TC2112
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04-05-12 04:21 PM - Post#147756
New Eagle Stadium Season Ticket Info
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RRRquilter
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04-05-12 05:08 PM - Post#147759
In response to TC2112
Thanks for posting!
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gaylonlee
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04-05-12 09:30 PM - Post#147765
In response to RRRquilter
Another blind drawing. No preference for families with players or other participants. No reward for those who would show extra effort (camping out). Just write your name and bump a player's family to the endzone, only to leave your tickets on the dresser if David Finfrock says there's a threat of rain.
Why did it take so long to come up with such a senseless plan?
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brian0527
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04-06-12 08:31 AM - Post#147781
In response to gaylonlee
Is pricing any different than individual games or is it as simple as #games x advance price? They didn't cover that.
I can see both pro's and con's to the lottery method. I'm NOT saying player's family or band family shouldn't have any priority but my gosh how many tickets that would take out of the pool with the massive size of the Escadrille.
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ChrisH
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04-09-12 07:52 AM - Post#147860
In response to brian0527
I also dont like the fact that current season ticket holders can enter to take additional tickets away from those who dont have tickets at all.
Also, is this restricted to Allen residents only or can anyone enter the drawing?
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Uncle Al
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04-09-12 09:56 AM - Post#147867
In response to ChrisH
Current season ticket holders can NOT get additional tickets UNLESS they enter for the drawing just like you and I.
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DAB
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04-09-12 10:25 AM - Post#147870
In response to Uncle Al
Can current season ticket holders enter the lottery if they already have 4 tickets?
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ChrisH
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04-09-12 02:23 PM - Post#147880
In response to DAB
Yes, this is what I am referring to.
You could have a current season ticket holder enter the lottery and get additional tickets therefore taking them away from someone who doesnt have any tickets at all.
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ChrisH
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04-09-12 02:30 PM - Post#147881
In response to Uncle Al
Current season ticket holders can NOT get additional tickets UNLESS they enter for the drawing just like you and I.
Exactly what I am referring to. Someone who already has X number of tickets can increase the number they have if their name is drawn over someone who doesnt have tickets at all.
CURRENT SEASON TICKET HOLDERS: If you wish to release (not renewing) your tickets, please sign the bottom of the card and mail to the above address or come by the athletic office personally to drop the card off.
APRIL 26TH – MAY 18TH - If you are a current season ticket holder and would like to change your current seat selection there will be a sign up sheet available at the Athletic Facility to enter the drawing to upgrade or change your seat assignment. At this time you will only be allowed to change the number of tickets that you currently have in your name. If you would like to purchase additional tickets you will need to enter the drawing with NEW Season Tickets holders.
Monday, April 30, 2012 and will end on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - If you are not a current season ticket holder or you would like to purchase additional tickets you will need to enter the drawing for new ticket sales
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Mrs.Hatts
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04-10-12 12:33 PM - Post#147912
In response to gaylonlee
I couldn't agree more. I have two kids that will be on that field next year (senior and sophomore) and our family did not get picked for season tickets last year. I am more angry at myself for not making bigger waves before now. I mean who thought up this process allowing season ticket holders to have season tickets forever.
It should be seasonal - and open first to those families that have kids on the field in sort of fashion, then to families who have kids at the high school and then to all other allen residents. Or no season tickets and come purchase your tickets first come first serve.
This is high school not the NFL.
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Abby
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04-10-12 03:21 PM - Post#147915
In response to Mrs.Hatts
I agree. If not for the new stadium I would not see my sophomore on the field. Why don't we get first dibs?
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longtimeAllenfan
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04-11-12 11:21 AM - Post#147942
In response to Abby
As a long time season ticket holder, please allow me the opportunity to represent the other side of this issue. First, I applaud you for supporting your kid’s activities. There are so many kids whose parents never help chaperone, sell programs, unload trucks or even attend a booster meeting, much less come to a game. If you do more than come to games, THANK YOU. You are to be commended for showing your kids you care.
My family also supports your kids. We buy tickets, programs, and all sorts of items sold as fund raisers. We also travel near and far to games, year after year. I have met people that managed to get coveted season tickets to see their kids on the field. Then they vanish, never to be seen again – home or away games. Not saying that is terrible, but it is fans like my family that have helped build successful programs like sports and band. You see, our particular interest doesn’t just last 4 years. This is truly our hometown. We are not transient – we were born here and will live most of our lives in Allen. If you want only short term fans then you will have a crowd about the size exhibited by Plano West. They cannot seem to be able to build a large fan base even though their school is not much smaller than Allen. They may have a good team but no fans, no tradition. Compare West with Plano Senior. Plano Senior maintains a good fan base – guess what – they have been Plano Wildcat fans their whole lives and lifetime season ticket holders. They have tradition. This is the same success and tradition that we all enjoy in Allen. Our kids know that every Friday night, whether in our stadium or traveling 3 hours away to Longview, our stands will be filled. When I travel to an away game, I see the same Allen fans year after year after year.
