Discounted Season Tickets
 

So I'm sitting here minding my own business at lunch and I'm checking out the company discounts. I work at Cessna here in Wichita, so Lord knows there ain't much happening! I happen to run across this little jewel:

NEW Kansas City Chiefs tickets: limited number of $250 Full Season Tickets for all Cessna employees, as well as their family and friends. Lower level seats and Group opportunities are also available. Please contact Tyler Kirby directly at (816) 920-4824 or tkirby@chiefs.nfl.com with any questions or to reserve seats.

How desparate are they anyway?

supposely only 33,00 season tickets were sold compared to 71,000 just 2 years ago.

I'm pretty sure you are looking at purchasing tickets in the Red Reserve areas. Though for 10 games I'd take it if I didn't have to drive from Springfield.

So do I count as your friend?

I paid more than $250 for the preseason games alone...

Hence why I didn't renew this year.

The Chiefs always make special offers on season tickets AFTER they screw over their best customers, the guys who had to pay for their tickets in full up front.
Mine were over $1,000 each for 3 plus parking pass.

That's not a discounted price necessarily. Their new pricing scheme includes a handful of seats that are $250 for the season. They're all the way up in the top corners though.

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=201211

If anyone is interested, I'd make the call to find out details.

They did that last year....

They screwed all of the season ticket holders for $1600 and then they were basically giving away free tickets by the end of the year while all of the suckers already ponied up their $80 per game including the preseasons scrimmages.

Anyone can get $250 full season tickets.

The Chiefs have done this frequently this year. Sending an e-mail to a group or business saying "Hey, we're giving you a great deal here, for your company because you're special. Call now." But it's the same price that everyone else is paying, just in an individualized e-mail making your group or business feel important.

http://www.kcchiefs.com/media/images...32983330180923

six wins in two years = slow sales.

What do you expect?

So do you know Gaz? He works for either Cessna or Boeing. If you do, say "hey" to him from Coogs if you would. Thanks!

Peoli's scheme to get all of the season ticket holders back was to send out some free cheesy hat. Nice work....

And you can buy any of those season tickets through a ticket broker. They charge more than the listed season ticket price but less than the single game price. Pretty good deal if you want good season ticket seats for a reasonable price. I'm pretty sure you can't buy Club 50 seats from the Chiefs, but you can from a broker. Just an option.

The most fun I ever had at a game was clear up in the top corners. Tons of drunks up there in the cheap seats---great entertainment.

This isn't some special offer. When prices were announced you could have chosen to sit up there rather than to renew where you are.
I don't understand how people can see that these tickets are available to whoever wants them......

The Chiefs are HURTING to sell tickets. They are marketing to anyone/everyone. They did this same type of thing prior to Carl coming to town.

The point is, they'll make better deals to people who haven't supported them for years. I'm not saying my seats should cost $25 ea, but they've discounted the more expensive seats, or given away merchandise and stuff to people who buy late in the year to avoid blackouts. I'm just saying they don't give the best deals to their best customers like other businesses do.

Damnit, I gave up my season tickets this year because they were $900, and this thread got me to thinking if we had $250 tickets in SD.

I went and checked and the Cheapest are $480 in the Family Section in Upper View (4 sections of seats), which are all sold out. The next cheapest is $630.

Dude, what do you expect them to do? If you were selling a product and your sales were down, you reduce your prices...but you were not screwing the people who already bought it because they obviously felt it was worth it when they paid.

...I guarantee you the Chiefs didn't want to lower their prices, so they were not screwing anyone...

It's crazy. Why can I, Joe Blow, be able to buy lower level seats between the 35 and 50 for 20% above season ticket prices "willy nilly?" I'm just someone who has money willing to buy a couple of seats where precious seats have been held for years. BTW, the 20% premium is less than the same seat for a single game. I repeat, IT'S CRAZY!!!

Perhaps a lot of companies used to do that, but I'm not sure I can think of any good examples these days. Most companies give you the best deals to start doing business with them, then hope you'll hang on after they bump their prices up.

My season tickets went down in price this year. Last year they were $780 this year $590. I also could have gotten a lower price by changing seats during relocation.

You got better seats for $590?

Got this in my company email yesterday.

Notice the misspelling on the subject line of the origin within the Chiefs organization. ROFL

BTW: Mr. Walker is the Superintendent here




Subject: Kansas City Cheifs - Kansas State Department of Education Ticket Offer

Mr. Walker

My name is Adam Rossbach with the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs have reached out to educators through Kansas and Missouri offering affordable reduced priced season tickets for 2009! We wanted to reach out to the Geary County School District as well and provide the same opportunity. Below I have included an email with all of the details that could get forwarded around. We are excited to provide this opportunity to your District! Would you be able to provide this opportunity to your District staff and faculty through an email? Just let me know. Thank you Ron and I look forward to hearing from you!

The Kansas City Chiefs have a limited number of $250 and $390 full season tickets (all ten games) available to all State of Kansas Department of Education faculty, staff, and employees, their friends and family!

Please share this opportunity with your friends, family, and fellow co-workers!

We also have discounted group tickets available to Kansas State Department of Education faculty and staff! These tickets are discounted by $10-$13 with a group of 20 or more. Our 2009 home schedule includes: The Cowboys, Steelers, Giants, Broncos, Chargers, Raiders, Bills, Browns and the Texans and Seahawks during the preseason.

To reserve your tickets or for more information contact Adam Rossbach at 816.920.4818 or email me at arossbach@chiefs.nfl.com. Please feel free to share this with family, friends, and coworkers!

Sincerely,

Adam Rossbach I Account Executive
Kansas City Chiefs Football Club
P: 816.920.4818 I F: 816.920.4774
One Arrowhead Drive I Kansas City, MO 64129

Those $250 seats will be perfect for you Cessna employees. You will get to see a lot of your work up close as they buzz your head.

DT

He works out at Boeing (maybe "Spirit" now). Met him at a few of the gatherings in Wichita. Super nice guy, too bad he doesn't frequent the planet anymore.

Sounds like you should know better if this has happened to you before.

For $250 I would def take that deal. The Metro is very close to my house in Blue Springs.

LOL

wow, the Patriotification of the Chiefs continue....

The bus's to Arrowhead got cut out of the budget this year.

This is the Chiefs. You don't move up, you move back. The less the view the better of the train wreck imo.