STEP UPDATE: Pi Day Edition

It's that time of year again!

Here are the numbers of available seats by section.  I have listed the past three years, but the delta (difference) is just comparing today to last year.  The totals at the bottom are a little screwy because the STEP level donations were changed to include $200 levels.  I also noticed that some levels in the virtual view are listed as donations of ZERO to $100 or $400.  I don't know what this means.  Are there seats available with no annual fee?  I do know they changed the single game pricing so that less marquee match-ups will be cheaper than better opponent match ups.  If any one knows why they list a possible $0 donation for some areas, make a comment and let us know.  Maybe it's just a glitch.

SECTION	Donation	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Delta
		5/1/2012	3/31/2013	3/14/2014
WB	$400	246	262	275	13
WC	$400	22	70	85	15
WD	$600-2000	44	45	51	6
WE	$600-2000	5	3	15	12
WF	$600-2000	31	80	83	3
WG	$400	22	48	71	23
WH	$400	269	236	336	100
WJ	$100	16	41	33	-8
NA	$100	29	32	96	64
NB	$100	53	69	130	61
NC	$100	93	98	152	54
ND	$100	135	81	129	48
NE	$100	169	90	154	64
NF	$100	95	63	107	44
NG	$100	199	86	135	49
NH	$100	176	68	130	62
NJ	$100	209	80	167	87
NK	$100	225	76	184	108
NL	$100	73	66	170	104
EJ	$100	16	35	42	7
EH	$400	421	421	487	66
EG	$400	57	78	66	-12
EF	$600-2000	77	106	80	-26
EE	$600-2000	1	0	2	2
ED	$600-2000	108	77	110	33
EC	$400	87	102	93	-9
EB	$400	76	58	52	-6
WBU	$0-100	2	7	10	3
WCU	$200	573	554	379	-175
WDU	$400	712	696	642	-54
WEU	$600	336	345	408	63
WFU	$400	724	699	605	-94
WGU	$200	498	464	305	-159
WHU	$100	2	43	44	1
WJU	$100	61	57	227	170
NAU	$0-400	135	153	13	-140
NBU	$0-100	110	115	50	-65
NCU	$0-400	193	204	35	-169
NDU	$0-400	148	155	33	-122
NEU	$0-400	195	188	52	-136
NFU	$0-400	156	140	25	-115
NGU	$0-400	114	118	25	-93
NHU	$0-400	108	114	42	-72
NJU	$0-400	188	240	40	-200
NKU	VISITOR	0	0	0	0
NLU	$0-400	2	0	13	13
EJU	$100	301	97	425	328
EHU	$100	10	73	143	70
EGU	$200	1291	1274	1092	-182
EFU	$400	1000	955	899	-56
EEU	$600	870	745	753	8
EDU	$400	1406	1361	1280	-81
ECU	$200	1542	1477	1066	-411
EBU	$0-100	1	27	45	18
SAU	$100	53	173	12	-161
SBU	$100	185	209	16	-193
SCU	$100	189	204	252	48
SDU	$100	137	145	212	67
SEU	$100	54	39	77	38
SFU	$100	9	19	49	30
SGU	$100	31	29	76	47
SHU	$100	133	147	193	46
SJU	$100	141	162	6	-156
SKU	$100	167	138	211	73
SLU	$100	128	134	210	76
TOTAL		14859	14171	13400	-771	12%
100		4441	4015	3887	-128	29.01%
200				2842	2842	21.21%
400		5104	5044	5169	125	38.57%
600+		5314	5112	1502	-3610	11.21%

The percentage at the far right for the total number of seats available is compared to a stadium capacity of 107,282--i.e. 13,400 of 107,282 seats are available or 12% of the stadium.  In a similar manner, the percentages to the far right for each donation level are the percent of available seats for that level compared to the total seats available (13,400.)  So the number of $600+ seats available is 11.21% (1,502/13,400.)  The dramatic decrease in available 600+ levels is due to shifting of a large number of those available seats to other levels and probably doesn't mean an actual surge in purchases of high level seats.  If you look at WD-WF, there are actually 21 more seats available than previously.  But the new STEP levels converted a lot of empty $600 seats to $400, and then some of those $400 seats were shifted to $200, which were not categorized previously.

In the final analysis, there are 771 fewer seats available right now than there were in April of last year.

Ticket Sales Up

The following seat availability chart compares the seats listed on the Virtual Venue Website as being available last May, compared to today. 

There appears to be a net of 688 fewer seats available since last May, with relocation starting just this past week.

The percentages at the bottom are based on a stadium capacity of 107,282 seats--so there is 13% of the stadium seating still available.  There is a new $200 level seating this year, WCU, WGU, EGU, ECU. These numbers are still lumped in the $400 level in the totals.

