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13 minutes ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

Not everyone is going to be able to pay the increase and continue to eat eggs.  Choices are going to have to be made!

Eggs are bad for your cholesterol anyways.

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On 2/27/2025 at 7:28 AM, PantsTent said:

Yeah, $80 per ticket increase.  But of course this is an $80 increase over last year which was increased over 2023 to account for the 7th game.  I think they snuck these on us a couple of times the last 10 years while saying they haven't increased prices.  Oh well, it's a blended $80 and I'm going to pay it either way.

To be fair….my recollection is that ‘24 total price was the same as ‘23, despite 7 games vs 6

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2 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

To be fair….my recollection is that ‘24 total price was the same as ‘23, despite 7 games vs 6

i believe that is correct.  the 7th game was "free" last year.  80.00 bump minus one game is the double whammy.

back in the day when there was an actual price on the ticket, season ticket cost was basically one game lower than if you bought all game tickets separately.

the ticket price is going to keep going up, 1) offsets the grandfathered LHF seat donation and 2) going to push against the secondary market some IMO.

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42 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

i believe that is correct.  the 7th game was "free" last year.  80.00 bump minus one game is the double whammy.

back in the day when there was an actual price on the ticket, season ticket cost was basically one game lower than if you bought all game tickets separately.

the ticket price is going to keep going up, 1) offsets the grandfathered LHF seat donation and 2) going to push against the secondary market some IMO.

Maybe we should start sucking again to ebb the demand.

 

Kidding...

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On 2/28/2025 at 9:15 AM, Longboard Horn said:

On another note, how does the ticket website work for season tickets? I saw a group of them in the upper deck on the home side that I liked, but it said they're $600 for the season plus a $500-600 donation. So idk how this silly thing works. Do I pay only 600 or am I having to pay 1100-1200? Does the donation money get you tickets for the OU game as well? 

https://texaslonghorns.com/news/2025/2/26/longhorn-foundation-interested-in-2025-texas-football-season-tickets-make-sure-you-are-taking-the-right-steps.aspx

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On 3/1/2025 at 11:10 AM, dcar00 said:

i believe that is correct.  the 7th game was "free" last year.  80.00 bump minus one game is the double whammy.

back in the day when there was an actual price on the ticket, season ticket cost was basically one game lower than if you bought all game tickets separately.

the ticket price is going to keep going up, 1) offsets the grandfathered LHF seat donation and 2) going to push against the secondary market some IMO.

Well thank goodness! Del Conte also mentioned that the athletic department took “4,000 tickets away from brokers and gave them back to you all” for football.

But you still have plenty of new donors that will pay a higher donation fee so why take it out of every fan that's dealt with the ups and downs. Maybe it's the only game in town and the population is big enough but I would feel at some point foundation members might need to feel like there is some benefit.

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On 3/4/2025 at 10:28 AM, ZB'Tejas said:

Well thank goodness! Del Conte also mentioned that the athletic department took “4,000 tickets away from brokers and gave them back to you all” for football.

But you still have plenty of new donors that will pay a higher donation fee so why take it out of every fan that's dealt with the ups and downs. Maybe it's the only game in town and the population is big enough but I would feel at some point foundation members might need to feel like there is some benefit.

Lol the Texas AD does not give two shits about fans that have dealt with the ups and downs. Incredibly greedy organization over the years.

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On 3/7/2025 at 1:54 AM, whereiend said:

Lol the Texas AD does not give two shits about fans that have dealt with the ups and downs. Incredibly greedy organization over the years.

Deloss retired several years ago & Patterson is also gone.

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Nothing on that but I did receive an OU ticket request notice.  I signed up for same amount I always have but then read the email closer and it noted ticket eligibility is tied to donations.  I sent an email asking for confirmation that NIL Donations will count towards that number.  If that isn't the case and I'm not eligible, I'll be dropping NIL donations.  No way I donate to NIL instead of the ridiculous administrative bloat and waste that is the LHF and get rewarded by having to pay 3rd party OU tix.  Would also be the type of dumb policy the idiots at the LHF would put in place.

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1 hour ago, SuckitKevin said:

Anybody got a new seat selection date yet?

I emailed my contact with the LHF last week, and they said they expect to send that info on Thursday of this week (April 10th). 

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18 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Nothing on that but I did receive an OU ticket request notice.  I signed up for same amount I always have but then read the email closer and it noted ticket eligibility is tied to donations.  I sent an email asking for confirmation that NIL Donations will count towards that number.  If that isn't the case and I'm not eligible, I'll be dropping NIL donations.  No way I donate to NIL instead of the ridiculous administrative bloat and waste that is the LHF and get rewarded by having to pay 3rd party OU tix.  Would also be the type of dumb policy the idiots at the LHF would put in place.

My understanding is the Texas One Fund counts towards Loyalty Points, which puts you higher in the pecking order for when you choose seats or if you make the cutoff for away game or bowl game tickets; but the number of OU tickets/Away Game Tickets/Bowl Game Tickets you can get is based on you LHF donations for that season only. 

