Say what? Argos Ticket Sales Currently at 15K

[Neely2005]

Just got off the phone with the Argo rep.
My season ticket purchase was quick and seamless.
So I asked the rep how it was going.
Unbelievably was told they are currently at around 15,000.
Had to ask him several times to make sure this figure was correct.
That's even before it goes out to the general public sale in a few weeks.
Can 20,000.-25,000 be far off?
This may be a money maker after all.

How long did it take for you to pick your new seats?

So only 1,000 seats for singles ? That doesn't sound right.

The article in the Sun said that the capacity is 27,000. But yeah even 2,000 for walk ups seems low.

[argotom]

How long did it take for you to pick your new seats?

Did some prep work before and we had a neighbour friend do all of the organizing keeping several people together in the same row.
As for the actual over the phone with the rep, 5-10 minutes max, it was very smooth.
I could hear the chatter and the phones ringing in the background.

[Neely2005]

Did some prep work before and we had a neighbour friend do all of the organizing keeping several people together in the same row.
As for the actual over the phone with the rep, 5-10 minutes max, it was very smooth.
I could hear the chatter and the phones ringing in the background.

Thanks. We're already resigned to the fact that we're not going to get the seats that we want / had at Rogers Centre.

[Qman]

Thanks. We're already resigned to the fact that we're not going to get the seats that we want / had at Rogers Centre.

just email the argos and see if you can get bumped up in the que.

..."look at my post numbers at argofans.com"

[Neely2005]

just email the argos and see if you can get bumped up in the que.

..."look at my post numbers at argofans.com"

Lol, yeah that should work.

[R.J]

Lol, yeah that should work.

I need to get my posting numbers up if that's the case lol.

[R.J]

The article in the Sun said that the capacity is 27,000. But yeah even 2,000 for walk ups seems low.

Yeah, I know. Bob hunter says 27,000; Copeland and Moore say 26,000. Agreed, 1-2,000 would be low, but IIRC the Alouettes had 18,000 Season ticket holders when Percival Molson only seated 20,000.

[Qman]

How long did it take for you to pick your new seats?



The article in the Sun said that the capacity is 27,000. But yeah even 2,000 for walk ups seems low.

don't really have walk ups any more. with ticketmaster now you can pick your seats and then can print their ticket or show their phone, plus there are no blackouts on tv anymore. gameday ticket booths are more for helping customers than selling tickets now.

prefer 100% season ticketholders .. then my tickets are valuable and i can sell if needed on secondary market.
Then people are forced to continue to renew your season tickets and you have a more stable fan base.

[Neely2005]

don't really have walk ups any more. with ticketmaster now and can print their ticket or show their phone, plus there are no blackouts on tv anymore.
i prefer 100% season ticketholders .. then my tickets are valuable and i can sell if needed on secondary market.
Then people are forced to continue to renew your season tickets and you have a more stable fan base.

I don't disagree but organizations seem to like to keep a few thousand tickets available to the general public each game. Even the leafs don't go 100% season tickets.

[Qman]

I don't disagree but organizations seem to like to keep a few thousand tickets available to the general public each game. Even the leafs don't go 100% season tickets.

i don't know the reason for holding say 5%-25% singles but i will throw some ideas out there:
- singles are higher priced tickets, so higher margin (leaf are example of this)
- prevents scalpers or flippers from being too much of your ticket base
- allows new fans to get a taste of being a SSH (although with all games on tv you are already developing fans)

[Reggiemac]

I would like to see some cross sport marketing. Sell argo upcoming game tickets at soccer games and give a small discount or a free food coupon and sell soccer tickets at argo games with same incentives. And make sure the signage at the games is specific to the game using digital displays. Fill the stadium for all events should be the goal. Its a beautiful facility lets make it rock!

[Golden Fleece]

I would like to see some cross sport marketing. Sell argo upcoming game tickets at soccer games and give a small discount or a free food coupon and sell soccer tickets at argo games with same incentives. And make sure the signage at the games is specific to the game using digital displays. Fill the stadium for all events should be the goal. Its a beautiful facility lets make it rock!

Wouldn't want to have the job as Argo ticket seller at TFC games the first year. Be a real magnet for angry soccer fans.

[Neely2005]

Toronto Argonauts Single Game Tickets Presale is live now. The password is:

FOLEY95

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[Neely2005]

Toronto Argonauts Single Game Tickets Presale is live now. The password is:

FOLEY95

.

Here's what the availability shows for the October 10th game vs. Calgary:



(The blue dots are available seats)

[Qman]

Here's what the availability shows for the October 10th game vs. Calgary:



(The blue dots are available seats)

this is pretty consistent with the premise they sold around 14-15k season tickets (looks like more in this map).
looks like 8,000ish remaining for singles -- so probably high-teens like 18,000 including 3/flex packs and corporate and group sales

[Neely2005]

And here's the availability for our Home Opener:



(Blue dots are available seats)