About 8,000 tickets, roughly one-third of what Alberts considers the “best seats” in Memorial Stadium, have been grandfathered in for 30 years or more, meaning those fans do not pay a donation.
Their neighbors in various parts of the stadium are required to shell out for what the university refers to as a “seat licensing fee,” an annual donation ranging between $250 and $2,500 per seat, which has created a cost disparity Alberts said some Husker fans are finding difficult to justify.
“Increasingly, most of our fans are telling us it’s hard to rationalize that spend when the person next to me is paying $0,” Alberts said.
Ending the grandfather clause or modifying it in order to bring ticket prices into greater parity in various areas of the stadium could reduce the average cost of a Husker ticket, he added, which in turn could make the renovated Memorial Stadium a little more accessible to a wider number of fans.
“If we eliminated the grandfather clause, I think people would pay a lot less,” the athletic director said.
It's about time and long overdue!!!
Their neighbors in various parts of the stadium are required to shell out for what the university refers to as a “seat licensing fee,” an annual donation ranging between $250 and $2,500 per seat, which has created a cost disparity Alberts said some Husker fans are finding difficult to justify.
“Increasingly, most of our fans are telling us it’s hard to rationalize that spend when the person next to me is paying $0,” Alberts said.
Ending the grandfather clause or modifying it in order to bring ticket prices into greater parity in various areas of the stadium could reduce the average cost of a Husker ticket, he added, which in turn could make the renovated Memorial Stadium a little more accessible to a wider number of fans.
“If we eliminated the grandfather clause, I think people would pay a lot less,” the athletic director said.
It's about time and long overdue!!!
Alberts: NU plans to examine Memorial Stadium season ticket 'grandfather clause'
Ending the season ticket grandfather clause or modifying it could go a long way to reducing the average cost to Husker fans, AD Trev Alberts said.
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