58 GMT -5
Crowds dwindle but income has increased due to the sponsors, media and raising ticket prices. IT is still a cash cow for OHSAA and the local vendors as well so everyone is happy. No changes coming soon.
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Post by backgammon on Mar 16, 2017 20:28:35 GMT -5
^Exactly. Comparing the State tourney to a long tenured high school athletic league (in an economically distressed area) is a reach, at best. The NOL was doomed by many outside factors. Their thought process to ride it out was way down on the list.
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Post by fanofthegame on Mar 16, 2017 21:34:55 GMT -5
So the solution to decreasing attendance is increasing ticket prices and sponsorship. You do realize there is a roof to that tactic. It's not the NCAA or the NBA. People aren't going to pay much more for tickets and there is only so much room for banners. Plus sponsors are going to be less interested when the turnout is down.
All I'm asking is that if you request tickets from the OHSAA that they offer you something better than 300's which is the order form they send you when you call.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2017 21:58:30 GMT -5
IT's not about ticket sales, it's about ticket revenue.
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Post by baldref on Mar 17, 2017 14:10:56 GMT -5
For the OHSAA it's all about $$$$ in any manner, shape or form. How it is obtained is irrelevant. Screw the fans.
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Post by refandump on Mar 19, 2017 5:33:02 GMT -5
Still looking to buy and sell tickets
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