Quote:Dear Memphis Football Season Ticket Holder:

It is important to me personally that I communicate directly with you and let me start by saying thank you for being a big part of our success.

Our last football season was a remarkable one; we were showcased several times on national TV, we attended our third-straight bowl game, and we solidified the future of Memphis football with a nationally-ranked recruiting class. Over the past three seasons, we have won 27 football games, the most in program history. We are not done!

In order to ensure that our football program continues on the right trajectory, we took an extensive look at our program, specifically Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, tailgating, parking, traffic flow, concessions, in-game entertainment, and ticketing. As part of that evaluation, we partnered with IMG Ticketing Solutions to look at our current ticketing practices. Our research concluded that we had the lowest ticket prices in the entire American Athletic Conference.

I prefer to never raise ticket prices, but as I looked at where we stand relative to the rest of the conference, coupled with rising programmatic costs, we knew we could not remain stationary. We would like to approach the median prices in our conference in order to continue to provide the resources necessary for our student-athletes to compete at the highest level. We are asking the entire community to join us in this effort to be more competitive from a resource standpoint.

I would also like to announce that Tiger Scholarship Fund members at the $100 level or above are now entitled to exciting benefits, including a discount on season tickets. I ask that you please read through the information attached to this email or visit GoTigersGo.com/footballtickets, especially the section titled “Frequently Asked Questions.” If you still have questions, please feel free to call 901-678-2331 and one of our friendly ticket associates will explain the particulars of the options available to you.

Thank you again for your support of Tiger football, and I can’t wait to see you at the stadium next year. We are confident that this coming season will be one to remember!

Go Tigers Go!

Tom Bowen
Director of Athletics

(02-13-2017 05:26 PM)covingtontiger Wrote:  I'm in regardless of price. Looking forward to more exciting Memphis football this season.

Our University has held the price down long enough. It's time to pay a realistic price to see the Tigers play,.

(02-13-2017 05:34 PM)WColt45 Wrote:  While I agree that ticket prices should go up, can I just play the devil's advocate for a minute? If we have trouble averaging 40k every year even when we are winning at the cheapest tickets around, what is the attendance going to be like when prices go up? I've seen many "fans" rather watch the game at home, don't you think this will cause them even less to buy a ticket? Not saying I agree with it, I'm still going to purchase my tickets and I think if we are going to think like a P5 school, we will have to make some financial sacrifices as fans to see high level football.

(02-13-2017 05:34 PM)WColt45 Wrote:  While I agree that ticket prices should go up, can I just play the devil's advocate for a minute? If we have trouble averaging 40k every year even when we are winning at the cheapest tickets around, what is the attendance going to be like when prices go up? I've seen many "fans" rather watch the game at home, don't you think this will cause them even less to buy a ticket? Not saying I agree with it, I'm still going to purchase my tickets and I think if we are going to think like a P5 school, we will have to make some financial sacrifices as fans to see high level football.

(02-13-2017 05:49 PM)BigBlueTiger901 Wrote:  

(02-13-2017 05:34 PM)WColt45 Wrote:  While I agree that ticket prices should go up, can I just play the devil's advocate for a minute? If we have trouble averaging 40k every year even when we are winning at the cheapest tickets around, what is the attendance going to be like when prices go up? I've seen many "fans" rather watch the game at home, don't you think this will cause them even less to buy a ticket? Not saying I agree with it, I'm still going to purchase my tickets and I think if we are going to think like a P5 school, we will have to make some financial sacrifices as fans to see high level football.

People aren't staying home because of the price of the ticket. IMO, the prices should have increased even more and used the additional funds to continue to build the program and add entertainment value (aside from the football) to the games.

(02-13-2017 06:56 PM)TigerFan386 Wrote:  Good for the program to be able to go up a few bucks and not really have any push back. On the flip side I wish they would go down on the basketball season tickets. The product doesn't match the price and hasn't for years and it's showing in attendance.

(02-13-2017 09:05 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  I will pay $50 more a year. It remains the best deal in town.

(02-13-2017 06:03 PM)aardWolf Wrote:  The PDF that they sent with the email said that it was only 50% of the increase needed to get us on par with the average AAC ticket price for 2016. So, expect it again next year.