[NU Sports] The tickets are in

[Mark Ament]

cherron604 at aol.com wrote:

>Got my NU officially-requested and approved Sun Bowl tickets.
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>Sec. 7, Row 50
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>In looking at the seating charts, these look like 30-yard line or so, on the West side (probably shaded by the press box as the sun goes down).
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>The Sun Bowl web site was selling 50-yard line seats for $55, 40-yard line for $45, so I guess 30-yard line was decent given that the ticket office was selling $37 seats.
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>Not sure how the rows lay out, but I prefer sitting higher (Box 230 at Dyche), so hopefully row 50 sets up well.
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>As Mike pointed out, when 30-yard line seats are the best the University can sell you, it is not surprising that fans look elsewhere to buy. 
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>Instead of lecturing the fans on the need to buy only from them (these guys enjoy lecturing more than Robert Eisner did), the high-priced marketing talent on Central Street should be MARKETING THE PRODUCT !  I still have yet to see RW on any of the local TV stations...maybe newspaper or radio ads would drum up some sales.
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>Chuck Herron   Tech '85  
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The contrast to that is in Louisville which has Gator Bowl billboards 
all over town.  Not to mention numerous plugs on the telecast and 
radiocast of Cardinal basketball games.  Louisville does a great job of 
marketing the Cards and not just to bowl games but day in and day out.  
Granted, there are no pro teams to compete with but there are two state 
universities which compete with the loyalties of the locals (that would 
be Indiana and uh, well, that pro team in Lexington) for those who don't 
know Louisville's geography.  Not only are the coaches constantly in the 
media, but so is the athletic director.  It takes repitition and it 
builds on itslef.  You can't be there just when you're selling a bowl 
game.  It's hard to break the clutter of a wildely successful Bears 
season if you haven't been doing it on a regular basis.

I wish I could be in El Paso, but I'll have to rely on you list friends 
to cheer on the Cats for me.
Mark