They should do it by amount of years having seats. If you have had seats for a long time, you get to chose your seats and so on and so on. That makes sooo much more sense.
There is NO layalty to the fans, whever has the potential to generate the most revenue will have fist crack at tickets.
I don't think anyone will be booted out, but I do think my original thoughts about seat placement will be happening. In other words, if you're in row 10 in the Upper deck, don't assume you'll be in Row 10 in the new stadium. Some guy who refused to pay $20,000 per seat and who has been a ticketholder since the stadium opened will probably be in your seat and so on.... you won't be booted out, but your seat assignment (which you won't be privy to until 2010), might be a much worse seat than you had before. This is getting real ugly. Pay more money for a worse seat. And the new stadium is spread out more, so even if you get your old Row 10, it's still further from the action. I am totally pissed.
Wait...you say no where in here that these people get to pick their seats. This could mean that they're looking for 20% of the $20,000, and if you don't chose to keep your current seat, you're out of luck, at least for now.
When are they going to announce the wallet holding policy? According to what I've heard, upon entering the stadium you will have to hand your wallet to a Jets official. Officials will be located at marked stations on the concourse level. At the completion of the first quarter, the Jets official will remove 20% of your cash. Another 40% is due at the end of the third quarter........
This is the part that's so rich it's laughable. You could also wind up losing your shirt. Some Giants fan lays out $80,000 for 4 PSLs and the Giants have 5 seasons in a row in which they tank and don't even go .500. He's on the hook for the outrageous ticket prices and MUST buy the tickets (or he loses his $80,000), and at the same time NOBODY is going to give him the $80,000 he needs to break even and get TF out. I notice that the Giants are now mentioning, "Do not consider this to be an investment." yet that's exactly what they were referring to it as in passing commects only months ago. One of their attornies must have cautioned them on this. In fact, they are now mantioning this ("Do not consider this an investment") as a form of full disclosure and a preventative that someone might sue them years from now, claiming they were mislead that the PSL would have a greater value soen the road. The fact is, and I've mentioned this from Day One, this is a piss-poor investment. DO NOT think you can or will get a "return" or "appreciation." In fact, consider it a possible albatross... a possible ball and chain... if the PSL bvalue diminishes afterwards. You will have layed out all that money and now you are committed to buying the tickets at WHATEVER price they want to pound you for. Can't afford them this year? Then you lose ALL of the money you shelled out for the PSLs. There are dozens of better ways... hundreds of ways, to "invest" your money. This is a game for extremely well-heeled, wealthy people (or financially liquid companies with spare cash on the balance sheet) with discretionary dollars on the side who do not care about tying up this kind of money. To even consider a "return" or "appreciation" on this money is sheer folly and financial irresponsibility.
what was it seattle seahamks when they opened their new stadium it was a mad dash for whatever seat you could grab. lets race fuckers
At least for the Giants, it does not appear that you get to pick your seats under any circumstances for now, no matter what your response is. "Seats will be assigned in early 2010." The way I'm reading this, if you have four seats and want to remain in this best section, you mail in $16,000 (20% of $80,000) and you commit to mailing in another $32,000 in 2009 and $32,000 in March of 2010. You do this without knowing what your actual seat will be. When the music finally stops and the game of Musical Chairs is over, THEN you get to know where you sit in that section. I can only surmise that if you elect NOT to shell out the $16,000, but instead request another Section, they will probably accomodate and you will have an opportunity to move somewhere else and so on and so on. This is why they need to be playing the Musical Chairs game. God, I'd love to kick them all in the ass just one time.
Right, but you don't know if they mean that you will be assigned a seat in your area or in the whole stadium. We need to see a hard copy of this letter to know what they're asking for.
Well, the Giants are just now mailing out these letters, so I suppose someone (or some news article) will post it in its entirety when they start arriving. My guess is, not revealing actual seats assigments is the most organized way they could come up with though. They'll get all the responses in for each section... run them through the computer, take into account which guy has been a ticketholder longer, and computer generate you seat assigment based on the $$ you layed out and your longevity. (the longevity part is pure speculation on my part). Nowhere have I read that longevity would be taken into consideration, but that would only be fair. But come to think of it, nothing about this is "fair," so I suppose it doesn't do any good to assume fairness will even enter into any of it.
here is a copy of the letter that went out from the giants: Giants Stadium LLC announces seating plan for new stadium Exclusive benefits to be offered in two Club areas (East Rutherford, NJ, July 17, 2008) ? Giants Stadium LLC today announced the details of its PSL sale program as well as the Giants season ticket pricing plan for the 2010 Giants home games in the new stadium currently under construction adjacent to Giants Stadium. The announcement preceded the mail distribution of approximately 1,600 season ticket brochures expected to be delivered early next week to season ticket holders who currently hold some 5,000 mid-field seats in Giants Stadium. This is the first in a series of mailings that will be delivered through February 2009. The average individual 2010 season ticket price of approximately 69,000 non-Club seats will be $112. Capacity at the venue is expected to be 82,500, which includes approximately 9,300 Club seats. With the inclusion of those Club seats, the average season ticket price is projected to be $157. The full pricing plan is available on the Internet at John Mara said that a lot of thought and preparation has been involved in the ticket pricing process. ?A lot of research has been conducted,? said Mara, ?and we have worked to create a system that makes tickets accessible to as many people as possible.? Marketing representatives emphasized that ?first in the mail? is not equal to ?first choice? at the new stadium. The brochures will be mailed in clusters and will move from the 50-yard line locations outward in both the upper and lower bowls until every account has received the information. A projected mailing schedule is attached. All final seat allocations will be prioritized by three factors. They are current stadium location, tenure as a season ticket holder and expressed preference in the new building. Season ticket holders have their best chance for their preferred seats in the new building if they select locations that are approximate to their current stadium seating. ?We recognize that this process is new for Giants season ticket holders,? said Mara. ?We are committed to working with each season ticket holder to make the transition to the new stadium as smooth as possible.? Potential 2010 season ticket holders will only be able to purchase seats after they receive the brochure mailing with its verified identification number. At that point, account owners can complete the application and seat selection process on the Internet at or by phone at 1-877-NYG-2010 (1-877-694-2010) where sales representatives are prepared to assist customers.
I believe that's just the announcement of the sending of the letters, not the entire content of the actual letter, no?
Ok, so it says you can choose where you sit, but...the longer you've been a season ticket holder the better seat you'll have in your area.
Interesting. So now they ARE referring to "tenure" as one of the factors. They also mention "seat selection process," but this may not mean actual seat assignment, just selection of seats in a general area or section.
Its by seniority, not by location. A lower level or Mezz person can not move an upper decker who's been there longer. I guess you are presuming the lower you are, the longer you have been a ticket holder. Not the case with all of us. I never moved down because I hate those seats and I think a lot of people feel the same way. That said, a lot of upper deckers are going to get pushed out by the lower level people and its going to be downstairs or out. That's bull. You wanted to sit downstairs, then you should pay for it or leave. No pushing people upstairs.
