Marysville’s Carys Gossett (16) and Morgan Shick go up for a block during a 2020 match. The school district is going paperless for tickets to 2021-22 sporting events. (Journal-Tribune photo by Tim Miller)
The old days of purchasing a paper ticket at Marysville sporting events have gone by the wayside.
The school district began the practice of digital ticket purchases during the 2020-21 academic year.
That was due to the coronavirus pandemic.
That method of ticket purchases will continue for Marysville high school and middle school sporting events this coming school year.
“We won’t have any ticket sales at the gate for any of our sporting events,” said Marysville High School athletic director Joey Day. “It worked pretty well last year, so we just decided to continue the trend.”
Monarch fans will be able to purchase tickets by going to the school’s web site and clicking on the “box office” feature.
They may also go to the phone app “Hometown Fan” and purchase tickets in that manner.
Day said the paperless ticket purchases will actually make things easier for fans and school district personnel.
“It’s going to speed up the line of fans who are waiting to enter our athletic events,” he said. “Folks won’t have to pull out cash, purchase paper tickets and wait for their change.
“All they will have to do is show the code for their purchase from their smart phone and our workers will be quickly able to scan their ticket,” said Day. “It will move the line along much more quickly.”
The biggest asset will be that athletic directors and ticket takers won’t have to handle actual money on the day of Monarch sporting events.
“It’s also going to aid in the accuracy of our accounting for how much money we are collecting through ticket sales,” he said. “Our ticket takers won’t have to count cash… it will all be recorded digitally.”
The continued trend goes along the lines that many music concerts and athletic events have or are going to as far as ticket purchases.
The Ohio State University has also adopted the practice for the purchase of football tickets or season passes.
Day reported that ticket prices will be the same for students and adults across the board.
“Ticket prices will be seven dollars for combined varsity and junior varsity events, such as boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer and volleyball,” he said.
There will be a slightly lower price for events that aren’t played in conjunction with varsity competition.
“For instance, junior varsity, freshman and middle school football games (which are played on different days from varsity contests) will have a ticket price of five dollars,” said Day.