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  • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

    Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
    $54.

    That's just under 3 non-student tickets to a Gophers game. A, as in one, game.

    Just saying.
    Yep, but we usually get what we pay for.

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    • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

      Originally posted by Dirty View Post
      It's just over one ticket to the Sioux-Gopher game this year.
      Also true. And it might be just under one ticket this year.
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      • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

        Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
        $54.

        That's just under 3 non-student tickets to a Gophers game. A, as in one, game.

        Just saying.
        Originally posted by Dirty View Post
        It's just over one ticket to the Sioux-Gopher game this year.
        Originally posted by MinnesotaNorthStar View Post
        Upper-level non-student for a Sioux game...and that doesn't include the Fighting Sioux Club donation.
        Yes and in the last 30 years you almost always have had winning seasons, NCAA appearances, and sometimes championships. I bet they paid twice as much for Tech hockey tickets back in the 70's, even without considering inflation.

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        • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

          Originally posted by Yager View Post
          Yes and in the last 30 years you almost always have had winning seasons, NCAA appearances, and sometimes championships. I bet they paid twice as much for Tech hockey tickets back in the 70's, even without considering inflation.
          That's still some serious disparity. And you guys upgraded your arena (although, yeah, donations helped) and are looking to upgrade again.

          I mean, somewhere along the lines of a 16:1 ratio? That's almost as bad as the male/female ratio in Houghton.
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          • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

            Originally posted by Yager View Post
            Yes and in the last 30 years you almost always have had winning seasons, NCAA appearances, and sometimes championships. I bet they paid twice as much for Tech hockey tickets back in the 70's, even without considering inflation.
            Considering inflation, I would say they paid about as much. $50 today would be equal to a little over $12 in 1975, so it was a fair amount of, as a Yooper would call it, "cash money". Especially considering the economic climate at that time, not just in the Keweenaw, but nationally as well.

            I may be wrong though, maybe one of the old timers could fill in the specifics?
            Last edited by FadeToBlack&Gold; 08-05-2010, 08:53 PM.

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            • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

              Maybe I've been urbanized enough or whatever, but when Tech/Gopher weekend comes, I think: $12/game? That's it? F* yeah. It's incredibly cheap all around, period, and this is a D1 (well, in name ) school.
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              • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

                Tickets were $6 the first time I went to Houghton. That was only five years ago I think. So pretty soon Tech will be a ripoff too!
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                • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

                  I think the whole reason the student season tickets dropped was because you're basically paying $54 to have an assigned seat because you can still get the free ticket right?
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                  • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

                    Originally posted by Dirty View Post
                    Tickets were $6 the first time I went to Houghton. That was only five years ago I think. So pretty soon Tech will be a ripoff too!
                    Six? That's cheaper than a Chipotle burrito! That's insane.
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                    • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

                      I really doubt Tech could ever sustain $50 tickets. There is virtually no one in the community (except maybe the huskyfans ) who would fork over a Ulysses to watch Tech play one game, even if they never lost a game all season. The community does not have that kind of money.

                      Now, I think you'd see tickets more in the $20 range if the team was talented, and made the playoffs regularly. That would be sustainable. $50? No way.

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                      • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

                        Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                        I really doubt Tech could ever sustain $50 tickets. There is virtually no one in the community (except maybe the huskyfans ) who would fork over a Ulysses to watch Tech play one game, even if they never lost a game all season. The community does not have that kind of money.

                        Now, I think you'd see tickets more in the $20 range if the team was talented, and made the playoffs regularly. That would be sustainable. $50? No way.
                        When Tech was good, what was the population (student and/or general)? No offense, but it was a long time ago, and with the economics there and everything, I'd venture to guess that population has dwindled a little.

                        Even with a successful team, would that be enough to pretty much sell out all the games and therefore justify a cost increase of tickets to $20~?
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                        • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

                          Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
                          When Tech was good, what was the population (student and/or general)? No offense, but it was a long time ago, and with the economics there and everything, I'd venture to guess that population has dwindled a little.

                          Even with a successful team, would that be enough to pretty much sell out all the games and therefore justify a cost increase of tickets to $20~?
                          Well, if we're going to be somewhat historically correct, the local economy has been on the ropes and citizens have been fleeing to find work for about 70 years. By the time Tech hit the glory years starting in the early 60s, the mining industry had been pretty cooked for the better part of two decades. Things already weren't very rosy.

                          It would have to be explored. It depends on how much of an increase the community is willing to tolerate, and how much the university thinks they stand to lose to scalpers (which you know would happen to an extent, even though it's illegal).

                          It's a moot point though. We suck.

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                          • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

                            Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                            Well, if we're going to be somewhat historically correct, the local economy has been on the ropes and citizens have been fleeing to find work for about 70 years. By the time Tech hit the glory years starting in the early 60s, the mining industry had been pretty cooked for the better part of two decades. Things already weren't very rosy.
                            Pretty much - the economy in Houghton has essentially already transitioned to primarily being supported by the University (tuition, research grants, etc.), with a strong secondary source of income in tourism. Our population has probably dwindled to about what it will be, unless some big industry relocates into the Keweenaw.



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                            • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

                              Changing the subject - I guess Sertich was bored with retirement.

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                              • Re: The Paint Store Diaries: Michigan Tech Offseason Part III

                                Originally posted by Shirtless Guy View Post
                                I think the whole reason the student season tickets dropped was because you're basically paying $54 to have an assigned seat because you can still get the free ticket right?
                                Yes the Tech Experience fee pays for your ticket but this makes it a little more reasonable for those who want to have the same seat every week, not have to go up to the ticket office between tuesday and thursday every week, and support the team by paying for them. I'd like to see it drop to $40 though. Maybe next year.

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