So, long after your kids graduate and you move on, fans, like my family, will still be showing up every Friday night to support the kids from the next generation.
Hopefully, this new stadium will help to ensure that all parents and fans get to see their kids on the field.
GO EAGLES!
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Claybo
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04-11-12 12:04 PM - Post#147944
In response to Abby
Why should you get my seats just because your child is playing football or is in the band? Where were you in the seventies and early eighties when my sister and I were performing on that field? My family still holds their original seats, as do many who sit around us. We have travelled near and far to support the team and the band. We have supported this team since the early sixties. Have You? We have cheered the team on when we didn't personally know a single player.Have you? We also attend other sporting events to support OUR Eagles. Do you? We have purchase programs,concessions, stickers,seat cushions and other do-dads all to supports OUR Eagles. My mother has worked the concession stand many times starting in the sixties. My father stood and collected money from fans long before there were tickets I have worked in the cocession stand myself. Have you?
I don't want to be little the fact that you want to watch your child preform. That is GREAT! But we and many others Have created a tradition here. We love OUR Eagles and have spent a large part of our lives (and money) to show our love.
If you want that parents of player to get first dibs on tickets, then I suggest moving to West Plano. They have a good team but no tradition and there is plenty of seats available 'cause they can't draw flies much less a decent crowd. No way will I give up my seats to someone who will let them go back after their child graduates.How do I know you will do this? Because if you were a real Eagle fan you would already have season tickets.
GO EAGLES!!!!!
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MO
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04-11-12 12:53 PM - Post#147946
In response to longtimeAllenfan
You see, our particular interest doesn’t just last 4 years. This is truly our hometown. We are not transient – we were born here and will live most of our lives in Allen.
Thank you longtimeAllenfan! I was about to post, but you took the words right out of my fingers. I opened the old Eagle Stadium my first year in Tallenettes back in 1976 and have been attending games ever since. Proud to be (still) an Eagle, and while I would hate to have to give up my season tickets, if that were ever to come to pass, I would still get general admission tickets because I will go to the games, and I will support my Eagles, no matter what. But I'd rather keep my seats, thank you.
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ChrisH
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04-11-12 02:56 PM - Post#147955
In response to MO
I dont have any issues with people keeping their seats, I just dont believe those people who already have season tickets should be allowed to enter the drawing for the newly available seats.
I also wish that those people who do have the seats but will not be attending a game, could find a local spot to drop off their tickets at so that someone who is going to the game could use their seats. I hate having to sit on the visitor side on a cold/rainy night and look over and see so many available seats on the home side because someone didnt want to come out in the weather to watch. I will sit in the visitor side and yell for my son and the team just as loudly as I would if I got season tickets, I would just like the opportunity to sit with those cheering for the same team.
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longtimeAllenfan
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04-11-12 03:00 PM - Post#147956
In response to MO
Thank you MO. I echo your sentiment about getting general admission seats, which we do when we go to all the away games. I also love how Claybo's post refers to the eagles as OUR Eagles. They truly are!
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ChrisH
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04-11-12 03:07 PM - Post#147957
In response to longtimeAllenfan
" No way will I give up my seats to someone who will let them go back after their child graduates.How do I know you will do this? Because if you were a real Eagle fan you would already have season tickets."
This is one dumbass statement.
Also, are the new seats going to be restricted to Allen residents?
Not in response to longtimeallenfan as shown above.
Edited by ChrisH on 04-11-12 03:15 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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longtimeAllenfan
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04-11-12 03:08 PM - Post#147958
In response to ChrisH
ChrisH, I also wish people would find a way to give up their seats if they cannot attend a game. When I have an extra ticket, I stand by the ticket office and catch an Allen fan that is about to buy a ticket and give them my extra one. They are always appreciative. We ALWAYS have a great time. Having a place to drop them off is a great idea.
