Pay-The-Pick Season Ticket Plan

[cls77]

So this is interesting.....

From the Bobcats' Facebook page:
Don't miss out on our Pay-The-Pick season ticket offer! Your price per game = our draft pick number. So if we get the #1 draft pick in the lottery, you'll be paying $1 per game! Offer expires May 30th:

Asked a ticket rep which sections the tickets are for and was told 204-205 and 229-230

Even if we wind up with the 4th overall pick (ughh) season tickets would be a maximum $172 per seat, or $129 with the 3rd, $86 with the 2nd and $43 for 1st overall.

Really nice deal if you're not a season ticket holder yet, and I thought my $215/yr for my seats in 205 were already pretty good!

[JGib23]

Very interesting and creative concept. Your going to ve sitting in the extreme nosebleeds, I'm sure but, for $1 it's hard to complain.

The team hasn't announced anything yet but, I read in the CBJ that the team will redesign some of the lower bowl, to add more seats. We currently have the smallest lower bowl seating in the entire league. (7600 seats I think). The DNC will tear out some sections to make the TV viewing better. Usually the DNC would rebuild the stadium just as it was before but, I think the Bobcats are going to make changes to the Royal Boxes and ledge seating to make better use of the real estate and get more fans in the bottom.

I think the design of the arena was pretty good overall but, I think it was really dumb not to have 9-10k seats in the lower bowl.

[cls77]

Plan would be for sections 204-205 and 229-230. Upper Level Corners.

Plan would NOT qualify for the season ticket holder trade-in program.

[Mustachio]

Its freaking brilliant I think. I think it should be reversed though. makes more sense to charge 172 bucks to see Anthony Davis than it does to pay 172 to see MKG. But the numbers arent as cool that way.

[CLTHornCats]

Its freaking brilliant I think. I think it should be reversed though. makes more sense to charge 172 bucks to see Anthony Davis than it does to pay 172 to see MKG. But the numbers arent as cool that way.

Yup...plus the odds are more likely that they'll get any pick 2, 3 or 4 more than it's likely they'll get pick #1. They're definitely selling all of these seats well below cost so they have to place the largest hit financially on the smallest possible risk.

Not sure what their retention rate is either, but I'd also venture to guess that by offering bargain basement prices, the hope is they can get folks in the door, have the product improve and/or folks enjoy what they're paying for (as little as it may be) and up-sell to a better package down the road.

[Deadshot]

I know the chances of getting the #1 pick are slim but I went ahead and took a chance on getting two seats. Worst case scenario is that I'm spending $350 (plus parking for each game). My schedule probably won't allow me to go to half of them but I will end up selling some of the big games. Its just so much harder to sell one ticket than it is two...

[ammofan]

This is incredible. Makes getting the #1 pick and AD even sweeter...because I will buy season tix if we get #1. No doubt about that! 43 freakin bucks!

[Deadshot]

The offer expires before the draft lottery so the idea is that you are taking a risk. You can't wait until the pick is revealed and then decide if you want to make the purchase or not.

[ammofan]

Just officially made my deposit on 2 tix! Cost like 91 total for the 2 tix deposit. Believe he said my seats we row M in Sec. 205.

[ND22]

If I lived in Charlotte I would do this. Well worth it, especially if we got the 1st pick.