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Post by greatlakesvballer on Aug 15, 2022 12:13:02 GMT -5
Hey Badger fans!! Couple questions for you guys. I’m looking to head down for a few matches this year and maybe the scrimmage: What section would you recommend? Are the GA seats any good, and if so, how early should you arrive to get a *good* GA seat? What is parking like in the area around the field house for matches? Prices/availability? I believe I’m staying at a hotel on the west side of Madison so debating ubering to Campus vs. paying for parking in the area? Thanks everyone. I’ll be cheering for the Badgers in every game except vs. the Gophers Others disagree, but you can find free nearby street parking (south of the Field House, in the "president streets") fairly easily too. It's a 1-5 minute walk to the Field House. (You should just be there 45 minutes ahead: 5-10 to find parking, and 30-45 to get a better GA seat...depending on the opponent).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2022 12:17:51 GMT -5
It's definitely a thing. We talk about it on the board every time it happens. Something about conflicts with other sporting events and lack of resources for UM to cover both, or some such. I think the latest case involving the badgers was 2019 in Ann Arbor, though I could have that wrong. The entire 2021 Michigan Big Ten schedule, plus non-conference played in Ann Arbor are available at BTN-Plus. Oct 27 2019 at Michigan is indeed NOT available at BTN-Plus. Michigan St on Oct 25th is, so it must be a Michigan thing. That's a first in my experience. I don't recall that, maybe I was occupied watching the Packers, so didn't really notice or care, etc. With rare exception, then, games and matches are available as I described. I subscribed to Big Ten+ Fall of 2020 but let expire after a month. It wouldn't show that the Badger games past the next few weeks would be streamed or not. I was just concerned about the ones that weren't broadcast on BTN, ESPNU, etc. The app very much was underwhelming. If the issues have been fixed or if I know for certain which Badger games they are going to be covering with more than a few weeks notice I would re-subscribe.
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Post by robtearle on Aug 15, 2022 12:21:25 GMT -5
The entire 2021 Michigan Big Ten schedule, plus non-conference played in Ann Arbor are available at BTN-Plus. Oct 27 2019 at Michigan is indeed NOT available at BTN-Plus. Michigan St on Oct 25th is, so it must be a Michigan thing. That's a first in my experience. I don't recall that, maybe I was occupied watching the Packers, so didn't really notice or care, etc. With rare exception, then, games and matches are available as I described. I subscribed to Big Ten+ Fall of 2020 but let expire after a month. It wouldn't show that the Badger games past the next few weeks would be streamed or not. I was just concerned about the ones that weren't broadcast on BTN, ESPNU, etc. The app very much was underwhelming. If the issues have been fixed or if I know for certain which Badger games they are going to be covering with more than a few weeks notice I would re-subscribe. The fall of 2020 was the heart of the "COVID" disruption; there were no volleyball matches to show or not show, and few football games, etc. The *entirety* of the spring 2021 UW VB schedule was shown.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2022 12:29:16 GMT -5
I subscribed to Big Ten+ Fall of 2020 but let expire after a month. It wouldn't show that the Badger games past the next few weeks would be streamed or not. I was just concerned about the ones that weren't broadcast on BTN, ESPNU, etc. The app very much was underwhelming. If the issues have been fixed or if I know for certain which Badger games they are going to be covering with more than a few weeks notice I would re-subscribe. The fall of 2020 was the heart of the "COVID" disruption; there were no volleyball matches to show or not show, and few football games, etc. The *entirety* of the spring 2021 UW VB schedule was shown. I meant to say the suspended 2020 season that was played spring of 2021. So one can assume ALL Big Ten matches for this season that aren't nationally broadcast will be on Big Ten+? If so I will definitely subscribe.
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Post by robtearle on Aug 15, 2022 12:40:01 GMT -5
The fall of 2020 was the heart of the "COVID" disruption; there were no volleyball matches to show or not show, and few football games, etc. The *entirety* of the spring 2021 UW VB schedule was shown. I meant to say the suspended 2020 season that was played spring of 2021. So one can assume ALL Big Ten matches for this season that aren't nationally broadcast will be on Big Ten+? If so I will definitely subscribe. It has been my experience over the last few years that all Big Ten matches - with the rare Michigan match noted - are streamed on BTN-Plus, either live or available within a day after if shown elsewhere on 'regular' TV. It has also been my experience that most if not all non-conference matches hosted by Big Ten schools are streamed on BTN-Plus, likewise either live or one-day delay. I am quite certain that all UW VB matches played in the spring of 2021 were streamed, live or delayed, etc.
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Post by ndodge on Aug 15, 2022 13:45:08 GMT -5
I meant to say the suspended 2020 season that was played spring of 2021. So one can assume ALL Big Ten matches for this season that aren't nationally broadcast will be on Big Ten+? If so I will definitely subscribe. It has been my experience over the last few years that all Big Ten matches - with the rare Michigan match noted - are streamed on BTN-Plus, either live or available within a day after if shown elsewhere on 'regular' TV. It has also been my experience that most if not all non-conference matches hosted by Big Ten schools are streamed on BTN-Plus, likewise either live or one-day delay. I am quite certain that all UW VB matches played in the spring of 2021 were streamed, live or delayed, etc. I've had good luck and experience with btn+ over the years, generally, have watched pretty much every non BTN and non me visiting Madison Badger game on there.
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Post by savannahbadger on Aug 15, 2022 19:46:26 GMT -5
I usually do a school specific BTN+ sub starting in late August and then cancel in January.
