‘A little jaded’: Husker volleyball season ticket holder frustrated by price hike, reseating
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A new seating chart is coming to the Bob Devaney Center.
Nebraska recently announced plans to reseat season ticket holders ahead of the 2026 season.
This comes after the addition of more than 1,000 seats.
On top of this, some season ticket holders are seeing an increase in the price of their seats.
“I’m a little jaded by it,” said Bruce Gottsleben, a 12-year ticket holder. “We’re so happy to have our tickets. Just this year, our mandatory donation was doubled, so we’re like, ‘Well geez, what’s that for?'”
He said he’s not very happy with this plan.
“So potentially you have somebody that’s had their tickets like me for 10 to 12 years that could be completely out of their tickets because someone else with more money comes in and buys the seats,” he said.
Season ticket holders will select new seats in July 2026.
Athletic Director Troy Dannen said this may feel like a big change, but it should be happening regularly.
“I think you’re going to see it in football as well and at some point in time, you will see it at PBA,” he said. “So it’s something that happens fairly regularly, if we do it in the right way. It just so happens that we haven’t been doing it that way, so it’ll be backed up a little bit.”
But Gottsleben said he thinks this change will have a detrimental impact on the program.
He fears that it will become all about the money and “just a numbers game.”
“I’m wondering how long it’ll be before this team falls the way that the football team did.”
