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Post by 🥸 Hopeless Aztec on Sept 3, 2020 4:12:38 GMT -8
Pricing and sales for regular seating won't happen until 2021; everything now is focused on premium seating (suites, boxes, etc.). ************************************ I got the call two weeks or so ago. Same deal. Wanted to sell premium seats and show the video. I had already seen the video so I asked him what the cost of my current seats would be. I sit on the 45 club and have had season tickets for 49 years and wanted to know how much for the same seats. I currently pay $525 per seat for the season (paid early). Said that they hadn't finalized the price but looked like between $2500-$4000 per seat for the season. Wow! Maybe there will be lots of empty seats right before kick off people can still pick up. If there prices are close to being true they may have to rethink their strategy. Reminds me of when we played Syracuse on the carrier. When the game was first announced the prices were through the roof. Most of us laughed and didn’t pay the prices. However, the prices dropped significantly as we got closer and most of us were able to attend. I would imagine these prices will come down but they are squeezing some of our most loyal fans. I don’t blame them for starting high and seeing what the market will pay but I just don’t see it at this point. I already sold one kidney for basketball tickets last season. No one will take the wife but doesn’t mean I can’t try.
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Post by aztecfred on Sept 3, 2020 7:46:07 GMT -8
Pricing and sales for regular seating won't happen until 2021; everything now is focused on premium seating (suites, boxes, etc.). ************************************ I got the call two weeks or so ago. Same deal. Wanted to sell premium seats and show the video. I had already seen the video so I asked him what the cost of my current seats would be. I sit on the 45 club and have had season tickets for 49 years and wanted to know how much for the same seats. I currently pay $525 per seat for the season (paid early). Said that they hadn't finalized the price but looked like between $2500-$4000 per seat for the season. Those prices and increases are gonna be a shock to both fans and the administration as you better win and win big or after 1st year we will avg 12k a year if that.
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Post by AzTex on Sept 3, 2020 10:53:53 GMT -8
Early in our married life (over 50 years ago) I told my wife that I wanted to take flying lessons. She explained to me that she didn't think I could afford the cost of flying lessons and a divorce attorney both.
I'm thinking she might say the same thing about $4,000 season football tickets.
I figure I'll have to give up my 50 yard line, Club level, tickets and buy some great binoculars so I can see the field from where ever I end up. I'll be there somewhere, just not where I've been used to all these years.
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Post by sdcoug on Sept 3, 2020 11:24:12 GMT -8
Early in our married life (over 50 years ago) I told my wife that I wanted to take flying lessons. She explained to me that she didn't think I could afford the cost of flying lessons and a divorce attorney both.
I'm thinking she might say the same thing about $4,000 season football tickets.
I figure I'll have to give up my 50 yard line, Club level, tickets and buy some great binoculars so I can see the field from where ever I end up. I'll be there somewhere, just not where I've been used to all these years. Luckily the worst seats in this new stadium will be better than 50% of the seats in SDCCU, making those binoculars even more effective (if even necessary).
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Post by AzTex on Sept 3, 2020 12:03:09 GMT -8
Early in our married life (over 50 years ago) I told my wife that I wanted to take flying lessons. She explained to me that she didn't think I could afford the cost of flying lessons and a divorce attorney both.
I'm thinking she might say the same thing about $4,000 season football tickets.
I figure I'll have to give up my 50 yard line, Club level, tickets and buy some great binoculars so I can see the field from where ever I end up. I'll be there somewhere, just not where I've been used to all these years. Luckily the worst seats in this new stadium will be better than 50% of the seats in SDCCU, making those binoculars even more effective (if even necessary). That's probably true. But, other than the distance from the field, they won't be better than what I have now. I wouldn't trade my current seats for any others in SDCCU. I'll be somewhere in the new stadium regardless, hopefully, some day, if we ever get to watch football live again in my lifetime.
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Post by azteca on Sept 3, 2020 14:19:16 GMT -8
Received a big fancy glossy picture book in the mail showing how the extended campus and stadium will look. Beautiful publication and I’m sure very costly!
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Post by sdcoug on Sept 4, 2020 9:22:22 GMT -8
Luckily the worst seats in this new stadium will be better than 50% of the seats in SDCCU, making those binoculars even more effective (if even necessary). That's probably true. But, other than the distance from the field, they won't be better than what I have not. I wouldn't trade my current seats for any others in SDCCU. I'll be somewhere in the new stadium regardless, hopefully, some day, if we ever get to watch football live again in my lifetime. That's kind of a big deal though. The new stadium is basically just the lower bowl, with an elevated pitch & with significantly better sight lines. I had season tickets in a 37k seat stadium for many years, and the worst seat in that stadium was better than any club level seat in SDCCU, and it was an older stadium (but remodeled; WSU's stadium).
