SeattleOUstudent
3/19/2009, 11:03 AM
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/oklahoma/stories/031809dnspotickets.420d40f.html
College football fans will soon discover that watching their favorite teams at the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium will come at a steep price.
Top ticket prices have been set at $300 for the Arkansas-Texas A&M game in October and $250 for the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. The debut college game Sept. 5 between Oklahoma and Brigham Young will cost $150 for the best seats.
Those prices apply to suites as well as the lower levels between the end zones on both sides of the field, known as club seating. The prices are set by the schools and Cotton Bowl organizers, not the Cowboys.
(http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/cowboysstadium/vitindex.html)
"At any stadium in the country, suites and club seats come at premium price," said Bill Byrne, Texas A&M's athletic director. "The design of Cowboys Stadium is unique as the best lower level seats are suites and club level seats."
Student tickets for the Oct. 3 Arkansas-A&M game are $50 for end zone seats, but other reserved seats range from $85 to $300. Season ticket prices for the Aggies' seven home games this season range from $250 for discounted, upper-level rows to $469 for suite/club seats. Individual game tickets start as low as $50. End zone club seats for the Arkansas-A&M game ($125), however, are cheaper than end zone club seats at Kyle Field ($140).
The Arkansas-A&M $300 club seat charge includes a required donation of $175 to A&M's 12th Man Foundation. Many schools require a donation on top of ticket prices.
An OU-Texas ticket for the Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park last year cost $95. Texas and OU factor in donations to their respective athletic foundations. Texas' Longhorn Foundation members had to donate at least $150 last season to qualify for the tickets. Total cost: $245. OU makes tickets available on a points system through the Sooner Club that includes donations as a factor.
"They have a new stadium, and they think they're going to pay for it real fast because Cowboys' tickets are real expensive, too," said Scott Baima, a broker at Texas Tickets. "It seems high, but there are only so many good seats."
The Jan. 2, 2010, Cotton Bowl will be capped at about 68,000 tickets sold, said Cotton Bowl Classic president Rick Baker. From 1999 to 2008 – before the expansion of its namesake stadium in Fair Park – the bowl's average attendance was 71,632. A record 88,175 watched last January's game at $100 per ticket.
The Cotton Bowl stadium has no club seats. About 15,000 club seats and 7,000 suite tickets will be available for the 2010 Cotton Bowl Classic at $250 each. About 46,000 reserved seat tickets will be priced at $100, Baker said. Parking, set by the Cowboys, will cost $40, $15 more than last January's fee.
"From our perspective, 75 percent of the tickets are exactly what we charged last year," Baker said. "We feel that we've kept the ticket prices reasonable and what people have come to expect from our game. We set an all-time attendance record last year, so certainly the $100 a ticket wasn't scaring anyone away. We felt very comfortable charging a premium for the best seats in the stadium."
Cotton Bowl Classic officials have fielded few phone calls with fans upset at the higher ticket prices, Baker said, and the renewal rate for ticket holders has been about 80 percent. Baker called that "normal."
"Our agreement with the Cowboys will produce revenues and expenses that at the end of the day will be very similar to the arrangement we had with the City of Dallas for the Cotton Bowl stadium," Baker said. "We're trying to create value for our ticket holders, and we think that's the best setup for the stadium."
Baker added that Cotton Bowl organizers will monitor capacity year to year and may expand seating.
Ticket prices for OU-BYU range from $50 to $150. Parking will cost $38. Ticket prices will range from $49 to $99 for an OU home game in Norman this fall.
A 10 percent tax will be levied on tickets at all events at the stadium. The tax goes toward paying off stadium bonds.
Club seat tickets for Cowboys games are $340 each and reserved seats range from $59 to $125 apiece. The Cowboys season tickets also require one-time seat options from $2,000 to $150,000. A small number of seats have no seat options
College football fans will soon discover that watching their favorite teams at the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium will come at a steep price.
Top ticket prices have been set at $300 for the Arkansas-Texas A&M game in October and $250 for the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. The debut college game Sept. 5 between Oklahoma and Brigham Young will cost $150 for the best seats.
Those prices apply to suites as well as the lower levels between the end zones on both sides of the field, known as club seating. The prices are set by the schools and Cotton Bowl organizers, not the Cowboys.
(http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/cowboysstadium/vitindex.html)
"At any stadium in the country, suites and club seats come at premium price," said Bill Byrne, Texas A&M's athletic director. "The design of Cowboys Stadium is unique as the best lower level seats are suites and club level seats."
Student tickets for the Oct. 3 Arkansas-A&M game are $50 for end zone seats, but other reserved seats range from $85 to $300. Season ticket prices for the Aggies' seven home games this season range from $250 for discounted, upper-level rows to $469 for suite/club seats. Individual game tickets start as low as $50. End zone club seats for the Arkansas-A&M game ($125), however, are cheaper than end zone club seats at Kyle Field ($140).
The Arkansas-A&M $300 club seat charge includes a required donation of $175 to A&M's 12th Man Foundation. Many schools require a donation on top of ticket prices.
An OU-Texas ticket for the Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl in Fair Park last year cost $95. Texas and OU factor in donations to their respective athletic foundations. Texas' Longhorn Foundation members had to donate at least $150 last season to qualify for the tickets. Total cost: $245. OU makes tickets available on a points system through the Sooner Club that includes donations as a factor.
"They have a new stadium, and they think they're going to pay for it real fast because Cowboys' tickets are real expensive, too," said Scott Baima, a broker at Texas Tickets. "It seems high, but there are only so many good seats."
The Jan. 2, 2010, Cotton Bowl will be capped at about 68,000 tickets sold, said Cotton Bowl Classic president Rick Baker. From 1999 to 2008 – before the expansion of its namesake stadium in Fair Park – the bowl's average attendance was 71,632. A record 88,175 watched last January's game at $100 per ticket.
The Cotton Bowl stadium has no club seats. About 15,000 club seats and 7,000 suite tickets will be available for the 2010 Cotton Bowl Classic at $250 each. About 46,000 reserved seat tickets will be priced at $100, Baker said. Parking, set by the Cowboys, will cost $40, $15 more than last January's fee.
"From our perspective, 75 percent of the tickets are exactly what we charged last year," Baker said. "We feel that we've kept the ticket prices reasonable and what people have come to expect from our game. We set an all-time attendance record last year, so certainly the $100 a ticket wasn't scaring anyone away. We felt very comfortable charging a premium for the best seats in the stadium."
Cotton Bowl Classic officials have fielded few phone calls with fans upset at the higher ticket prices, Baker said, and the renewal rate for ticket holders has been about 80 percent. Baker called that "normal."
"Our agreement with the Cowboys will produce revenues and expenses that at the end of the day will be very similar to the arrangement we had with the City of Dallas for the Cotton Bowl stadium," Baker said. "We're trying to create value for our ticket holders, and we think that's the best setup for the stadium."
Baker added that Cotton Bowl organizers will monitor capacity year to year and may expand seating.
Ticket prices for OU-BYU range from $50 to $150. Parking will cost $38. Ticket prices will range from $49 to $99 for an OU home game in Norman this fall.
A 10 percent tax will be levied on tickets at all events at the stadium. The tax goes toward paying off stadium bonds.
Club seat tickets for Cowboys games are $340 each and reserved seats range from $59 to $125 apiece. The Cowboys season tickets also require one-time seat options from $2,000 to $150,000. A small number of seats have no seat options