I paid for my season tix today. First time I have ever bought season tix for hoops. Always just bought on the open market b4 on a game by game basis because I never knew if I'd be able to go or not until a few days prior. Retired now and only an hour away and excited about Bucky. As I understand it the seats I agreed to are locked in but after seat selection there might be a chance to improve for a price. I liked the personal approach, handled all via email and phone calls other than the initial season ticket interest form thing.

Seats aren't fantastic but assuming 15 homes games i don't feel like 60 bucks a seat is terrible and that includes the donation.

We're are your seats?

Want more people in the building? Win more games maybe?

103. Row S. West baseline I believe. Would have paid more for something more towards mid court but they just aren't available at this time. Didn't want upper level.

halfastros81 said:

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I paid for my season tix today. First time I have ever bought season tix for hoops. Always just bought on the open market b4 on a game by game basis because I never knew if I'd be able to go or not until a few days prior. Retired now and only an hour away and excited about Bucky. As I understand it the seats I agreed to are locked in but after seat selection there might be a chance to improve for a price. I liked the personal approach, handled all via email and phone calls other than the initial season ticket interest form thing.

Seats aren't fantastic but assuming 15 homes games i don't feel like 60 bucks a seat is terrible and that includes the donation.

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You're doing it wrong being satisfied with a higher but not NBA level price. You'd fit in better by being more unhinged…

I have no idea what NBA level pricing is ? I wouldn't go if it was free. If I go unhinged mode on Texags will I get a lower price or I'll just fit in better ?

My wife and I have season tickets in Section 117 second row over the Aggies tunnel entrance.

I was reading this thread with dread. Thought we'd get hosed. Our tickets went up about $150 this year for the both of us.

Feels like we dodged a bullet. She picked them out and I thank her often.

Looking forward to this season.

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I have no idea what NBA level pricing is ? I wouldn't go if it was free. If I go unhinged mode on Texags will I get a lower price or I'll just fit in better ?

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AA section 103 row k is 11,343 on stub hub for each season ticket seat.

I just renewed my 2 seats. These aren't investments, they're a "luxury" purchase. Buying season tickets means I go much more than if I just bought games periodically. That, along with having regular selected seats, getting to know folks around me, etc. definitely adds value as well.

You want us to sell tickets we don't use? Offer actual face value+donation per ticket (+2% to offset credit card fees- or more as a gesture of good faith) to any game you want to go to - and offer that openly to set the secondary market. You may not want to pay for a full season, but at least make those of us that do whole. No one wants to do that, which is why I don't bother with much effort to get rid of any I don't use.

I also think it's really odd that a few hundred dollars a year is make or break for a purchase such as this.

Last year was my first year having season tickets, I have four starting on the aisle but only want to keep the two closest to the aisle. How do I do that? Is it as simple as calling the TMF?

Yes it is. I emailed customer service to remove two tickets and it reflected on my renewal notice in less than 24 hours.

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Yes it is. I emailed customer service to remove two tickets and it reflected on my renewal notice in less than 24 hours.

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Thank you!

It says to call but I guess email works too.

Thank y'all, I was able to remove two of my seats by phone.

For faculty/staff/students who already have a TAMU Parking Pass, is there an advantage to purchasing a basketball season parking pass?

Local, living in Bryan.
Was Premier Balcony for every Buzz season.
Price per ticket going up from $295 to $395 (same donation of $75 per). Not as much of a $ increase as other folks are seeing.
Will likely start buying seats on secondary market, especially for midweek games that are inherently less attended.

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For faculty/staff/students who already have a TAMU Parking Pass, is there an advantage to purchasing a basketball season parking pass?

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No advantage. Parking directly around reed has been free with A&M permit the past few years.

halfastros81 said:

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103. Row S. West baseline I believe. Would have paid more for something more towards mid court but they just aren't available at this time. Didn't want upper level.

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When I talked with TMF they indicated there were almost no seats in the lower bowl available for season ticket purchase... They would have more if they would release the blocks they hold...

$140 to $410

Is this a typo?

They told me there might be better seats available after "seat selection " in August and that they will let me know if that's the case.

I have a 12th Man contact who sent me lower bowl availability the day tickets went on sale (7/1). I was able to get decent lower-level seats and hope to upgrade during the seat selection process next month.

PM or email me (see profile) if you'd like the contact information.

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There might be fewer tickets on the secondary market but there will be better selection through the actual primary market if there are fewer season ticket holders.

The really annoying thing the last few years, and there were multiple games last year where this was the case, is this scenario: And it's usually for like mid-tier SEC games. I'm not talking about trying to scheme our way into 12,000 fans for a game against a SWAC team, but there are some barriers to better attendance for middle-of-the-road games, and last year even the Auburn game had a lot of this:

- Season tickets are taking up the vast majority of the arena, so the only tickets through the 12th Man Foundation suck (good problem to have normally!)
- Not many tickets available on the secondary market (also a good problem normally!)
- But then you get there and people just aren't showing up.

To me that says season tickets are probably too cheap if people are buying them and either not using them or not even bothering to try and sell them.

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This 100%. If season ticket holder are not showing up and are also not selling them then the tickets are way too cheap.

I realize that sucks for the holders that actually go to every game. But it's ridiculous to not have a full house when so many season ticket holders don't show up (and don't sell them).

