Bison Fatigue

[NDSU92]

Quick question. If the ncaa takes over the dome for playoffs and takes the money. Why do they have to charge that much to get in? Give tickets away

They only take a cut. I think it’s like 25%. They even charged the students for playoff games back in the day.

[oldmantutters]

This is a legit criticism. Outside of the NDSU marketing I've plugged myself into, I don't see much advertising that a casual person would encounter.

theres billboards around town, duh!!

Quick question. If the ncaa takes over the dome for playoffs and takes the money. Why do they have to charge that much to get in? Give tickets away

they can't charge less than their lowest priced regular season ticket

[BISONBRI53]

I see tons of tickets on gobison.com. I find it insane that NDSU does nothing to promote ticket sales. For the casual fan they probably have no idea that tickets are available.

No No No!!! ML sent a tweet out and so did coach!

[TransAmBison]

They only take a cut. I think it’s like 25%. They even charged the students for playoff games back in the day.

The NCAA takes something like 75%-85% or the bid...whichever is bigger.

[Professor Chaos]

Quick question. If the ncaa takes over the dome for playoffs and takes the money. Why do they have to charge that much to get in? Give tickets away

The NCAA takes something like 75%-85% or the bid...whichever is bigger.

That's correct but it's important to note that it's 75% of the net ticket revenue (so gross ticket revenue minus the host school expenses) not the gross ticket revenue. So unless schools are overbidding they're still making some money off of ticket revenue for hosting playoff games.

[Professor Chaos]

There is something like 40,000 new residents of Fargo-Moorhead over the past 10 years. How many of those people follow NDSU social media? Doesn't do a whole lot of good to send me 40 emails and tweets about ticket availability.

Do some marketing.

This is a legit criticism. Outside of the NDSU marketing I've plugged myself into, I don't see much advertising that a casual person would encounter.

No No No!!! ML sent a tweet out and so did coach!

So what else should they do? I'd say social media is the best and cheapest way to get the word out. I guess you can say they could buy ads on Twitter/Facebook/TV/Radio but that seems like a low return investment. With them only getting 25% of net ticket revenue selling 1000 more tickets for $40 each would be $10k (assuming those extra thousand tickets sold have minimal additional expenses attached to them). Is that worth it to them to dump money into marketing playoff tickets?

[SDbison]

Agreed. I'm not on Twitter, but I've a seen a lot of emails and Facebook stuff about tickets. I'm not sure what else NDSU could do. Robocall to everyone on the season ticket waiting list? Is there even a waiting list anymore?

They just need to find more real fans who don't need to hang out at home depot on Saturdays!

[TransAmBison]

That's correct but it's important to note that it's 75% of the net ticket revenue (so gross ticket revenue minus the host school expenses) not the gross ticket revenue. So unless schools are overbidding they're still making some money off of ticket revenue for hosting playoff games.

I did not know it was net ticket revenue...that does change things a bit. But, not sure when they have to submit their bids...but it is before the selection...so not sure how much schools would want to gamble unless they knew they were going to be in the top 2.

[Professor Chaos]

I did not know it was net ticket revenue...that does change things a bit. But, not sure when they have to submit their bids...but it is before the selection...so not sure how much schools would want to gamble unless they knew they were going to be in the top 2.

There's a bunch of info on it at this site: https://www.ncaa.org/championships/division-i-football

Basically schools in contention for the playoffs send the NCAA a proposed budget for each round they'd like to host which includes estimates for the number of tickets they think they'll sell and expenses and that acts as their "bid". Those bid/budget packs were due by 11/15. Minimum bid to host this year was $30k for the first round and goes up by $10k for each round until it hits $60k for the semis. A seeded school only needs to submit a minimum bid (and meet the NCAA's host facility requirements) to host that particular round.

[SDbison]

Unfortunately I will not be attending this game. My god son is getting married in Minot this weekend. Family comes first (though I did give him a lot of shit, he is a Bison fan, he's been to Frisco numerous times and tailgates often in Fargo...he should know better!)

Sounds like your god son has already set bad precedent with his future wife. He should have been able to say certain dates were off limits for a wedding. Now the wife (new boss) will rule his life. So sad.