SECTION	Donation	Seats Available	Seats Available	Delta
		5/1/2012	3/31/2013
WB	$400	246	262	16
WC	$400	22	70	48
WD	600-2000	44	45	1
WE	600-2000	5	3	-2
WF	600-2000	31	80	49
WG	$400	22	48	26
WH	$400	269	236	-33
WJ	$100	16	41	25
NA	$100	29	32	3
NB	$100	53	69	16
NC	$100	93	98	5
ND	$100	135	81	-54
NE	$100	169	90	-79
NF	$100	95	63	-32
NG	$100	199	86	-113
NH	$100	176	68	-108
NJ	$100	209	80	-129
NK	$100	225	76	-149
NL	$100	73	66	-7
EJ	$100	16	35	19
EH	$400	421	421	0
EG	$400	57	78	21
EF	600-2000	77	106	29
EE	600-2000	1	0	-1
ED	600-2000	108	77	-31
EC	$400	87	102	15
EB	$400	76	58	-18
WBU	$100	2	7	5
WCU	$200	573	554	-19
WDU	$600	712	696	-16
WEU	$600	336	345	9
WFU	$600	724	699	-25
WGU	$400	498	464	-34
WHU	$100	2	43	41
WJU	$100	61	57	-4
NAU	100-400	135	153	18
NBU	$100	110	115	5
NCU	100-400	193	204	11
NDU	100-400	148	155	7
NEU	100-400	195	188	-7
NFU	100-400	156	140	-16
NGU	100-400	114	118	4
NHU	100-400	108	114	6
NJU	100-400	188	240	52
NKU	$100	0	0	0
NLU	100-400	2	0	-2
EJU	$100	301	97	-204
EHU	$100	10	73	63
EGU	$200	1291	1274	-17
EFU	$400	1000	955	-45
EEU	$600	870	745	-125
EDU	$400	1406	1361	-45
ECU	$200	1542	1477	-65
EBU	$100	1	27	26
SAU	$100	53	173	120
SBU	$100	185	209	24
SCU	$100	189	204	15
SDU	$100	137	145	8
SEU	$100	54	39	-15
SFU	$100	9	19	10
SGU	$100	31	29	-2
SHU	$100	133	147	14
SJU	$100	141	162	21
SKU	$100	167	138	-29
SLU	$100	128	134	6
TOTAL		14859	14171	-688	13%
				0
100		4441	4015	-426	28.33%
200-400		5104	5044	-60	35.59%
600+		5314	5112	-202	36.07%

STEP UPDATE?

Okay.  So I was going to log on tonight and post what I thought might be the final STEP update of this season, but I can't seem to get to the virtual venue--the option to upgrade my seats is not there.  Either the process is over or I am no longer able to upgrade if I want to.

Is there anyone out there still waiting to pick seats?

Is the process over for this year?

There is a "marketing message" that states:

'Want Better Seats? Renew your existing seats and you will be prompted by the question, 'Do you want to upgrade your seats?' Answer the question and in a few week time you will receive an email instructing you how to upgrade your seats online'

It would appear then, that ticket holders will still be able to move around if not actually purchase more tickets before the season starts if I read that message correctly.

STEP UPDATE: MAY DAY EDITION

Got your updated seat availabilty right here.  More $100 seats going in the lower north endzone.  Slight shift from upper decks to lower bowl in general (more seats available in north and south upper decks.)

Overall decrease of 1,531 seats since the selection process opened.  512 seats gone since the last update (about 3.33% of the available seats.)  14% of the whole stadium still unsold.

Anyone know how many days left in the selection process???

SECTION	Donation	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Delta
		6/8/2011	3/23/2012	4/19/2012	4/25/2012	5/1/2012
WB	$400	232	270	293	275	246	-29
WC	$400	25	159	30	30	22	-8
WD	600-2000	41	180	68	51	44	-7
WE	600-2000	12	9	6	5	5	0
WF	600-2000	37	200	60	43	31	-12
WG	$400	18	143	36	23	22	-1
WH	$400	302	339	383	323	269	-54
WJ	$100	6	131	19	17	16	-1
NA	$100	18	172	63	36	29	-7
NB	$100	38	200	141	109	53	-56
NC	$100	40	207	195	155	93	-62
ND	$100	36	171	169	149	135	-14
NE	$100	48	193	211	222	169	-53
NF	$100	17	178	161	145	95	-50
NG	$100	35	176	221	207	199	-8
NH	$100	30	167	229	232	176	-56
NJ	$100	35	208	264	225	209	-16
NK	$100	36	173	274	268	225	-43
NL	$100	39	207	202	140	73	-67
EJ	$100	14	101	26	23	16	-7
EH	$400	518	428	451	424	421	-3
EG	$400	60	165	86	71	57	-14
EF	600-2000	73	182	94	86	77	-9
EE	600-2000	0	1	1	1	1	0
ED	600-2000	389	249	130	120	108	-12
EC	$400	283	247	116	126	87	-39
EB	$400	148	108	76	87	76	-11
WBU	$100	0	30	0	0	2	2
WCU	$400	477	581	595	591	573	-18
WDU	$600	652	721	713	714	712	-2
WEU	$600	303	361	339	338	336	-2
WFU	$600	596	708	733	730	724	-6
WGU	$400	318	489	493	491	498	7
WHU	$100	1	102	4	2	2	0
WJU	$100	25	147	79	78	61	-17
NAU	100-400	48	111	99	113	135	22
NBU	$100	53	56	83	93	110	17
NCU	100-400	121	107	148	162	193	31
NDU	100-400	94	93	108	138	148	10
NEU	100-400	105	142	164	174	195	21
NFU	100-400	40	82	130	144	156	12
NGU	100-400	65	80	103	105	114	9
NHU	100-400	78	51	81	87	108	21
NJU	100-400	126	113	143	159	188	29
NKU	$100	1	0	0	0	0	0
NLU	100-400	1	8	2	2	2	0
EJU	$100	31	265	364	361	301	-60
EHU	$100	9	138	82	41	10	-31
EGU	$400	1067	1153	1274	1287	1291	4
EFU	$600	882	985	1013	1001	1000	-1
EEU	$600	762	877	875	867	870	3
EDU	$600	1444	1422	1410	1408	1406	-2
ECU	$400	1541	1526	1547	1548	1542	-6
EBU	$100	2	68	54	5	1	-4
SAU	$100	88	117	53	53	53	0
SBU	$100	154	100	137	157	185	28
SCU	$100	125	109	169	169	189	20
SDU	$100	106	119	134	124	137	13
SEU	$100	26	42	48	58	54	-4
SFU	$100	16	36	7	3	9	6
SGU	$100	17	57	43	33	31	-2
SHU	$100	87	118	128	127	133	6
SJU	$100	79	100	129	142	141	-1
SKU	$100	113	95	143	160	167	7
SLU	$100	101	117	109	113	128	15
TOTAL		12284	16390	15741	15371	14859	-1531	14%
100		2104	4887	4919	4731	4441	-446	29.89%
400		4989	5608	5380	5276	5104	-504	34.35%
600+		5191	5895	5442	5364	5314	-581	35.76%

