Comments on: Colts experience post-Peyton ticket slump

By: tonyromoisterrible

tonyromoisterrible — Wed, 30 May 2012 02:20:35 +0000

@thrstr
You obviously have never had season tickets in the 100 section or lower. I would be glad to send you a print out of my invoices for the past 3-4 years. Please dont get on a site and try to accuse someone of not knowing what they are talking about when it is yourself who is clearly uninformed or misinformed.

HTTR!!!!

By: peytonsneck18

peytonsneck18 — Tue, 29 May 2012 23:22:27 +0000

im a huge colts fan and have been for years, and i cant lie, we do have alot of bandwagon fans here in Indy, it goes with the colts and the pacers, we both are winning they support, but when losing they have nothing to do with that team, calls them names and no support, but i always support both of them , no matter if its winning or losing, thats the notion of a true fan, most of the fans here were just PM18 fans only, and i can understand that, but Luck and our other draft picks will bring along their fan based too, dont worry, my colts will be alright!!1

By: stack55

stack55 — Tue, 29 May 2012 07:30:37 +0000

If my team would of been lucky enough to
Get Luck, I would of been thrilled. If that’s
Not enough motivation to buy season tickets,
I don’t know what is.

By: granadafan

granadafan — Tue, 29 May 2012 02:34:48 +0000

Not a Colts fan, but bashing them for the low ticket sales this year is just shortsided. Ya gotta think long term instead of being the prisoner of the moment. Bad ticket sales was expected, but they still got one of the best QBs to come out of college in a long time. He may suck, but there is no doubt he has tons of ability in a pro set.

PS, the greedy owners would rather fold franchises or move teams than deign to lower prices for tickets, parking, or concessions.

By: cztikhldr4evr

cztikhldr4evr — Tue, 29 May 2012 02:31:27 +0000

ssraebel, glad you got your tickets, hope you weren’t on the waiting list too long, bet you had a hard time picking your seats out, you had a pick of any seats EXCEPT the ones under the TARPS, give me a break, smallest stadium in NFL, check yours out, 67500 seats in Jacksonville, add another 17000 that’s under a tarp, just so your games will be on local tv. Lucas oil, 67000 with no tarps, Colts have never been blacked out, stadium been seats been sold out for I don’t know how long, my guess this year will be no different, season hasn’t started yet,
Got 3 yrs on your tickets, your choice or the NEW owner, LA JAGs was a nice ring to it, enjoy your seasons the next 3yrs, then you can cry me a river when you have to cheer for miami

By: thrstr

thrstr — Tue, 29 May 2012 02:14:41 +0000

@tonyromoisterrible

“I dont know about other owners but Daniel Snyder makes you purchase “tailgate” passes to every game if you sit in the lower bowl which cost 50.00 per ticket.”

wtf are you talking about? a tailgate pass is an option. yes, it’s expensive to go to games, but at least whine correctly . . .

By: cztikhldr4evr

cztikhldr4evr — Tue, 29 May 2012 02:01:36 +0000

Mrfrostyj, my hats off to you, for spending your hard earn money for THAT team, that’s great, but don’t call Indianapolis no NFL city, because you globbed on to some freebie tickets, only if you were relocated to Indy a few years earlier, you would have left the game with your ears ringing, Why do you think teams hated to play in Indy, crowd noise, errrr, that’s right PIPED in crowd noise, you are right, Steeler fans are great fans, I know all to well, but out of all the game the Browns played the steelers, how many game did the Browns win? Err NONE,
I would love to come to a browns game once they start winning, but my guess,when the team sucks so does the crowd,Yes, last year sucked bad for us,but it’s only for one year, not a life time like other teams

By: hooterdawg

hooterdawg — Tue, 29 May 2012 01:42:22 +0000

Let’s wait to see how well Peyton can play for Denver before whining about Indy giving up on him. The Patriots are due to some barren years when Brady hangs ‘em up. NFL teams go through cycles when they lose their franchise QB. There is nothing surprising about that.

By: ssraebel

ssraebel — Tue, 29 May 2012 01:37:36 +0000

@cztikhldr4evr – I commented earlier. I am a Jags season ticket holder and have been for the past 3 years. I signed up for a three year commitment. Your team has a small stadium and has had ONE bad year and drafted Luck and has trouble selling tickets. Cry me a river. Your fans are spoiled compared to any NFL city. Not being able to sell tickets after one bad year is fair weather fans. Point blank. Spare me your anger.

