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• In January, season ticket-holders of the Trail Blazers were emailed a notice that the deadline for early renewal of tickets for the 2017-18 season was Feb. 13.
Season ticket-holders who chose to pay in full would be charged on March 13. Those who preferred three installments would be charged on March 13, June 5 and Sept. 5. Or they could opt for 12 monthly payments beginning in April. If they renewed online and selected paperless ticketing, they could earn one percent of the total cost back in credit for food or merchandise at Moda Center.
If season ticket-holders fail to respond by March 13, they give up the rights to the location of their tickets, which are offered to other potential buyers beginning in April.
Most of the tickets, incidentally, will be more expensive next season than they were this season.
It seems a bit preliminary, given the 2016-17 season isn't over. And also somewhat nervy, given the product the Blazers have put on the floor this season has been rather pallid.
But it's pretty much the way the Blazers have been running things for some time.
"They want to get people lined up for next year," season ticket-holder John Coleman says. "It's a business. They've been able to get away with it."
But some of the natives are growing restless.
Ron Sloy renewed his two courtside tickets for about $90,000, or as he figures it, "$1,080 a pop."
"We always renew our tickets early," says Sloy, a certified financial planner. "But I know a few (season ticket-holders) who are strongly considering either selling part or all of their packages for next year."
Last week, Coleman sent in a check for $26,000 to cover his four seats — two in the fourth row, two a little higher up — for next season. On Monday, he emailed his account representative to put a hold on the check.
"I was pissed off about the (Mason) Plumlee trade," says Coleman, president of Sullivan & Associates Insurance of Oregon. "Still am. They overpaid everyone else (after last season), so now we don't get to keep him."
As a season ticket-holder since 1995, Coleman gets a 20-percent discount on cost of the tickets. He's appreciative of that, but is growing disenchanted with the on-court product.
"I pay the damn price," he says. "I enjoy the entertainment. We have great seats.
"But it's a lot of stinking money. Every year, I think, 'Why am I doing this? Why am I supporting a team that can't even play .500 ball?'"
http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/346459-225868-pay-blazers-now
• In January, season ticket-holders of the Trail Blazers were emailed a notice that the deadline for early renewal of tickets for the 2017-18 season was Feb. 13.
Season ticket-holders who chose to pay in full would be charged on March 13. Those who preferred three installments would be charged on March 13, June 5 and Sept. 5. Or they could opt for 12 monthly payments beginning in April. If they renewed online and selected paperless ticketing, they could earn one percent of the total cost back in credit for food or merchandise at Moda Center.
If season ticket-holders fail to respond by March 13, they give up the rights to the location of their tickets, which are offered to other potential buyers beginning in April.
Most of the tickets, incidentally, will be more expensive next season than they were this season.
It seems a bit preliminary, given the 2016-17 season isn't over. And also somewhat nervy, given the product the Blazers have put on the floor this season has been rather pallid.
But it's pretty much the way the Blazers have been running things for some time.
"They want to get people lined up for next year," season ticket-holder John Coleman says. "It's a business. They've been able to get away with it."
But some of the natives are growing restless.
Ron Sloy renewed his two courtside tickets for about $90,000, or as he figures it, "$1,080 a pop."
"We always renew our tickets early," says Sloy, a certified financial planner. "But I know a few (season ticket-holders) who are strongly considering either selling part or all of their packages for next year."
Last week, Coleman sent in a check for $26,000 to cover his four seats — two in the fourth row, two a little higher up — for next season. On Monday, he emailed his account representative to put a hold on the check.
"I was pissed off about the (Mason) Plumlee trade," says Coleman, president of Sullivan & Associates Insurance of Oregon. "Still am. They overpaid everyone else (after last season), so now we don't get to keep him."
As a season ticket-holder since 1995, Coleman gets a 20-percent discount on cost of the tickets. He's appreciative of that, but is growing disenchanted with the on-court product.
"I pay the damn price," he says. "I enjoy the entertainment. We have great seats.
"But it's a lot of stinking money. Every year, I think, 'Why am I doing this? Why am I supporting a team that can't even play .500 ball?'"
http://portlandtribune.com/pt/12-sports/346459-225868-pay-blazers-now
