Huskers Sell out Public Tickets at Pinnicle Bank

I'm in! Just bought 3 season tickets.

Welcome to the club!

I'm glad that basketball tickets are no longer tied to football contributions.  That's going to eliminate a certain contingent of Creighton basketball fans who donate big bucks to the football program and then use their basketball seats once every other year to come in with their blue and white and cheer for Creighton.

 

Any season ticket holder who has scanned the stands during games knows I'm right about this.  There were plenty of seats around me that no one sat in all year long.  Except for one game.

Not to be a downer, but those same football donors got first shot at the same tickets they had at Devaney in the initial allocation at PBA, they just had to pay the basketball donation that was attached to the seat. 

NU screwed up how they did the allocation, should have not tried to move you over to the same location you had at Devaney and just asked you how much you wanted to donate at PBA and allocated your seat based on that.  Would have been much easier for the NU staff to seat the new arena that way.

Completely agree with you, Neebraska.  I was in B section seats along the side and I'm sure I'll be sitting next to the same old stiffs at PBA that I am at Devaney.  Would've loved a chance to pay a lot more for a better location but was never even given the chance.

Completely agree with you, Neebraska.  I was in B section seats along the side and I'm sure I'll be sitting next to the same old stiffs at PBA that I am at Devaney.  Would've loved a chance to pay a lot more for a better location but was never even given the chance.

I do not believe this is an accurate summary of how seating was handled. 

I was C-12 Row 22 ( season ticket holder for 30+ years and a small football donor, that I never realized could have gotten me to a better place and much better parking until 2 years ago!!! I ain't that bright! )

I did not realize it was not a basketball specific donation that got you seats!...Who was dumber...them or me?

During the recent renewal, I was asked whether I wanted mid court 200 level seats (Mezzanine at $50/seat donation per year that were comparable to my C12 seats, I guess although I did not have a previous seat donation) or not...

BUT on the form...there was a section below      that allowed me to put in whether I wanted to upgrade and/or what I would do....I offered $100 donation a seat/year if I could sit in section 119 (or the other 3 comparable sections at worst)...and I will now be there.

I believe you may have misunderstood your options  when they reassigned seats.

Maybe the ticket gurus here can enlighten us.

This is the first time I've ever bought a full season tickets for 2(ailse seats). In the past I would buy conference game only packages. Last year I bought season tickets for just myself. This year year I bought a pair in the upper bowl mezzanine 200 section. I bought them even though I will only be able to attend about 1/3 of the home games this coming season as I finish up my last year in graduate school. Starting the 2014-2015 season I'll be able to go to every game. Now I just have to find someone to go with me to the games. Wife will come to a few games. My kids can take turns going to the pastie preconference games but they are still to young to go to the more important games. That just means I'll have an open seat to put my jacket.

BTW, does anybody know if these seats are significantly wider than those at the BOB? 

BTW, does anybody know if these seats are significantly wider than those at the BOB? 

They're going to be 20" wide.  I don't know what they were at the BOB, but this article says they're 17" at Memorial Stadium and 19 1/2" at Pershing. 

http://journalstar.com/news/local/arena-seats----wider-husker-red-and-made/article_d525b4e0-49ed-51fc-9ea7-f5abc4cc4fc0.html

 

Completely agree with you, Neebraska.  I was in B section seats along the side and I'm sure I'll be sitting next to the same old stiffs at PBA that I am at Devaney.  Would've loved a chance to pay a lot more for a better location but was never even given the chance.

I do not believe this is an accurate summary of how seating was handled. 

I was C-12 Row 22 ( season ticket holder for 30+ years and a small football donor, that I never realized could have gotten me to a better place and much better parking until 2 years ago!!! I ain't that bright! )

 

I did not realize it was not a basketball specific donation that got you seats!...Who was dumber...them or me?

 

During the recent renewal, I was asked whether I wanted mid court 200 level seats (Mezzanine at $50/seat donation per year that were comparable to my C12 seats, I guess although I did not have a previous seat donation) or not...

BUT on the form...there was a section below      that allowed me to put in whether I wanted to upgrade and/or what I would do....I offered $100 donation a seat/year if I could sit in section 119 (or the other 3 comparable sections at worst)...and I will now be there.

I believe you may have misunderstood your options  when they reassigned seats.

Maybe the ticket gurus here can enlighten us.

 

This is basically what happened to me, too, except moving from 300 to 200 levels.

 

BTW, does anybody know if these seats are significantly wider than those at the BOB? 

 

They're going to be 20" wide.  I don't know what they were at the BOB, but this article says they're 17" at Memorial Stadium and 19 1/2" at Pershing. 

 

http://journalstar.com/news/local/arena-seats----wider-husker-red-and-made/article_d525b4e0-49ed-51fc-9ea7-f5abc4cc4fc0.html

 

Sweet, now I can get at least one cheek in.  Will have to switch at half.

https://twitter.com/HuskerExtraBR/status/328988481261010944

https://twitter.com/HuskerExtraBC/status/328989340250300416

Something else to add from Brian and the LJS :

http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/mens-basketball/hoops-ticket-sales-surpass/article_e5c3f790-b110-11e2-a7df-001a4bcf887a.html

There are currently 491 seats available to the public on the PBA map on huskers.com.  This doesn't include the student tickets that haven't been sold yet.

There are currently 491 seats available to the public on the PBA map on huskers.com.  This doesn't include the student tickets that haven't been sold yet.