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JeffB
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04-12-12 08:51 AM - Post#147979
In response to longtimeAllenfan
Thanks to Longtimefan, claybo and MO for letting me know that since I didn't move to Allen until 1988 I don't have the same rights to see a game from the same seats that they have. Hopefully they will then also find a way for me to not have to pay for that stadium as well, since the best seats won't and shouldn't be available to me. As was said, it's a high school game, for a school and stadium supported and paid for by all residents of Allen. Let's get rid of the season tickets all together, and let anyone come on game day, with the chance of getting a good view of the game. Thats when you get the top fans!
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MO
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04-12-12 10:54 AM - Post#147984
In response to JeffB
JeffB, I am truly sorry that from my post you took that you did not have equal rights to view games as people who have lived here all their lives. That was never the intention. You do have equal rights, and the new stadium will give everyone an opportunity to attend our football games from the best seats available.
What brought me into this topic was the suggestion that season tickets should be relinquished each year. No season ticket holder, whether at JerryWorld, Ballpark in Arlington, Allen Event Center, Dr. Pepper park, or any high school stadium in the country has an expiration date on their season tickets. It defies the nature of a season ticket. It is not meant to punish anyone who is perceived as less of a fan.
And the new stadium was built for many reasons, probably one of the biggest reasons was that we needed it to accommodate the fans, fans like you that may have missed out on season tickets which were rare in our much smaller stadium. Fans like others who have posted that were previously required to sit on the visitor side but who will now be able to sit in the true Blue and White section. I sincerely hope that all who desire season tickets will be able to get them this year, but even for those who don't, there will be plenty of our side GA seating available. It will be an entirely new setting for Friday nights than what we've experienced in the past, for old fans and new fans alike!
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RRRquilter
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04-12-12 11:12 AM - Post#147985
In response to MO
I would like to know how many more season tickets will be available at the new stadium. Does anyone happen to know?
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shiraz
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04-12-12 11:31 AM - Post#147986
In response to RRRquilter
This was posted by AISD to its Facebook page on April 7:
"There appears to be an impression that fans will not be able to get seats for games this year. The old stadium had about 2,600 seats on the home side not counting the portable bleachers in the corners and endzones. The new stadium seats 9,000 on the home side and another 4,000 around the endzone. There will be twice as many reserved seats as we had last year (5,000) and the general admission seats on the Allen side are still good seats. One of the purposes of reserved seats is to avoid the need to arrive early and hold seats. For popular away games, some Allen fans have arrived 2 hours before the game just to hold seats. "
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Claybo
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04-12-12 01:54 PM - Post#147998
In response to ChrisH
One dumbass statement? Why is that a dumbass statement? Because you tried once to get season tickets and didn't? If you were a true fan Of Our Eagles, then you would have been in the drawing every year since you came here till you obtained your tickets and you would attend every game that you have a chance to attend. I gave up two seats several years ago because I thought someone like you could use them. But we faithfully use the two we have left.
As for out of towners buying season tickets, I know one man who now lives some thirty miles away now, but he and one of his sons come to almost every game. He has been a season ticket holder since the stadium opened. Do you think he should for fiet his rights to those seats? I don't. He has supported OUR Eagles a lot longer than most.
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starrlac
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04-12-12 02:03 PM - Post#147999
In response to Claybo
Not a reply to you specifically, but my beef is with the restriction on the number of season tickets someone can buy. We have more than two children and so will be unable to buy season tickets for our family...or perhaps we could buy four, but send some of the kids to sit on their own in general admission. When AISD has record of the number of people in your household, ie all the kids are enrolled, it would be nice if the entire family would be able to have season tickets and sit together to watch their child/sibling on the field. We sill still be at every game, and will undoubtedly have better seats than we did at the old stadium, but we will have to hold off on season tickets until most of our children are out of school and season tickets will be much harder to get than they will be this year.
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shiraz
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04-12-12 02:30 PM - Post#148000
In response to starrlac
just a quick comment about tickets for children - there are separate, designated sections for middle school students and high school students who, like mine, perhaps cannot bear to be seen in public with their parents.
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starrlac
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04-12-12 03:01 PM - Post#148002
In response to shiraz
Yeah, I know about the student sections. It helps me a little, but not much. I'll have 3 in elementary or younger for the next 4 years. I'll have one in middle school next year, and one is in high school in the band. He has a seat:)
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MO
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04-12-12 03:59 PM - Post#148005
In response to starrlac
Yeah, I know about the student sections. It helps me a little, but not much. I'll have 3 in elementary or younger for the next 4 years. I'll have one in middle school next year, and one is in high school in the band. He has a seat:)
I understand your frustration, but I also understand why the athletic department put the limit on how many to purchase at one time. Without it, I'm sure there would be some people that would go in and buy a block of seats (16 or 20?) if they were high enough on the selection list, and that's not fair either. There had to be a limit, and four seemed reasonable for most families. Which is why you'll see people with seats broken up (three here and three there).