By: benacci

benacci — Tue, 29 May 2012 00:42:35 +0000

As a Colts fan we are/were spoiled. It was pretty much a good bet we were in the playoffs every year. Its like getting steak every dinner and then your told your getting peanut butter and jelly, your disapointed even though your promised lobster next week.

I love all the other fans coming here giving grief. It’s ok no matter what you say, we did great this draft. Let’s see what happens…

By: mrfrostyj

mrfrostyj — Tue, 29 May 2012 00:20:23 +0000

Indianapolis is not a “real” NFL city. Going to a Colts game for those people is like going to the park. I was relocated from Cleveland to Indianapolis and attended my first Colts game live this past year and it was like bizarro world compared to Browns and Steelers games that I was used to. Cleveland Browns Stadium and Heinz field are mad houses on game day. Lucas Oil was like family fun night at the fair with the only cheering being controlled by the scoreboard (cheer loud when opponents are on offense, don’t talk when Colts are on offense and say “FIRST DOWN” really loud every 10 yards.).

When the Colts started loosing the entire section seemed offended by it and it was nothing but the other teams fans by the 3rd quarter (and this was the home opener so they weren’t officially a bad team yet).

You take away Payton Manning and a lot of their fans have no clue the team still exists. I kid you not, a couple behind me couldn’t believe they lost to the Bengals and were dead serious (they played the Browns in that game).

Until they make the playoffs again, Lucas Oil Stadium is going to be a ghost town for awhile. Fans in Indy were spoiled and definitely front runners. When one of the local radio stations had a poll question of “Will Payton Manning be back in time for the playoffs” last season at a point when the team was 0-3, I knew what kind of fan base the Colts had.

By: kodakinvegas

kodakinvegas — Tue, 29 May 2012 00:06:14 +0000

Ever stop to think Mr Irsay that they weren’t Colts fans, they were Manning fans you idiot. You’ll spend years in the pits like your Dady did before he ran to Indy. Oh, that kid’s Hospital, has Mannings name on it not the Colts and the house you live in will ALWAYS be KNOWN AS THE HOUSE THAT MANNING BUILT. Good thinking there chief.

By: backindasaddle

backindasaddle — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:40:25 +0000

jimthebuilder27 says:
May 28, 2012 12:51 PM
Sure shows fair weather fans all right. Packers, on the other hand, have sold out every game for over 50 years, even with terrible teams!

________________________________________________________

I’d trade for fair weather fans anytime for not having to live in Wisconsin.

By: cztikhldr4evr

cztikhldr4evr — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:19:38 +0000

How many of you 51 poster have season tickets to your team? My guess is none of you possers, all you can to is to slam everybody else’s team and won’t even support your own team, ie OH I will stay home and watch MY team on tv,so when they do suck you can turn the channel. I will say I have had colts tickets since the day they rolled into town,matter of fact 5 seats, I love going to the games, nothing like it, yes, we sucked in the beginning until the manning days, but as every fan must know is one day everyone gets older and slower,and that day for the colts were coming, Manning only has a few years left, Clark was getting slower, even Reggie is not what he was, we all know that, The colts had one of the greatest run in NFL history, My guess your team only can dream of having half the run the colts had, Did I want manning to leave, NO, Did I want manning to be a colts for life, YES, Did I want manning to bring luck up and show him the ropes, YES, But their days are numbered, and it’s time to move on, Irsay in my mind did the right thing, hoping this day would never come,but it always does, the ones we let go, it was time, luck was the choice, 3 4 d is a good thing, I think it’s all good in Indy. Come Sunday opening day, I WILL be in my seats, Watching MY team, at LUCAS OIL, play football, LIVE, while the rest of you possers, sit in front of your 56 inch TV, in the only room you have in your trailer hoping that the post dated check you sent to the cable company goes through, so you and drink your PBR and yell at your old lady, to move the dish that is planted in your lot so you can watch YOUR TEAM, GO TEAM GO!!!! Matter of fact post the name of your team, so all of us can have a good laugh, Unless your team is Pittsburg, New England or Baltimore, which i hate but RESPECT,(it’s a love hate thing) great fans on all of those teams, love when we play you guys, I don’t need you slamming nobody’s team, when yours can’t even make to the playoffs, So come Sunday who going to have the last laugh?

