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Originally Posted by
Pinto
Some thoughts here:
1) The new dude has very limited GA seating now. How do you grow your fanbase by not letting John Q. Public come be apart of the magic that is Dudy Noble. I love MSU baseball and it's history cause my Dad started taking me to games in the mid 80s sitting on the wood bleachers. MSU baseball should not become a game of the haves and have nots. That isn't they way to continue driving up the fanbase.
It has become a set of have and have nots. The stadium is wonderful, but it was entirely set up for locals. I have lived in TX for 25 years and have always come back for a few games, tournaments, etc. and had plenty of GA options. Not now. I'm not going to sit on the grass and fight kids the whole game, and don't want to beg my friends for seats. I plan on possibly retiring to Starkville sometime, but will not have many options on gamedays. Like the OP, my father took me and my brother to MSU games starting in the late 70's where we sat on the old wooden bleachers on the baselines. We are not going to develop a new generation of "kid" fans if they can't get in the games easily.
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Originally Posted by
IMissJack
It has become a set of have and have nots. The stadium is wonderful, but it was entirely set up for locals. I have lived in TX for 25 years and have always come back for a few games, tournaments, etc. and had plenty of GA options. Not now. I'm not going to sit on the grass and fight kids the whole game, and don't want to beg my friends for seats. I plan on possibly retiring to Starkville sometime, but will not have many options on gamedays. Like the OP, my father took me and my brother to MSU games starting in the late 70's where we sat on the old wooden bleachers on the baselines. We are not going to develop a new generation of "kid" fans if they can't get in the games easily.
I live in Texas too and have thought about bringing my wife to the Dude so she can experience it, but after reading about the problems with getting GA seats I’m not so sure. Guess I’ll have to see if guaranteed seats are available on Stub Hub.
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Originally Posted by
Joebob
I live in Texas too and have thought about bringing my wife to the Dude so she can experience it, but after reading about the problems with getting GA seats I?m not so sure. Guess I?ll have to see if guaranteed seats are available on Stub Hub.
I think there were always tickets on StubHub for reserved seats. Might be tougher to find on later SEC Saturdays and Super Bulldog Weekend.
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Originally Posted by
IMissJack
It has become a set of have and have nots. The stadium is wonderful, but it was entirely set up for locals. I have lived in TX for 25 years and have always come back for a few games, tournaments, etc. and had plenty of GA options. Not now. I'm not going to sit on the grass and fight kids the whole game, and don't want to beg my friends for seats. I plan on possibly retiring to Starkville sometime, but will not have many options on gamedays. Like the OP, my father took me and my brother to MSU games starting in the late 70's where we sat on the old wooden bleachers on the baselines. We are not going to develop a new generation of "kid" fans if they can't get in the games easily.
You have to go on stubhub or somewhere like that now to get tickets in seats. In a way it's better because if someone sells you their ticket you don't have to sit on the grass, bleachers, or anything else and unless StubHub screwed up it's your seat for that game so you don't have to worry about sitting in someone's seat that's "Ah've been sitting here since Ron Polk became the coach! Now MOVE before I ah call the police!"
Tickets are always at a premium on SBW and SR and that's not really any different.
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Originally Posted by
IMissJack
It has become a set of have and have nots. The stadium is wonderful, but it was entirely set up for locals. I have lived in TX for 25 years and have always come back for a few games, tournaments, etc. and had plenty of GA options. Not now. I'm not going to sit on the grass and fight kids the whole game, and don't want to beg my friends for seats. I plan on possibly retiring to Starkville sometime, but will not have many options on gamedays. Like the OP, my father took me and my brother to MSU games starting in the late 70's where we sat on the old wooden bleachers on the baselines. We are not going to develop a new generation of "kid" fans if they can't get in the games easily.
But hasn't it been this way since the grandstand was built in the 80s? Chairbacks have been sold out since 1986. LFL has been sold out since they started allowing rigs. The old Dude had shitty metal bleachers that you had to sit sideways in order to see the batter. I spent many a SEC weekend from 92-95 without seats because I didn't get there early enough for a spot in those shitty bleachers and you had no place other than rightfield to be able to stand and watch a game. At least now you can see the field.
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Originally Posted by
IMissJack
It has become a set of have and have nots. The stadium is wonderful, but it was entirely set up for locals. I have lived in TX for 25 years and have always come back for a few games, tournaments, etc. and had plenty of GA options. Not now. I'm not going to sit on the grass and fight kids the whole game, and don't want to beg my friends for seats. I plan on possibly retiring to Starkville sometime, but will not have many options on gamedays. Like the OP, my father took me and my brother to MSU games starting in the late 70's where we sat on the old wooden bleachers on the baselines. We are not going to develop a new generation of "kid" fans if they can't get in the games easily.
Most of you are miss remembering the 1980's. You talk like you had a guaranteed seat then and you have to fight for one now and you priorities are different as an adult vs when you were a kid. You dad probably felt the same way about kids running around and getting there early for the shitty bleacher seats.
I grew up going to MSU games in the 1980's as well. I played baseball behind the first base beachers, and climbed the trees in right. I sat at the bottom of the chin link outfield fence to watch the game or we sat in the bleachers. I was there in April of 89, and did not see a pitch due to the crowd.
What I remember is this about the 80's and 90's.
For huge games, you had to get there early and fight for seats and you probably could not see the game. For 90% of games, you could sit where you wanted.
Now, for huge games, you have to fight for a seat but you can see the whole field. For 85% of games, you can sit where you want.
In the 90's, I'd leave class and sit in a rig in Left or next to the dugout to watch the games.
Again, except for 7 of 32 home games last year, you had no problem sitting just about wherever you want. You might have to move out of a season ticket holders seat.
Or you can bring a chair and sit with view of the filed on the grass (vs bleachers with no view of the infield)
Or you can stand on the concourse that surrounds the field where you can watch the game.
The bullshit about "It's going to cost us fans" is being a snowflake. We have sold out every chairback and all the LFL spots for 34 years. Don't you think it would have cost us fans by now?
Oh, and I'm taking my family to a couple of games this year. We planned on going to an early series, so we won't have trouble sitting where we want.
Did the same thing last year.
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What i remember about the old dude, is the ushers that keep the commoners out of the chairbacks until after the 4th inning. You were not getting in those chairbacks before the 5th..... at least on sec weekends.
The mobile ticket is a nice option for us that don't have season tickets but want to go regularly.
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