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2019-2020 Ticket Price Increase

Andy Larsen had a poignant personal take on Twitter from the POV of a kid (himself many years ago) with not a lot of money but a lot of free time who just wanted to go to games and was able to scrap up the cash to do so .

Sad to see that narrative eliminated even in the small market world - regardless of today's economic realities.

It will also be sad to see when LAL and GSW come to Utah next year and 30-40% of the fans at the game are not there to support The Jazz.
 
NPC D4617 said:
Who would want season tickets anyways? Seems like a job. You have to put in all this work just to get down there and into your seat. You have a schedule. Have to plan your week around that. Who has that kind of time? I can barely watch the games on tv. Most the time I tivo the game and crunch it down to an hour and a half, maybe less if it becomes a boring game.

Watching the game from home is better anyways unless you have great seats. Upperbowl is stupid. Upper lower bowl is stupid. Corners are stupid. Behind the basket is stupid. Seats suck. Spacing sucks. Food sucks. Sometimes the people aroumd you suck.
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Neat opinion.


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$12 to $30 is a steep increase but $30 is still relatively cheap (or at least reasonable) so far as ticket prices go in the NBA.

And it’s also just one example. How much are the other seats going up?

That said, I’m not sure why they didn’t have a big hike (say $12 to $22) over this past season which was so successful. They could’ve then raised prices next year to only $26 (and then to $30 for 2020-2021) and made more money.
 
NPC D4617 said:
Who would want season tickets anyways? Seems like a job. You have to put in all this work just to get down there and into your seat. You have a schedule. Have to plan your week around that. Who has that kind of time? I can barely watch the games on tv. Most the time I tivo the game and crunch it down to an hour and a half, maybe less if it becomes a boring game.

Watching the game from home is better anyways unless you have great seats. Upperbowl is stupid. Upper lower bowl is stupid. Corners are stupid. Behind the basket is stupid. Seats suck. Spacing sucks. Food sucks. Sometimes the people aroumd you suck.
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Very Hack. Very blunt. But I tend to agree. There’s a lot of cons and then once you end up going, it feels like a chore, which isn’t what going to games should feel like.
 
Isn't the arena the same this year as last year? And the team is the same this year as last year. Seems pretty crazy that the arena is the same, the team is the same, and the results look to be worse, but they roll out these pretty substantial increases. Seems like a punch to the gut of the loyal fan....

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The ONLY way the Jazz will be convinced they have to spend money to compete is if you sheeples STOP spending money. Stop with the season tickets, stop with the jerseys and other merchandise. Jazz had kept their payroll between 28th-30th for many years so Millers made plenty of money before putting the team into a trust. Then Lindsey spent a little more in a "too little, too late" effort to keep Hayward, who wisely bolted for a franchise unafraid to spend. Now Lindsey is again in the bottom half of the league. Every year he spews the same "financial flexibility" line from his pie hole, then fails to sign any free agents of note, choosing to shop at the dollar store instead. And you guys buy his internal development, team chemistry schtick.

I don't feel a bit sorry for any of you season ticket holders. You'll continue to ante up the money to watch Mitchell play in Utah for the next 6 years. And then it will be tank and hope for another star. Jazz have always been cheap and always will be. The only exception was the year the Millsap raise overlapped Boozer's final days. When Larry H was alive, he famously said his main concern was operating the team in the black every season. Great owners, owners who want championships are willing to lose money because they know the main profit source is from appreciation of the franchise, not yearly P&L statements.
 
My parents have been season ticket holders since 1979 (dad killed in 2015). Our lower seats went up, but our front row upper did not. As I do feel bad about some people being priced out, but then you have to remember how cheap the seats really are compared to other markets.

I will say the absolute best thing to happen is being able to trade in tickets for "Jazz Notes". This current year is the first year and I think it is amazing. Before in the past we couldn't even sell the tickets for what we paid, half of what we paid, and ever sometimes give them away. Now we can trade in the tickets and then use the credits on concessions, gear, more games, or use it towards payment on next season or playoff tickets.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Isnt the resell market for tickets pretty ridiculous? I think it's reasonable for them to charge more money if people are just buying tickets to scalp them to make a profit.
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Exactly. Also, haven't the Jazz had underpriced tickets compared to other teams for several years? I don't understand the backlash really. The Jazz have always been one of the most caring organizations when it comes to their fanbase. I understand people would rather not spend more money, but prices change.
 
pumpkyn said:
My parents have been season ticket holders since 1979 (dad killed in 2015). Our lower seats went up, but our front row upper did not. As I do feel bad about some people being priced out, but then you have to remember how cheap the seats really are compared to other markets.

I will say the absolute best thing to happen is being able to trade in tickets for "Jazz Notes". This current year is the first year and I think it is amazing. Before in the past we couldn't even sell the tickets for what we paid, half of what we paid, and ever sometimes give them away. Now we can trade in the tickets and then use the credits on concessions, gear, more games, or use it towards payment on next season or playoff tickets.
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That's really cool. I never heard of this jazz notes thing.


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