Do you save ticket stubs?

[Kahns Krazy]

I am not fanatical about saving every ticket stub, but generally I throw them in a drawer and they ultimately wind up in a shoe box.

I was looking through some recently and came across the stub for the famous "Bob Huggins Has No Integrity" airplane banner at the UC/Purdue football game. That game me a good chuckle.

What about you? Do you keep them? Chuck them? Only save certain ones?

Has anyone done anything cool with them? I always wanted to make a bar top and put them all in polyurethane, but I don't have a bar, so that seems like it's not going to happen.

[muskiefan82]

I am not fanatical about saving every ticket stub, but generally I throw them in a drawer and they ultimately wind up in a shoe box.

I was looking through some recently and came across the stub for the famous "Bob Huggins Has No Integrity" airplane banner at the UC/Purdue football game. That game me a good chuckle.

What about you? Do you keep them? Chuck them? Only save certain ones?

Has anyone done anything cool with them? I always wanted to make a bar top and put them all in polyurethane, but I don't have a bar, so that seems like it's not going to happen.

I do wish I had kept every one from the home game vs. UD since I started going in 82-83. That would be a fun collection to have. All wins. No losses. Would make an awesome framed picture.

[drudy23]

No

[blueblob06]

I keep them and a few years ago wondered if there was something cool I could do with them. Then my wife took each ticket from the season we were undefeated at Cintas and put them in a frame/shadowbox-thingy with some other Xavier stuff in it. It was a cool surprise and looks good on the wall.

I love the Dayton idea, that would be cool. It would require a LARGE picture frame to fit them all unless you heavily layered the tickets over each other. The bar top idea sounds cool too, good thinking guys.

[bourbonman]

Used to keep them and game programs. I had items back to the '70's. Then my basement flooded a few years back and had to toss them all. Stopped collecting at that point.

[coasterville95]

I used to, but anymore I just toss. Unless there is something special about the event.

Most I have tossed, but I have the crosstown wins at Cintas, and a few others. Interestingly I still have Snuggie night at Palumbo.

The Jimmy Carter collection sure does seem like a good idea. I do have my stub from my trip to UD Arena. (A win)

[Mel Cooley XU'81]

I am not fanatical about saving every ticket stub, but generally I throw them in a drawer and they ultimately wind up in a shoe box.

I recently purged the drawer for the shoebox.

Here's (some of) what's in the drawer these days.

Northwestern vs. Butler BBall @ NU, 12/8/12

Arlington Park Racetrack, 7/20/12

Seussical Jr., Woodstock Children's Summer Theater, 7/22/12

Wisconsin vs. Minnesota St. Hockey, @ Madison, 11/23/2012

Good memories!

[JTG]

I save all sorts of stubs, XU games, Indy 500s, Final Fours, NFL games, NBA games,concerts, and working passes from Final Fours, Super Bowl, etc. Probably the most unique is a stub from XU last home football game in 73, against the Flyers. The only ones I have done anything with are the ones on lanyards, they are all hanging on a hook on a shelf with some other sports stuff

[SM#24]

I've saved every ticket stub from everything I've ever gone to (sporting events, concerts, etc.), plus game programs/yearbooks plus every issue of Sports Illustrated going back to the late 60's/early 70's. Surprisingly, it doesn't take up that much room in our basement. I have no idea what to do with it all; I keep thinking what's the point and just throw it all out, but still can't get myself to do so. I may pare down the SIs to just the covers and toss the body. I've thought of matting and faming the "cooler" ticket stubs, creating a mini sports library, and any number of things that I do not have time for presently.
All I know is when I'm asked, "why do keep that stuff?", the only answer I can come up with is "I don't know why, I just know I don't want to throw it away."

[paulxu]

I think there is a TV show for people who do those things.

[Kahns Krazy]

All I know is when I'm asked, "why do keep that stuff?", the only answer I can come up with is "I don't know why, I just know I don't want to throw it away."

Part of me keeps them because you don't always know when you're at a historic event. I knew when I was at the game and Pete hit #4,192, but I woudn't have known that his first game as a rookie would be something to remember.

[Titanxman04]

Used to keep them and game programs. I had items back to the '70's. Then my basement flooded a few years back and had to toss them all. Stopped collecting at that point.

Thats just the saddest thing I've heard today. Seriously sorry about your luck there.

I wish I kept them all. I have a few lying around. A Butler game here, a Dayton one there. But I wish I kept them all. I really hope to have a sweet man cave in the future full of Xavier stuff. That would have been ideal to the collection.

[muskienick]

I've saved every ticket stub from everything I've ever gone to (sporting events, concerts, etc.), plus game programs/yearbooks plus every issue of Sports Illustrated going back to the late 60's/early 70's. Surprisingly, it doesn't take up that much room in our basement. I have no idea what to do with it all; I keep thinking what's the point and just throw it all out, but still can't get myself to do so. I may pare down the SIs to just the covers and toss the body. I've thought of matting and faming the "cooler" ticket stubs, creating a mini sports library, and any number of things that I do not have time for presently.
All I know is when I'm asked, "why do keep that stuff?", the only answer I can come up with is "I don't know why, I just know I don't want to throw it away."

When will you be featured on that TV reality show about hoarders? I would DVR it but my DVR memory is all filled up.

[Masterofreality]

I've got a bunch of Reds Yearbooks from the Crosley Field days, old XU game programs and Yearbooks. Not so big on ticket stubs except the big ones like Indians and Reds World Series, Masters Badges, The Final 4 in Atlanta in 1977 (Marquette won) the Super Bowl and NCAA games.

I do have the first game ticket from Jacobs Field and the First Game ticket from Cintas Center. Those are special.

[vee4xu]

Until recently, I had 10 years worth of XU stubs saved. I have three season tickets so had duplicates of many. Finally, I did some tossing and many of the stubs were tossed. I did keep some of the more significant games, all of my NCAA game stubs and pretty much all my UC stubs. I also had some old Tribe ticket stubs from back in the 1990's, Browns stubs because usually when I went once per year they won, which is amazing in and of itself. I have some concert tickets and other significant events. I am sure I've hidden some that I've yet to find on some future cleaning purge. When I do, I'll toss them. It's just where I am at the moment. For you Reds fans, I have my ticket to game 5 of the 1976 World Series played at Riverfront and it is stapled onto a program signed by Maury Wills who was at the game. I've always planned to do something novel with my stubs, but never did. The memories are always there and I am reminded every time I see something in print or on TV that brings me there. So, I decided no need to keep the stubs, since I don't ever look at them and they are not the source of my being reminded of the event.

Great topic, though.

[JEHARDI]

I keep most of my ticket stubs and have matted and framed the stubs from a Super Bowl, multiple final fours, world series, stanley cup final, frozen four and a few other big games. I also collected SI covers going back to the mid-70's and have framed some of my favorites including the only X cover featuring Lavender.