LSU set to raise Gym ticket prices 23-29%, Baseball 9-39%

All of the fans who never attend anyway are going to be FURIOUS!!!!

Percentages are stupid when you are talking increases. They are reporting percentages so that it’s a headline grabber.

Gym seats are going from $65 for season tickets to $100. That’s not some crazy high number. Last year there were 6 home events. That means tickets are now ~$17 each when they were -$11 each last year.

They would be stupid not to raise gymnastics ticket prices.

So if they increase ticket prices when LSU wins a natty will they lower them if they fail to make the postseason??

Bet if they fixed concessions for both football and baseball alone they would generate so much more than that (off of what they normally make)

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They would be stupid not to raise gymnastics ticket prices.

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I flipflopped on this, but yeah you're right...

my initial hesitance was "why raise the price, when most people weren't going before, and just now are mildly interested in it?"

The diehards will still go, you aren't pricing them out yet. And the casuals who might now go won't know it was cheaper last year, because they never looked into it.

Now, baseball, they might want to ease off on the price jump. That market is already established, people know the prices and such. But again, you could always sell "and we will certainly be better than this year", because that's practically a given. If the team flops twice in a row, you're worried about more than ticket prices

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Now, baseball, they might want to ease off on the price jump. That market is already established, people know the prices and such. But again, you could always sell "and we will certainly be better than this year", because that's practically a given. If the team flops twice in a row, you're worried about more than ticket prices

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Baseball has basically a 98-99% season ticket renewal rate every year. They know people will continue to get them and if they don't someone is on the waiting list ready to get some.

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my initial hesitance was "why raise the price, when most people weren't going before, and just now are mildly interested in it?"

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You know gymnastics sells out the PMAC like every meet right?

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Yes, actually I do know that. I knew people involved in gymnastics going back to the 80's. I did some men's stuff in middle and highschool, which was fantastic for core strength, and I knew a couple of the girls who were on the team when I went to college. I remember when Nina got a job at WBRZ afterwards.

Selling out the PMAC is great, but that only means the diehard group will go every time. I'd say men's basketball has a far larger audience casually watching it, that might go, and they didn't sell out the PMAC.

Winning the national title has expanded gymnastics to a larger segment of the LSU fandom, and they may now decide they want to see a meet or 2. That's the group I'm referring to; the price won't seem exorbitant, and they won't know it was cheaper last year because they didn't even think about it.

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There it is. The concessions stand crowd always shows up to these threads.

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I am not one of the "concession fan crowd" as the product, other than water/coke, is so God awful I don't consider it. I am however one of the "revenue fan crowd" and they are leaving money on the table by not offering an even slightly better product at baseball/basketball games.

Tiger Stadium is limited in size of crowd vs kitchen/concession facilities so I get the issue there but other sports have no argument. Now consider that baseball is a slower sport with less action and more opportunities fans for to hit concessions. Not having numerous profitable food options for that captive audience is asinine.

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Percentages are stupid when you are talking increases.

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LOL no they aren't.

Maybe for LSU gymnastics season tickets. But not for 99% of inflation.