DMN Blog: Jerry Jones on the Party Pass

[cowboyjoe]

Jerry Jones on the Party Pass
9:55 AM Tue, Sep 22, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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There were a lot of upset folks regarding the Party Pass among the 105,121 fans in attendance Sunday at Cowboys Stadium. Some were upset they couldn't see the field. Some were upset they couldn't get inside the stadium. Some went home.

The Cowboys sold roughly 30,000 Party Passes for the Giants game and are working with Arlington about what the right number is.

Jerry Jones hinted that some of the issues had to do with unfamiliarity with the stadium by everybody involved in terms of where to go and how to enter the stadium.

"When we can we want the outside feel," Jones said. "We thought we were right there at that temperature and felt that it was worth that. As far as the number of people that were in there, we had had a soccer game and we had approximately 10,000 people standing on our decks and our patios for our soccer game with the Gold Cup and that didn't touch uncomfortableness at all.We really thought that number would work ... In the future we'll look at it. The number's somewhere between at a very low point at about 10,000 and somewhere between that 30. We'll just see how that goes. I know certainly some of those fans with those Party Passes were frustrated but we had large numbers of them excited and right into it just as it was designed to do."

 

[CowboyWay]

It downtown take a brain surgeon to figure out that you probably weren't going to see much of the game when 30000 people are trying to do the same thing.

 

[bootyhunta]

It downtown take a brain surgeon to figure out that you probably weren't going to see much of the game when 30000 people are trying to do the same thing.

Agreed... i don't know how people could have thought that there was space along the railing for 30,000.

 

[Everlastingxxx]

Saw this video, i feel bad for those people. It’s such a tease and a waste of money.

[youtube]0cTyWGgr-z8[/youtube]

 

[WG5516]

It's not a waste of money for some folks. As a college student, $29 is just about all I can afford at Cowboys Stadium. I would gladly pay that to go to a Boys game. Even if I had to stand up and not be able to see the field. It's something about just being their with 80k other people that enjoy the same thing as you.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Saw this video, i feel bad for those people. It’s such a tease and a waste of money.

[youtube]0cTyWGgr-z8[/youtube]

Now THAT would piss me off big time.

 

[rynochop]

Could you at least watch the game on a big screen somewhere?

 

[lcharles]

Jerry jones is robbing people.


That looks like a really uncomfortable place to be. I could actually see this becoming problem quickly.

 

[DasTex]

Jerry jones is robbing people.


That looks like a really uncomfortable place to be. I could actually see this becoming problem quickly.

I don't think there is always going to be that many party passes sold.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Could you at least watch the game on a big screen somewhere?

Yes, the screen is right there on the video. I kind of thought that was part of the point. If you can't see the field, you can enjoy the experience of watching it on the screen.




YAKUZA

 

[Khartun]

Saw this video, i feel bad for those people. It’s such a tease and a waste of money.

[youtube]0cTyWGgr-z8[/youtube]

It was a $29 pass, what did everyone expect. That is exactly how I figured it would be, but I really figured it would be one big fight.

 

[poke]

the biggest problem i see is getting people to know what to expect when
they buy a party pass.

if you intend to watch every play and want to see it from a great comfortable spot then a pass may not be for you.

if you want to hang out, watch the game, get the feel of being there and occasionally be able to maybe slip in and catch a play it would be ok.

first thing they have to do is figure out a way to stop the mob rush for spots
when opening the door.

 

[texbumthelife]

Perhaps some sort of lottery system for who goes in first, second etc. in groups.