Say what? Argos Ticket Sales Currently at 15K

[Neely2005]

It's going to obviously take a while for the organization as a WHOLE to get it's shit together from top to bottom. Barker and some ticket reps seem to be working hard but there are gaps. As I've mentioned the Argo site is lacking big time. NO marketing yet. I know...I know no one else cares except Rocket and myself.

Doesn't the CFL run all of the team websites?

IIRC it's already been stated that the marketing is going to start once tickets go on sale to the public, which IIRC is March 1st.

[argotom]

Shame the Argos didn't update the seating plan daily to show the seats that have been purchased and subsequently still available.

I have even said they should have a running tally as well on the web site to show the actual numbers sold.

[Argo57]

I have even said they should have a running tally as well on the web site to show the actual numbers sold.

Good idea, like the cash tally at a telethon.

[AngeloV]

Good idea, like the cash tally at a telethon.

Calling Jerry Lewis..

[argolio]

I have even said they should have a running tally as well on the web site to show the actual numbers sold.

Not sure any team in any league would ever do that.

[Qman]

It's going to obviously take a while for the organization as a WHOLE to get it's shit together from top to bottom. Barker and some ticket reps seem to be working hard but there are gaps. As I've mentioned the Argo site is lacking big time. NO marketing yet. I know...I know no one else cares except Rocket and myself.

relax a bit
... the haven't even started marketing to the leaf and raptors season ticket base (presales).
Or general public via marketing blitz
or 3-packs or flex-packs

[Mr. Pike]

relax a bit
... the haven't even started marketing to the leaf and raptors season ticket base (presales).
Or general public via marketing blitz
or 3-packs or flex-packs

Plus corporate sales and TFC season ticket holders !

[rdavies]

Thought this might offer an interesting comparison

Lots of ticket interest in Ottawa's football team
Tim Baines Ottawa Sun April 21, 2013

Without much of a fuss about it, more than a year before they take the field, Ottawa’s CFL team, soon to be officially named the RedBlacks, are taking season ticket deposits — already more than 5,000.

It’s amazing, really ... and shows that Ottawa isn’t just Hockey Country and is about to add Football Country to its credentials.

“We haven’t spent 10 cents on marketing,” said Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group president Jeff Hunt. “It’s a great indication of what’s to come. It’s pretty organic. No business expects to sell its product without marketing.

“In 2008, when we got the expansion franchise, we got 2,500 PRNs (Priority Registration Numbers, at $25 a pop) within a week. We then became preoccupied with getting the process underway. We felt let’s get the stadium approved and do the marketing later. Since we got that certainty (the final OK to build the stadium last October), there was another run on PRNs.

“It’s word of mouth ... people coming to us. When we do launch our (tickets), probably in early June, we will start to market our season tickets.”

Getting a PRN is a good way for fans to ensure they wind up with good seats. Eventually, when everything is in place, fans will be able to choose where they sit.

“The PRN program that we’ll launch, probably in June, will really be for season tickets,” said Hunt. “This creates an orderly process to selling the tickets. But we won’t be in position for people to start picking their seats until the fall.

“We’re looking at software that will allow fans to choose a seat and actually see what their view will be like from that seat. Years ago, when I bought my Senators season tickets (for the inaugural 1992-93 season), all I could look at was a one-dimensional blueprint on the wall. I didn’t have a great perspective of what I would be looking at from my seat.”

The RedBlacks have hired a GM — Marcel Desjardins — and two other football employees — Jeremy Snyder and Miles Gorrell — and will choose up to four players in the May 6 CFL Draft, only able to pick from a group of Canadian-born redshirted players (with one more year of college eligibility) from the NCAA ranks.

“This is what we’ve been waiting for years to do,” said Hunt. “It’s abstract for a lot of fans. As the stadium comes out of the ground, when you hire a GM, pick some players ... you start to make it more real for fans.

“Fans are still consumed with hockey ... as they should be. But soon, the CFL season will begin. This time next year, we’ll have a team ready to go on the field. It becomes a reality ... that this is coming quick.

“Thinking ahead to this CFL season, what’s really interesting is every game I watch, I’m going to be wondering which of those players is going to be wearing an Ottawa uniform next season. Even last year as Ottawa fans watched the CFL, we didn’t have certainty about the CFL team here, at least not until mid-October.”

It may still be a dull roar, but there is excitement building ... it brings back memories of the Senators 20 years ago, when Hunt, No. 212 on the PRN list, bought eight season tickets.

Now, quietly, the sights and sounds of the CFL at Lansdowne Park, are nearing.

TICKET SALES IN OTTAWA

2005

7-11 record
High: 20,833
Low: 16,303
Average: 18,489

2004

5-13 record
High: 25,839
Low: 20,241
Average: 23,049

2003

7-11 record
High: 26,588
Low: 21,200
Average: 23,377

2002

4-14 record
High: 26,898
Low: 20,576
Average: 23,773

1996

3-15 record
High: 28,451
Low: 16,846
Average: 16,846

[argotom]

Not sure any team in any league would ever do that.

Why not?

[KCargosfan]

Why not?

Common sense?

[argolio]

Why not?

What if the numbers suck? P.R. nightmare.

If the Argos ever want to brag about season tickets, they'll do what other teams do: issue a press release.

[argotom]

What if the numbers suck? P.R. nightmare.

If the Argos ever want to brag about season tickets, they'll do what other teams do: issue a press release.

You have to pick your spots.
Agreed in the past while at Rogers and the very lean years there is no way.
But, this year while the excitement in the air so far and with the move and the awesome sales, now that is the time.

[paulwoods13]

You have to pick your spots.
Agreed in the past while at Rogers and the very lean years there is no way.
But, this year while the excitement in the air so far and with the move and the awesome sales, now that is the time.

Agreed -- you have to pick your spots, but the right time is not now, it's when the story is basically complete. Once the vast majority of season's tickets have been sold, if the news is as good as we think it will be, they could release some type of number. But not two weeks into the sales, when they haven't even started selling to new STHs yet.

[KCargosfan]

In all seriousness, I would actually like to see argotom hit the lottery for a billion and buy the Argos. We'd have the best marketing and office staff on the planet.

[Tobythor]

My friend just got his tickets this morning, he got section 222 row 14. That would suggests that section is filling up nicely, the last row at that price point is 17. He's a huge Red Black fan and CFL fan in general and decided to get seasons because of the lure of BMO field.

[ArgoGabe22]

My friend just got his tickets this morning, he got section 222 row 14. That would suggests that section is filling up nicely, the last row at that price point is 17. He's a huge Red Black fan and CFL fan in general and decided to get seasons because of the lure of BMO field.

I misread this and thought he must be the first Rod Black fan ever!

[argotom]

In all seriousness, I would actually like to see argotom hit the lottery for a billion and buy the Argos. We'd have the best marketing and office staff on the planet.

Hey KC, you could have done that had you won a share of that $1.5B power ball a few weeks back.
If I ever win our version here at $60M yes sir I am the next owner of the team.

[Ron]

Why not?

Because it`s a lot of work just to make about a dozen OCD fans happy.

[Will]

How about the CFL and the Argos worry about getting a website that's fully functional before we concern ourselves with extra features?

[rdavies]

.@TorontoArgos Prez/CEO on ticket sales: "We're ahead of even our most optimistic expectations; we're expecting sellouts." #TSN1050 #CFL

— Paulo Senra (@paulosenra) February 19, 2016