I have received all the emails from the Jets. New tix, U2 and Jon Bon Blowme Tix, syrveys, Rex's email... I have not received the emails you're talking about.
But, if we were 8-1 right now, first place in the East, a game behind Indy for 1st in the conference and looking HUGE for this year, next year and beyond--would you still feel the same way? When the Jets are kicking ass, the place is rocking. When they suck, the place is quiet. BTW, I live in Mass. For me a game costs $150 for tix, $75 for gas, $10 or so for tolls, and then food and beer in the lot. An average game for me is $300. I'm still willing to pay it. I would NEVER have gotten a PSL. I only opted for UD no PSL.
Actually in today's economy 8-1 would make absolutely no difference whatsoever. When the Jets started the year 3-0 they were unstoppable and it looked like they were Super Bowl contenders, yet the Jets still couldn't sell out their home games. The Patriots game almost didn't sell out. Even if the Jets are 10-0 in 2010, they won't be able to find 80,000 people to pay $95 and up, plus parking, tolls, concessions, etc.
I don't 100% agree with you. The only I have ever seen the stadium completely packed was at the Jags-Jets playoff game. This part I agree with. I do however feel if the team looked as promising as my original post, more corps would fork over the beans. Corps will pay PSLs for teams that look to be in it for a while.
Maybe in 2000, but in 2009 corporations have slashed entertainment spending and there's lots of competition for expensive tickets & suites. You have a brand new Citi Field, Yankee Stadium, and Meadowlands Stadium (2 teams), a new Prudential Center for the Devils and now Nets, and you still have the Rangers, Knicks, and Islanders overing deep discounts. If you like soccer Red Bull stadium is coming online too. There's too few dollars going around for too many sports offerings. The only team "in it" right now are the Yankees and they're sucking up most of the corporate spending
Hey R sherry you are pretty close if not on the money. I will keep my uppers next year but I myself will start to look long and hard at road trips (we luv going down South ) and buying a few home games in 2011. I will check out my seats next year and sit with my family for the year but if it is not enjoyable--be the seats too damn far from the field or the product on the field unwatchable or bad---then we do road trips and stub hub------time will tell how it pans out but thusfar it sux
Dallas is apples and oranges. It is warmer in dallas, and the team has a history of winning. Like what was said earlier there are just too many teams competing for the same money in the NY area. If you stacked all of them up most of them are ahead of the Jets and the Giants. Even when losing the Yankees, Knicks, and Mets are prolly all ahead of the Jets and Giants when it comes to corporate $. Imho that is because all of them are centerally located in NY. It is also because baseball is played in the nice summer weather. The Knicks play indoors and play in Dec, Jan AND February which is when a lot of corporations like to take out clients to sporting events. For auditors it is their year end and they will treat their clients to a game. For sales people it is the ending or begining of a new budget year. Lastly, football is a blue collar sport, like it or not it doesn't appeal to the average corporation.
That is a good plan. I'm not trying to say anyone who got PSL's or tix is a bad person. Just putting out there other ideas for the person like me that has 3 kids and not a ton of money to blow on football tickets. Going down south is another great idea. I only picked Buff and Mia because I know we will play them. You can fly out of westchester to ft myers using jet blue very cheap right now. So if the Jets played the Jags or TB those would be great choices too. And you are still talking $60 tickets at the most.
I totally agree. This has nothing to do with the 2009record. This is a long term disgust with the Jets record and front office. We do not have 80K people willing to pay and put the effort into going to games. They would rather stay home, we are not the Giants who will sell out all there games regardless of their 2009 record. The NFL is full of crap, if the game last week was not sold out as some of you indicated, then why was it not blacked out? Either people are not showing up that have tickets, or its not sold out and the NFL is lying so a NY game wont be blacked out. There was at least 10K empty seats.
Giants aren't immune either. It's very possible that secondary market prices for Giants tickets next year will also take a dump for certain games. Look at the Yankees, the top name brand in all of sports yet May and September games could be bought for a couple bucks on stubhub. There's a bunch of factors at play. One is the legalizing of scalping in New York State the past couple years. Open markets means more competition which drives prices down. Then you have the cheap wide screen flat panel hi-def TVs where you can basically see everything in high detail and never have to leave your couch or deal with all the game-day hassles.
Guys not dead, just doing research. Trying to get hands on a "sell sheet". When I get that I will blow this thing wide open. BTW Giants have 1,000 unsold 4k and 5k psls. The website says sold out. Ha Ha, but join waiting list and you can buy one today.
I am just referring to tickets bought from the teams, not the secondary market. The Giants will sell all their tickets, the jets will not
I'll post the article for you. Interesting reading... Jets' and Giants' success will impact sales of Personal Seat Licenses and season tickets Bob Raissman Friday, November 13th 2009, 4:00 AM Savulich/NewsMark Sanchez and Jets must repeat early-season success to sell PSLs. Related NewsBrowns to LeBron: Help us!Myers: Tissues can't wipe away Jet messPats quickly put Colt loss behind themRoss puts hopes in hamstringSmith: For final seven games, Eli must be the oneBoley gets ready to pluck FalconsOne issue escaping Valley of the Stupid residents, along with others obsessed with predicting outcomes of the remaining games on the Jets' and Giants' schedules, is a unique management desperation accompanying each team's quest for a playoff berth. The Jets' and Giants' success or failure, the way they finish the season, will impact sales of Personal Seat Licenses (PSLs) and season tickets in the new stadium opening next season. "Make no mistake, the Jets have eight games left, the Giants seven, this is their final showcase for selling these tickets," said a sports marketing executive who does business with multiple NFL teams. "They can talk about previous long-term commitments from their fan base all they want. The economy is not getting any better. Times are different now. How they both finish will either drive customers away or bring them into the tent." For those easily confused, please don't be. Players won't be going into games worrying that a loss means either team is losing thousands of fans who were considering buying PSLs. Same goes for coaches, who are hired to eventually be fired. Players come and go, too. But that debt service, the repayment of principal and interest on the loan ownership took out to build the $1.6 billion stadium, that ain't going nowhere. It's unlikely some bank will ever need to do a foreclosure thing on the Mara, Tisch or Johnson clans, but selling all the seats in the new joint and ripping off, er, raking in the PSL money will help pare down the debt. It will also eventually result in a windfall for both organizations. Convincing Giants and Jets fans, many adversely affected by the rotten economy, to purchase season tickets and PSLs has been tough. That's why millions of bucks in future ticket revenue hinge on how each team finishes. Why would someone, especially those whose discretionary income continues to evaporate, ante up for teams pulling an el-foldo down the stretch? Yes, some will. That's why there's a Valley of the Stupid. Others will use the money for something else. Yet, if both teams finish strong, the decision becomes easier. Fans can justify - no matter how absurd the justification - spending money they don't have on a winner. Watch how that works with the Yankees in 2010. The Jets are more at risk here. That's why they're running all those TV ads urging Jets fans to purchase tickets for 2010 - now! Gang Green's fan base is fickle. And the way the season has played out could be detrimental to loyalists considering investing heavily in a Jets PSL/ticket future. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...giants_success_or_failure_.html#ixzz0XLwubKPI
What a disappointing article. Where are the articles that have inside info that show they've onle been able to sell X percent of seats and that the sales people are stooping lower as management panics?
You don't think Rex knows what Woody and the Jets are up against with the PSL's and how him winning would help his owner, even though I don't think winning this season has anything to do with it. Its a long term disgust with this team and how its fan base is from NY while they play in NJ. We are never gonna sell out!!!!!!!!!! Period.
