UH preparing to raise ticket prices for sporting events

HA Note: "Some sideline single game tickets for the University of Hawai'i's Sept. 2 football season opener against Southern California could rise from $38 to $50 and UH student tickets for the game could go from $8 to $15 under proposals headed to the Board of Regents. UH is also proposing to raise the cost of some premium seating locations in the future, including football and women's volleyball."

JD said that the proposals are a "function of housekeeping" and:
"may not even get up to the maximum over the next three or even five years." (HA)

JD said that because UH policy requires any proposal to adjust the ticket pricing structure to go to the regents and be accompanied by public comment, the athletic department was asking to readjust the scale:
"in case it becomes necessary to make a change in the next few years." (HA)

HA Note: "UH policy notes, "In order to meet the rising costs associated with running a nationally competitive multi-sport program required to address gender equity concerns, admission fees to events will continue to serve as a primary source of revenue to address such costs." The athletic department has been running at a net accumulated deficit of more than $5 million built up over the past six years. Projections call for a deficit in the neighborhood of $2 million for the current fiscal year that ends June 30, UH officials have said. While UH officials said individual game tickets in some areas for the USC game might rise, they said the $38 maximum for individual game sideline seats for the other six home games would not. UH said prices for the current spring sports, including baseball and men's volleyball, are not impacted."

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