THE BATTALION
MONDAY, MAY 4, 1981
Page 3
Local
Aggie Club members get season ticket priority
By DENISE RICHTER
Battalion Staff
Aggie Club members are worth
i! their weight in football tickets.
They are one of the few groups of
Aggie football supporters that get
fl priQrity seating in Kyle Field.
I V I However, even the seating sta-
^ . tus of Aggie Club members de-
1 pends on several factors.
In bold-face, capitalized terms,
child s toll the 1981 Priority Seating Plan
ie as welt] booklet distributed to all Aggie
Club members states that tickets
are assigned by a seniority system
according to the number of con
tinuous years of giving to the
Aggie Club within the member’s
current giving level.
In other words, a former stu
dent has to belong to the Aggie
Club, has to contribute to the club
each year and has to maintain a
certain level of giving before he
will receive priority football
tickets.
The Aggie Club is a non-profit
organization organized for the
, , to. purpose of supporting athletics at
insightli Texas A&M. The club raised $1.8
million in 1980. The Aggie Club’s
long-range goal is to raise the
crate, w| hinds necessary to provide a scho-
vith pares! larship for every student athlete at
Texas A&M.
Seating assignments are deter
mined by the level of a member’s
contribution, the number of
tickets purchased and the availa
bility of seats. The booklet states
that the second deck will be filled
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third deck.
In addition, the booklet distri
buted to all Aggie Club members
states that all donations made to
the Aggie Club are deductible by
the donor in computing his taxable
net income.
These are the club’s categories
for priority seating, how much it
costs to qualify, and its privileges:
— 12th Man, $2,000 or more.
Home games — four seats be
tween the 40-yard lines in the
second deck plus the opportunity
to purchase up to eight season
tickets in the third deck if avail
able. Road games — four seats
plus the opportunity to purchase
up to six tickets if available.
— Varsity, $1,500-$ 1,999.
Home games — four seats be
tween the 30-yard lines in the
second deck or between the 40-
yard lines in the third deck plus
the opportunity to purchase up to
four season tickets in the third
deck if available. Road games —
opportunity to purchase up to six
tickets if available.
— Extra Point, $1,000-$ 1,499.
Home games — four seats be
tween the 20- and 40-yard lines in
the second deck or between the
30-yard lines in the third deck plus
the opportunity to purchase up to
two tickets in the third deck if
available. Road games — oppor
tunity to purchase up to four tick
ets if available.
— Golden Reveille, $600-$999.
Home games — opportunity to
purchase four seats between the 5-
and 25-yard lines in the second
deck or between the 20- and 40-
yard lines in the third deck. Road
games — opportunity to purchase
up to four tickets if available.
— Reveille, $100-$599. Home
games — opportunity to purchase
season tickets behind the 10-yard
lines in the second deck or behind
the 30-yard lines in the third deck.
Assignment is based on seniority
and number of tickets purchased
in accordance with contribution
level.
For example: a $200 contribu
tion entitles a member to buy one
season ticket in the $200 section or
two in the $100 section or four in
the $50 section. Seats in the $200
section will be filled first, followed
by $150 seats, $100 seats and $75
seats. Road games — opportunity
to purchase same number of tick
ets to each road game as home
season tickets if available.
— Sustaining, $50-$99. Home
games — opportunity to purchase
season tickets behind the 15-yard
lines in the third deck in accord
ance with contribution level. $75
seats will be filled first, followed
by $50 and $25 seats. Road games
— opportunity to purchase same
number of tickets to each road
game as number of season tickets
purchased if available.
— Associate, $25-$49. Home
games — opportunity to purchase
one season ticket behind the 5-
yard lines in the third deck. Road
games — opportunity to purchase
same number of tickets to each
road game as number of season
tickets purchased if available.
In 1972, the Aggie Club estab
lished the Permanent 12th Man
Endowed Scholarship Program. A
total of $30,000 in cash, securities
or real estate is required to fund an
Endowed Scholarship.
Aggie Club members who fund
an Endowed Scholarship receive
the same type of football tickets as
a member whose contribution
places him in the 12th Man
category.
The Aggie Club also reserves
parking annexes for the use of its
members, the closest of which is
between Kyle Field and Wellborn
Road. Priority parking for 1981
will also be based on donor level,
length of continuous giving in
each donor level and total contri
bution.
Aggie Club members also re
ceive a press guide, a lapel pin and
a window decal.
Contributors of $100 or more
receive a personalized plaque
with date bars to indicate years of
giving.
The Aggie Club also works with
a travel agency to assist members
in arranging transportation to
some road games.
Texas A&M students can join
the Aggie Club through the stu
dent membership program. A
nine-month membership is $12.
The application for student mem
bership lists the following be
nefits: a certificate of member
ship; a club decal; an Aggie Club
pin; press guides; bus charters to
out-of-town athletic contests and
the opportunity to attend the
spring all-sports banquet.