STEP UPDATE: April 25th Edition

Here are the latest numbers on seat availability by sections.  There is an overall decrease of 1,019 seats since the process opened this year.  But there are still 3,087 more seats available than last June.  There is a continued shoft from upper deck levels to the lower bowl.  Every section in the north upper deck saw an increase (or no change) in available seats, as was true for most sections in the south upper deck.

Will someone please take that lonely seat in EE?

When I logged on tonight, TicketMaster said that my payment was due May 14th.  Does anyone know if the deadline was pushed back from May 1st?  If that's the case, I can probably do another update next week.

Are there still folks out there waiting to pick seats????

SECTION	Donation	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Delta
		6/8/2011	3/23/2012	4/14/2012	4/19/2012	4/25/2012
WB	$400	232	270	318	293	275	-18
WC	$400	25	159	44	30	30	0
WD	600-2000	41	180	82	68	51	-17
WE	600-2000	12	9	6	6	5	-1
WF	600-2000	37	200	87	60	43	-17
WG	$400	18	143	40	36	23	-13
WH	$400	302	339	385	383	323	-60
WJ	$100	6	131	19	19	17	-2
NA	$100	18	172	97	63	36	-27
NB	$100	38	200	158	141	109	-32
NC	$100	40	207	229	195	155	-40
ND	$100	36	171	181	169	149	-20
NE	$100	48	193	234	211	222	11
NF	$100	17	178	183	161	145	-16
NG	$100	35	176	220	221	207	-14
NH	$100	30	167	220	229	232	3
NJ	$100	35	208	267	264	225	-39
NK	$100	36	173	267	274	268	-6
NL	$100	39	207	208	202	140	-62
EJ	$100	14	101	26	26	23	-3
EH	$400	518	428	451	451	424	-27
EG	$400	60	165	102	86	71	-15
EF	600-2000	73	182	126	94	86	-8
EE	600-2000	0	1	1	1	1	0
ED	600-2000	389	249	167	130	120	-10
EC	$400	283	247	137	116	126	10
EB	$400	148	108	73	76	87	11
WBU	$100	0	30	0	0	0	0
WCU	$400	477	581	583	595	591	-4
WDU	$600	652	721	713	713	714	1
WEU	$600	303	361	339	339	338	-1
WFU	$600	596	708	729	733	730	-3
WGU	$400	318	489	497	493	491	-2
WHU	$100	1	102	7	4	2	-2
WJU	$100	25	147	81	79	78	-1
NAU	100-400	48	111	90	99	113	14
NBU	$100	53	56	75	83	93	10
NCU	100-400	121	107	129	148	162	14
NDU	100-400	94	93	102	108	138	30
NEU	100-400	105	142	144	164	174	10
NFU	100-400	40	82	116	130	144	14
NGU	100-400	65	80	99	103	105	2
NHU	100-400	78	51	77	81	87	6
NJU	100-400	126	113	137	143	159	16
NKU	$100	1	0	0	0	0	0
NLU	100-400	1	8	2	2	2	0
EJU	$100	31	265	370	364	361	-3
EHU	$100	9	138	132	82	41	-41
EGU	$400	1067	1153	1242	1274	1287	13
EFU	$600	882	985	1012	1013	1001	-12
EEU	$600	762	877	865	875	867	-8
EDU	$600	1444	1422	1408	1410	1408	-2
ECU	$400	1541	1526	1548	1547	1548	1
EBU	$100	2	68	46	54	5	-49
SAU	$100	88	117	67	53	53	0
SBU	$100	154	100	131	137	157	20
SCU	$100	125	109	155	169	169	0
SDU	$100	106	119	126	134	124	-10
SEU	$100	26	42	40	48	58	10
SFU	$100	16	36	23	7	3	-4
SGU	$100	17	57	43	43	33	-10
SHU	$100	87	118	118	128	127	-1
SJU	$100	79	100	127	129	142	13
SKU	$100	113	95	145	143	160	17
SLU	$100	101	117	115	109	113	4
TOTAL		12284	16390	15961	15741	15371	-1019	15%
100		2104	4887	5006	4919	4731	-156	30.78%
400		4989	5608	5420	5380	5276	-332	34.32%
600+		5191	5895	5535	5442	5364	-531	34.90%

STEP Update: So You're Picking Friday Edition

I'll probably do another update over the weekend.

I also changed the bottom formula so that the delta reflects the number of seats that have changed since last June.  The delta at the top of the list is the change from the last update.  So 649 seats have moved off the available list from the nearly 4,000 extra seats we saw at the beginning of this year's selection process.

