Ticket Survey Shows OSU Among Nation?s Best
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A recent survey showed fans who attended Oregon State men’s basketball home games this past season were overwhelmingly pleased with the experience.
During the season, OSU Athletics used a national survey company to measure fan experience to provide valuable feedback on making a better game-day experience during head coach Wayne Tinkle’s first season. With the results in, Oregon State was named the nation’s best in several key categories, including season ticket holder overall satisfaction, and was tops in every category in the Pac-12 Conference, including live event experience, willingness to recommend and intent to renew season tickets for the upcoming year.
“As we embarked on Coach Tinkle’s first season, we wanted to measure our fan-donor base to hear the good and the areas we need to make better,” remarked Oregon State Deputy Athletics Director Mark Massari. “With the atmosphere outstanding in our legendary building for both men’s and women’s program’s this past season, we are now implementing several areas of improvements for this upcoming season, including an exciting new concessionaire for enhanced food options and locations. Feedback and engagement is important to our mission to better serve Beaver Nation.”
In Tinkle’s first season as head coach, the Beavers set a school record for their best start at Gill Coliseum (14-0) and the most home wins in a single season (15). They defeated No. 7 Arizona for their first win over a top-10 team in 15 years, and knocked off Arizona, UCLA and Washington in the same season for the first time since 1990.
The overall attendance for men’s basketball at Gill Coliseum was 5,612, a 42.2 percent increase from the previous season, and the Pac-12 average attendance was 6,988, an increase of 47.8 percent. Both average increases were the highest in the Pac-12. The ticket base grew by 1,000 new season tickets through the “Commit2Wayne” campaign and saw the most students in 10 years jam into Gill Coliseum in 2014-15.
Recently OSU Athletics announced the return of the Beavers playing in Portland annually with the new Far West Classic Invite. Season ticket holders will receive tickets to the Far West Classic Invite, which will be held at the Moda Center when the Beavers play Cal State Fullerton on Friday, Dec. 18 and Tulsa on Saturday, Dec. 19 as part of their season tickets.
Fans interested in season tickets for the 2015-16 season can secure them for a $50 deposit by visiting beavertickets.com, calling 800-GO-BEAVS or reaching out to OSU’s new Beaver marketing and ticket venture with the Pac-12 Conference (called Pac-12 Sales) providing dedicated customer service to Beaver fan-donors.
To receive Far West Classic Invite presale ticket opportunities and other information, go to www.rosequarter.com/FWC2015. The full 2015-16 Oregon State men’s basketball schedule and additional ticket information will be released in June.
For more information on the Tunkey Survey call 800-GO-BEAVS or a Pac-12 Sales ticket marketing representative by visiting beavertickets.com.