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18 hours ago, hornian said:

My understanding is the Texas One Fund counts towards Loyalty Points, which puts you higher in the pecking order for when you choose seats or if you make the cutoff for away game or bowl game tickets; but the number of OU tickets/Away Game Tickets/Bowl Game Tickets you can get is based on you LHF donations for that season only. 

That's my read as well.  If confirmed, I'm going to rethink donations all together.  If anything needs to be DOGE'D it's the Longhorn Foundation and ridiculous Belmont continues to require funds be allocated there.  

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43 minutes ago, Skipper said:

That's my read as well.  If confirmed, I'm going to rethink donations all together.  If anything needs to be DOGE'D it's the Longhorn Foundation and ridiculous Belmont continues to require funds be allocated there.  

Honest question: is this a negative reaction to prices going up, or to actual bloat in the LHF?  I have zero exposure to the LHF organization other than occasional emails from them and when I pay my seat donation YoY.  Maybe once a year I call in with a question about seat selection and the service has been good.  Is there a massive headcount hiding in the LHF that is causing prices to be so high? My assumption is that they are charging what the market will pay, not pricing based on their costs.

The Athletic Department is a different question - people always point out bloat there and with the dual mens/women's AD structure maybe that was the case.  I thought CDC had cleaned up some of that?

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5 minutes ago, Horn of Gabriel said:

Honest question: is this a negative reaction to prices going up, or to actual bloat in the LHF?  I have zero exposure to the LHF organization other than occasional emails from them and when I pay my seat donation YoY.  Maybe once a year I call in with a question about seat selection and the service has been good.  Is there a massive headcount hiding in the LHF that is causing prices to be so high? My assumption is that they are charging what the market will pay, not pricing based on their costs.

The Athletic Department is a different question - people always point out bloat there and with the dual mens/women's AD structure maybe that was the case.  I thought CDC had cleaned up some of that?

It's a long standing somewhat educated belief of mine (although the educated component is a bit dated as I don't know anyone currently in a position to share meaningful direct knowledge) that there is significant bloat in the LHF (in addition to Belmont).  If your goal is winning games, I think your dollar goes a lot further with Texas One compared to other depts.  I get why One Fund Donors did not get "loyalty" credit for first couple of years considering NCAA ramifications, but now that those concerns are gone, it just irks me there are self serving policies in place attempting to make sure the LHF still gets theirs.  There are probably others on this board with more knowledge than I have about the inner workings that can correct me if my instincts are wrong.

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Starts next week. And I guess you have the option of not doing anything and it will just renew the same seats correct?

Did anyone confirm what we had heard the other year that if you move seats you are no longer grandfathered into the seat donation? Is that any move at all or just different sections?

Which btw was such a joke since they just decided to raise the ticket prices instead so everyone is still stuck with it.

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4 hours ago, ZB'Tejas said:

Starts next week. And I guess you have the option of not doing anything and it will just renew the same seats correct?

Did anyone confirm what we had heard the other year that if you move seats you are no longer grandfathered into the seat donation? Is that any move at all or just different sections?

Which btw was such a joke since they just decided to raise the ticket prices instead so everyone is still stuck with it.

Correct. Applies to any move at all.

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Posted
32 minutes ago, Horn of Gabriel said:

Will it auto-renew your existing seats if you do nothing?  I will be on a flight during my window.

You only need to do something if you want to add/reduce/move seats (assuming you renewed before the deadline last month). If you want your seats the way they are, you don't have to do a thing.

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Posted
2 hours ago, MaxHorn said:

You only need to do something if you want to add/reduce/move seats (assuming you renewed before the deadline last month). If you want your seats the way they are, you don't have to do a thing.

You have to buy parking though, so just do that later. 

 

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On 4/10/2025 at 3:27 PM, hornbri said:

You have to buy parking though, so just do that later. 

 

Depending on when your time is, not too much later - or the good parking will be gone. 

Speaking of - let's take a poll - when is everyone's seat selection times? And are you staying put, or trying to get better/more seats?

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5 minutes ago, hornian said:

Depending on when your time is, not too much later - or the good parking will be gone. 

Speaking of - let's take a poll - when is everyone's seat selection times? And are you staying put, or trying to get better/more seats?

Mine is the morning of 4/25. I am going to try and add a few seats depending on what/if anything is available.

 

Posted (edited)
4 minutes ago, KingBobo81 said:

Mine is the morning of 4/25. I am going to try and add a few seats depending on what/if anything is available.

 

You can log in now and see what is available, I was surprised at how little is available this year, not that it won’t change over the next 10 days, based on what is available around us we will stay put. 

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Posted
25 minutes ago, hornian said:

or the good parking will be gone. 

What do people consider the “good” parking these days? I have a pretty early selection slot, but despite that I usually choose Garage Q. Yeah it is a walk from the stadium but it is one of the smaller garages, easy to get in/out and then San Jacinto to 15th to mopac is a easy exit for me. 

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4 minutes ago, hornbri said:

What do people consider the “good” parking these days? I have a pretty early selection slot, but despite that I usually choose Garage Q. Yeah it is a walk from the stadium but it is one of the smaller garages, easy to get in/out and then San Jacinto to 15th to mopac is a easy exit for me. 

