I am guessing 15 bucks a game.

It's OK, because all the Tressel nut huggers will just rationalize it somehow.

How much WILL state final tickets cost? That remains to be seen, but in the long run we'll all get more bang for our buck.

Be Nice;597584 wrote:How much WILL state final tickets cost? That remains to be seen, but in the long run we'll all get more bang for our buck.

How so?

skank;597617 wrote:How so?

Duh, more five star motels, more five star fast foot joints, bigger parking lots, it's at the best stadium in the world, it's central location, no thugs = less muggings, less vandalisms, less murders, does that cover everything, or am I missing anything?

^^^nope. I think you got it covered.

It wouldnt surprise me to see them jumped up to 15.

The problem is the 6-pack concept is dead. And charging per ticket for those spectators is impossible.

I've seen playoff events in Utah, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Texas this year.

Utah had $10 tickets for a tripleheader. No in/out privileges. The games were at Rice-Eccles Stadium, the Utah Utes home field. Food was priced accordingly with I-A college prices. Even if you wanted to leave and reenter for food, there was nothing nearby. I took the TRAX (light rail) to the stadium, so that was $4 round trip. Parking there is abysmal and a lot of fans take public transportation.

Wisconsin had their state championship games at Camp Randall Stadium. The first day (the day I was there) had four games. If you wanted in/out privileges, it was $12. If you wanted to just see one game it was $8. If you didn't want to leave and reenter, it was only $8. Food was, again, overpriced for high school fans. A $4 Johnsonville brat was the best buy. Parking was horrible. You had to pay $6 and park on the other side of town and ride a shuttle (which they charged $5 for a round trip) to the stadium. A definite rip off.

Minnesota played 12 games in two days at the Metrodome. Six games per day. First game started at 8AM, and the last game was done around 10PM. Tickets were $12 with in/out privileges. Food was expensive (NFL prices), but you could leave and walk to places. I went to a sports bar named Huberts twice. Paid about what I would've paid at the stadium, but got much more for my money and better tasting, too. Parking was easy. $5 all day event parking at the garage next to the stadium. Cheap tickets (works out to $2/game), cheap parking, free reentry, etc. And climate controlled for freezing temperatures (regardless of what just happened to the dome).

Pennsylvania was the WPIAL championships at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. Tickets were $10 at the gate with no reentry. Food was NFL priced, but at the home side had the 'specialty' vendors open. Primanti Bros, a Gyro place I forgot the name of, Quaker Steak, etc. Food wasn't really that off. Parking was $5 or so. Only issue is you HAVE to eat there if you intend to stay for more than one game. Else you'll pay for another ticket. AND there's nothing really within walking distance other than the new casino.

Texas was the two semifinal games this past Saturday at SMU's Ford Stadium. Ticket was $12 at the gate. First game was at noon, second was at 5pm. There was in-out privileges. Food at the stadium was astronomical. $8 for a slice of pizza. $4 for a hot dog or pretzel. $3 for a bag of candy. No game programs. I took a cab here, so parking looked troublesome anyways. The beauty here is this is an upscale area and had a lot of eateries within walking distance. Between games I went to the Barnes and Noble and read a paper. Went down to WaiWai Kitchen and had really good Chicken Curry for $8 and got a lot for that $8. Compared to the $8 pizza slice.

The fact is, for a single game viewer, prices will be higher. For the 'all game viewer', prices will be cheaper. Insomuch that you'll be paying through the nose if you don't get in/out privleges and have to rely on overpriced OSU stadium fare.

Sykotyk

I like the idea of one price for 1 game, and an "all day" price with in/out privileges.

You'll no doubt pay a few bucks extra for the "honor" of seeing a game at the 'Shoe.

RedRider1;598786 wrote:You'll no doubt pay a few bucks extra for the "honor" of seeing a game at the 'Shoe.

Something else that will be BS about it. You know prices will raise just for the fact that it's in the Shoe. Some of us could care less about seeing a game at the shoe, it's not an 'honor' for everyone, we just want to see a high school football game.

Priceless because the games are at The 'Shoe!

Viking;598824 wrote:Priceless because the games are at The 'Shoe!

$100 would probably stop anyone from seeing a high school game. So, it's obviously not 'priceless'.

The Herby charged $15 for two games each day, but that required a lot of cost to fly teams in for it. The lack of that expense should allow an all-day pass.

This current issue is if the OHSAA is making only an average of $8 a ticket (roughly summed between the advance purchase price and ticket window price), even 30,000 fans for all six games this year netted $240,000 minimum. Now, at the Shoe with one ticket counting for all day (as in Wisconsin, if you didn't want to pay extra, you still got to see all the games, you just couldn't leave and reenter for free), the attendance would be less (if numbers held up precisely) simply because many people bought tickets to more than one game either via the ticket books or by just wanting to attending only a couple of games and saw no value in the ticket book.

How much is the state willing to raise prices? And how willing will people to pay the extra price (which the Shoe would command regardless if they paid by the game or by the day) when you can watch it on STO/TW for free?

That's the problem. $12 seems to be the going rate around the country. Even California and Texas are only charging $12 at the door for their titles for all-day tickets.

I can't imagine Ohio charging more than that.