SECTION	Donation	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Delta
		6/8/2011	3/23/2012	3/30/2012	4/14/2012	4/19/2012
WB	$400	232	270	275	318	293	-25
WC	$400	25	159	88	44	30	-14
WD	600-2000	41	180	145	82	68	-14
WE	600-2000	12	9	5	6	6	0
WF	600-2000	37	200	142	87	60	-27
WG	$400	18	143	106	40	36	-4
WH	$400	302	339	371	385	383	-2
WJ	$100	6	131	55	19	19	0
NA	$100	18	172	163	97	63	-34
NB	$100	38	200	195	158	141	-17
NC	$100	40	207	229	229	195	-34
ND	$100	36	171	189	181	169	-12
NE	$100	48	193	199	234	211	-23
NF	$100	17	178	181	183	161	-22
NG	$100	35	176	188	220	221	1
NH	$100	30	167	175	220	229	9
NJ	$100	35	208	216	267	264	-3
NK	$100	36	173	205	267	274	7
NL	$100	39	207	213	208	202	-6
EJ	$100	14	101	102	26	26	0
EH	$400	518	428	434	451	451	0
EG	$400	60	165	162	102	86	-16
EF	600-2000	73	182	134	126	94	-32
EE	600-2000	0	1	1	1	1	0
ED	600-2000	389	249	199	167	130	-37
EC	$400	283	247	247	137	116	-21
EB	$400	148	108	92	73	76	3
WBU	$100	0	30	8	0	0	0
WCU	$400	477	581	585	583	595	12
WDU	$600	652	721	727	713	713	0
WEU	$600	303	361	368	339	339	0
WFU	$600	596	708	723	729	733	4
WGU	$400	318	489	491	497	493	-4
WHU	$100	1	102	48	7	4	-3
WJU	$100	25	147	132	81	79	-2
NAU	100-400	48	111	93	90	99	9
NBU	$100	53	56	72	75	83	8
NCU	100-400	121	107	107	129	148	19
NDU	100-400	94	93	107	102	108	6
NEU	100-400	105	142	128	144	164	20
NFU	100-400	40	82	90	116	130	14
NGU	100-400	65	80	94	99	103	4
NHU	100-400	78	51	53	77	81	4
NJU	100-400	126	113	111	137	143	6
NKU	$100	1	0	0	0	0	0
NLU	100-400	1	8	4	2	2	0
EJU	$100	31	265	309	370	364	-6
EHU	$100	9	138	126	132	82	-50
EGU	$400	1067	1153	1198	1242	1274	32
EFU	$600	882	985	1011	1012	1013	1
EEU	$600	762	877	855	865	875	10
EDU	$600	1444	1422	1414	1408	1410	2
ECU	$400	1541	1526	1534	1548	1547	-1
EBU	$100	2	68	56	46	54	8
SAU	$100	88	117	115	67	53	-14
SBU	$100	154	100	110	131	137	6
SCU	$100	125	109	123	155	169	14
SDU	$100	106	119	129	126	134	8
SEU	$100	26	42	42	40	48	8
SFU	$100	16	36	28	23	7	-16
SGU	$100	17	57	51	43	43	0
SHU	$100	87	118	122	118	128	10
SJU	$100	79	100	113	127	129	2
SKU	$100	113	95	99	145	143	-2
SLU	$100	101	117	117	115	109	-6
TOTAL		12284	16390	16204	15961	15741	-649	15%
100		2104	4887	4897	5006	4919	32	31.25%
400		4989	5608	5583	5420	5380	-228	34.18%
600+		5191	5895	5724	5535	5442	-453	34.57%

STEP UPDATE - June 8

Thanks to info sent by Justin, here's how the STEP data looks as of 6-8-2011:

SECTION	Donation	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Delta
		3/28/2011	4/19/2011	4/21/2011	6/8/2011
WB	$400	341	251	251	232	-109
WC	$400	156	25	25	25	-131
WD	600-2000	246	50	50	41	-205
WE	600-2000	14	11	11	12	-2
WF	600-2000	249	38	38	37	-212
WG	$400	134	18	16	18	-116
WH	$400	313	310	310	302	-11
WJ	$100	43	9	6	6	-37
NA	$100	46	29	21	18	-28
NB	$100	66	37	33	38	-28
NC	$100	43	48	39	40	-3
ND	$100	55	59	37	36	-19
NE	$100	75	86	53	48	-27
NF	$100	94	65	31	17	-77
NG	$100	41	84	44	35	-6
NH	$100	54	89	34	30	-24
NJ	$100	55	132	44	35	-20
NK	$100	45	90	34	36	-9
NL	$100	48	?	45	39	-9
EJ	$100	127	25	18	14	-113
EH	$400	552	519	519	518	-34
EG	$400	235	54	50	60	-175
EF	600-2000	248	60	60	73	-175
EE	600-2000	3	0	0	0	-3
ED	600-2000	1044	509	501	389	-655
EC	$400	1099	428	411	283	-816
EB	$400	72	174	174	148	76
WBU	$100	28	0	0	0	-28
WCU	$400	413	454	453	477	64
WDU	$600	691	627	629	652	-39
WEU	$600	353	289	289	303	-50
WFU	$600	617	593	593	596	-21
WGU	$400	343	327	327	318	-25
WHU	$100	61	2	1	1	-60
WJU	$100	28	27	23	25	-3
NAU	100-400	18	72	50	48	30
NBU	$100	29	59	45	53	24
NCU	100-400	44	137	121	121	77
NDU	100-400	26	105	92	94	68
NEU	100-400	54	109	107	105	51
NFU	100-400	34	70	56	40	6
NGU	100-400	22	63	63	65	43
NHU	100-400	15	76	70	78	63
NJU	100-400	23	144	126	126	103
NKU	$100	3	1	1	1	-2
NLU	100-400	20	1	1	1	-19
EJU	$100	78	77	33	31	-47
EHU	$100	96	5	3	9	-87
EGU	$400	750	1003	995	1067	317
EFU	$600	819	841	841	882	63
EEU	$600	694	709	709	762	68
EDU	$600	1486	1454	1454	1444	-42
ECU	$400	1458	1553	1553	1541	83
EBU	$100	8	5	3	2	-6
SAU	$100	19	34	20	88	69
SBU	$100	31	132	130	154	123
SCU	$100	26	105	111	125	99
SDU	$100	40	103	103	106	66
SEU	$100	32	25	23	26	-6
SFU	$100	16	18	14	16	0
SGU	$100	11	22	17	17	6
SHU	$100	15	91	81	87	72
SJU	$100	26	79	77	79	53
SKU	$100	22	114	104	113	91
SLU	$100	28	108	104	101	73
TOTAL		13975	12834	12277	12284	-1691	11%
100		1645	2537	2018	2104	459	17.13%
400		5866	5116	5084	4989	-877	40.61%
600+		6464	5181	5175	5191	-1273	42.26%

