BEHIND THE DESK
B A R RY A LVA R EZ • UW DIREC TOR OF AT H L ET IC S
Dear Badger Season Ticket Holde
r:
I hope 2013 is off to a great start
for you and that you are enjoying
following our winter
sports teams. I very much apprec
iate the support you give to our stu
dent-athletes and I
know they recognize all you do, as
well.
I'd also like to thank you for the war
m welcome so many of you have
extended to Gary
Andersen, our new head football
coach, and to Kelly Sheffield, our
new volleyball head
coach. I believe they will both pro
ve to be terrific additions to our staf
f.
It is again the time of year when
we talk ticket prices for the followi
ng athletic season.
I'm pleased to inform you that we
will not be increasing season tick
et prices for football,
men's basketball or men's hockey
for 2013-14. That means football
season ticket prices
for our three-time defending Big
Ten champions will remain the sam
e ($42) for the fourth
consecutive year. Men's basketbal
l season ticket prices, as you know,
have increased just
once since 2006. And men's hockey
season tickets have increased just
once since 2004.
Priority seating gift levels in all thr
ee sports will remain unchanged,
as well.
I've said many times over the yea
rs that we only increase season tick
et prices when we
have to. I hope that having this info
rmation in your hands now will hel
p as you plan your
season ticket purchases for next sea
son.
Again, thank you for your loyalty
to the Badgers and for your suppor
t of our studentathletes and coaches.
ON WISCONSIN!
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JANUA RY 31, 2013