[NU Sports] Northestern Football at Wrigley Field

[Marilyn]

5000 seats will be going to the Cubs and 3000 to Illinois

On Apr 23, 2010, at 1:37 PM, John Labbe <johnl at mac.com> wrote:

> http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/042310aag.html
>
> I'm surprised I'm apparently the first to comment on this.  The  
> Wrigley Field game is official.
>
> But what's really interesting is how to get tickets.
>
> First, a ticket to NU Football at Wrigley Field will NOT be included  
> with a season ticket.
>
> Second, you MUST, however, be a season ticket holder in order to buy  
> a ticket to NU Football at Wrigley Field.
>
> Third, ticket prices will range from $50 to $150.  That's kind of  
> steep, if you ask me.  They say that tickets will be assigned by  
> priority points.  But that's bogus.  They'll first be assigned by  
> the amount you're willing to spend.  And then by priority points.  I  
> have excellent seats at Ryan Field.  I'm not sure I'm willing to pay  
> more than $50 for NU Football at Wrigley Field, but that will  
> relegate me to the upper deck, endzone, I'm sure.
>
> Fourth, I saw in the Tribune "breaking news" report that NU will  
> control 30,000 of the 40,000 tickets.  Not clear what that means.   
> Who's going to control the remaining tickets?  Illinois?  The Cubs,  
> maybe?  10,000 seats is more than the normal away-team allotment for  
> Ryan Field.
>
> At first I thought the requirement to purchase season tickets was a  
> brilliant marketing move until I saw that the Wrigley ticket isn't  
> included with the season ticket AND the price for the Wrigley ticket  
> is really high.
>
> It will take a while to process all of this information.
>
>
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