STEP UPDATE - 4/22

According to Christopher, here are the numbers as of 4pm on 4/21.  Is that the last day of downgrading?

If so, I hope they have a looooong waiting list for seats, because there is still about 11% of the total stadium capacity available (12,277 seats.)  The majority, 83%, are in the $400 plus levels.

For the non-marquee games, you are going to see a lot of empty seats in what used to be the senior and junior sections (esp. the upper level).  Of course, they hardly ever filled completely for those games anyway, but at least the students had paid for those seats.  Now you will have single game empty seats that no one is paying for.  Strike that.  Those who are paying higher premiums for seats are now paying for those empty seats.  Isn't greed a grand thing?  Thank you Penn State for STEPping all over the fans.  I do believe those higher fees will offset the unsold tickets and then some, so you needn't worry about paying the bills.

SECTION	Donation	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Delta
		3/28/2011	4/1/2011	4/9/2011	4/19/2011	4/21/2011
WB	$400	341	368	276	251	251	-90
WC	$400	156	39	26	25	25	-131
WD	600-2000	246	109	57	50	50	-196
WE	600-2000	14	14	11	11	11	-3
WF	600-2000	249	94	50	38	38	-211
WG	$400	134	34	18	18	16	-118
WH	$400	313	402	340	310	310	-3
WJ	$100	43	14	16	9	6	-37
NA	$100	46	83	47	29	21	-25
NB	$100	66	86	77	37	33	-33
NC	$100	43	92	99	48	39	-4
ND	$100	55	61	69	59	37	-18
NE	$100	75	113	130	86	53	-22
NF	$100	94	108	121	65	31	-63
NG	$100	41	106	122	84	44	3
NH	$100	54	107	124	89	34	-20
NJ	$100	55	109	178	132	44	-11
NK	$100	45	71	207	90	34	-11
NL	$100	48	80	83	?	45	-3
EJ	$100	127	60	31	25	18	-109
EH	$400	552	608	559	519	519	-33
EG	$400	235	132	84	54	50	-185
EF	600-2000	248	96	64	60	60	-188
EE	600-2000	3	2	0	0	0	-3
ED	600-2000	1044	705	555	509	501	-543
EC	$400	1099	772	490	428	411	-688
EB	$400	72	148	172	174	174	102
WBU	$100	28	28	0	0	0	-28
WCU	$400	413	457	469	454	453	40
WDU	$600	691	655	633	627	629	-62
WEU	$600	353	296	284	289	289	-64
WFU	$600	617	625	599	593	593	-24
WGU	$400	343	365	333	327	327	-16
WHU	$100	61	38	2	2	1	-60
WJU	$100	28	101	35	27	23	-5
NAU	100-400	18	20	66	72	50	32
NBU	$100	29	57	61	59	45	16
NCU	100-400	44	79	137	137	121	77
NDU	100-400	26	71	118	105	92	66
NEU	100-400	54	90	133	109	107	53
NFU	100-400	34	50	86	70	56	22
NGU	100-400	22	38	79	63	63	41
NHU	100-400	15	32	84	76	70	55
NJU	100-400	23	71	162	144	126	103
NKU	$100	3	3	1	1	1	-2
NLU	100-400	20	1	1	1	1	-19
EJU	$100	78	189	229	77	33	-45
EHU	$100	96	110	13	5	3	-93
EGU	$400	750	974	995	1003	995	245
EFU	$600	819	863	841	841	841	22
EEU	$600	694	714	705	709	709	15
EDU	$600	1486	1466	1454	1454	1454	-32
ECU	$400	1458	1497	1559	1553	1553	95
EBU	$100	8	2	5	5	3	-5
SAU	$100	19	22	26	34	20	1
SBU	$100	31	63	130	132	130	99
SCU	$100	26	52	117	105	111	85
SDU	$100	40	76	97	103	103	63
SEU	$100	32	28	29	25	23	-9
SFU	$100	16	12	17	18	14	-2
SGU	$100	11	17	30	22	17	6
SHU	$100	15	43	83	91	81	66
SJU	$100	26	50	81	79	77	51
SKU	$100	22	61	116	114	104	82
SLU	$100	28	52	108	108	104	76
TOTAL		13975	13981	13924	12834	12277	-1698	11%
100		1645	2546	3350	2537	2018	373	16.44%
400		5866	5796	5321	5116	5084	-782	41.41%
600+		6464	5639	5253	5181	5175	-1289	42.15%

STEP UPDATE

Thanks to Christopher, we have some new numbers.  As people are now picking that have given up their seats already, we are actually seeing the total number of seats available drop.