The truth is, ever since the games have been put on TV live, attendence has decreased. Will it increase with a change of location? I don't think anyone can really answer that question right now. Reality is, Columbus is more centralized and more visitor friendly. I will be interested to see how much tickets are also. And in response to playing in the "Shoe", these kids were born in the 1990's, most don't know or care who Paul Brown was. It is a bigger deal to play on the field they see on Saturday afternoons in the fall. It is about what they have grown up with, not what happened 50 years ago. I would personally like to see it moved around.

It's an honor to see a game at the shoe ... if it's an OSU game! I will be passing on listening to crickets in November with 100,000 empty seats at the shoe. STO here I come. Too bad for high school football. JMHO

How much money will the OHSAA have to pay to put banners over every section in C Deck? They may make more money from the sponsors on those banners than they do from ticket sales.

That alone may justify a $5 ticket increase.

RedRider1;599149 wrote:... They may make more money from the sponsors on those banners than they do from ticket sales.

That alone may justify a $5 ticket increase.

How does making more advertising money justify a higher ticket price???

Sykotyk;598940 wrote:$100 would probably stop anyone from seeing a high school game. So, it's obviously not 'priceless'.

The Herby charged $15 for two games each day, but that required a lot of cost to fly teams in for it. The lack of that expense should allow an all-day pass.

This current issue is if the OHSAA is making only an average of $8 a ticket (roughly summed between the advance purchase price and ticket window price), even 30,000 fans for all six games this year netted $240,000 minimum. Now, at the Shoe with one ticket counting for all day (as in Wisconsin, if you didn't want to pay extra, you still got to see all the games, you just couldn't leave and reenter for free), the attendance would be less (if numbers held up precisely) simply because many people bought tickets to more than one game either via the ticket books or by just wanting to attending only a couple of games and saw no value in the ticket book.

How much is the state willing to raise prices? And how willing will people to pay the extra price (which the Shoe would command regardless if they paid by the game or by the day) when you can watch it on STO/TW for free?

That's the problem. $12 seems to be the going rate around the country. Even California and Texas are only charging $12 at the door for their titles for all-day tickets.

I can't imagine Ohio charging more than that.

I agree with most of this.. but think Ohio, a couple years from now, will push for $15 a ticket to attend both games that day, and be able to leave and come back just like the Herby.

Now if one ticket price covers all the games that day like if its a tripple header ,I dont have a problem with a hike ,as long as its not crazy,cause alot of folks dont want to stay other than for theyre own game ...They want to get back to town to celebrate with the team and city ....Ohio stadium will be a great place as it was years ago ....Massillon and Canton do a fine job but so will Columbus... It really is special for kids to get out onto Ohio stadium field ,and I predict that Massillon will get into the finals this next few years and guess what ..40,000 people will be in attendance unlike if St Eds or some of those other catholic schools that bring scant support....

justcompete;599050 wrote:The truth is, ever since the games have been put on TV live, attendence has decreased. Will it increase with a change of location? I don't think anyone can really answer that question right now. Reality is, Columbus is more centralized and more visitor friendly. I will be interested to see how much tickets are also. And in response to playing in the "Shoe", these kids were born in the 1990's, most don't know or care who Paul Brown was. It is a bigger deal to play on the field they see on Saturday afternoons in the fall. It is about what they have grown up with, not what happened 50 years ago. I would personally like to see it moved around.

Right, bc every kid that plays High school football in Ohio, likes OSU.

Thinthickbigred;605783 wrote:It really is special for kids to get out onto Ohio stadium field ,and I predict that Massillon will get into the finals this next few years and guess what ..40,000 people will be in attendance unlike if St Eds or some of those other catholic schools that bring scant support.

Again, if you think these kids give a rats ass you are wrong. They want to play in the State Championship. They don't care where it's being played at. They just want to be in the game.

By the way, you honestly aren't believing that 40,000 in attendance number you threw out there right?

coyotes22;605865 wrote:Right, bc every kid that plays High school football in Ohio, likes OSU.

I'd wager a high percentage do than have 1) heard of Paul Brown or 2) know why the HOF is in Canton.

I just watched the four PIAA titles at Hersheypark Stadium. If anybody wants to put down PBTS or Fawcett, go try and watch a game in Hershey. You will thank your lucky stars that we have such fine facilities in Ohio that we can 'put down' the fact it's not a college venue.

FYI, the 4A (akin to OHSAA D1) title game had a little under 3,000 in attendance.

GoChiefs;605921 wrote:Again, if you think these kids give a rats ass you are wrong. They want to play in the State Championship. They don't care where it's being played at. They just want to be in the game.

By the way, you honestly aren't believing that 40,000 in attendance number you threw out there right?

All 6 games combined will draw 40,000, if it's a good year. They didn't even come close this year (Divisions 1-4 drew 25,600, 5-6 aren't listed, but I would assume 4000 or less for each of those), and a change in venue isn't going to change that.

tsst_fballfan;599055 wrote:It's an honor to see a game at the shoe ... if it's an OSU game! I will be passing on listening to crickets in November with 100,000 empty seats at the shoe. STO here I come. Too bad for high school football. JMHO

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GoChiefs;605921 wrote:Again, if you think these kids give a rats ass you are wrong. They want to play in the State Championship. They don't care where it's being played at. They just want to be in the game.

By the way, you honestly aren't believing that 40,000 in attendance number you threw out there right?

Having played in Ohio stadium it was special ..Yep Massillon had over 30,000 back in the early 80's when they played Moeller...

ts1227;607784 wrote:All 6 games combined will draw 40,000, if it's a good year.

Right, but he's talking about one game. Lol Not all 6 games combined.