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A UT Athletics Travesty

UT Alum here. I paid out of state tuition to UT for 4 years and I attend 15+ sporting events a year.  Bought tickets to tonight's game online and had two friends who are Air Force pilots drive up from San Antonio for the game. Low and behold we walk up to the Irwin Center tonight, tickets in hand, and we're turned away from the stadium because there is "no more room". How the F do you oversell a basketball game? We paid for parking, our tickets, only to be turned away by clueless ticket checkers who had nothing to say but, "I'm sorry" and "There's nothing we can do". There were lines of people at each gate with the same problem. What an embarassment and failure of the Athletics department and all involved. Someone needs to be fired.

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Seriously?

Thats a bunch of crap, especially if those tickets weren’t general admission. They need to get that sorted out.

"Stats are for losers, I like winning games."

by SuperBentley on Jan 24, 2009 10:34 PM CST reply actions  

You should call and demand the parking money back

long shot, but get your voice heard

Ian Johnson gets on one knee.
Sam Bradford gets on both.

by acho81 on Jan 24, 2009 10:56 PM CST reply actions  

that's terrible

I’m sorry to hear that happened to you.

by longhornricky on Jan 24, 2009 11:19 PM CST reply actions  

same here..

…but I’m a student w/ LASP who got turned away.

by vy til i die on Jan 24, 2009 11:44 PM CST reply actions  

LASP

LASP is no guarantee of entrance. It just guarantees you the ability to stand in line to get in.

by luxar on Jan 24, 2009 11:54 PM CST up reply actions  

That's terrible...

Absolutely terrible that they oversold the game……. Hope you are able to get some sort of refund….

by the1austin on Jan 25, 2009 12:05 AM CST reply actions  

That's absolutely ridiculous...

…I thought UT Athletics made several errors tonight, which I’ll touch on in a post tomorrow. But none of them are anywhere on par with your experience.

I hope you get a refund, apology, and free tickets to another Saturday game…

by txtwstr7 on Jan 25, 2009 1:51 AM CST reply actions  

General Admission

Has the policy of GA tickets always been to oversell? This isn’t a damn airline flight. We had reserved seats and got there just at tip, but I saw dozens and dozens of people walking away as we were walking in. Seems like people simply weren’t aware of this policy. Sad.

by UTexasCPA on Jan 25, 2009 11:29 AM CST reply actions  

Dudes

I’m stunned that they actually sold out the arena!

It's Mean to Wean

by Bombilla on Jan 26, 2009 9:19 AM CST reply actions  

Erwin

We need a bigger arena. Wall up the inside of Erwin and make it a vero-dome.

by QueerSteer on Jan 29, 2009 1:55 PM CST reply actions  

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