Jerry's Wonderworld

by TarHorn on Nov 29, 2007 6:17 PM CST Comment 10 comments

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...

But what he got when he visited the Cowboys this week to hear the team's sales pitch was severe sticker shock – $100,000 each for two personal seat licenses, a new feature that would allow him to buy tickets at the team's new $1 billion stadium in Arlington. And those seats near Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' luxury box weren't even for the priciest seat licenses in the new stadium – those go for $150,000.

I find this to be outrageous and the cause of the lack of excitement at many professional atheletic events, primarily the NBA. Blue collared fans, who in my generalized opinion, are the most devout fans, but with prices like these fans are priced out of attending the game. I hope Texas/OU is never moved there because I can only imagine how much more expensive tickets will become.

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I'd rather...

...pay the additional ticket price and enjoy myself in Jerry's Palace, rather than suffer additional games in the sewer they call the Cotton Bowl. I'll truly miss the State Fair. However, I have no interest in seeing the game going H/H.

BTW, Jerry Jones is a hillbilly and I'd love to see him suffer under the debt-load of that Palace. The view from my couch is just fine and the $150,000 is much better in my brokerage account. He'll be selling those seat licenses many years into the future.

--- All roads to the Big-XII Championships run through OU and the RRS. It's not just "another game." ---

by HornChamps on Nov 30, 2007 12:23 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

re: seeing JJ suffer

Finally, something HC & I agree on. But you have to understand, Jones is still trying to raise enough funds to pay back the accumulated interest from pawning his soul. So that makes the 6-figures completely understandable.

Announcers say my adopted kid runs a 10.1 in the 300m, and announcers are NEVER wrong.

by Shake on Nov 30, 2007 8:27 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

re: $100,000

I'm not sure why everyone is up in arms over this. The $100,000 to $150,000 seat licenses are for the best 1,000 seats in the stadium with all the amenities. That's less than 1% of the total seating.

Plus, these people in the story were fully prepared to pay the $16,000 - $50,000 license fees for the lower bowl seating, which is only for the best 15,000 seats in the stadium. It's not like a lot of these people are owners of mom-and-pop camping supply stores. There's a lot of money up here.

Plus, there are still plenty of opportunities for lower-priced seating that will be available. God forbid an owner try to make money off his football team and new stadium.

by Jason Mayer on Nov 30, 2007 8:43 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

If this has you up in arms....

How do you feel about the criminals at the Longhorn Foundation? $20k or more need to be ponied up now to get 50 yard line seats in the lower deck. Even at that donation level, there are no guarantees and you don't know what seats you will get. At least at Jerryworld, you know what you are paying for...

by SuperHorn on Nov 30, 2007 8:47 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Seat Liscensing

From my understanding there are only 15,000 of those seats and this doesn't necessarily block out the "blue collar fans". Only locks in the best seats in the house (which blue collar fans typically cannot afford anyway). This was also done at Texas Stadium in Irving in the 1970's. Only then it was $1000. Different times, different amounts. I'm certainly not defending the price, or Jones for that matter. But there are two sides to the story.

HornChamps:

I'd rather...pay the additional ticket price and enjoy myself in Jerry's Palace, rather than suffer additional games in the sewer they call the Cotton Bowl.

Then you say:

However, I have no interest in seeing the game going H/H.

I'm assuming that you'd rather the game be played at Jerry's World? Unfortunately, that's not gonna happen. With the new deal that a&m and Arkie just got, they've locked up the stadium for quite some time. And it just happens to be the same weekend as the Texas/OU weekend. Coincedence? I think not. Jerry HATES the city of Dallas for what Mayor Miller did (what a douche-bag mayor that was). Not only has he secured a game that competes with their crown jewel game, but he's forced them into renovations to the Cotton Bowl that they did not want to do. Dallas has to keep up with the Jones' now.

by GoHorns on Nov 30, 2007 9:11 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

by afaeguy on Nov 30, 2007 8:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

on the upside

If you do choose to pay the 50k for the right to get a ticket for 30 years, the Dallas Cowboys will finance the 50k over that time at 8% (absolutely true by the way)

by cliffaudit on Nov 30, 2007 11:28 AM CST reply actions 0 recs