Still alot of 400-600$ seats in what used to be the old student section, especially the upper level.  Not surprising those aren't going fast since the folks picking now wanted to downgrade.  Will they go late, or be left for single game tickets?

SECTION	Donation	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Delta
		3/28/2011	3/29/2011	4/1/2011	4/9/2011	4/19/2011
WB	$400	341	366	368	276	251	-90
WC	$400	156	98	39	26	25	-131
WD	600-2000	246	179	109	57	50	-196
WE	600-2000	14	14	14	11	11	-3
WF	600-2000	249	180	94	50	38	-211
WG	$400	134	104	34	18	18	-116
WH	$400	313	337	402	340	310	-3
WJ	$100	43	39	14	16	9	-34
NA	$100	46	48	83	47	29	-17
NB	$100	66	74	86	77	37	-29
NC	$100	43	59	92	99	48	5
ND	$100	55	55	61	69	59	4
NE	$100	75	85	113	130	86	11
NF	$100	94	94	108	121	65	-29
NG	$100	41	71	106	122	84	43
NH	$100	54	74	107	124	89	35
NJ	$100	55	69	109	178	132	77
NK	$100	45	51	71	207	90	45
NL	$100	48	48	80	83	?	?
EJ	$100	127	126	60	31	25	-102
EH	$400	552	580	608	559	519	-33
EG	$400	235	209	132	84	54	-181
EF	600-2000	248	176	96	64	60	-188
EE	600-2000	3	2	2	0	0	-3
ED	600-2000	1044	929	705	555	509	-535
EC	$400	1099	999	772	490	428	-671
EB	$400	72	103	148	172	174	102
							0
WBU	$100	28	34	28	0	0	-28
WCU	$400	413	443	457	469	454	41
WDU	$600	691	691	655	633	627	-64
WEU	$600	353	324	296	284	289	-64
WFU	$600	617	623	625	599	593	-24
WGU	$400	343	349	365	333	327	-16
WHU	$100	61	54	38	2	2	-59
WJU	$100	28	76	101	35	27	-1
NAU	100-400	18	16	20	66	72	54
NBU	$100	29	39	57	61	59	30
NCU	100-400	44	51	79	137	137	93
NDU	100-400	26	41	71	118	105	79
NEU	100-400	54	60	90	133	109	55
NFU	100-400	34	46	50	86	70	36
NGU	100-400	22	16	38	79	63	41
NHU	100-400	15	17	32	84	76	61
NJU	100-400	23	33	71	162	144	121
NKU	$100	3	3	3	1	1	-2
NLU	100-400	20	5	1	1	1	-19
EJU	$100	78	96	189	229	77	-1
EHU	$100	96	116	110	13	5	-91
EGU	$400	750	862	974	995	1003	253
EFU	$600	819	851	863	841	841	22
EEU	$600	694	712	714	705	709	15
EDU	$600	1486	1478	1466	1454	1454	-32
ECU	$400	1458	1456	1497	1559	1553	95
EBU	$100	8	6	2	5	5	-3
SAU	$100	19	21	22	26	34	15
SBU	$100	31	33	63	130	132	101
SCU	$100	26	26	52	117	105	79
SDU	$100	40	56	76	97	103	63
SEU	$100	32	28	28	29	25	-7
SFU	$100	16	16	12	17	18	2
SGU	$100	11	11	17	30	22	11
SHU	$100	15	25	43	83	91	76
SJU	$100	26	26	50	81	79	53
SKU	$100	22	30	61	116	114	92
SLU	$100	28	28	52	108	108	80
TOTAL		13975	13967	13981	13924	12834	-1141	12%
100		1645	1902	2546	3350	2537	892	18%
400		5866	5906	5796	5321	5116	-750	37%
600+		6464	6159	5639	5253	5181	-1283	37%

STEP Updates

It is with great regret that I inform my readers that I can no longer provide updates on the STEP situation.  Since the UPGRADE phase has passed, I am no longer able to log in and see the Virtual Venue.  If anyone else has that ability and wants to send me the data, I can put it in the table like I did before.  Otherwise, we'll have to sit in the dark together on this one.

Hey!  Who's hand was that!

STEP Central 4/9 Update

Small shifts are the trend as we wind down the "upgrade" phase of STEP.  A few more $100 seats are available, and 400$ vs $600 seats are even.  Sections EE and WBU are now closed unless some seats would open later as a result of downgrades.  I am particularly curious to see how this all works out.

To be honest, I'm not sure why they split this process into two phases.  I imagine there are a number of folks who had grandfathered in to 50-yard line seats and do not want to now pay $600 a seat per year to keep them.  If they decided to retain at all (assuming they weren't thoroughly disgusted and already released those tickets, choosing not to renew) then those "prime" seats are now going to open up in the next phase--but the upgraders have already chosen, and perhaps would have wanted those seats had they known they would become available.  I'm not sure why there simply wasn't a process from start to finish--choose up or down--based on your points.  You could risk taking seats later if you chose to see if some of those prime seats would become available.

Who am I kidding?  The only FAIR way to have done this would have been to reseat everyone based on point totals.  That didn't happen.  So no matter how they did it, there would be some inequity.

NOW THAT I HAVE WRITTEN THIS, I went back to the PSU website to check the details.  I was under the wrong impression . . . I thought anyone could retain their seats so long as they had made the donation to qualify for that seat this year.  But those who chose to downgrade had to forfeit their seats as per the STEP FAQs page:

If you declare that you are interested in moving to a zone that requires a lower Seat Equity donation, you must first RELEASE your current ticket, then you may participate in the seat selection process. However, there can be no guaranteed offered as availability will be unknown ahead of time. Therefore, there is some risk with this choice.

