BYU has sold nearly 10,000 pricy tickets for OU game
I could use a little help on this one, BYU fans.
I'm working on an article about how ticket sales are going for the BYU-Oklahoma game, especially how they are going on BYU's end.
I've talked at length with BYU ticket manager Clark Livsey, who was extremely helpful.
Basically, Livsey said BYU sold out its 7,500 alotted tickets, then requested 2,000 more tickets and sold those out, too.
So BYU will have at least 10,000 people at the game, and that doesn't include those who bought tickets or will buy tickets through the Dallas Cowboys (ticketmaster.com) or through stubhub and the like.
BYU Associate Athletic Director for Communications Duff Tittle told me that that BYU officials were surprised at the "huge demand" for the higher-end tickets, the $150 seats.
Now I would like to hear from some people who have actually registered with BYU tickets and then purchased tickets.
What was the experience like? Were you happy with the transaction? What did you end up paying, and why did you decide to shell out some of your hard-earned cash?
Send me an email if you don't mind being quoted in the newspaper. Please include your full name and what town/state you live in.
My email address is drew@sltrib.com.
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While I am at it, I might as well remind readers that I am on twitter. If you are a tweeter, too (and who isn't these days?), you can follow me by searching for my name, or searching my login, which is drewjay.
Chances are I will follow you, too.
I've found several BYU athletes and/or coaches who are tweeters as well, including tight end Dennis Pitta, quarterback Max Hall, basketball players Charles Abouo and Lamont Morgan, Jr. and assistants John Wardenburg (basketball) and Brandon Doman (football).
I'm working on an article about how ticket sales are going for the BYU-Oklahoma game, especially how they are going on BYU's end.
I've talked at length with BYU ticket manager Clark Livsey, who was extremely helpful.
Basically, Livsey said BYU sold out its 7,500 alotted tickets, then requested 2,000 more tickets and sold those out, too.
So BYU will have at least 10,000 people at the game, and that doesn't include those who bought tickets or will buy tickets through the Dallas Cowboys (ticketmaster.com) or through stubhub and the like.
BYU Associate Athletic Director for Communications Duff Tittle told me that that BYU officials were surprised at the "huge demand" for the higher-end tickets, the $150 seats.
Now I would like to hear from some people who have actually registered with BYU tickets and then purchased tickets.
What was the experience like? Were you happy with the transaction? What did you end up paying, and why did you decide to shell out some of your hard-earned cash?
Send me an email if you don't mind being quoted in the newspaper. Please include your full name and what town/state you live in.
My email address is drew@sltrib.com.
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While I am at it, I might as well remind readers that I am on twitter. If you are a tweeter, too (and who isn't these days?), you can follow me by searching for my name, or searching my login, which is drewjay.
Chances are I will follow you, too.
I've found several BYU athletes and/or coaches who are tweeters as well, including tight end Dennis Pitta, quarterback Max Hall, basketball players Charles Abouo and Lamont Morgan, Jr. and assistants John Wardenburg (basketball) and Brandon Doman (football).
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4 Comments:
It would be cool to know the twitter handles.
if you want to find them, follow drewjay, and then you can click through to see who Jay is following. Most of them are pretty obvious.
My sister tried to buy the $150 tickets through BYU and was told that they are unavailable. My uncle also tried to buy the $150 tickets through OU as a long-time season ticket holder and was told that they are unavailable. Apparently, the explanation that was given him was that they are holding a lot of tickets for corporate sponsors. We aren't happy that we can't buy good tickets to a game that we are spending a lot of money to get to.
If this were a Utah game, there would be some article in the paper about how OU fans were probably raiding the Utah ticket office because the demand couldn't possibly be that high from Utah fans (as examples, 2005 Fiesta Bowl, 2009 Sugar Bowl, Utah Season Tickets every year). Jay, I'm sure you're going to consider that in your story as well, right?
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