Blazer Ticket Info
by Dave on Sep 18, 2009 4:53 PM PDT
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From the team re: Ticket Sales...
INDIVIDUAL GAME TICKETS TO GO ON SALE SEPT. 28
Team to use ‘variable pricing' model to help establish ticket prices
PORTLAND, Ore. - Tickets for each of the Portland Trail Blazers' 41 regular season games will go on sale Monday, September 28, at noon, the team announced today.
Tickets will be available at the Rose Quarter box office, TicketsWest outlets, trailblazers.com or by calling 503-797-9600. Fewer than 1,000 tickets are expected to be available for many games during Monday's initial on-sale, with prices starting as low as $9.
"We can't wait to get the season started and build upon the excitement of last season," Trail Blazers Chief Marketing Officer Sarah Mensah said. "Our fans have played an instrumental role in our success by selling out the building every night, providing our team with a true home-court advantage and leading the Rip City Uprise back to the NBA Playoffs."
Additional ticket availability
Additional tickets for each game, such as those held for inclusion in quarter-season ticket packages and group sales inventory, will once again be available approximately three weeks before game day.
Each Monday at noon, a 48-hour pre-sale opportunity will be offered via e-mail to members of the ‘Next In Line' program for aspiring season ticket holders. On Wednesdays at noon, remaining tickets will be released for sale to the general public.
Variable pricing
For the first time, the Trail Blazers will adopt a ‘variable pricing' model that enables the ticket price for each game to be adjusted throughout the sales cycle in accordance with demand factors like opponent, day of week, approaching milestones, ticket availability, etc.
"For several games, we anticipate our tickets being an even greater value to fans than they were last year," Mensah said. "For the marquee games, we anticipate prices closer in alignment with market demand."
Even with variable pricing in place, the team will continue to make $9 tickets available to all 41 games during the initial on-sale.
2009-10 season gets underway October 27
The on-sale date coincides with the team's annual Media Day, as the players return to officially begin training camp the following day. The Trail Blazers open the season in Portland on Tuesday, October 27, vs. the Houston Rockets, looking to build upon last year's 54-win season during which they earned a share of the Northwest Division title.
The team acquired guard Andre Miller on July 24, augmenting a nucleus led by Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge and Greg Oden. The Trail Blazers will also welcome back Martell Webster, who missed virtually the entire 2008-09 season because of injury.
A limited number of season tickets and quarter-season packages still remain for 2009-10. For information on those, or on group ticket opportunities for parties of 10 or more, fans can call 503-797-9600.
ABOUT NEXT IN LINE
The Trail Blazers launched ‘Next in Line' to provide fans with a priority number for access to season tickets in their desired location as they become available. In addition to a wait list priority number, each subscriber will also receive pre-sale opportunities for single-game tickets, a pair of tickets to a game this season, a team yearbook, merchandise discounts and four tickets to the Nike Hoop Summit for $199.
--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)
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Just buy season tickets.
It’s a lot easier than remembering all those on-sale dates.
Perhaps you missed the biggest news
It appears that the vast majority of sections are sold out for season tickets; hence the whole “Next in Line” thing. From what I saw at the last trade-your-seat’ event for season ticket holders, the only season tickets left are the really, really expensive ones.
I am really glad we got our season tickets before people had to start paying $200 a year just for the opportunity to get in line for them.
the poster formerly known as sergioftw, in recovery
I like
How they talk about variable pricing as if it’s a good thing for the fans.
Life's short, Stunt it!!
by Irwin Fletcher on Sep 18, 2009 6:18 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
I'm glad someone caught that.
Do we play the Grizz in January? That may be where the tickets are of an “even greater value to fans.” Myself, I’ve got my eye on tickets to the Butt-Nuggets on 29 October. Will I be able to get in at under $50?
Bingo, bango, bongo!
If i dont delude myself into believing what i here
my prozac doesnt work
Or presumably either Laker game...
Thankfully my 1/4 season has one of them.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Just FYI, I got this in my inbox from NBA.com
NBA 2009-10: Special Member-Only Presale
As an All-Access member, you have access to NBA tickets for the upcoming 2009-10 season before they go on sale to the general public.
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
Link
http://www.nba.com/allaccess/pre_sale.html
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
Variable Pricing A Good Thing
Made sense to me that the Blazers introduced variable pricing. In fact, I don’t know why they haven’t established this in the first place. Watching a bad team should not cost as much as watching a good team. From a business perspective, this makes sense to me. People will pay extra to watch the Blazers face a good team like the Lakers or the Cavs. And I know there’s a lot less interest in the bad teams, so why not reduce the prices so you can get more butts in the seats? It would give people who normally wouldn’t be able to afford to go to a game a chance to go. Plus, the Blazers will continue to sell the $9 tickets to all the games, giving everyone a shot at watching a good game at an affordable price. From a business perspective, this simply makes sense.
the rose garden was sold out for every game
there are no more seats to put butts in honestly. the 9 dollar seat thing is just doing the fans a favor. also…variable pricing will probably put more money in the blazers pockets like r11 mentioned. the crappy teams sold out at the standard price…its only the good games that will increase in price. I still think this is a good thing as I’d rather have the blazers profiting by selling tickets at the demand price, than scalpers making that cash. after hearing all the horror stories of people buying fake tickets or getting scammed last year, i’m all for any measures that make it difficult for scalpers to profit.
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by Philthyanimal on Sep 20, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
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