Graybeard, Tulsa (7/31/2009 6:09:54 AM)

If Holder wants to sell the stadium out for every game, he should reconsider his policy on single-game ticket sales. He's shooting himself in the foot and depriving the program of needed dollars. Game day ticket sales of the leftovers.........

Mimosa_House, Tulsa (7/31/2009 6:52:37 AM)

Pretty sure Mike Holder can be trusted to run the athletic department and ticket sales. I mean, didn't the guy make money for the GOLF TEAM!? That's almost unheard of in collegiate athletics!

colin1497, Shawnee (7/31/2009 7:15:40 AM)

I have my 7 season tickets. What's your problem, Graybeard?

pat, Kiefer (7/31/2009 8:12:11 AM)

Getting tickets for their premium games is still not an issue. I got my bedlam tickets last year at face value right in front of the stadium...

FAT MAN, BA (7/31/2009 8:44:38 AM)

I am so proud of OSU and the coaching staff... Finally for a chance at the big show!!! Better than choklahoma...

NN, (7/31/2009 9:14:43 AM)

OSU will continue to set revenue and ticket sales records because of this policy and people like Graybeard will still refuse to see that it works. What an ignorant fool.

Arbythree, Tulsa (7/31/2009 9:48:36 AM)

This is good.

Arbythree, Tulsa (7/31/2009 9:54:17 AM)

Ofcourse, there was only one way to go.

pistolp, texarkana (7/31/2009 10:09:48 AM)

Record attendance last year and record season ticket sales this year. I think Holder is right on with his policy. Looking forward to being sold out in lower seating area every game - and in a few years all the suites will be sold.

MexiMike, Tulsa (7/31/2009 11:04:40 AM)

Graybeard, the stats are right in front of your face on the article. Ticket sales went UP with the new season ticket policy, not down. His plan has increased ticket revenue.

Why is that so hard for you to see?

soonersrule, (7/31/2009 11:12:53 AM)

Big show in Stillwater. Is Garth Brook's playing a concert at Gallagher Iba or have I missed something? Choklahoma is a good one.

soonersrule, (7/31/2009 11:14:32 AM)

OSU will have close to 50K for the Georgia game if ticket sales can reach 42 to 44K. That would be a really nice crowd for the opening of the new stadium.

Graybeard, Tulsa (7/31/2009 11:55:06 AM)

So what is wrong with selling single game tickets the day of the game? Some folks don't want to buy a season ticket.....like me. I'm a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and a big OU fan. I like watching the Pokes, too.....and hope they win every game but bedlam. Sure makes our rivalry more fun!
I know that forcing the OSU fans to buy season tickets raises revenue.......I'm NOT an ignorant fool, NN. I know marketing techniques very well. Seems to make perfect sense to sell those leftover tickets the day of the game.....make a few extra bucks. Pay for a new Pistol Pete head or something.

Mimosa_House, Tulsa (7/31/2009 12:05:12 PM)

Have you ever complained to your local supermarket about being forced to buy multiple eggs at once? Ever popped a carton open and taken a single egg to the register?

Steff M, Claremore (7/31/2009 12:11:04 PM)

Too bad you can't take that one back, huh Mimosa? That's bad.

Arbythree, Tulsa (7/31/2009 12:11:38 PM)

I agree Graybeard.

And pay no attention to Mimosa_House, she is just trying to EGG you on.

Ignatz, Broken Bow (7/31/2009 1:31:19 PM)

I have mixed feelings about this. So many of my friends went to OSU (I'm a hundred years old)and just flat out loved the place...and the first big time game I saw was an OSU whipping of OU (Phil Cutcheon's 2nd consecutive win), that I was kind of rooting for them...(met the tall movie star looking coach after Cutcheon at the Petroleum Club and seemed like a nice guy)and then TU started playing them and I hated it when OSU beat us, so I rooted against them. The little "Pat" something or other coach with whiney voice and glasses was kind of funny and I liked him, but Jimmy Jones was a turn off. Gundy is a whack job and I keep thinking about how I want to see him and the whole Boone Pickens thing crater but there are so many decent people wanting OSU to do well. I suppose I want them to succeed to a certain point. Beating OU and Texas is okay, but it's also ok if they lose to everyone else. Does this make any sense?

CowboyBobDog, Creek Cty (7/31/2009 2:35:30 PM)

Ignatz, I'm sure that makes sense on some planet. Arf, Arf.
I was also at the game you mentioned and it was more of a squeaker than a whipping, but we take'm anyway we can get them. It sure was cold that day.

(Bobdog remembers that was the first year of the red helmets with OU on the side.)

Art Monk, (7/31/2009 4:53:39 PM)

Graybeard? More like 'gaybeard.' HA HA. Zing! (scans room for people laughing)

PIRANA, Tulsa (7/31/2009 5:03:39 PM)

The proof is in the win column...everything else is irrelevant. It is a pretty nice facility and stadium now...guess if you build it they will come..and keep on coming if you keep on winning. Good chance for the Pokes to go far this year! GO POKES!

oldnorthroad, (8/1/2009 7:17:30 AM)

I will be interested to see the statistics for 2010-2011. They are banking on the Georgia game big time to push up ticket sales, which is understandable. Without a marquee game of that nature in 2010, the attendance increase might level off.

Regardless, things do seem to be moving in the right direction.

shaw411, Scottsdale, AZ (8/1/2009 4:00:46 PM)

Yawn......

2ndjoyce, BA (8/1/2009 4:01:53 PM)

Would you like a pillow, shaw? LOL!!