Preseason ticket prices..... A JOKE

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reid1boys

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I wouldnt mind shooting up to Arco to watch one of these early games that are not on TV. So i look on the Kings web site to see what costs are, and CHEAPEST seat available is 50 bucks each after they get you for the facility fee and convenice fee.

My wife and I are doing pretty well. Flew to Dallas just to watch a Cowboys game last year since it was last season at Texas stagium, but Ill be damned if I am paying that kind of money for a nose bleed seat for a preseason game.

You would think they would lower ticket prices for preseason just to pack the building.

Oh well. they arent getting my money. Ill just wait and watch the games on TV in a few weeks.
 
Isn't there a NBA rule that says each team has to have at least 500 $10 tickets. And I remember reading somewhere last year that the Kings had doubled that to 1000 $10 tickets to get people to attend
 
They may have had them and sold all of them. But even if they did, how many empty seats would you expect there to be tonight? If there are 6 thousand empty seats, maybe they should double or triple the number of 10 dollar seats for preseason.
 
I have been to numerous Kings games and NEVER paid more than the face value of the ticket. Did you call the box office?
 
They gave a bunch of tickets to state workers. My guess is there might not be that many available in the cheap seats.
 
This is online right? Never, ever pay for tickets online. Last time I did that I paid 17.00 xtra per ticket. That's insane.
 
reid1boys said:
I wouldnt mind shooting up to Arco to watch one of these early games that are not on TV. So i look on the Kings web site to see what costs are, and CHEAPEST seat available is 50 bucks each after they get you for the facility fee and convenice fee.

My wife and I are doing pretty well. Flew to Dallas just to watch a Cowboys game last year since it was last season at Texas stagium, but Ill be damned if I am paying that kind of money for a nose bleed seat for a preseason game.

You would think they would lower ticket prices for preseason just to pack the building.

Oh well. they arent getting my money. Ill just wait and watch the games on TV in a few weeks.
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What praytell, is a facility fee and a convience fee? I've bought tickets since the stone age at ARCO and I've never heard of either one of those. As for as I know they have set ticket prices for various sections and thats what you pay.:confused:
 
CalBears1 said:
The state worker deal was for the Warriors game on the 17 and the Utah game on the 24th.
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There were also some available for tonight. My friend is taking his son tonight. I'm going on the 17th.

Our tickets are in the lower level. :eek: So, state workers did not use up the cheap seats.
 
Tell me about it...

Tickets should be no more than 10 bucks for every ticket during preseason. Fill that arena up and get some excitement back in Sacramento.
 
bajaden said:
What praytell, is a facility fee and a convience fee? I've bought tickets since the stone age at ARCO and I've never heard of either one of those. As for as I know they have set ticket prices for various sections and thats what you pay.:confused:
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Those are from Ticketmaster. I never get anything there anymore unless it is an absolute last resort.
 
Merdiesel said:
Tell me about it...

Tickets should be no more than 10 bucks for every ticket during preseason. Fill that arena up and get some excitement back in Sacramento.
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Filling an arena for pre-season is not going to get the excitement back. And why would they make tickets $10 when they got over 10,000 people to pay the prices they did. Granted, most of those are season ticket holders who automatically got the seats when they bought the season.

You have to remember that they are running a business. Which do you think makes more sense ... sell 10,000 seats at the prices that they are, or sell out (if that would even happen) at $10 a seat. Come on, be realistic.
 
keflanag said:
Filling an arena for pre-season is not going to get the excitement back. And why would they make tickets $10 when they got over 10,000 people to pay the prices they did. Granted, most of those are season ticket holders who automatically got the seats when they bought the season.

You have to remember that they are running a business. Which do you think makes more sense ... sell 10,000 seats at the prices that they are, or sell out (if that would even happen) at $10 a seat. Come on, be realistic.
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From the clips I saw, there didn't seem to be anywhere near 10,000 people at the game. Empty seats don't generate excitement. It would seem to be a wise marketing move to try and fill the seats during this preseason. Even if you had to give them away.
 
keflanag said:
Filling an arena for pre-season is not going to get the excitement back. And why would they make tickets $10 when they got over 10,000 people to pay the prices they did. Granted, most of those are season ticket holders who automatically got the seats when they bought the season.

You have to remember that they are running a business. Which do you think makes more sense ... sell 10,000 seats at the prices that they are, or sell out (if that would even happen) at $10 a seat. Come on, be realistic.
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What makes more sense for the current situation of the Sacramento Kings?

Squeezing a few extra bucks out of the little season ticket holders they have left for a preseason game?

Or generating excitement back in the 1,000's of fans that have strayed away during the past 5 years?

I'm sorry but getting the city behind our team now is more important in the long run. We're talking about PRESEASON games here anyways.:confused:
 
Merdiesel said:
What makes more sense for the current situation of the Sacramento Kings?

Squeezing a few extra bucks out of the little season ticket holders they have left for a preseason game?

Or generating excitement back in the 1,000's of fans that have strayed away during the past 5 years?

