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[slice slice baby]

Thoughts of ticket prices, parking & concessions around our area.....

Heard 1.50 for a small bad of popcorn & $3.00 for Jr. High parking at one WBL school...
Is this the norm these days? Is it appropriate?

[jeffcat-bucki]

slice slice baby, on 03 October 2012 - 01:58 PM, said:

Thoughts of ticket prices, parking & concessions around our area.....

Heard 1.50 for a small bad of popcorn & $3.00 for Jr. High parking at one WBL school...
Is this the norm these days? Is it appropriate?

I say raise them if anything...the proceeds are going to the school and athletics that you support. Then again, I'm used to OSU concession prices.

EDIT: Well except parking...that's stupid.

Edited by jeffcat-bucki, 04 October 2012 - 01:00 PM.

[clutch]

Paying to park at a jr high game is stupid.

[flounder]

Paying to park at any high school game is stupid!!!!!!!

[Greendogfriend]

slice slice baby, on 03 October 2012 - 01:58 PM, said:

Thoughts of ticket prices, parking & concessions around our area.....

Heard 1.50 for a small bad of popcorn & $3.00 for Jr. High parking at one WBL school...
Is this the norm these days? Is it appropriate?

What school was this?

[roarintiger1]

U of M............

[Osu4me]

A friend of mine attend a game recently that charged $3.00 per person for admittance at the gate. I was a bit shocked. It was the first I had seen this, but from the responds here perhaps all school should start charging? So what's a fair price 3 a head? 10 a family of 4 or more??

[Hagen]

slice slice baby, on 03 October 2012 - 01:58 PM, said:

Is this the norm these days? Is it appropriate?

It would only be appropriate if all extracurricular functions did it and all proceeds from parking went to repair/upkeep on the parking lot, not the individual function.
Why should attending a sporting event have a double-admission? If it's for the parking lot and all functions do it, I'm ok. However, if it's just a way to raise money for the athletic department, rather than just raise the admission cost itself ($1 a person more), then I determine it to be a shady way of doing so.

[oberhaus]

Paying to park for a regular season event is ridiculous. I know its allowed for playoffs but a lot dont even charge then. Shame on that school for charging for a JR HIGH game.

[jeffcat-bucki]

Greendogfriend, on 03 October 2012 - 08:18 PM, said:

What school was this?

My guess would be Bath. Every time I have ever gone to watch a game there, I have had to pay for parking.

[buckeyes 13]

jeffcat-bucki, on 04 October 2012 - 12:59 PM, said:

My guess would be Bath. Every time I have ever gone to watch a game there, I have had to pay for parking.

that is true bath seems to charge for parking everytime i attend a sporting event there

[Patriot Fan]

Osu4me, on 04 October 2012 - 07:06 AM, said:

A friend of mine attend a game recently that charged $3.00 per person for admittance at the gate. I was a bit shocked. It was the first I had seen this, but from the responds here perhaps all school should start charging? So what's a fair price 3 a head? 10 a family of 4 or more??

If this is a high school game,it's a heck of a deal.

[not4michigan]

buckeyes 13, on 05 October 2012 - 09:20 AM, said:

that is true bath seems to charge for parking everytime i attend a sporting event there

Never been charged at Bath except maybe 4-5 years ago for a b-ball playoff game. I attend 20+ event there a year

One that bothers me is getting charged at a JV game after paying for the varsity on the friday before

[Teddy Malone]

I've never had to pay for parking at Bath for a regular season sporting event. In fact, they made parking better by opening up more parking behind the football field. I think they might've gotten rid of some tennis courts?

[Smooth Pancakes]

$3 for the game ticket is a deal. At my old school, it was either $4 or $5 for students, $6 for the general public.

[LimaJock]

Well, we might as well get used to it. With the politicians placing all the requirements on public schools while reducing the money sent back to the systems I would suspect that most schools are scrambling to support their athletic programs. I'm all for school improvement, but I can never be convinced that state politicians have a clue or ability to make good decisions for local school districts. I say keep our taxes local and significantly reduce state government size and power. We will all be better off. If I don't like my school or community, I will move to the greener grass on the other side of the fence.

LJ

[jeffcat-bucki]

LimaJock, on 05 October 2012 - 11:13 PM, said:

Well, we might as well get used to it. With the politicians placing all the requirements on public schools while reducing the money sent back to the systems I would suspect that most schools are scrambling to support their athletic programs. I'm all for school improvement, but I can never be convinced that state politicians have a clue or ability to make good decisions for local school districts. I say keep our taxes local and significantly reduce state government size and power. We will all be better off. If I don't like my school or community, I will move to the greener grass on the other side of the fence.

LJ

[Osu4me]

Patriot Fan, on 05 October 2012 - 11:25 AM, said:

If this is a high school game,it's a heck of a deal.

No it's 7th grade football.

[slice slice baby]

clutch, on 03 October 2012 - 06:58 PM, said:

Paying to park at a jr high game is stupid.

Greendogfriend, on 03 October 2012 - 08:18 PM, said:

What school was this?

i was told Wapak

jeffcat-bucki, on 04 October 2012 - 12:59 PM, said:

My guess would be Bath. Every time I have ever gone to watch a game there, I have had to pay for parking.

buckeyes 13, on 05 October 2012 - 09:20 AM, said:

that is true bath seems to charge for parking everytime i attend a sporting event there

we've never been charged for parking at Bath, ever, for any event....even though, albeit i haven't been to a Bath game in at least 3 yrs, now. <bball or fball

Smooth Pancakes, on 05 October 2012 - 05:51 PM, said:

$3 for the game ticket is a deal. At my old school, it was either $4 or $5 for students, $6 for the general public.

Patriot Fan, on 05 October 2012 - 11:25 AM, said:

If this is a high school game,it's a heck of a deal.

for middle school/jr. high?

[slice slice baby]

btw, bucki...i hope no one here has epilepsy.