That is the issue.
Season tickets should equal some donation of some amount.
Just a clarification, are you saying you should have to donate to be eligible for season tickets, or that being a season ticket owner should count for something?
That is the issue.
Season tickets should equal some donation of some amount.
If you buy season tickets then you need to join the NCC for some minimum amount , say $100.Just a clarification, are you saying you should have to donate to be eligible for season tickets, or that being a season ticket owner should count for something?
If you buy season tickets then you need to join the NCC for some minimum amount , say $100.
There are lots of ways to solve the problem. The bottom line is we are at the bottom of giving.So basically just raise non donor seat price from $400 to $500? Could even just raise it $50 since each new 'donor' in this group would likely buy at least 2.
What about hillside? The whole point of these cheaper options is to get people in and hooked who wouldn't be able to afford the donor seats. Requiring a donation for those would hurt more than it helps IMO.
Now when we get to be a perennial top 10 power, of course!
There are lots of ways to solve the problem. The bottom line is we are at the bottom of giving.
I read that people making excuses that they haven't asked me properly or they have asked too much money.
If you want to give, please give. Quit making excuses.
I didn't realize that VenuWorks was still running Stephens even after the Athletic Department took over. It is good that the AD learned from their mistake when they took over Hilton and just sat on the building like an old fat hen. It is an athletics first facility but other events do a lot to help pay the bills. VenueWorks has and will continue to do a great job with small and mid level performing arts venues - making them profitable or at least solvent and keeping the entertainment flowing.The "Season at Stephens" generally 10-12 shows including 1-2 Broadway level productions. We've gone to phantom, cats, lion king, etc... The season also has 2-3 high level dance productions. We went to Russian national ballet production of Swan Lake right before covid lockdown. Then there are about half dozen other good sized shows each year. Tickets can run $25 for students up to $100+ per seat for the better shows. A season pass had different tiers and requires giving levels similar to cyclone club and fb or bb tickets.
We tried to attend at least one a year before Covid. I don't know that the shows are all traveling at this time and I don't think "season" has returned
If you buy season tickets then you need to join the NCC for some minimum amount , say $100.
Yeah, and the entertainment industry typically books shows/tours in bundle....meaning, Venueworks can negotiate x shows for x facilities or work with promoters on multiple shows in their agency.I didn't realize that VenuWorks was still running Stephens even after the Athletic Department took over. It is good that the AD learned from their mistake when they took over Hilton and just sat on the building like an old fat hen. It is an athletics first facility but other events do a lot to help pay the bills. VenueWorks has and will continue to do a great job with small and mid level performing arts venues - making them profitable or at least solvent and keeping the entertainment flowing.
Those parking lots are a part of the ISC.
I very much trust in Jaime Pollard!
My $0.02 is that the cyclone club donation levels shouldn't look like a bell curve, but more like a pyramid. There should be more Cardinals than Golds, more States than Cardinals, etc. Only 450 century club members? Feels like the low hanging fruit is getting the casual, non-season ticket holder to donate at all.
I think that the key is what do those people get for their donation? Just helping ISU should be a reward, but it probably isn't as much as it should be. I don't know a bunch about the benefits, but how much better of seats at JTS do you get for a $100 donation? Do they get access to FB parking? Is everyone at Hilton a donor at this point? There needs to be an incentive where giving $100 has a tangible benefit over not donating anything and just buying tickets.
As a non-season ticket holder, but someone who still likes to come to one or two games a year, if they made single game tickets available to donors a day or two earlier than the general public, I would be willing to donate in order to choose from the best remaining seats to the best games. I think you could get a decent amount of non-season ticket holders to donate $100 for that privilege. Heck, I'd probably give more. And you might even get some Hawk fans to donate in the years they visit Jack Trice.
Well, you better keep talking about it. In the past decade, our revenues have gone from $25 million to $90 million? Both estimates.Oh no, I just need you to donate or the nuclear winter of ISU athletics I’ve been talking about for a decade is coming.
They do that, but it goes down to the $2,500 level.As a non-season ticket holder, but someone who still likes to come to one or two games a year, if they made single game tickets available to donors a day or two earlier than the general public, I would be willing to donate in order to choose from the best remaining seats to the best games. I think you could get a decent amount of non-season ticket holders to donate $100 for that privilege. Heck, I'd probably give more. And you might even get some Hawk fans to donate in the years they visit Jack Trice.
Also, any Hok fans that come for the Cy-Hok game (never go into the stadium anyway) can be shuttled and dropped off in Boone. They can Uber back.
Yeah, and the entertainment industry typically books shows/tours in bundle....meaning, Venueworks can negotiate x shows for x facilities or work with promoters on multiple shows in their agency.
I had heard that was how we used to get so many great shows at Hilton....we were part of a larger mgt company that would get Hilton on the tours.
There are a couple contributors on here that were part of the old management of The Center that could contribute a lot of information.