made nearly $90k on Pinstripe

**rebecacy** · 03-29-2012, 06:12 PM

sure hope we go back there again someday

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/art...s|text|Cyclone

**Hawkeye11en1** · 03-29-2012, 06:12 PM

Is that good?

**ianoconnor** · 03-29-2012, 06:13 PM

You must have a gambling problem.

**Al_4_State** · 03-29-2012, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1

Is that good?

A lot of schools lose money on their bowl games. I think UConn lost a ton of cash from going to the Fiesta Bowl in '11.

**Rhoadhoused** · 03-29-2012, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by ianoconnor

You must have a gambling problem.

Hey if you win $90k it's not a problem....

**CarlHungus** · 03-29-2012, 06:15 PM

cool story. I found $5 today

**Judoka** · 03-29-2012, 06:19 PM

Breaking even on a smaller bowl game, especially in such a high cost area, is great. Not a lot of schools who go to lower tier bowls are able to make any money off of it with the way bowls set up ticket sales. This is a bigger deal than some posters are thinking.

Plus it showed again that ISU fans travel well, which can only help us in bowl selections in the future.

**isulive2train** · 03-29-2012, 06:20 PM

found $20 in my wallet. forgot it was in there, use debit card too much.

**HuskerClone** · 03-29-2012, 06:32 PM

Interesting tidbit in the story. If the numbers are correct, we paid the Big 12 just over $725 per ticket for the unsold tickets. Seems high to me. For those that went, did you pay that much for a ticket?

**longtimeclone** · 03-29-2012, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by Al_4_State

A lot of schools lose money on their bowl games. I think UConn lost a ton of cash from going to the Fiesta Bowl in '11.

It was mainly due because they couldn't come close to selling their allottment of tickets:

Report: UConn lost $1.8 million at Fiesta Bowl - Connecticut Post

I think it is quite a accomplishment that we didn't lose any money when you look at we spent over $600k on food and lodging for roughly 600 people.

**CEcyclone** · 03-29-2012, 06:34 PM

how does that convert to CF Credits?

**Clone9** · 03-29-2012, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by HuskerClone

Interesting tidbit in the story. If the numbers are correct, we paid the Big 12 just over $725 per ticket for the unsold tickets. Seems high to me. For those that went, did you pay that much for a ticket?

Got mine for $40 outside the stadium since it was a list minute decision. List price was ~$100.

**Pat** · 03-29-2012, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by Clone9

Originally Posted by HuskerClone

Interesting tidbit in the story. If the numbers are correct, we paid the Big 12 just over $725 per ticket for the unsold tickets. Seems high to me. For those that went, did you pay that much for a ticket?

Got mine for $40 outside the stadium since it was a list minute decision. List price was ~$100.

I think your math is off (or they've already corrected the article) - I'm getting 1,402 unsold tickets at ~$113.75 each.

Regardless, coming away with a profit after a game like this is very impressive.

**MissouriCyclone** · 03-29-2012, 07:48 PM

Maybe they can help pay my student loans....

**nhclone** · 03-29-2012, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by HuskerClone

Interesting tidbit in the story. If the numbers are correct, we paid the Big 12 just over $725 per ticket for the unsold tickets. Seems high to me. For those that went, did you pay that much for a ticket?

Either they changed the article, or physics majors weren't required math classes back in the day