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Posted on 9/28/12 at 4:40 pm to gmrkr5
Curious to see how the no-show numbers change after we increase the size of the stadium to 100,000.
More importantly, I want to know how these compare to other SEC schools.
More importantly, I want to know how these compare to other SEC schools.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 4:40 pm to lsufan251875
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"The student section is the largest area where people don't show up," Broussard said. "If the level of play is not attractive, they will not come. It is interesting to see that that the club level and the suites have the highest attendance level."
I see the point and I agree, but the students are treated worse than prisoners. It's over an hr hassle just getting into the stadium after being pushed and screamed at by cops, heavily searched for alcohol, all while being herded like cattle. The cops are really on a power trip on gameday.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 4:43 pm to Mudminnow
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It's over an hr hassle just getting into the stadium
It's unbelievably inefficient at the gates when the season starts. I got my hands on a friend's student ticket and ID for the North Texas game. Got to the gate at 5:30 to a massive mob of students waiting in line. I got into the stadium at 6:15. 45 minutes later. Although, that is just a small hiccup in an otherwise great day.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 4:51 pm to brewhan davey
i think this is a very good thread.......but i agree with the poster that said bama 2010 had to be over 90k
Posted on 9/28/12 at 4:52 pm to tigerswin03
Posted on 9/28/12 at 4:54 pm to Mudminnow
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I see the point and I agree, but the students are treated worse than prisoners. It's over an hr hassle just getting into the stadium after being pushed and screamed at by cops, heavily searched for alcohol, all while being herded like cattle. The cops are really on a power trip on gameday.
It is also a design flaw of the stadium. The smallest gate has to cater to the entire student section. And the band goes in that gate, stopping entrance for a little while.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 5:02 pm to brewhan davey
The amazing thing to me is that people don't at least put their tickets on the ticket exchange or something. Money is money.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 5:14 pm to brewhan davey
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It is interesting to see that that the club level and the suites have the highest attendance level."
So the 2 places in the stadium that are enclosed to keep the elements out and have the option of hassle-free drinking are the most attended? Color me shocked.
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"The student section is the largest area where people don't show up," Broussard said. "If the level of play is not attractive, they will not come.
I'd like to see the breakdown, I have a hard time believing the students show up less than the gold chairs between the 35's. I know the students are quick to bail, but it's usually a pretty full section to start the game, which is what these numbers are counting.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 5:16 pm to gmrkr5
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when will you people quit with this shite. does it make you feel like a better fan? i pay for my tickets. if i dont feel like standing in the rain for 3 or 4 hours, guess what... no show
And to be fair, more UW's and less Towson's will cure a lot of this.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 5:18 pm to TriumphTiger
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The amazing thing to me is that people don't at least put their tickets on the ticket exchange or something. Money is money.
I agree. If I had something come up to where I couldn't go to the game, of course I'm putting my tickets on the market.
I wonder how many of those no shows are people who had a little too much fun tailgating during the day..
Posted on 9/28/12 at 5:30 pm to DollaChoppa
Joe Alleva has to be the biggest idiot I have ever heard. Are you kidding me? I know there is a division about this, but I totally think the people who take up for us playing cupcakes are idiots too. One game a year against a North Texas is okay. But do you really think people are not showing up because they have an HD TV? No, the people who buy tickets want to go to the game. They just want good competition. It just does not feel the same when you walk into TS to see us play Florida, Bama, Auburn, Arkansas, SCar, or any number of SEC schools. Everyone's blood is boiling----it's a great feeling. It is just absent when we play a cupcake and being on campus and tailgating is like a tease.
Mr. Alleva-----I have an HD-TV and I am not going to the Towson game (and I have tickets that are going to be wasted----tried to sell them, then give them away, but no takers) because us playing Towson is not entertaining. Not because I have a good TV. I want to be in the stadium watching a good game with the team I love, but it is not worth it to me to see us blow out an FCS school. It is a wasted of a home game and LSU should not be playing these games.
That is why there are no shows. I guarantee you.
Mr. Alleva-----I have an HD-TV and I am not going to the Towson game (and I have tickets that are going to be wasted----tried to sell them, then give them away, but no takers) because us playing Towson is not entertaining. Not because I have a good TV. I want to be in the stadium watching a good game with the team I love, but it is not worth it to me to see us blow out an FCS school. It is a wasted of a home game and LSU should not be playing these games.
That is why there are no shows. I guarantee you.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 5:30 pm to OldManRiver
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I'd like to see the breakdown, I have a hard time believing the students show up less than the gold chairs between the 35's. I know the students are quick to bail, but it's usually a pretty full section to start the game, which is what these numbers are counting.
Percentage-wise, I think he split the stadium into 4 groups: students, club, suite, and everyone else.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 5:34 pm to gmrkr5
Most conference games are full by the time the game starts or close after. How is it then that we haven't broken 90k? Is there some funny math with the capacity?
Posted on 9/28/12 at 5:37 pm to Smoke Dinardo
While I'd love for us to schedule 3-4 BCS conference opponents for our non-conference games each year, a few games against mid-major FBS/FCS opponents are necessary to fine tune our execution (especially with a young team), especially whenever we have to endure an SEC conference schedule with the likes of Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas and Florida every year.
Although, this year is about as weak of a non-conference schedule as I can recall from recent year.
Although, this year is about as weak of a non-conference schedule as I can recall from recent year.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 5:40 pm to gmrkr5
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when will you people quit with this shite. does it make you feel like a better fan? i pay for my tickets. if i dont feel like standing in the rain for 3 or 4 hours, guess what... no show
not a problem, just sell your tickets to someone who wants to go or put them on the ticket exchange
Posted on 9/28/12 at 5:46 pm to Smoke Dinardo
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I want to be in the stadium watching a good game with the team I love, but it is not worth it to me to see us blow out an FCS school.
You contradict yourself.
What you mean to say is that you love LSU only when they are playing a team that YOU want them to play.
Gotcha.
I won't even bother to go into the reality of OOC games with you. You wouldn't understand.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 5:50 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Most conference games are full by the time the game starts or close after. How is it then that we haven't broken 90k? Is there some funny math with the capacity?
Let's say Tiger stadium has 100 sections all the same size of the NEZ sections. You can't believe that there would be 25 people missing from each section?
I will say that the top few rows of the SEZ have never filled to even 90%.
Almost every game there is also a completely empty section or three in the NEZ (234, 235, 236)
This post was edited on 9/28/12 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 9/28/12 at 6:14 pm to brewhan davey
Damn that really sucks, thats why i dont mind going to the shitty games, people are trying to give tickets away.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 6:16 pm to brewhan davey
20,000? LMAO, they must be sitting in the invisible 3rd upper deck
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