Disappointed Richmond Spider fans

[jrj1976urspider]

One of the results of the limited seating capacity (8700) of Robins Stadium that many have not thought about, or at least expressed in posts, is the affect it has for those UR fans who want to go to the games, but cannot get tickets! UR announced that single game tickets would be available Aug 1st. Well, when I inquired on Aug 1st I was told that all home games are sold out! While I am glad that the Spiders will be playing on campus for the first time in over 80 years, it is a shame that I will not be able to see any games in person! At least for now, unless you are a member of the Spider club or a previous season ticket holder, you can forget going to any Richmond home games! While it will be good that the Barneys and Indians will not be able to invade with their hords, the downside is that more UR fans will not be able to invade their home turf! Hopefully, Robins Stadium expansion to at least 15,000 may not be too far off in the future

[PenthouseClosedEnd]

One of the results of the limited seating capacity (8700) of Robins Stadium that many have not thought about, or at least expressed in posts, is the affect it has for those UR fans who want to go to the games, but cannot get tickets! UR announced that single game tickets would be available Aug 1st. Well, when I inquired on Aug 1st I was told that all home games are sold out! While I am glad that the Spiders will be playing on campus for the first time in over 80 years, it is a shame that I will not be able to see any games in person! At least for now, unless you are a member of the Spider club or a previous season ticket holder, you can forget going to any Richmond home games! While it will be good that the Barneys and Indians will not be able to invade with their hords, the downside is that more UR fans will not be able to invade their home turf! Hopefully, Robins Stadium expansion to at least 15,000 may not be too far off in the future

Why are you going to do this to us again?

[BearIt]

Welcome to the life of a Montana fan. If you are not a season ticket holder about the only way to get a ticket is from some one else selling you one of theirs.

[mcveyrl]

One of the results of the limited seating capacity (8700) of Robins Stadium that many have not thought about, or at least expressed in posts, is the affect it has for those UR fans who want to go to the games, but cannot get tickets! UR announced that single game tickets would be available Aug 1st. Well, when I inquired on Aug 1st I was told that all home games are sold out! While I am glad that the Spiders will be playing on campus for the first time in over 80 years, it is a shame that I will not be able to see any games in person! At least for now, unless you are a member of the Spider club or a previous season ticket holder, you can forget going to any Richmond home games! While it will be good that the Barneys and Indians will not be able to invade with their hords, the downside is that more UR fans will not be able to invade their home turf! Hopefully, Robins Stadium expansion to at least 15,000 may not be too far off in the future

Why are you going to do this to us again?

You know, you guys would have some more room if you hadn't built that track around the field.

(And why is there an ad for Zach Wamp on this site? I know they're automatically generated, but he needs help to win, but he's lookin' for love in all the wrong places here.)

[S F State Gaters]

just makes me shake my head when i think about schools like UC berkeley, Stanford, and now Washington who are reducing the size of their stadiums...

[ur2K]

You know, you guys would have some more room if you hadn't built that track around the field.

The damn track was there already.

[mcveyrl]

You know, you guys would have some more room if you hadn't built that track around the field.

The damn track was there already.

Wait. What? I heard that UR built it for football conditioning purposes...is that not accurate?

In all seriousness, are they alotting more seats for student tickets in the hope that the on-campus facility draws more students?

[ur2K]

One of the results of the limited seating capacity (8700) of Robins Stadium that many have not thought about, or at least expressed in posts, is the affect it has for those UR fans who want to go to the games, but cannot get tickets! UR announced that single game tickets would be available Aug 1st. Well, when I inquired on Aug 1st I was told that all home games are sold out! While I am glad that the Spiders will be playing on campus for the first time in over 80 years, it is a shame that I will not be able to see any games in person! At least for now, unless you are a member of the Spider club or a previous season ticket holder, you can forget going to any Richmond home games! While it will be good that the Barneys and Indians will not be able to invade with their hords, the downside is that more UR fans will not be able to invade their home turf! Hopefully, Robins Stadium expansion to at least 15,000 may not be too far off in the future

If you would have been paying attention over the last 4-5 years, getting tickets would not be an issue. 4,000 other people didn't have this problem. I've got my 2, as do 17 other friends sitting in the same section.

[ur2K]

The damn track was there already.

Wait. What? I heard that UR built it for football conditioning purposes...is that not accurate?

In all seriousness, are they alotting more seats for student tickets in the hope that the on-campus facility draws more students?

The entire temporary endzone seating will be student seating - about 1,600 seats. I've heard that our Pres wants to make a ticket available for all students for the opener - whether that will happen or not - I don't know.

[mcveyrl]

Wait. What? I heard that UR built it for football conditioning purposes...is that not accurate?

In all seriousness, are they alotting more seats for student tickets in the hope that the on-campus facility draws more students?

The entire temporary endzone seating will be student seating - about 1,600 seats. I've heard that our Pres wants to make a ticket available for all students for the opener - whether that will happen or not - I don't know.

Somebody mentioned that the lower level seats on the side would be student seating. Do you know if that's the case? I guess it would make one side more difficult noise-wise if all the students were on one end...

[ur2K]

The entire temporary endzone seating will be student seating - about 1,600 seats. I've heard that our Pres wants to make a ticket available for all students for the opener - whether that will happen or not - I don't know.

