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utee94

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Re: Buying tickets out front
« Reply #84 on: August 27, 2024, 10:00:22 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on August 27, 2024, 09:49:37 AM
Correct MUCH cheaper to be a glutton outside - there are enemies at within the gates
eh, compared to the price of the tickets, the price of parking, the price of the gear to ensure your fit is fire... a couple of $12 beers aren't much.
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« Reply #85 on: August 27, 2024, 10:12:15 AM »
I always say, "I have a budget for beer"

but, I still don't like being raped.
Won't be buying many $12 cups of suds at the concession stand
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Re: Buying tickets out front
« Reply #86 on: August 27, 2024, 10:15:47 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on August 27, 2024, 09:49:37 AM
Correct MUCH cheaper to be a glutton outside - there are enemies at within the gates
I feel like when I go to events now I’m just sitting there and thinking about how nice a crisp beer would be. Then I allow myself one and I’m slightly annoyed that I paid 14 goddamn dollars for it.

although I did go to a smaller event at a local theater last weekend, and there was something that felt uplifting about supporting in the institution, even if I paid 12 bucks for a local beer. (and I am a person steeped in thrift.)


that said, it is a freaking joy when you go to a minor-league event, and suddenly all the concessions are mostly reasonably priced.
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Re: Buying tickets out front
« Reply #87 on: August 27, 2024, 10:16:04 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on August 27, 2024, 09:19:10 AM
The Nebraska Athletic Department announced that this fall will be the last time the Huskers will use printed tickets. Beginning with the 2024-25 winter sports season, all NU athletic events will be mobile.
:'(
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Re: Buying tickets out front
« Reply #88 on: August 27, 2024, 11:07:51 AM »
progress

and if they're spending the $$$$ saved on printing to buy championships........... that's OK
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Re: Buying tickets out front
« Reply #89 on: August 27, 2024, 11:36:10 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on August 27, 2024, 10:12:15 AM
I always say, "I have a budget for beer"

but, I still don't like being raped.
Won't be buying many $12 cups of suds at the concession stand

Go old school .... sneak in a pint and buy $4 Sprite's instead.
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« Reply #90 on: August 27, 2024, 11:54:53 AM »
Quote from: jgvol on August 27, 2024, 11:36:10 AM
Go old school .... sneak in a pint and buy $4 Sprite's instead.
Yup that's why God created the boot flask.
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« Reply #91 on: August 27, 2024, 12:30:28 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on August 27, 2024, 11:54:53 AM
Yup that's why God created the boot flask.
only time I ever used one
one of my fondest memories of my UT days was the aroma of whisky in the student section
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Re: Buying tickets out front
« Reply #92 on: August 27, 2024, 01:00:39 PM »
Somebody on another forum I frequent posted that they were at an even and the beers were $25.00. Not sure the size.  

There has to be some kind of study that shows the relationship between price and quantity.  As in, what's the price point that we can charge the most for beer and still sell more?  At $25 per beer, I doubt the average person is buying more than 1-2.  At $12 per beer, I'd think 3-4 at most.  I could easily consume 5-8 at any sporting event (price notwithstanding), so is there a point at which you make up in volume what you don't make in price?  The fuggin' beer itself has to be the cheapest part of this equation.  Probably cost something like $1-2 each to have them delivered.  Maybe less.   
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« Reply #93 on: August 27, 2024, 01:06:52 PM »
Quote from: Gigem on August 27, 2024, 01:00:39 PM
Somebody on another forum I frequent posted that they were at an even and the beers were $25.00. Not sure the size. 

There has to be some kind of study that shows the relationship between price and quantity.  As in, what's the price point that we can charge the most for beer and still sell more?  At $25 per beer, I doubt the average person is buying more than 1-2.  At $12 per beer, I'd think 3-4 at most.  I could easily consume 5-8 at any sporting event (price notwithstanding), so is there a point at which you make up in volume what you don't make in price?  The fuggin' beer itself has to be the cheapest part of this equation.  Probably cost something like $1-2 each to have them delivered.  Maybe less. 
This is the characteristic called "price elasticity."  For some items, as the price rises just a little little, and people immediately start buying less of it.  This is an example of high price elasticity.

Historically, the price for beer is INelastic.  Meaning, as price goes up significantly, demand drops very little.  People love their beer.

Although for me personally, $25 is way out of line if we're talking a 16 oz pour or less.  But I'm guessing I probably wouldn't have chosen to spend the money on the tickets in the first place, if the venue is charging $25 for beer.
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Re: Buying tickets out front
« Reply #94 on: August 27, 2024, 01:15:17 PM »
Quote from: Gigem on August 27, 2024, 01:00:39 PM
Somebody on another forum I frequent posted that they were at an even and the beers were $25.00. Not sure the size. 

There has to be some kind of study that shows the relationship between price and quantity.  As in, what's the price point that we can charge the most for beer and still sell more?  At $25 per beer, I doubt the average person is buying more than 1-2.  At $12 per beer, I'd think 3-4 at most.  I could easily consume 5-8 at any sporting event (price notwithstanding), so is there a point at which you make up in volume what you don't make in price?  The fuggin' beer itself has to be the cheapest part of this equation.  Probably cost something like $1-2 each to have them delivered.  Maybe less. 
I would think that at many of these events, my beer consumption is more limited by a desire not to leave my seat and go stand in line, more than it's about the price. I paid a lot for that seat, I don't want to go there and then miss a bunch of action. 

I will say that the 2017 Foster Farms bowl was excellent for this. It was so poorly attended that the beer lines were VERY short lol. Something to be said for attending an event at a nearly empty stadium. :57:
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Re: Buying tickets out front
« Reply #95 on: August 27, 2024, 04:04:56 PM »
They charge it because people will pay it.  I guess the griping about it comes free.
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Re: Buying tickets out front
« Reply #96 on: August 27, 2024, 04:26:59 PM »
most places the line to the pisser is longer than the line at the tap

cause folks all want to piss during a TV timeout or break in the action
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Re: Buying tickets out front
« Reply #97 on: August 27, 2024, 04:32:34 PM »
Quote from: jgvol on August 27, 2024, 11:36:10 AM
Go old school .... sneak in a pint and buy $4 Sprite's instead.
not sure what the price of a plastic cup of Coca-Cola was back in 1981 at Memorial stadium in Lincoln, but I'd smuggle in a pint bottle of 151.


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