By: Another alumnus

Another alumnus
Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:15:27 +0000

Alumni & Employee is right. The arena is too large. Absent perceived scarcity, fewer people will buy season tickets, and this is a vicious circle as empty seats demonstrate to the season ticket holder that it doesn't make sense to buy season tickets. Face it: the arena was designed with suites in mind, not individual seats. Even suites are currently available, so the scarcity issues are present there as well. Fortunately, OSU has not (yet) experienced the same problem with football ticket sales, but more and more, football is a TV game and there is a limit to what people will pay for tickets. In the end, big time athletic departments must build their business around TV revenue, not ticket revenue. The ADs realize this.