Buying my Way to the Top of the List
I've been doing some research into getting season tickets for Michigan football lately. There is a lot of information about Michigan's new preferred seating program on Mgoblue.com. I wasn't clear on a couple issues, so I e-mailed the ticket office earlier this week. Sensing a potential new Victors Club donor, they called me back today and spent 20 minutes answering all my questions about the Victors Club, getting football season tickets, etc.
Long story short, I think I am going to make a "waiting list donation" to the Victors Club when I go back to campus next month. While it will not guarantee the right to buy two season tickets for 2007 (unless I give $1,000+), it will make my chances of getting high enough on the waiting list "highly likely". Once i get tickets, it will only cost me $50 per season ticket to renew (in addition to the ~$425 annual cost per season ticket), so this should only be a one time cost unless something backfires (i.e., more people make the "waiting list donation" than did in 2005 or 2006).
I'm still not sure that this is the best idea since I only make it back for two or three games each season, but I figure that between my family and some of you out there, I can find someone to buy my tickets when I can't go (for nothing more than face value, of course). This way, I can always go back for the biggest home games, and have an inside track on purchasing tickets to select away games in the Victors Club section (i.e., the good seats given to the away team).
Am I crazy for thinking about doing this? It's not like this will kill my budget, but doe sit make sense to try and get season tickets when I know that I will only be able to attend less than half of our home games in a given season.
Long story short, I think I am going to make a "waiting list donation" to the Victors Club when I go back to campus next month. While it will not guarantee the right to buy two season tickets for 2007 (unless I give $1,000+), it will make my chances of getting high enough on the waiting list "highly likely". Once i get tickets, it will only cost me $50 per season ticket to renew (in addition to the ~$425 annual cost per season ticket), so this should only be a one time cost unless something backfires (i.e., more people make the "waiting list donation" than did in 2005 or 2006).
I'm still not sure that this is the best idea since I only make it back for two or three games each season, but I figure that between my family and some of you out there, I can find someone to buy my tickets when I can't go (for nothing more than face value, of course). This way, I can always go back for the biggest home games, and have an inside track on purchasing tickets to select away games in the Victors Club section (i.e., the good seats given to the away team).
Am I crazy for thinking about doing this? It's not like this will kill my budget, but doe sit make sense to try and get season tickets when I know that I will only be able to attend less than half of our home games in a given season.
posted by GaryGinew at 6:02 PM
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