Chicago Bears Listening to Season Ticket Holder Advisory Group

The Chicago Bears are working with their season ticket holders to make sure that the fans "have a voice." This seems ultra-important in this day of union bargaining issues that have stolen the headlines. The Bears seem to be doing all the right things when it comes to the franchise's integrity.

Larry Mayer has posted an article at the Chicago Bears' website titled "Bears working with season ticket holder advisory group."

Soldier Field is an old venue and only holds only 60,000 fans. This means season tickets are hard to get. Unless you have a few bucks, sometimes it is hard to get a ticket to a game.

The Bears have started a season ticket holder advisory group. This group is made up of 11 members and according to the reference article attempts to find common ground in the areas of "game day experience, ticket operations, marketing and customer service."

In 2010 season ticket holders enjoyed an incremental payment plan for each playoff round. That is putting the fans first.

The Chicago Bears have already shown that they want to please the fans. They have announced they are not shutting down in any way. There will be no layoffs or work stoppage of any kind. It is full speed ahead.

Much like the Chicago Cubs and the Dallas Cowboys, the Chicago Bears have fans all over the place.

I remember reading many years ago about Walter Payton when he was still playing. You may recall that every offseason he would tackle "the hill" that no one else could conquer because it was so high and steep. He was asked by a reporter what drove him. Who did he work for? Was it family, or just an extremely competitive nature? While he admitted to both of those facts he pointed to the top of Soldier Field to the highest rows and said (and I paraphrase), "I do it for the guy who spends his hared earned money to "barely" see the game."

Payton reflected Halas who was always about the fan.

It is good when professional sports' teams realize where their bread is buttered.

References:

Chicago Bears' Website, Larry Mayer, "Bears working with season ticket holder advisory group"

Associated Content from Yahoo Website, Gary Davis, "Chicago Bears' News: No Furloughs, Pay Cuts or Layoffs Among Other Things"