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Post by aardvark on Sept 4, 2020 11:06:51 GMT -8
That's probably true. But, other than the distance from the field, they won't be better than what I have not. I wouldn't trade my current seats for any others in SDCCU. I'll be somewhere in the new stadium regardless, hopefully, some day, if we ever get to watch football live again in my lifetime. That's kind of a big deal though. The new stadium is basically just the lower bowl, with an elevated pitch & with significantly better sight lines. I had season tickets in a 37k seat stadium for many years, and the worst seat in that stadium was better than any club level seat in SDCCU, and it was an older stadium (but remodeled; WSU's stadium). And WSU's stadium was never built with baseball in mind. Incidentally, Martin Stadium is newer than SDCCU Stadium.
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Post by AzTex on Sept 4, 2020 11:57:43 GMT -8
Received a big fancy glossy picture book in the mail showing how the extended campus and stadium will look. Beautiful publication and I’m sure very costly! Got mine today, very nice. But, I wish there was a little information and details on seating options.
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Post by AzTex on Sept 4, 2020 12:00:16 GMT -8
That's probably true. But, other than the distance from the field, they won't be better than what I have not. I wouldn't trade my current seats for any others in SDCCU. I'll be somewhere in the new stadium regardless, hopefully, some day, if we ever get to watch football live again in my lifetime. That's kind of a big deal though. The new stadium is basically just the lower bowl, with an elevated pitch & with significantly better sight lines. I had season tickets in a 37k seat stadium for many years, and the worst seat in that stadium was better than any club level seat in SDCCU, and it was an older stadium (but remodeled; WSU's stadium). I'm sure there will be a lot of better midfield seats, but at the prices quoted in this thread, instead of my 50 yard line Club seats I'll be sitting at the 20-30 yard line.
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Post by sdcoug on Sept 4, 2020 13:10:10 GMT -8
That's kind of a big deal though. The new stadium is basically just the lower bowl, with an elevated pitch & with significantly better sight lines. I had season tickets in a 37k seat stadium for many years, and the worst seat in that stadium was better than any club level seat in SDCCU, and it was an older stadium (but remodeled; WSU's stadium). I'm sure there will be a lot of better midfield seats, but at the prices quoted in this thread, instead of my 50 yard line Club seats I'll be sitting at the 20-30 yard line. Guess its perspective. Personally, I'd rather sit on the 30 with good sight lines in a smaller stadium than where the 50-year club seats are in SDCCU, which feels like a mile from the field to me. But that's me. I prefer field level seats over club, period. Different perspectives. I'll be curious to hear your thoughts after sitting through their virtual seat configuration simulator.
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Post by AzTex on Sept 4, 2020 15:52:38 GMT -8
I'm sure there will be a lot of better midfield seats, but at the prices quoted in this thread, instead of my 50 yard line Club seats I'll be sitting at the 20-30 yard line. Guess its perspective. Personally, I'd rather sit on the 30 with good sight lines in a smaller stadium than where the 50-year club seats are in SDCCU, which feels like a mile from the field to me. But that's me. I prefer field level seats over club, period. Different perspectives. I'll be curious to hear your thoughts after sitting through their virtual seat configuration simulator. I can't wait for that. You're right, it might change my opinion completely. I've never sat anywhere in the stadium for an Aztec football game than in the Club (or Loge as it was previously called). I did sit in the upper deck for one Charger game when Don Coryell came back with St. Louis the first time. Terrible place to see a game from (not to mention the Charger fans throwing beer on us for rooting for Don, even though the Chargers had a big lead). I've seen a few Padre games there as well. The low, close to the bases, view is great for baseball. Too low for football in my opinion.
I've known a long time that when a new Aztec stadium was built that seats equivalent to what I have now would probably be out of my price range and be going to big donors and sponsors. I don't doubt, however that a "bad" seat in the new stadium will be much better than most good seats in SDCCU.
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Post by sdcoug on Sept 4, 2020 17:25:45 GMT -8
Guess its perspective. Personally, I'd rather sit on the 30 with good sight lines in a smaller stadium than where the 50-year club seats are in SDCCU, which feels like a mile from the field to me. But that's me. I prefer field level seats over club, period. Different perspectives. I'll be curious to hear your thoughts after sitting through their virtual seat configuration simulator. I can't wait for that. You're right, it might change my opinion completely. I've never sat anywhere in the stadium for an Aztec football game than in the Club (or Loge as it was previously called). I did sit in the upper deck for one Charger game when Don Coryell came back with St. Louis the first time. Terrible place to see a game from (not to mention the Charger fans throwing beer on us for rooting for Don, even though the Chargers had a big lead). I've seen a few Padre games there as well. The low, close to the bases, view is great for baseball. Too low for football in my opinion.
I've known a long time that when a new Aztec stadium was built that seats equivalent to what I have now would probably be out of my price range and be going to big donors and sponsors. I don't doubt, however that a "bad" seat in the new stadium will be much better than most good seats in SDCCU.
That may be because you're used to those seats in a multi-purpose stadium. In a football stadium those seats will be elevated and steeper, so the view is significantly better. In Martin stadium you can sit in rows 5-10 near the field & have a clear view of the entire playing field; in SDCCU you need to be 15-20 rows back, and even then it's not as good as a football stadium.