All I can say is WOW and I'm glad I got my tickets early.

This is so cool.  Now we just have to teach everybody how to be LOUD!

Student ticket sales have soundly surpassed last year's total of 1,165. Student tickets are still available, but returning students wanting tickets had better act fast.

 

http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/mens-basketball/hoops-ticket-sales-surpass/article_e5c3f790-b110-11e2-a7df-001a4bcf887a.html

I will actually be quite upset if they sell out of the student tickets.  I know that sounds strange, but let me explain.  In the initial plans for the arena, they were going to have students surround three full sides of the court at the floor level.  Although not quite as good as the 4 full sides that it used to have, I thought this plan was a major step forward as students are BY FAR the best fans to have at floor level for energy and excitement.  However, this plan was later scrapped and replaced with the 2 sides of the court we currently have.  The ostensible justification for the change was that they did not believe there was enough student demand to warrant having 3 sides designated for students.  I didn't buy it then and I definitely don't buy it now.  This is just another example of the Ath. Dept. having a chance to correct a massive mistake they previously made (reducing the students to just 2 sides) and then peeing down their leg when it became final decision time.  There will never again be an opportunity to correct this latest blunder.  Now that those seats are designated for non-students, there is no going back. 

The mor prudent decision would have been to keep the 3 sections for students and see what the student demand actually was before making a permanent decision.  If students didn't step up and buy them, then the Ath. Dept. could always open the seats up to the general public later.  But they didn't do that, and now it looks like many students will either be denied the opportunity to buy season tickets, or relegated to the rafters when they should be sitting courtside creating havoc for the opponent.

 

Student ticket sales have soundly surpassed last year's total of 1,165. Student tickets are still available, but returning students wanting tickets had better act fast.

 

 

http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/mens-basketball/hoops-ticket-sales-surpass/article_e5c3f790-b110-11e2-a7df-001a4bcf887a.html

 

I will actually be quite upset if they sell out of the student tickets.  I know that sounds strange, but let me explain.  In the initial plans for the arena, they were going to have students surround three full sides of the court at the floor level.  Although not quite as good as the 4 full sides that it used to have, I thought this plan was a major step forward as students are BY FAR the best fans to have at floor level for energy and excitement.  However, this plan was later scrapped and replaced with the 2 sides of the court we currently have.  The ostensible justification for the change was that they did not believe there was enough student demand to warrant having 3 sides designated for students.  I didn't buy it then and I definitely don't buy it now.  This is just another example of the Ath. Dept. having a chance to correct a massive mistake they previously made (reducing the students to just 2 sides) and then peeing down their leg when it became final decision time.  There will never again be an opportunity to correct this latest blunder.  Now that those seats are designated for non-students, there is no going back. 

 

The mor prudent decision would have been to keep the 3 sections for students and see what the student demand actually was before making a permanent decision.  If students didn't step up and buy them, then the Ath. Dept. could always open the seats up to the general public later.  But they didn't do that, and now it looks like many students will either be denied the opportunity to buy season tickets, or relegated to the rafters when they should be sitting courtside creating havoc for the opponent.

 

Good post, that would have been a lot better way to go about it.

Selling xx amount of student tickets and actually having most of those students show up for games are two different things. They probably saw that in the previous years and was thinking that high demand for fewer seats is better than having empty seats.

Selling xx amount of student tickets and actually having most of those students show up for games are two different things. They probably saw that in the previous years and was thinking that high demand for fewer seats is better than having empty seats.

Win and they will show.  Perform badly, and they will find something else to do that is more exciting. 

Selling xx amount of student tickets and actually having most of those students show up for games are two different things. They probably saw that in the previous years and was thinking that high demand for fewer seats is better than having empty seats.

Win and they will show. Perform badly, and they will find something else to do that is more exciting.

It's not like the bottom of a beer mug is all that exciting, I it's mean not like the kids' plate at the old Bishop's Buffet or anything ;-)

https://twitter.com/Huskers/status/330049890719760385

https://twitter.com/Huskers/status/330050083859079172

"A waitlist will be implemented via Huskers.com after tickets are sold out in the event tickets become available at a later date."

Wait list....for Husker Hoops season tickets....I never, EVER thought I'd see the day.

This basically just says the same info as the above tweets.  217 seats left to the general public.http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/mens-basketball/husker-men-nearing-sellout-in-first-season-at-pinnacle-bank/article_c55d98b5-61ed-51c2-a964-2d5902a819c8.html

Bets on when they'll have it sold out and start the waiting list?

I'm thinking by the beginning of next week sometime...

Waiting list or 25 pages on Mikael, which will come first?

Waiting list or 25 pages on Mikael, which will come first?

Easily the waiting list.

SOLD OUT! (pretty much)

Down to 19 left on the pick your own seat option...only singles. Now hopefully everyone shows up!

GO BIG RED!

Waiting list or 25 pages on Mikael, which will come first?

we can make twenty five pages happen easily...he is visiting this weekend, which means tweeting, waiting on BR to confirm or deny rumors....than next week we can begin sweating if Miami has him the pocket, does he have any prefrence on shoe companies...than the Hyperbole begins were we really and i mean really talk ourselves into this kid...than we freakout and start looking for another player and plan D, than he (Herbert) quotes random songs, in finnish (which means they will be extra and confusing...25 pages will be easy, lets shoot for 50 by next friday.