ISU FB season tix sales

**ajk4st8** · 06-06-2008, 11:35 AM

ISU has to be doing EXTREMELY well considering the lsat 2 seasons!!

Good job Jamie and crew!

**isuno1fan** · 06-06-2008, 11:49 AM

Jon is stirring the pot. He frequents this board and knows others have been wondering the same.

Fact is that Jamie has something up his sleeve. I have a feeling we will all know MUCH more in the next 3-4 weeks.

**JonDMiller** · 06-06-2008, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by isuno1fan

Jon is stirring the pot. He frequents this board and knows others have been wondering the same.

So some of you really and truly believe that I lie awake at night wondering how to tweak the Clone fans, don't you?

My goodness, that has to be a less than enjoyable existence.

**BryceC** · 06-06-2008, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by CYKXBUT

Does anyone know what the payout was to iowa was for the fb game last fall? And how does that compare to the payout to ISU the year before?

From superbowlshuffle on another board:

ISU to Iowa: $70 x 70,000 @ 20%= $980,000

Iowa to ISU: $90 x 50,000 @ 20%= $900,000

Who the game means more to and all of that stuff aside. Both Iowa and Iowa State benefit from a cheap travel day when they play on another. For an entire football roster that adds up too.

**Phaedrus** · 06-06-2008, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by cloneu

It is actually pretty high. Iowa fans still think they need to buy ISU season tickets to get into the ISU-Iowa game this year. It has really boosted the ticket count.

I'm outta rep, man. But this is friggin' funny....

**Phaedrus** · 06-06-2008, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by JonDMiller

has anyone seen any public word lately on the status of ISU FB season ticket sales? I am trying to get info on that, and Iowa's...and usually, ISU has that thermometer on their site the last couple of years, and I cannot locate it.

Why do you want to know?

And why should you have to ask a bunch of anonymous message board posters this question?

I mean, you spend a certain amount of time dissin' message board posters, and then you ask those same posters for information?

Just seems logically inconsistent and impolite to ask folks you publicly trash on your radio show, for information.

**ISUFan22** · 06-06-2008, 12:38 PM

I'm not sure that's accurate, Bryce. I know the tix were $90 for the 4k allotment - but I'm not sure if that's what ISU fans were charged within their season tickets.

In addition, the math isn't that simple, as some had the cheaper balcony and endzone seats.

**cloneu** · 06-06-2008, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by ISUFan22

I'm not sure that's accurate, Bryce. I know the tix were $90 for the 4k allotment - but I'm not sure if that's what ISU fans were charged within their season tickets.

In addition, the math isn't that simple, as some had the cheaper balcony and endzone seats.

As well as student tickets are much cheaper. But wasn't the value on a regular season holder ticker $90? Either way Iowa got some extra return compared to a $60 ticket. Indirectly they were helping out their own school.

**majorcyfan** · 06-06-2008, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by BryceC

From superbowlshuffle on another board:

And it was OWA that dropped this series, but they have a habit of cutting and running when they're not competitve....Witness the Big Four Track fiasco with Chief Track Putz Ted Wheeler, who deliberately scheduled a conflict meet so as to use it as an excuse to drop out of the Big Four meet, when they almost always finsihed behind ISU, UNI,and Drake in 4th place. OWA finally froze his salary and he got the message to retire a few yrs back.

**MontyBurns** · 06-06-2008, 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by JonDMiller

has anyone seen any public word lately on the status of ISU FB season ticket sales? I am trying to get info on that, and Iowa's...and usually, ISU has that thermometer on their site the last couple of years, and I cannot locate it.

According to Jamie Pollard, the thermometer was posted 66 days ago. He hasn't responded to my requests for the thermometer since then, maybe you can ask him about it.

Originally Posted by Storm89

Dear Dave,

Blah blah blah...

I appreciate your concern about ticket sales. No need to worry. Keep in mind because of the anticipated movement in seats due to the donation changes, we actually backed up the "deadline" date from last year by 7 weeks. We fully plan to start showing the ticket thermometer again once we get through renewals. Last year we started showing it in late February because the deadline was in February.

...Blah blah blah.

Jamie Pollard
Director of Athletics
Iowa State University
1800 South 4th Street
Jacobson Athletic Building
Ames, IA 50011-1140
515-294-0123 (office)
515-294-0104 (fax)
jbp@iastate.edu

http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/...se-fb-tix.html (Pollard Response on FB Tix)

**cycloneworld** · 06-06-2008, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by MontyBurns

According to Jamie Pollard, the thermometer was posted 66 days ago. He hasn't responded to my requests for the thermometer since then, maybe you can ask him about it.

http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/...se-fb-tix.html (Pollard Response on FB Tix)

Has it even crossed your mind that they aren't through the renewals yet? There are captain's level donors here that don't know where they are sitting yet. My guess is they have more important work to do.

**ISUFan22** · 06-06-2008, 02:35 PM

Your respect for Pollard is awesome. You rock!

**isuno1fan** · 06-06-2008, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by JonDMiller

So some of you really and truly believe that I lie awake at night wondering how to tweak the Clone fans, don't you?

My goodness, that has to be a less than enjoyable existence.

Sorry Jon...not taking the bait.

**MontyBurns** · 06-06-2008, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by cycloneworld

Has it even crossed your mind that they aren't through the renewals yet? There are captain's level donors here that don't know where they are sitting yet. My guess is they have more important work to do.

Last year the thermometer went up within 24 hours of the renewal deadline.

Counting renewals is different from assigning seats. As you'll see from previous posts, Pollard had a running count back in March even before the deadline. There is no doubt that Pollard knows the exact count of how many season tickets have been sold. But unlike last year, he is not anxious to make the number known. I don't think we'll hear anything until August.

**cycloneworld** · 06-06-2008, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by MontyBurns

Last year the thermometer went up within 24 hours of the renewal deadline.

Counting renewals is different from assigning seats. As you'll see from previous posts, Pollard had a running count back in March even before the deadline. There is no doubt that Pollard knows the exact count of how many season tickets have been sold. But unlike last year, he is not anxious to make the number known. I don't think we'll hear anything until August.

Fair enough. But why does not hearing anything until August matter?