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The strongly worded resale policy certainly contributes to people not wanting to list their extras as well…

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I've tried to resell some. Only ranked teams coming in provide much value.
So for the small games, the strict re-sale policy is a barrier to selling.

Another big issue is the stupid parking pass thing. If the game is big enough that you need one, the traffic control makes it impossible to get into the lots. Better off parking on campus and walking a mile it's that bad.

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So for the small games, the strict re-sale policy is a barrier to selling.

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Please explain this? What is strict about it? I guess I don't see how its a barrier to re-sale any tickets.

I guess i've never heard of anyone having their seats taken away for resale of their tickets. Esp if you sale for less which you'd probable do for OOC MBB games. Esp the holiday hoops ones where you can buy GA for $5

Yeah there should never be a penalty for reselling your tickets for face value or less.

I'd probably argue that you shouldn't even be allowed to sell them for more than face value except for once or maybe twice a season.

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Yeah there should never be a penalty for reselling your tickets for face value or less.

I'd probably argue that you shouldn't even be allowed to sell them for more than face value except for once or maybe twice a season.

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well the only penalty i guess is the fee from seatgeek. Which again part of it goes back to the athletic departments. Just like when you sell for more than face. Which the AD gets more money the more the ticket sells for

Which again, there isn't really a face value anymore since most seats require some form of donation.

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Which the AD gets more money the more the ticket sells for

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Yeah the whole system is set up to prop up ticket prices to make money for the athletic department and Seatgeek, not to get as many butts into seats as possible.

It's annoying. I get it, obviously, this is all a numbers game, but it's still annoying.

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So for the small games, the strict re-sale policy is a barrier to selling.

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Please explain this? What is strict about it? I guess I don't see how its a barrier to re-sale any tickets.

I guess i've never heard of anyone having their seats taken away for resale of their tickets. Esp if you sale for less which you'd probable do for OOC MBB games. Esp the holiday hoops ones where you can buy GA for $5

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Because people don't want to risk their season tickets being taken away (potentially across sports) because they sold all their non conference basketball tickets for $3 each. The unknown enforcement makes the worries higher.

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BQ_90 said:

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So for the small games, the strict re-sale policy is a barrier to selling.

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Please explain this? What is strict about it? I guess I don't see how its a barrier to re-sale any tickets.

I guess i've never heard of anyone having their seats taken away for resale of their tickets. Esp if you sale for less which you'd probable do for OOC MBB games. Esp the holiday hoops ones where you can buy GA for $5

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Because people don't want to risk their season tickets being taken away (potentially across sports) because they sold all their non conference basketball tickets for $3 each. The unknown enforcement makes the worries higher.

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Precisely. I don't know how A&M views it, but If you sell more than 50% of season tix for Texas Rangers they believe or suspect you are a ticket broker and can refuse renewal.

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BQ_90 said:

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So for the small games, the strict re-sale policy is a barrier to selling.

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Please explain this? What is strict about it? I guess I don't see how its a barrier to re-sale any tickets.

I guess i've never heard of anyone having their seats taken away for resale of their tickets. Esp if you sale for less which you'd probable do for OOC MBB games. Esp the holiday hoops ones where you can buy GA for $5

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Because people don't want to risk their season tickets being taken away (potentially across sports) because they sold all their non conference basketball tickets for $3 each. The unknown enforcement makes the worries higher.

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That just an excuse to not sale. There is no risk. Again if it was was they why would A&M have a deal with seatgeek in the first place

I'm positive that no sports organization cares if you're losing money reselling your season tickets, they only care if you're making money doing it.

"Ticket Resale
The 12th Man Foundation reserves the right to cancel and refund any ticket order from any account that exhibits or has exhibited activity consistent with that of purchasing tickets with the primary intent of resale for profit. Click here for the complete Ticket Resale policy. To review all donor and ticket policies, click here."

https://www.12thmanfoundation.com/tickets/ticket-policies/index.html

Pretty clear but hardly crystal clear…

BQ_90 said:

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So for the small games, the strict re-sale policy is a barrier to selling.

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Please explain this? What is strict about it? I guess I don't see how its a barrier to re-sale any tickets.

I guess i've never heard of anyone having their seats taken away for resale of their tickets. Esp if you sale for less which you'd probable do for OOC MBB games. Esp the holiday hoops ones where you can buy GA for $5

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Because people don't want to risk their season tickets being taken away (potentially across sports) because they sold all their non conference basketball tickets for $3 each. The unknown enforcement makes the worries higher.

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That just an excuse to not sale. There is no risk. Again if it was was they why would A&M have a deal with seatgeek in the first place

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Yes it's an excuse but it's one they absolutely has an impact on the secondary market supply. Nobody has any idea what the risk actually is. The ambiguity and having to acknowledge the resell policy at every renewal and transaction makes some people hesitant to list at all.

All of this is especially true in baseball by the way. But when 2-3 basketball games/year are able to sell for nearly the entire price of the season tickets it's a bit of a risk (at least mentally) to list your tickets to those games if you can't attend. And then there are threads asking why there are empty seats.

This certainly means prices are too low for season tickets and a raise is warranted for a perennial tournament program, but going too much too quickly is also going to have a negative impact on secondary supply and butts in seats.

I mean the policy does very plainly say "for profit." That's not particularly ambiguous if you're selling them for extremely cheap for mid-week non-con games or whatever.