Golfer
Well-Known Member
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If you've never donated, you're not guaranteed tickets by donating.
You're better off asking a donor to buy your tickets for you, and whatever the mandatory per seat donation is for your set of tix, cover that for him as well. If you do it this way, you'll get a set of 2 season tickets, around the 20 yd. line, west side, for about $1,700-$1,800. These are good tickets. It's about where I sit. You can get closer to the 50, and I think I'm going to this year, I believe your mandatory per seat donation goes up in increments of $200.00 the closer you get. I don't recall the specific yard lines where the prices change.
The only reason I can get closer is the 17 sets, which amounts to between $5K-$7.5K donation to the U. And the guy we use, who goes to the games with me, has been a season ticket holder, for multiple sports, for 40 years.
If I gave them $7,500 in my name this year, I'm not sure what I would get on my own. It's getting expensive to attend Iowa football games. I think if you want to risk it, it's cheaper to scalp in front of Kinnick. Kinnick scalped ticket prices are seldom too bad, notwithstanding the comment about Nebraska. People will pay big on the internet, but if you wait until right before kickoff, even big games are doable by the scalping method.
I scalp for all away games, except Nebraska and the Soldier Field games. Even at Ohio State and Michigan, if I buy through the U, I go and trade up with a scalper. Iowa away game, and bowl game tickets are not good seats.
If you're close to CR, I'd consider doing this for you. It does help me, as we buy 17 sets, and they are mostly spoken for, but it helps our donation level for parking.
And no, I don't make one cent. You have to pay by June I believe, two separate dates, one for the cost of tickets, and another date for the donation, seat backs, if you want them, etc.
It's the best way, to get decent seats, if you've never donated before. I've done it for years.
Single game tickets are also first offered to donors. Kind of interesting, I purchased some single game tickets for Michigan last year, for $80 I believe, and they sat on about the 50, east side. I sit on about the 25 west side, and after my mandatory donation, my ticket cost for the same game is about $110-$125 per seat. Not very fair to the donors, but does make some game affordable to the non-donors (IF, you can actually get the tickets).
So, when they say the game is sold out, and no more tickets available, that's not quite the truth. One time, the ABC Ohio State game, every seat was gone. T U holds back tickets for donors, and special guests. They have several boxes upstairs.
So I do these things for fans. One time I sent two kid's families from the Ronald McDonald House. Anyway, if you want to slip me $10 for my trouble (and it is a hassle), that's cool, but I'm not out to make money.
Tailgate in the stadium lot. Easy to find. I'm sober.