By: mungman69

mungman69 — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:39:53 +0000

I used to have season tickets to an NFL team but I got a little older, (62 at the time) ticket prices and food prices went up and I bought a huge HD tv. Now I just sit on my sofa on those cold ass days and watch two or three games on Sunday. Lowering the prices at lot will help.

By: tonyromoisterrible

tonyromoisterrible — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:38:44 +0000

I dont know about other owners but Daniel Snyder makes you purchase “tailgate” passes to every game if you sit in the lower bowl which cost 50.00 per ticket. Thats a thousand bucks a year added on to your season ticket prices. That alone is the reason i abandoned my season tickets after having them for 13 years. When the price of tickets goes from 2800.00 to 3800.00 for two tickets to 10 games (8 regular season and two preseason games). If irsay is charging for stuff like that there is no way in the world i would pay for season tickets either with a terrible product.

By: croghan1919

croghan1919 — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:30:50 +0000

All you folks that toot your horns about how much of a fan you are and trash what you might consider a bandwagon fan consider this:
More than (prob by a lot) 75% of NFL fanatics are casual fans, 20% are season ticket holders and the rest are the horn tooters. The first 95% are the one that matter the most to the NFL.

By: cuzz4169

cuzz4169 — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:19:49 +0000

IMO Colts made a big mistake letting Manning go..This is just one of the reasons right here. Then you have your football reasons also. Could have traded out of the #1 pick & loaded up with picks. Could have gotten a qb in next yrs draft or even the following yr. Manning has 4 yrs left to play…IMO the colts panicked. Luck can’t hold Mannings jock strap & never will.

By: scrotiemcb

scrotiemcb — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:14:56 +0000

The Colts misplayed the Manning situation badly. Somehow they forgot that their time in Indy has been relatively short, and, up until Manning, it was almost entirely bleak. This isn’t a a franchise that, sans Manning, inspired anything close to passion. The only loyalty they could have possibly sowed was, by and large, on the back of the man that they smugly discarded through a ‘football decision’. Its tantamount to Christianity swapping out Jesus for a newer, younger, hipper prophet.

Hyperbole? Sure. But if any player in the last half decade earned a little loyalty, it was Peyton Manning. A player for the ages on the field, an even better human being off. That their disloyalty is being reciprocated at the gate seems perfectly fitting.

By: golonger

golonger — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:46:36 +0000

If the Colts hadn’t gotten Manning and had the success they had, they would already be in LA……as has been proven, Indy (like Jax) is NOT an NFL town!

By: latenightroach

latenightroach — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:26:18 +0000

Just imagine if the Colts took Ryan Leaf instead of Manning.

By: dollarbill247

dollarbill247 — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:24:43 +0000

@regulator01. Thumbs up

By: rpetosky

rpetosky — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:16:00 +0000

I’ve been on the Steelers waiting list since 2001. I wish they had a problem with selling season tickets.

By: restoretheroar1

restoretheroar1 — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:10:37 +0000

Well doesn’t surprise me that ticket slump in Indy I think in couple years when Colts start to win fans will be back.

By: rexryansdirtysock

rexryansdirtysock — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:08:50 +0000

I love going to games, there’s really nothing like it. But for the price it would cost to bring a family of four to one “good” game with decent seats (when factoring in gas, parking, food, beer, etc), I could probably instead by a 50″ flatscreen, NFL Sunday Ticket, all you can eat wings and dip, and a 30 rack of beer on top. Just sayin’

By: pantherpro

pantherpro — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:32:42 +0000

No NHL team? Ya you’re a weak sports town? Luck and trouble selling seats? You suck Indy!

By: barbpersonett

barbpersonett — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:19:15 +0000

No, the worst fanbase is in Miami. There is way too many nasty articles being published concerning Manning and Indy. Most are not even close to the truth! That article was about the nastiest I have ever read. My comment to the author is, “shame on you” and go to Denver and root for him there.

By: regulator01

regulator01 — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:14:36 +0000

dollarbill, i agree this probably wasnt the proper thread, my bad on that,would just be nice to see some concise points if someone doest like a player, rather than just spewing mindless hate.thanks for your comment too gary, i feel much better having heard your two words of wisdom

By: pek281

pek281 — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:08:05 +0000

As a Texans Fan, it delights me to see articles like this. What worries me is that when the Colts finally rebuild in three years time, we’ll have to face Luck twice a year for the next decade.

By: sabatimus

sabatimus — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:03:59 +0000

DUH.