I have been in R for a while and love it. Easy walk to the stadium/Surly tailgate, right by Sholz's/good place to drop by for a post-game beer and wait out initial traffic congestion, and it is extremely easy to get out of/short hop to MoPac.

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6 hours ago, hornian said:

Depending on when your time is, not too much later - or the good parking will be gone. 

Speaking of - let's take a poll - when is everyone's seat selection times? And are you staying put, or trying to get better/more seats?

Ouch. Mine’s not until 5/7. And I’m trying to add seats. Looks like I may be SOL to do that this year.…and yeah, I’ll need to break out the checkbook to do that.💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸😭🤘🏻

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My selection time is this Friday, I'm hoping to move seats (trying to get into premium seats) so I strategically bumped donations. I'm gonna be pissed if I can't move to a premium space.

If my plan works I'll be dropping some pretty good seats in the lower bowl (but East Side) that hopefully someone here can grab. 

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20 hours ago, hornian said:

My selection time is this Friday, I'm hoping to move seats (trying to get into premium seats) so I strategically bumped donations. I'm gonna be pissed if I can't move to a premium space.

If my plan works I'll be dropping some pretty good seats in the lower bowl (but East Side) that hopefully someone here can grab. 

Good luck, I just did seat selection and did some poking around. The only clubs seats left are in the Terrance Club and there is not many of those. 

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On 4/15/2025 at 3:57 PM, NTVTXN said:

Ouch. Mine’s not until 5/7. And I’m trying to add seats. Looks like I may be SOL to do that this year.…and yeah, I’ll need to break out the checkbook to do that.💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸😭🤘🏻

I'm also on 5/7 and was hoping to get out of the endzone. Not holding my breath on that one though..

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NEZ is not bad - IMO if at least 15+ rows up, especially closer to the hashes. Big board for replay and as a prior TXHS official (Umpire), that was my view on the field. From a little higher, you can really see a play open up/develop.

NW corner provides shade faster for those 11/ early afternoon games.

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Our seats back in 2013, when they celebrated the 50th Anniversary of 1963 in week one (NMSU). Old video board compared to today, but the first time I could ever take a picture of my Dad on it, while sitting in the NEZ. He’d never been on there before, as I can’t remember what they did for the 40th (vs Arky and a game to forget.)

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Included grandkids with Pa prior to KO and son with David. DM was a roommate of my Dad for about a year and 1/2 in their early years.

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Posted
On 4/16/2025 at 1:54 PM, hornbri said:

Good luck, I just did seat selection and did some poking around. The only clubs seats left are in the Terrance Club and there is not many of those. 

Just did my selection. No club seats, not even Terrace Club, available. Well, Longhorn Lounge was available, but I don't really consider that a "club" since there is no conditioned space attached to it, just out of the sun space. 

So, for future reference, unless you selection time is in the first two days, you won't get any club seats. If your selection time isn't on the first day, all you'll be left with is Terrace club.

I did move into the West Side Chairback (from baking on the east side - so at least I'll have shade for most games), so I did improve my seats, but still not happy about the club seats not being available. 

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5 hours ago, hornian said:

Just did my selection. No club seats, not even Terrace Club, available. Well, Longhorn Lounge was available, but I don't really consider that a "club" since there is no conditioned space attached to it, just out of the sun space. 

So, for future reference, unless you selection time is in the first two days, you won't get any club seats. If your selection time isn't on the first day, all you'll be left with is Terrace club.

I did move into the West Side Chairback (from baking on the east side - so at least I'll have shade for most games), so I did improve my seats, but still not happy about the club seats not being available. 

We are in the west side Section 5, on about the 48 yard line about 10 rows from the top tucked nicely under the overhang so we have shade for everything except the first half of 11AM games.  Last year I wanted to at least evaluate Centennial Club seat to get my redheaded wife out of the sun because she burns easily.  I talked to LHF and they advised making a one-time $25K donation to boost me up to day 1 selection and "then maybe you'll get a shot, if seats there free up."

We bought some extra sunscreen.

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On 4/18/2025 at 6:06 PM, Horn of Gabriel said:

We are in the west side Section 5, on about the 48 yard line about 10 rows from the top tucked nicely under the overhang so we have shade for everything except the first half of 11AM games.  Last year I wanted to at least evaluate Centennial Club seat to get my redheaded wife out of the sun because she burns easily.  I talked to LHF and they advised making a one-time $25K donation to boost me up to day 1 selection and "then maybe you'll get a shot, if seats there free up."

We bought some extra sunscreen.

Hi neighbor, we are just a little above you on the aisle. 

I think the LHF maybe misleading, and judging by my inbox many of you think so too. So I have 6 football tickets and Germania club basketball tickets together it gets me a pretty high LHF number. My annual all in “donation” is well above 25k (tickets + seat premium + a little something extra), that got me what I think was day 2 of picking and even then there was very limited inventory and nothing in Centennial club (which if you are not in row 1 I don’t think is worth it but thats another issue).

Between being good at football and being Texas it’s pretty expensive….

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