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I don't foresee many empty seats for this game. I think UAB made the wise financial decision, even if it is unpopular and inconvenient for some.

(09-12-2013 03:13 PM)iam4uab Wrote:  I will admit, this news sucks for me. I now live 10+ hours away. In the past, I've gone to as many basketball games as possible. This year, it just so happens that I will be home at the time UNC will be in town. However, I would have gone to see UAB play no matter who was coming to town.

There's just no way it makes financial sense for my family of 4 to have to pay $400 to only be able to see that one game...which is a bummer. We've been going through UAB sports withdrawals since moving up this way.

But you don't have to pay $400 to watch just one game. You can simply wait until Nov 18th to buy single game tickets for the UNC game if they are available.

(09-12-2013 03:59 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(09-12-2013 03:13 PM)iam4uab Wrote:  I will admit, this news sucks for me. I now live 10+ hours away. In the past, I've gone to as many basketball games as possible. This year, it just so happens that I will be home at the time UNC will be in town. However, I would have gone to see UAB play no matter who was coming to town.

There's just no way it makes financial sense for my family of 4 to have to pay $400 to only be able to see that one game...which is a bummer. We've been going through UAB sports withdrawals since moving up this way.

But you don't have to pay $400 to watch just one game. You can simply wait until Nov 18th to buy single game tickets for the UNC game if they are available.

You're right, but most here seem to be thinking that there won't be any available by then. Personally, for UAB's sake I hope that there aren't any available 2 weeks out from the game

And if that's the case, then that means we're pretty darn close to 6 sell outs for the year.

Are season ticket holders allowed to buy extra single game tickets or do they also have to purchase the entire 6 game pack if they want an extra UNC game ticket?

(09-12-2013 04:11 PM)iam4uab Wrote:  

(09-12-2013 03:59 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(09-12-2013 03:13 PM)iam4uab Wrote:  I will admit, this news sucks for me. I now live 10+ hours away. In the past, I've gone to as many basketball games as possible. This year, it just so happens that I will be home at the time UNC will be in town. However, I would have gone to see UAB play no matter who was coming to town.

There's just no way it makes financial sense for my family of 4 to have to pay $400 to only be able to see that one game...which is a bummer. We've been going through UAB sports withdrawals since moving up this way.

But you don't have to pay $400 to watch just one game. You can simply wait until Nov 18th to buy single game tickets for the UNC game if they are available.

You're right, but most here seem to be thinking that there won't be any available by then. Personally, for UAB's sake I hope that there aren't any available 2 weeks out from the game

And if that's the case, then that means we're pretty darn close to 6 sell outs for the year.

There will be tickets available on the secondary market and not just scalpers. It is Thanksgiving weekend and a lot of people that would normally go will be out of town. Students will be out and there will be season ticket holders who are out of town.

Also usually, there are people who post at the last minute saying something has come up and they can't make it and offer their tickets up to blazer fans.

(09-12-2013 04:14 PM)iam4uab Wrote:  Are season ticket holders allowed to buy extra single game tickets or do they also have to purchase the entire 6 game pack if they want an extra UNC game ticket?

I did read that season ticketholders will get 1st shot at single game tickets to the UNC game starting Nov 1st...

(09-12-2013 05:59 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  

(09-12-2013 04:14 PM)iam4uab Wrote:  Are season ticket holders allowed to buy extra single game tickets or do they also have to purchase the entire 6 game pack if they want an extra UNC game ticket?

I did read that season ticketholders will get 1st shot at single game tickets to the UNC game starting Nov 1st...

So...it may even be possible to find a friendly season ticket holder that would take my money and get some tickets for me.

See, it's not as bleak as it once seemed.

(09-10-2013 08:34 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  

(09-10-2013 08:25 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  It's not $100 per one game. It's 6 games. You are just choosing one game. That's like buying season tickets and attending one game and saying its a lot for one game.

I'm in the same boat x 3. However I found out that almost all of the other games are on weekends so I will be making as many as I can and encouraging people I know in Birmingham to attend those I can't.

I think it is genius and is a good attempt to keep some of the tickets out of UNC hands.

Good for you. I live quite a bit further away from Bham than Memphis, so I cannot attend more than that one game. So, in my case, it is essentially like paying $100 for one game. I'm sure there are others that are in the same situation. If they are trying to circumvent UNC fans from getting the tickets, that's fine, but they've also kept some of their own out of town fans away, too.

River. Cry.

(09-10-2013 10:56 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  

(09-10-2013 09:47 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  

(09-10-2013 09:25 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  why would someone from far out of town want to purchase tickets for 6 games when they want tickets for just one of those games?

why would uab give no other option to buy tickets for that one game?

You act like there will be some big swath of empty seats at the game. They will sell every one of them, they don't need to do anything to make them easier to buy.

no i'm worried about the opposite. i'm assuming that probably all the tickets will sell out and those who don't want to pay the $100 price will be left out

Haha I think that's the point.

(09-12-2013 10:22 PM)thebernreuter Wrote:  

(09-10-2013 08:34 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  

(09-10-2013 08:25 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  It's not $100 per one game. It's 6 games. You are just choosing one game. That's like buying season tickets and attending one game and saying its a lot for one game.

I'm in the same boat x 3. However I found out that almost all of the other games are on weekends so I will be making as many as I can and encouraging people I know in Birmingham to attend those I can't.

I think it is genius and is a good attempt to keep some of the tickets out of UNC hands.

Good for you. I live quite a bit further away from Bham than Memphis, so I cannot attend more than that one game. So, in my case, it is essentially like paying $100 for one game. I'm sure there are others that are in the same situation. If they are trying to circumvent UNC fans from getting the tickets, that's fine, but they've also kept some of their own out of town fans away, too.

River. Cry.

So clever

We have another Memphis blazer in training here

Yep. We're going to work on complete sentences next week

(09-13-2013 05:52 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Yep. We're going to work on complete sentences next week

I'm guessing punctuation will be covered the following week.

Don't you know MB always ends questions with a period.

Don't you just love it when people do that.

(09-13-2013 12:50 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  Don't you just love it when people do that.

That made me laugh. Thanks!

Didn't know I was presenting my doctoral dissertation

My apologies