Somebody mentioned that the lower level seats on the side would be student seating. Do you know if that's the case? I guess it would make one side more difficult noise-wise if all the students were on one end...

Not the case, they'll be in the endzone, in front of the scoreboard in seasonal bleachers. Not sure where the extras will be for the first game.

From the http://www.robinsstadium.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Student Tickets
UR student tickets are limited to 1,600 seats located in the North End Zone (Sections 110-111). UR students must claim their ticket by Wednesday of game week at RichmondSpiders.com. Any tickets claimed after Wednesday of game week are based on availability only. Students must show a valid UR Student ID with their ticket to enter Robins Stadium.

Also

Visiting Team Seats: Visiting team tickets are available in Sections 112-113, 117, 212-213 and 217 on the East Concourse.

[mcveyrl]

Visiting Team Seats: Visiting team tickets are available in Sections 112-113, 117, 212-213 and 217 on the East Concourse.

That's a nice little section of tickets for visiting fans. I would guess that those will be released back to the public if they aren't sold, so keep your chin up 1976.

[jrj1976urspider]

To the poster who says I am "beating a dead horse" he did not read my post closely. This is the only post in which I mention tickets not being available to Spider fans! Maybe someone else has done so. If you don't like my post, just skip over it!

[89Hen]

Maybe you shouldn't have built a track around the field.

[ODUalum11]

Welcome to the life of a Montana fan. If you are not a season ticket holder about the only way to get a ticket is from some one else selling you one of theirs.

and believe it or not an ODU fan.

This was actually one of the things I was wondering about with Richmond downsizing to a new on-campus stadium. Just wondering, how many student tickets will there be?

[ODUalum11]

Welcome to the life of a Montana fan. If you are not a season ticket holder about the only way to get a ticket is from some one else selling you one of theirs.

and believe it or not an ODU fan.

This was actually one of the things I was wondering about with Richmond downsizing to a new on-campus stadium. Just wondering, how many student tickets will there be?

Nevermind, saw the figure of 1600 above.

[PenthouseClosedEnd]

To the poster who says I am "beating a dead horse" he did not read my post closely. This is the only post in which I mention tickets not being available to Spider fans! Maybe someone else has done so. If you don't like my post, just skip over it!

If you seriously don't think the topic has been beaten to death, you are a real glutton for punishment.

[kdinva]

..... While it will be good that the Barneys and Indians will not be able to invade with their hords.....

....and the occasional band of Keydets.

[green&gold75]

One of the results of the limited seating capacity (8700) of Robins Stadium that many have not thought about, or at least expressed in posts, is the affect it has for those UR fans who want to go to the games, but cannot get tickets! UR announced that single game tickets would be available Aug 1st. Well, when I inquired on Aug 1st I was told that all home games are sold out! While I am glad that the Spiders will be playing on campus for the first time in over 80 years, it is a shame that I will not be able to see any games in person! At least for now, unless you are a member of the Spider club or a previous season ticket holder, you can forget going to any Richmond home games! While it will be good that the Barneys and Indians will not be able to invade with their hords, the downside is that more UR fans will not be able to invade their home turf! Hopefully, Robins Stadium expansion to at least 15,000 may not be too far off in the future

So can we come to your house?

[Silenoz]

Welcome to the life of a Montana fan. If you are not a season ticket holder about the only way to get a ticket is from some one else selling you one of theirs.

and believe it or not an ODU fan.

This was actually one of the things I was wondering about with Richmond downsizing to a new on-campus stadium. Just wondering, how many student tickets will there be?

Well at least you guys haven't had to resort to buying season tickets for your opponents to see those games

[McNeese75]

UR built or expanded an existing stadium used for Football and it only has 8,700 seats????

[clenz]

UR built or expanded an existing stadium used for Football and it only has 8,700 seats????

Built....BRAND NEW FOR THIS SEASON!


I don't understand why they didn't at least go to 13K. It wouldn't have taken more than a couple more rows all the way around the stadium

[JMU DJ]

Wait, you're telling me UR put a track around their brand new field?

[ur2K]

To the poster who says I am "beating a dead horse" he did not read my post closely. This is the only post in which I mention tickets not being available to Spider fans! Maybe someone else has done so. If you don't like my post, just skip over it!

I'm just wondering how you couldn't figure out how to get season tickets and 4,000 others could? Did you know that we more than doubled our season ticket holders from 1,737 last year to 4,000 for the upcoming season? And probably added a whole bunch of new $$ to the Spider Club kitty ... no disappointment there.

[clenz]

To the poster who says I am "beating a dead horse" he did not read my post closely. This is the only post in which I mention tickets not being available to Spider fans! Maybe someone else has done so. If you don't like my post, just skip over it!

I'm just wondering how you couldn't figure out how to get season tickets and 4,000 others could? Did you know that we more than doubled our season ticket holders from 1,737 last year to 4,000 for the upcoming season? And probably added a whole bunch of new $$ to the Spider Club kitty ... no disappointment there.

Some people can't make all of the games, and it would make no sense to buy season tickets.


Why should he be punished for the stupidity of the university/city building a stadium that doesn't even seat 9K, and has nearly 20% of it seats reserved for students, and probably about 500-1000 reserved for visiting team block?