For the first time in three years, Kansas University has made a slight upward adjustment in its football ticket prices.
Single-game reserved seat tickets will cost $30 this fall. Previously, the price was $25 for non-conference games and $28 for Big 12 Conference contests. Also, the price for the annual premium game usually Kansas State and Nebraska in alternating years has been boosted from $40 to $45.
Season-ticket prices will remain the same, however $175 if the Jayhawks have seven home games and $157 if KU has six home games. Kansas still has an open date on its 2002 schedule and it has not been determined if that game will be played in Memorial Stadium or away.
The changes were approved by the Kansas University Athletics Corp. board at a regular meeting on Friday afternoon at Parrott Complex.
No projection has been made on how much additional revenue the hikes will generate, according to Susan Wachter, the department's chief financial officer.
Part of the new package is a season deal that will allow two adults and two children to occupy north bowl seats for $100. It replaces an two-adult, four-children $245 deal, and was proposed by new athletics director Al Bohl.
"We want more families and young people in the stadium," Bohl said. "For married couples with two children it's a great value. At Fresno State, we filled the whole corner of an end zone. As the team improved, we raised the price to $150 and nobody complained."
Students and faculty-staff won't have any reason to complain about Friday's adjustments. The student all-sports ticket will remain at $100 and the faculty-staff season ticket will still go for $140 for seven home games or $126 for six contests.
New football coach Mark Mangino was introduced to the board members and spoke on a variety of subjects, including the necessity of enjoying success early in the season.
"The first three or four years we need to schedule people we can have success against," said Mangino, a former aide under Kansas State's Bill Snyder who wrote the book on that policy.
Currently, the Jayhawks are scheduled to open on Aug. 31 at Iowa State, but KU officials are negotiating to shift that contest to a later date so the Jayhawks can start 2002 with a softer foe than the Cyclones, who have played in bowl games the last two seasons.
Mangino said he has had three team meetings with the football returnees.
"I've said we want you to have a great football career here, but when you leave you need a degree," Mangino told the board. "Even if you play in the NFL, you're going to need gainful employment after 10 to 12 years."
Also on Friday:
l Staffer Pat Warren reported that construction on the $8 million, 42,000 square-foot Anderson Family Strength and Conditioning Center will begin in April with occupancy planned for spring of 2003.
l Staffer Paul Buskirk reported that a record nine of KU's 16 varsity sports compiled a 3.0 grade point average or better during the fall semester. Women's cross country led the way at 3.54. Men's basketball posted a 2.74 GPA. Football came in at 2.38.
l Susan Williams, an engineering professor who heads the finance committee, presented a report on the status of a donor seating plan for Allen Fieldhouse. No such plan exists, but the report established certain guidelines involving loyalty and size of contributions should one ever be approved. Currently, it takes a minimum donation of $2,500 to the Williams Fund just to be put on the waiting list for men's basketball season tickets.
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