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By DENISE RICHTER
Battalion Stall
ForaTexas A&M freshman, the
schools ft] third deck of Kyle Field is windy,
litspressii sweltering and offbeat,
tion asots By the time he’s a senior, he sits
acv LetOI i' n the second deck, relatively safe
3 rather! I^ 0m w ' nc ^ ant l blistering sun,
bowing that he can sing the Aggie
War Hymn without worrying ab
out a tempo-distorting echo.
But what happens after he gra
duates? Is a former student auto
matically guaranteed good, or
even decent, seats?
No.
“Since the ad to purchase sea-
â– '"s. son football tickets is in the maga-
' zine published by the Association
of Former Students, they (former
students) may think they get
priority seating but they don’t,”
Athletic Ticket Manager Jim
Kotch said. “Priority seating is
only given through the Aggie
Club.”
The Aggie Club is a non-profit
organization, chartered in 1950,
for the purpose of supporting
athletics at Texas A&M.
The Aggie Club has seven sepa
rate membership classifications
which determine where a mem
ber will sit. The classifications
range from a 12th Man member
ship (for making at least a $2,000
contribution) to an associate mem
bership (for making at least a $25
contribution).
Approximately 70,000 tickets
are available for each home foot
ball game. The largest block of
tickets is purchased by the offices
of the University president and
chancellor, who buy or receive a
total of 700 tickets for each home
football game. The president and
chancellor are free to use these
tickets at their discretion, Kotch
said.
J. Malon Southerland, assistant
to the president, said 200 tickets
are given to the president and
chancellor by the Athletic Depart-
A former student has to belong to the
Aggie Club, has to contribute to the
club each year and has to maintain a
certain level of giving before he will
receive priority football tickets.
ment. The remainder are paid for
by the individual receiving the
tickets, he said. In a few cases, gift
money received by the offices of
the president and the chancellor is
used to pay for some of the tickets,
Southerland said.
To avoid being swamped by
ticket orders, the Texas A&M tick
et office has divided all purchasers
of season tickets into five categor
ies, Kotch said. The Aggie Club
has been designated as priority
group I. Priority group II is made
up of Texas A&M faculty and Sys
tem employees.
The faculty priority period was
set up in 1971, Kotch said. Faculty
members who have had season
tickets since 1971 will get the best
seats available in the faculty sec
tion, he said, while new faculty
members will get seats behind the
goal lines.
The faculty section is between
the south end line and 50-yard line
on the first deck and between the
end line and the 20-yard line on
the bottom portion of the second
and third decks.
Armchair seats are available in
the faculty section. Only faculty
members who have bought season
tickets since 1971 are given the
opportunity to buy these tickets,
Kotch said. All of these seats have
been filled.
Priority group III is made up of
active members of the Letter-
men’s Association, Texas A&M
former athletes who pay their
dues to the association each year.
Their section is between the
north goal line and 10-yard line on
the first deck.
Priority group IV is made up of
former students, Century Club
members, parents of currently en
rolled students and all others who
are not in groups I, II or III. In
other words, the general public.
This group is seated in the
northwest comer of the stadium,
from the goal line to the middle of
the horseshoe.
Group V is made up of people
requesting individual game tick
ets. If these tickets are available
after all requests for season tickets
have been filled, members of
group V are seated in the middle
of the horseshoe.
The number of football tickets
sent to each opposing school
varies, Kotch said. The ticket
office tries to give the visitors the
same amount and type of seats that
Texas A&M was given when the
game was played at their school,
he said.
For example, the University of
Arkansas usually receives 4,000
tickets and the University ofTexas
receives 15,000 tickets, he said.
Approximately 25,000 tickets
are reserved for Texas A&M stu
dents, Kotch said. Students are
seated in the east side of the sta
dium, from the 50-yard line to past
the end line in the first deck, he
said, and in the second and third
decks.
All of the groups listed above,
except Aggie Club members in
the 12th Man, Varsity ($1,500-
$1,999 contribution) or Extra
Point ($1,000-$1,499 contribu
tion) categories, have to pay for
their football tickets. However,
there are several groups who re
ceive complimentary tickets for
each game.
These groups are: the Athletic
Council, a group of six volunteers
and a student representative
appointed by the University presi
dent to oversee the Athletic De
partment; all employees of the
Athletic Department; the football
team; deans and directors of de
partments and former employees
who retired in the service of the
University.
About 175 people, excluding
the football team, receive these
complimentary tickets, Kotch
said. Recipients of complimentary
tickets are usually seated on the
first deck, between the end line
and the 50-yard line, he said.
This area is also reserved for
parents of football players and the
press.
The University president,
chancellor and other administra
tors receive complimentary tickr
ets for four different seating areas:
two suites, a suite on the top floor
of the press box and two armchair
boxes on the 50-yard line at the
top of the first deck.
When the third deck was added
to Kyle Field, 48 suites were in
cluded on the west side of the sta
dium. The suites not reserved for
the president and administrators
are leased through the Aggie
Club.
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