I'm sorry but getting the city behind our team now is more important in the long run. We're talking about PRESEASON games here anyways.:confused:
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I agree. I'm puzzled why the Maloofs haven't taken the opportunity to fill the seats. There are many ways to do it, and many benefits. It costs roughly the same to operate the facility empty or full and having more bodies means more concession sales, parking revenue, and fan excitement. Building a renewed fan base should be a priority for the franchise if it plans on staying.
And if all the empty seats are traditionally season ticket holders who don't attend, I would sent out a letter to them asking if they would donate their tickets for select preseason games for a "needy kids day" or similar event. Great PR for the Kings and they help create excitement and add some new fans--it's a win/win.
 
You could give every ticket away for free, and not charge for parking, and the level of excitement at these preseason games is not going to change. The fact is there were about 2 minutes of basketball that were exciting at the end of the 4th quarter, and the arena was close to empty at that point anyway. The tickets being free wouldn't have kept people in their seats. The way you generate interest in this team is by putting a better product on the floor. Period. The only thing giving away tickets or lowering prices would have done is cost the organization hundreds of thousands of dollars. Not worth it to fill an arena for a PRESEASON game.
 
When I was a season ticket holder, it miffed me no end to know that, as a reward for my $2400-$15000 investment (depending on the seats), I got the privilege of being one of the few suckers who had to pay say $115/seat or whatever to watch a pre-season scrimmage.

I do think this is a terrible marketing blind spot for the Kings. It always seemed to me that they ought to give the preseason games free in the season package, and charge the public say half face price. Raise the regular season price nominally to make it a break even for the beancounters.

It feels like a burn to shell out $115/seat for a scrimmage.
 
Merdiesel said:
What makes more sense for the current situation of the Sacramento Kings?

Squeezing a few extra bucks out of the little season ticket holders they have left for a preseason game?

Or generating excitement back in the 1,000's of fans that have strayed away during the past 5 years?

I'm sorry but getting the city behind our team now is more important in the long run. We're talking about PRESEASON games here anyways.:confused:
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Those 1000's of fans that have strayed didn't do so because of ticket prices. Lowering the prices isn't going to bring them back.
 
keflanag said:
You could give every ticket away for free, and not charge for parking, and the level of excitement at these preseason games is not going to change. The fact is there were about 2 minutes of basketball that were exciting at the end of the 4th quarter, and the arena was close to empty at that point anyway. The tickets being free wouldn't have kept people in their seats. The way you generate interest in this team is by putting a better product on the floor. Period. The only thing giving away tickets or lowering prices would have done is cost the organization hundreds of thousands of dollars. Not worth it to fill an arena for a PRESEASON game.
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Ad agencies, marketing and PR firms around the world would beg to differ. Maybe attracting new fans who can enjoy all the game and not just two minutes of it is something to think about.
 
Francisco d'Anconia said:
When I was a season ticket holder, it miffed me no end to know that, as a reward for my $2400-$15000 investment (depending on the seats), I got the privilege of being one of the few suckers who had to pay say $115/seat or whatever to watch a pre-season scrimmage.

I do think this is a terrible marketing blind spot for the Kings. It always seemed to me that they ought to give the preseason games free in the season package, and charge the public say half face price. Raise the regular season price nominally to make it a break even for the beancounters.

It feels like a burn to shell out $115/seat for a scrimmage.
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This isn't a King's thing. Pretty much every team of every sport makes exhibition games part of the the season ticket-holder package. If there is a team that doesn't, it is news to me.
 
Francisco d'Anconia said:
When I was a season ticket holder, it miffed me no end to know that, as a reward for my $2400-$15000 investment (depending on the seats), I got the privilege of being one of the few suckers who had to pay say $115/seat or whatever to watch a pre-season scrimmage.

I do think this is a terrible marketing blind spot for the Kings. It always seemed to me that they ought to give the preseason games free in the season package, and charge the public say half face price. Raise the regular season price nominally to make it a break even for the beancounters.

It feels like a burn to shell out $115/seat for a scrimmage.
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It must burn even more when the Kings and the NBA treat it like a scrimmage and don't even bother televising or broadcasting the games.
 
Here's an idea:

run a single full court camera and stream it on kings.com so fans can play it and listen to a simulcast on the radio.

would that cost so awful much to produce?
 
Francisco d'Anconia said:
Here's an idea:

run a single full court camera and stream it on kings.com so fans can play it and listen to a simulcast on the radio.

would that cost so awful much to produce?
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One does wonder -- that intersquad practice stream really wasn't of bad quality at all. Duplicate that for the preseason games, and really I would have no complaint.
 
Bricklayer said:
One does wonder -- that intersquad practice stream really wasn't of bad quality at all. Duplicate that for the preseason games, and really I would have no complaint.
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I think it's the NBA and their broadcast rights that care. I don't think the practice counts, but games do.
 
Section 101 said:
I think it's the NBA and their broadcast rights that care. I don't think the practice counts, but games do.
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I believe your right. I can't swear to it, but I remember reading somewhere that the NBA prohibits streaming games over the internet. I'm not saying that there aren't some illegal broadcasts, but its not done by the teams.
 
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