So that explains why there are almost 14,000 seats available.  I wasn't aware that some people had to give up their seats.  Again, it doesn't seem fair that people who are looking to upgrade can shop around but still keep their seats if they choose, but people looking to downgrade can't.  It is also clear that some of the people upgrading these past few weeks have at least made lateral moves since there have been some $100 seats taken.  On the other hand, doing it this way did open up those potential higher value seats for folks that wanted to upgrade.

In the next phase of things, we should start to see the total number of available seats drop, as these folks have already given up their seats.  Of course, some may be disappointed in what is left and simply choose no seats.  I'm really curious to see how many seats are left and how the University tries to sell those.

My head hurts now.

SECTION	Donation	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Delta
		3/28/2011	3/29/2011	4/1/2011	4/9/2011
WB	$400	341	366	368	276	-65
WC	$400	156	98	39	26	-130
WD	600-2000	246	179	109	57	-189
WE	600-2000	14	14	14	11	-3
WF	600-2000	249	180	94	50	-199
WG	$400	134	104	34	18	-116
WH	$400	313	337	402	340	27
WJ	$100	43	39	14	16	-27
NA	$100	46	48	83	47	1
NB	$100	66	74	86	77	11
NC	$100	43	59	92	99	56
ND	$100	55	55	61	69	14
NE	$100	75	85	113	130	55
NF	$100	94	94	108	121	27
NG	$100	41	71	106	122	81
NH	$100	54	74	107	124	70
NJ	$100	55	69	109	178	123
NK	$100	45	51	71	207	162
NL	$100	48	48	80	83	35
EJ	$100	127	126	60	31	-96
EH	$400	552	580	608	559	7
EG	$400	235	209	132	84	-151
EF	600-2000	248	176	96	64	-184
EE	600-2000	3	2	2	0	-3
ED	600-2000	1044	929	705	555	-489
EC	$400	1099	999	772	490	-609
EB	$400	72	103	148	172	100
WBU	$100	28	34	28	0	-28
WCU	$400	413	443	457	469	56
WDU	$600	691	691	655	633	-58
WEU	$600	353	324	296	284	-69
WFU	$600	617	623	625	599	-18
WGU	$400	343	349	365	333	-10
WHU	$100	61	54	38	2	-59
WJU	$100	28	76	101	35	7
NAU	100-400	18	16	20	66	48
NBU	$100	29	39	57	61	32
NCU	100-400	44	51	79	137	93
NDU	100-400	26	41	71	118	92
NEU	100-400	54	60	90	133	79
NFU	100-400	34	46	50	86	52
NGU	100-400	22	16	38	79	57
NHU	100-400	15	17	32	84	69
NJU	100-400	23	33	71	162	139
NKU	$100	3	3	3	1	-2
NLU	100-400	20	5	1	1	-19
EJU	$100	78	96	189	229	151
EHU	$100	96	116	110	13	-83
EGU	$400	750	862	974	995	245
EFU	$600	819	851	863	841	22
EEU	$600	694	712	714	705	11
EDU	$600	1486	1478	1466	1454	-32
ECU	$400	1458	1456	1497	1559	101
EBU	$100	8	6	2	5	-3
SAU	$100	19	21	22	26	7
SBU	$100	31	33	63	130	99
SCU	$100	26	26	52	117	91
SDU	$100	40	56	76	97	57
SEU	$100	32	28	28	29	-3
SFU	$100	16	16	12	17	1
SGU	$100	11	11	17	30	19
SHU	$100	15	25	43	83	68
SJU	$100	26	26	50	81	55
SKU	$100	22	30	61	116	94
SLU	$100	28	28	52	108	80
TOTAL		13975	13967	13981	13924	-51	13%
100		1645	1902	2546	3350	1705	24%
400		5866	5906	5796	5321	-545	38%
600+		6464	6159	5639	5253	-1211	38%

STEP Central Mid-week Update

Thought I'd check in to see how things were going.  There continues to be an upgrade shift, with more $100 level seats available (mainly in the upper decks).

I just checked, and the upgrade period ends 4/7/11 (at least that was the original date--I don't know if it was moved back due to the early technical difficulties.)  So with only a day or two left, there is still a large percentage of $400-2000 level seats (77% of all available.)

A negative delta means there are fewer seats available now than when the process started.  The total number of seats available has changed by only 40.