Bottom line is, no system is going to make everyone happy, so they have to go with what will work for most.
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chf
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04-12-12 03:59 PM - Post#148006
In response to Claybo
One dumbass statement? Why is that a dumbass statement? Because you tried once to get season tickets and didn't? If you were a true fan Of Our Eagles, then you would have been in the drawing every year since you came here till you obtained your tickets and you would attend every game that you have a chance to attend. I gave up two seats several years ago because I thought someone like you could use them. But we faithfully use the two we have left.
As for out of towners buying season tickets, I know one man who now lives some thirty miles away now, but he and one of his sons come to almost every game. He has been a season ticket holder since the stadium opened. Do you think he should for fiet his rights to those seats? I don't. He has supported OUR Eagles a lot longer than most.
The most important people in that stadium on Friday night are the kids on the football team, in the band, on the cheer squad, etc. The second most important are the other students in the stands, cheering on their classmates. Third are the parents of the kids participating. Fourth are the rest of the community supporters. They are still very important, but, really, it's not about you. Bottom line, parents of the student participants should have first shot, every year, for ALL season tickets.
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MO
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04-12-12 04:00 PM - Post#148007
In response to shiraz
just a quick comment about tickets for children - there are separate, designated sections for middle school students and high school students who, like mine, perhaps cannot bear to be seen in public with their parents.
Right there with you, shiraz! My daughter hasn't graced us with her presence in public since middle school!
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RRRquilter
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04-12-12 04:43 PM - Post#148009
In response to shiraz
This was posted by AISD to its Facebook page on April 7:
"There appears to be an impression that fans will not be able to get seats for games this year. The old stadium had about 2,600 seats on the home side not counting the portable bleachers in the corners and endzones. The new stadium seats 9,000 on the home side and another 4,000 around the endzone. There will be twice as many reserved seats as we had last year (5,000) and the general admission seats on the Allen side are still good seats. One of the purposes of reserved seats is to avoid the need to arrive early and hold seats. For popular away games, some Allen fans have arrived 2 hours before the game just to hold seats. "
Thanks! Hadn't looked at the website in the past week.
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Abby
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04-12-12 05:02 PM - Post#148011
In response to Claybo
So because I have only lived here for 9 years, I should be penalized by getting to see my only child perform. Had I known all those years ago, I would have bought tickets. Maybe used them, maybe not. Either way the money still supports the football program. I am hoping for season tickets. And when my child graduates, I will give them up so another parent can watch on that field.
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Abby
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04-12-12 05:05 PM - Post#148012
In response to Claybo
And I am not an Eagle. My daughter is an eagle. I graduated elsewhere. I never had desired to go to high school football since my own graduation. But this is Texas football and not like where I grew up.
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ChrisH
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04-12-12 09:07 PM - Post#148018
In response to Claybo
Yes, that is was one dumbass statement. Still backing it up with even dumber statements. I know several people who have tried for 5 or more years to get season tickets. My self, I have not but now that my tax money is going to be going to pay for this 65 million dollar stadium, I would like to be able to sit on the correct side of the field. I have been going to games for the past 10 years that I have lived here and I have always sat on the visitor side.
As I stated earlier, I dont give a rats butt if you keep your seats, I just dont think those with season tickets already should be allowed into the drawing for the new seats. I will have a son on the field, I will buy general admission tickets, and I will continue to support OUR Eagles, I would just prefer that I would have a legit opportunity to get season tickets along with other people who dont currently have season tickets before they are offered to people who just want to increase their number of seats.
BTW, your arguement is ignorant to begin with. Back when you got your season tickets, how many seats did the band take up, 50 maybe 75 at most? How many players were on the team 30? I am pretty certain back then, they were practically giving the tickets away.
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ChrisH
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04-12-12 09:12 PM - Post#148019
In response to Claybo
"As for out of towners buying season tickets, I know one man who now lives some thirty miles away now, but he and one of his sons come to almost every game. He has been a season ticket holder since the stadium opened. Do you think he should for fiet his rights to those seats? I don't. He has supported OUR Eagles a lot longer than most."
FYI, you need to go back and do some reading. I didnt say anyone needed to give up their tickets, I would just like the new season tickets limited to those who are paying taxes for the new stadium.
I would just like them to limit the season tickets to families who dont already have season tickets and who are residents of the city of Allen.
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04-20-12 01:10 PM - Post#148260
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