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Post by AzTex on Sept 4, 2020 18:12:59 GMT -8
I can't wait for that. You're right, it might change my opinion completely. I've never sat anywhere in the stadium for an Aztec football game than in the Club (or Loge as it was previously called). I did sit in the upper deck for one Charger game when Don Coryell came back with St. Louis the first time. Terrible place to see a game from (not to mention the Charger fans throwing beer on us for rooting for Don, even though the Chargers had a big lead). I've seen a few Padre games there as well. The low, close to the bases, view is great for baseball. Too low for football in my opinion.
I've known a long time that when a new Aztec stadium was built that seats equivalent to what I have now would probably be out of my price range and be going to big donors and sponsors. I don't doubt, however that a "bad" seat in the new stadium will be much better than most good seats in SDCCU.
That may be because you're used to those seats in a multi-purpose stadium. In a football stadium those seats will be elevated and steeper, so the view is significantly better. In Martin stadium you can sit in rows 5-10 near the field & have a clear view of the entire playing field; in SDCCU you need to be 15-20 rows back, and even then it's not as good as a football stadium. I've never sat there, but it doesn't seem that 15-20 rows up would be enough in SDCCU. But I can see if you grew up as a player or coach you're used to that low view.
I use Aztec Bowl as my comparison for stadium views. Back in the Coryell and Gilbert eras I traveled extensively with the Aztec football team and watched games from many stadiums around the country. I still rank the Rose Bowl the worst for viewing because it's so shallow that to get enough height you are too far from the field, maybe even farther than in SDCCE.
Aztec Bowl had such a steep pitch (same pitch as in Viejas), and started 8'-10' feet above the field, less than 10 yards from the sideline, that you had incredible views10-15 rows up. I always got there early and got my 50 yard line seats on the East side in the student section. Never had better seats anywhere. Even the fact that they were all bench seats wasn't a problem in my younger days. Now I couldn't sit through a game on bench seats with no backrest. Whatever the costs I'll have to get seats in the new stadium with a backrest.
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Post by junior on Sept 5, 2020 9:39:33 GMT -8
I'll wait until I see some solid numbers before shopping for a new 72" OLED TV.
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Post by azteca on Sept 5, 2020 10:15:39 GMT -8
Unfortunately, no matter how good the seats, I’ll never be able to justify that kind of price for tickets. I have had seats in several parts if SDCCU for many years and before that, Aztec Bowl, and right now I sit in the enclosed part of the end zone Plaza, with friends and family, right behind the goal posts about half way up and, other than the crummy scoreboard, I’m happy with those at the price. My priority would allow me better seats but I choose to sit with a group that doesn’t have the same priority.
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Post by AztecWilliam on Sept 5, 2020 17:01:50 GMT -8
Received a big fancy glossy picture book in the mail showing how the extended campus and stadium will look. Beautiful publication and I’m sure very costly! Got mine, too. Say, I was just thinking that the school's new prez has arrived just in time to see the great expansion of SDSU take off. Timing is everything. Wish I were younger. Would like to see Mission Valley 20 years from now. AzWM
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Post by aardvark on Sept 24, 2020 10:03:37 GMT -8
After speaking with my rep yesterday, some of my questions were answered. Nick assured me that all 35,000 seats would be individual seats. No bleacher seats are planned. I (along with my friend who's name was the original name on the account) are now in group 2. It seems that group 1 is the one they are really going after currently--the group they hope will purchase (or commit to purchase) suites and club seating. Pricing was not discussed. Group 2 people will be contacted sometime in the next 12-14 months. My rep also said that plans are to split ticket holders up into 6 groups, which I assume is based on longevity, type of seats requested, etc. My rep also said that for season seat holders, there will be some sort of seat license fee, plus a required donation to the AAF. Again, prices were not discussed. IIRC, my rep also said there would be approximately 3,000 club seats in the stadium, in addition to the planned suites and other high-end options.
Again, my rep told me to expect to hear from SDSU in 12-14 months regarding pricing and seat availability for regular seating in the new stadium. I am still expecting sticker shock--not from the ticket prices or required AAF donation, but from the seat license fees.
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Post by waxxon on Sept 24, 2020 14:09:50 GMT -8
Got my call a few weeks ago and tried to get some pricing info. None given, they were trying to sell me blocks of premium seats/boxes. I told them you already know I have 2 seats, why do you persist in selling me so many more. I could see a 50% increase being asked for, not 1000% As much as I have enjoyed having my seats, that is completely unreasonable. If the suits on Montezuma Mesa think this is the way to generate fan support and fill the stadium, they have spent too much time drinking kool aid during the quarantine
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Post by FULL_MONTY on Sept 24, 2020 14:24:41 GMT -8
I got an approximate price of $3500 for seats near the 50 in the upper deck, plus the cost for the game tickets which would make it around $4000 per seat. Ay this rate I don't think they will sell many season tickets. I have season tickets for 53 years but I wont pay $4000 a seat. If I got it right every seat , even the very worst ones will have a license free of at least $200. I do not think they are being realistic about the seating. What is the $3,500 Fee versus the $500 fee? Is that the donation piece? If so, that would be 8x increases. That would mean the cheapest season tickets would be $1,100 per seat. I could see 3x, but anything north is a bit out of touch. JMO.
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