Students reluctant to buy basketball season ticketsBy Jason Kohler
Daily Sports Writer
In 2003, an anonymous donor paid for free student tickets for the entire bleacher section of Crisler Arena.
More than 1,907 students ordered season tickets for men's basketball that year. The following season, the last year of the anonymous donor, 2,088 ordered tickets.
This year, the Athletic Department has sold about 411 of the 629 seats available for student season-ticket holders. Last year, 632 students purchased season tickets.
"I've been surprised so far with how slow they've been," said Craig Johnson, Business school senior and co-president of the Maize Rage. "One way or another, I think we'll get there. But I'm not sure how easy it'll be."
Although the tickets are not free, the price was reduced from $125 last season to $99 this year.
"We thought this year was a big year to help student engagement and to help students from a financial standpoint," said Marty Bodnar, associate athletic director for ticketing services. "I don't envision the $99 price to cause a thousand students to all of a sudden go order them."
The priority deadline has already passed, but students will be able to purchase tickets on a first-come, first-serve basis until Oct. 31.
"If students buy now, they're going to get into the bleachers," Bodnar said.
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