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bristol500tiger · 2025-07-24T14:42:30.119Z

If you’re a newer IPTAY member, don’t increase your donation level with the expectation of getting an improved parking spot. Every time that I have done that over the years, I have been moved further away than I was the year before. The ability to request your top three choices is a sham. I have never had a single one of those honored in close to 20 years. It’s getting really hard to justify donating when they continue to ask for more and we receive less in return.

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Re: Advice for newer donors

Jul 24, 2025, 12:46 PM

I will try not to be overly negative. But based on my experience (20+ year IPTAY supporter), I would advise a new College Graduate that there is no benefit in joining. The only benefit is that you will feel included in finically supporting the team. I take a little bit of pride in that. But everyone is different.

That said, the reality is that unless you are in the 1% class that can just write blank checks, you will not get the tickets you hope for. And even then, you may not get what you want.. The tickets are just not available. And, I believe, for at least the next 5 years, there is a steady stream of older "boomer" Alumni that have money and points that will be able to scoop up any new/ lower deck or good upper deck seats. Not saying thats bad or wrong. It's just the way it is. Clemson doesn't have the ticket turnover and because of that only a handful of tickets are coming open on any given year. When assigning seats, donor level is first, then points inside a level are used next. So any new tickets are going to be purchased by donors that can throw down 8-15k. Hardly a sum that a new college graduate can typically afford to do. So if there's never any new/ better tickets available at the lower donor levels (1-3K), its not worth it to even build up the points.. So for that reason , I just cant advise any new person to join IPTAY, outside of the token $100 donation.

It is better for a person to find tickets through tigernet or some other third party and pay exactly for what you know you are going to get. Just giving money to IPTAY and hoping, is just going to lead to disappointment.

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If you are recent grads, in this system, don’t see it unless you get a job with company seats and company parking.

Lower deck always completely season tix. 80% of upper deck is completely season tix. Only season tix available are like top 6-7 rows of stadium. Then you will have to donate at least $300-$400 annually just for the right to purchase two seats max in top six rows. You will never be upgraded with ticket location. Parking forget about it. No more free or general admission pay on gameday lots. Those days are gone. Ride your scooters, electric bikes in. Just pick a few games your friends can attend with you, get tix off secondary, and enjoy game without the other stuff unless you can write checks away at like $20000 annually.

Advice for newer donors

No guarantee in parking. I donate at a level

Life Donor since 1979

U get the right to get tickets and parking

Agree

you will get IPTAY's attention when you wave $2.5 million in front of them.

Re: Life Donor since 1979

IPTAY = I PUNK THE ALUM YEARLY

Re: Advice for newer donors

Just buy tix over secondary market

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