SECTION	Donation	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Delta
		3/28/2011	3/29/2011	4/1/2011	4/6/2011
WB	$400	341	366	368	310	-31
WC	$400	156	98	39	26	-130
WD	600-2000	246	179	109	71	-175
WE	600-2000	14	14	14	13	-1
WF	600-2000	249	180	94	52	-197
WG	$400	134	104	34	18	-116
WH	$400	313	337	402	350	37
WJ	$100	43	39	14	21	-22
NA	$100	46	48	83	55	9
NB	$100	66	74	86	94	28
NC	$100	43	59	92	97	54
ND	$100	55	55	61	71	16
NE	$100	75	85	113	133	58
NF	$100	94	94	108	126	32
NG	$100	41	71	106	161	120
NH	$100	54	74	107	119	65
NJ	$100	55	69	109	162	107
NK	$100	45	51	71	140	95
NL	$100	48	48	80	81	33
EJ	$100	127	126	60	31	-96
EH	$400	552	580	608	568	16
EG	$400	235	209	132	102	-133
EF	600-2000	248	176	96	78	-170
EE	600-2000	3	2	2	4	1
ED	600-2000	1044	929	705	601	-443
EC	$400	1099	999	772	570	-529
EB	$400	72	103	148	176	104
WBU	$100	28	34	28	2	-26
WCU	$400	413	443	457	457	44
WDU	$600	691	691	655	633	-58
WEU	$600	353	324	296	290	-63
WFU	$600	617	623	625	609	-8
WGU	$400	343	349	365	343	0
WHU	$100	61	54	38	6	-55
WJU	$100	28	76	101	74	46
NAU	100-400	18	16	20	40	22
NBU	$100	29	39	57	57	28
NCU	100-400	44	51	79	133	89
NDU	100-400	26	41	71	101	75
NEU	100-400	54	60	90	101	47
NFU	100-400	34	46	50	78	44
NGU	100-400	22	16	38	55	33
NHU	100-400	15	17	32	62	47
NJU	100-400	23	33	71	122	99
NKU	$100	3	3	3	1	-2
NLU	100-400	20	5	1	1	-19
EJU	$100	78	96	189	225	147
EHU	$100	96	116	110	69	-27
EGU	$400	750	862	974	981	231
EFU	$600	819	851	863	845	26
EEU	$600	694	712	714	713	19
EDU	$600	1486	1478	1466	1454	-32
ECU	$400	1458	1456	1497	1515	57
EBU	$100	8	6	2	17	9
SAU	$100	19	21	22	20	1
SBU	$100	31	33	63	95	64
SCU	$100	26	26	52	95	69
SDU	$100	40	56	76	101	61
SEU	$100	32	28	28	29	-3
SFU	$100	16	16	12	14	-2
SGU	$100	11	11	17	19	8
SHU	$100	15	25	43	60	45
SJU	$100	26	26	50	86	60
SKU	$100	22	30	61	112	90
SLU	$100	28	28	52	90	62
TOTAL		13975	13967	13981	13935	-40	13%
100		1645	1902	2546	3156	1511	23%
400		5866	5906	5796	5416	-450	39%
600+		6464	6159	5639	5363	-1101	38%

April Fools STEP Update

Here are how things are going in the STEP selection process.  There is an overall INCREASE in available seats of 6.  I guess someone couldn't get what they wanted, or someone not participating changed their mind.  It still appears that there is a small shift from lower priced seats to higher priced seats.  But in the NLC email I got today, it said that ticket holders requesting a DOWNGRADE will be receiving info in about a week, so apparently none of the people selecting at this time were planning on downgrading anyway.

Still a lot of tickets left.

And if this is your first time looking at these numbers, these are the available seats listed on the virtual venue by section as of 5PM 4/1/11.  The % of total seats available is based on the listed Beaver Stadium capacity.  The other percentages are the fraction of those donation level seats left of the available remaining tickets, not the total stadium capacity.  So of all available seats, only 18% are at the $100 level.  But this is up from 12% initially.

SECTION	Donation	Seats Available	Seats Available	Seats Available	Delta
		3/28/2011	3/29/2011	4/1/2011
WB	$400	341	366	368	27
WC	$400	156	98	39	-117
WD	600-2000	246	179	109	-137
WE	600-2000	14	14	14	0
WF	600-2000	249	180	94	-155
WG	$400	134	104	34	-100
WH	$400	313	337	402	89
WJ	$100	43	39	14	-29
NA	$100	46	48	83	37
NB	$100	66	74	86	20
NC	$100	43	59	92	49
ND	$100	55	55	61	6
NE	$100	75	85	113	38
NF	$100	94	94	108	14
NG	$100	41	71	106	65
NH	$100	54	74	107	53
NJ	$100	55	69	109	54
NK	$100	45	51	71	26
NL	$100	48	48	80	32
EJ	$100	127	126	60	-67
EH	$400	552	580	608	56
EG	$400	235	209	132	-103
EF	600-2000	248	176	96	-152
EE	600-2000	3	2	2	-1
ED	600-2000	1044	929	705	-339
EC	$400	1099	999	772	-327
EB	$400	72	103	148	76
WBU	$100	28	34	28	0
WCU	$400	413	443	457	44
WDU	$600	691	691	655	-36
WEU	$600	353	324	296	-57
WFU	$600	617	623	625	8
WGU	$400	343	349	365	22
WHU	$100	61	54	38	-23
WJU	$100	28	76	101	73
NAU	100-400	18	16	20	2
NBU	$100	29	39	57	28
NCU	100-400	44	51	79	35
NDU	100-400	26	41	71	45
NEU	100-400	54	60	90	36
NFU	100-400	34	46	50	16
NGU	100-400	22	16	38	16
NHU	100-400	15	17	32	17
NJU	100-400	23	33	71	48
NKU	$100	3	3	3	0
NLU	100-400	20	5	1	-19
EJU	$100	78	96	189	111
EHU	$100	96	116	110	14
EGU	$400	750	862	974	224
EFU	$600	819	851	863	44
EEU	$600	694	712	714	20
EDU	$600	1486	1478	1466	-20
ECU	$400	1458	1456	1497	39
EBU	$100	8	6	2	-6
SAU	$100	19	21	22	3
SBU	$100	31	33	63	32
SCU	$100	26	26	52	26
SDU	$100	40	56	76	36
SEU	$100	32	28	28	-4
SFU	$100	16	16	12	-4
SGU	$100	11	11	17	6
SHU	$100	15	25	43	28
SJU	$100	26	26	50	24
SKU	$100	22	30	61	39
SLU	$100	28	28	52	24
TOTAL		13975	13967	13981	6	13%
100		1645	1902	2546	901	18%
400		5866	5906	5796	-70	41%
600+		6464	6159	5639	-825	40%