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Post by robtearle on Aug 15, 2022 19:56:00 GMT -5
I usually do a school specific BTN+ sub starting in late August and then cancel in January. I'm also a big UW women hockey fan and season tickets, etc. They play in the WCHA, which doesn't have any sort of TV contract, but does have 3 of 8 teams as B1G teams, so BTN acquired rights to their games. That, plus men's hockey takes me through March, and by then the price difference between monthly and yearly isn't worth it, so I just go yearly subscription. I'll also watch a bit of softball, and then sometimes dig up old games/matches from prior years.
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Post by robtearle on Aug 16, 2022 9:26:09 GMT -5
Single match tickets went on sale this AM.
I wasn't at all sure what to expect with regard to reserved sections and the game of musical chairs we've been playing. But inferring from where single tickets are available and unavailable, gold and silver and bronze are all full sell-outs; a fair number of reserved seats available in "red" - lower level 'corners'.
(And I'm not sure how this works exactly, but from the first moments, the number of general admission tickets available for Nebraska are *significantly* less than the other matches.)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2022 9:30:53 GMT -5
I will be going to Florida and Minnesota matches.
We should see a sellout for the Kohl Center match but we'll only have between 13 and 14 thousand in the seats I bet.
I really wish if someone doesn't use their tickets find someone who will put their butt in the seats. We're going for HISTORY here!
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Post by robtearle on Aug 16, 2022 9:38:52 GMT -5
I will be going to Florida and Minnesota games. We should see a sellout for the Kohl Center match but we'll only have between 13 and 14 thousand in the seats I bet. I really wish if someone doesn't use their tickets find someone who will put their butt in the seats. We're going for HISTORY here! The last time they did a "Fill The Bowl" game for women's hockey, the announced number of tickets sold was over 14K, but the actual number of people in the building was probably half that. I never did find a "tickets scanned" number for that game. Other "Full The Bowl" games had similar such "no show" numbers. The best attended was in 2017; over 15K announced and over 10K actually scanned. But then those games had significantly 'discounted' tickets, sometimes as low as $1. Tickets for Florida are $15 for the lower bowl, then $10 and $5 for the upper levels. So maybe lower percents of no-shows.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2022 9:56:50 GMT -5
I will be going to Florida and Minnesota games. We should see a sellout for the Kohl Center match but we'll only have between 13 and 14 thousand in the seats I bet. I really wish if someone doesn't use their tickets find someone who will put their butt in the seats. We're going for HISTORY here! The last time they did a "Fill The Bowl" game for women's hockey, the announced number of tickets sold was over 14K, but the actual number of people in the building was probably half that. I never did find a "tickets scanned" number for that game. Other "Full The Bowl" games had similar such "no show" numbers. The best attended was in 2017; over 15K announced and over 10K actually scanned. But then those games had significantly 'discounted' tickets, sometimes as low as $1. Tickets for Florida are $15 for the lower bowl, then $10 and $5 for the upper levels. So maybe lower percents of no-shows. I enjoy Badger women's hockey but the interest level for casual fans isn't really comparable. I couldn't imagine a half empty Kohl Center for women's volleyball with the hype of being a defending national champion even with ticket coats not eclipsing a few bucks. The greater point is that however people acquire the tickets especially for the Kohl Center match.... if you cannot go find a replacement to utilize that/those ticket(s).
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Post by robtearle on Aug 16, 2022 10:08:29 GMT -5
The last time they did a "Fill The Bowl" game for women's hockey, the announced number of tickets sold was over 14K, but the actual number of people in the building was probably half that. I never did find a "tickets scanned" number for that game. Other "Full The Bowl" games had similar such "no show" numbers. The best attended was in 2017; over 15K announced and over 10K actually scanned. But then those games had significantly 'discounted' tickets, sometimes as low as $1. Tickets for Florida are $15 for the lower bowl, then $10 and $5 for the upper levels. So maybe lower percents of no-shows. I enjoy Badger women's hockey but the interest level for casual fans isn't really comparable. I couldn't imagine a half empty Kohl Center for women's volleyball with the hype of being a defending national champion even with ticket coats not eclipsing a few bucks. The greater point is that however people acquire the tickets especially for the Kohl Center match.... if you cannot go find a replacement to utilize that/those ticket(s). (For the last Fill The Bowl in 2020 - a month before COVID shut down everything - the Badgers were also defending national champs.)
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Post by buckypete on Aug 16, 2022 10:16:35 GMT -5
I enjoy Badger women's hockey but the interest level for casual fans isn't really comparable. I couldn't imagine a half empty Kohl Center for women's volleyball with the hype of being a defending national champion even with ticket coats not eclipsing a few bucks. The greater point is that however people acquire the tickets especially for the Kohl Center match.... if you cannot go find a replacement to utilize that/those ticket(s). (For the last Fill The Bowl in 2020 - a month before COVID shut down everything - the Badgers were also defending national champs.) The starting reality is so much different between the two. With women's hockey you begin with an expected crowd of 2,000 at LaBahn and have to build from there. For volleyball you start with an expected crowd of almost 10,000 (if it was at the Field House) and work from there. You don't need to convince as many "new" fans to buy a ticket as you do with WoHo.
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Post by ndodge on Aug 16, 2022 10:18:11 GMT -5
Single match tickets went on sale this AM. I wasn't at all sure what to expect with regard to reserved sections and the game of musical chairs we've been playing. But inferring from where single tickets are available and unavailable, gold and silver and bronze are all full sell-outs; a fair number of reserved seats available in "red" - lower level 'corners'. (And I'm not sure how this works exactly, but from the first moments, the number of general admission tickets available for Nebraska are *significantly* less than the other matches.) MN and NE say "currently unavailable" so probably sold out.
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