Long time forum posters may remember that my grandfather had season tickets in the lower bowl dating back to the Salt Palace. Over the years Grandpa's health declined as he suffered from Parkinson's disease and he eventually was unable to go the games any longer. During this time my family continued to pay for the tickets and my uncles attended the vast majority of the games while occasionally giving some tickets away as business promotions. The seats were very good and my family frequently sat in close proximity with the player's wives. My grandpa, in particular, had many conversations with Yeliz Okur. Last weekend Grandpa died, and our relationship with the Jazz changed immediately.
The team has informed us that, by team rule, Grandpa's season ticket rights have been terminated and my uncles will no longer be allowed to purchase the seats they have sat in since the Delta Center opened. They instead offered to have us, at the same cost, move back many rows as if we were new season ticket holders and that we could instead work our way up to better seats just like everybody else who's a new season ticket holder. As you might imagine, we declined the extreme downgrade.
In sum, **** the Jazz. This is a stupid rule. There's virtually no reason to reset an account that's 36 years old. I assume that my family had to have been one of the longest standing season ticket holders on the team's books. Certainly the team's timing was awful as they cancelled the account before the man was even in the ground. If Larry was still around I don't think it would have gone down this way.
The team has informed us that, by team rule, Grandpa's season ticket rights have been terminated and my uncles will no longer be allowed to purchase the seats they have sat in since the Delta Center opened. They instead offered to have us, at the same cost, move back many rows as if we were new season ticket holders and that we could instead work our way up to better seats just like everybody else who's a new season ticket holder. As you might imagine, we declined the extreme downgrade.
In sum, **** the Jazz. This is a stupid rule. There's virtually no reason to reset an account that's 36 years old. I assume that my family had to have been one of the longest standing season ticket holders on the team's books. Certainly the team's timing was awful as they cancelled the account before the man was even in the ground. If Larry was still around I don't think it would have gone down this way.
