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by Nick Penzenstadler
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Student season tickets for the 2007 University of Wisconsin football season are sold out.
After only three days, every single one of the 10,500 student tickets was gone by Tuesday afternoon.
Including a $10 surcharge, the $143 ticket packages — which went on sale at 8:30 a.m. Saturday — secured more than $1.5 million for the UW Athletic Department.
Justin Doherty, director of UW Athletic Communications, said this year's ticket packages sold out much faster than last year and attributed the speedy sale in part to the dedication of Badger fans.
"I think it's always been fast," Doherty said. "We have great students that enjoy being at Camp Randall on Saturdays, and we have a good product on the field. That all combines to equal a fast sale."
Doherty said the strong schedule with marquee games against Michigan, Iowa and non-conference foe Washington State might have drawn some added attention.
"We've got a good schedule for next season with great non-conference and conference team play," Doherty said. "You combine that and the enthusiasm, and the interest level is always great here."
After Athletic Director Barry Alvarez took over the head coach position in 1990 and became the winningest coach in school history, Doherty said Badger games became a strongly rooted tradition.
"I just think, over time, word spreads that people enjoy it and really pass that fun along to siblings, and it becomes a generational thing," Doherty said.
UW junior Kimberly Kalik, who woke up early Saturday morning to secure her spot, said she participates in the tradition at Camp Randall in part because of the tradition in her family.
"I was worried they would sell out," Kalik said. "My father's an alumnus, so I wanted to make sure I got a seat. It runs in the family to be a Badger football fan."
UW freshman Colin Wiesner said he was determined to get tickets this year after not winning the freshman lottery last year, forcing him to purchase his tickets on eBay.
"I think it's nice that people are actually rewarded for knowing what's going on instead of just having their number pulled out of a hat like last year," Wiesner said.
Wiesner added he wasn't concerned with getting his ticket in time, even with the early startup time Saturday.
"I knew they were going on sale, but I wasn't really concerned that they would sell out before lunchtime because I figured people would still be hung over from Friday," Wiesner said.
Kalik said several of her friends did not get tickets in time because of the quick sale, but added that she would not consider selling her tickets, even with the increased demand.
"I was really surprised because I know a lot of my friends didn't get them in time," Kalik said.
With athletic programs growing in popularity every season, Wiesner said it was no shock the tickets went fast.
"It doesn't really surprise me," Wiesner said. "It seems like Badger sports in general are getting more and more popular every year."
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 8:07am):
NO FUCKING WAY!!! WHY DID HALF OF THE UNIVERSITY NOT GET THE EMAIL THAT THEY WERE ON SALE? THIS IS BULL.
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 8:26am):
Bullshit that they send an email out to half the students. WTF?
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 10:18am):
are you fucking kidding me? i didn't even know they were on sale...
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 10:21am):
Darn, looks like I won't have any tickets for next year! Oh well I'll go sit and wait for hockey tickets.
- Germain E. Stemme
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 12:32pm):
they didn't send the email out to kids who haven't registered. so they pretty much just fucked me in the ass. not gonna lie, between this and the malarkey tuition increases, i'm a little mad at uw.
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 1:16pm):
This sucks...they didn't email it to me either
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 1:56pm):
I saw chalking on the sidewalk for the ticket sales...but someone had purposely 'erased' or stomped out the date and the time on all the chalkings that I came across on the science end of campus.
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 1:56pm):
Yet another reason how UW Athletics is screwing the student population over, one student at a time.
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 2:10pm):
All students should know that tickets go on sale some time in April, so they should take the initiative to go to the UWbadgers website and check to see when they go on sale. No excuses. I graduated three years ago and still have student tickets; did I get an email? No.
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 2:28pm):
I don't really want to go whats wrong with pouring tons and tons of money into an athletic department that gets benefits that the regular undergraduate population can only dream of.
But deciding to only tell a percentage of the campus population about the ticket sale to draw attention away from the dwindling number of tickets year to year is absurd.
We give the athletic department tons of leeway and money, and what do we get in return; not even a suckle from the athletic teat.
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 2:37pm):
i didn't get an email, and i am really angry. uw is always pulling stuff like this, and screwing over their students.
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 3:07pm):
they never sent out an email. at least no one i know got one
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 4:58pm):
I got an email.
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 6:37pm):
I got an e-mail as well
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 9:32pm):
no one i know got an email, no one i know got tickets, even those who had tickets this year. 10500 tickets were sold, in theory 1 in 4 undergrads should have recieved tickets. anyone notice the disconnect? and why the hell did this kid in the comment above get tickets when they graduated 3 fucking years ago? i'd like to see someone look into this further. is this open records material?
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 11:00pm):
Sports!
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 11:29pm):
If you don't do the wave EVERY time it comes around, you should have to give up your seat to a drunken student who will.
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 11:30pm):
maybe you all should stop whining and check out www.uwbadgers.com on a daily basis if you were a loyal Badger...if you are not informed, it is your duty to inform yourself
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 11:40pm):
this is bullcrap. i am so pissed right now.
Anonymous (April 25, 2007 @ 11:42pm):
people should've took the initiative to look for when tix go on sale. however the registrar's office f'd this one up.
Anonymous (April 26, 2007 @ 9:04am):
what a bunch of whiners...grow up college kids!
Anonymous (April 28, 2007 @ 3:41pm):
Every single student on that campus should have a ticket if they want one. Other fans should respect that college kids should have first dibs on football game memories. They're only there for a short time.
Quit taking "candy" from the kids and sell more tickets to students. I pay tuition and housing to get the whole package of college life and football is an intrinsic part of that life. Boo to the UW Badger Athletic Department!
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