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Lol at this “attendance is a problem everywhere!” bullshite that idiots spout here as some kind of arse-covering platitude.

No other P5 stadium comes close to LSU for emptying out and having glaring empty seats even with a 31-31 tie against an SEC rival. Other stadiums remain packed.

1) There are only 7 other stadiums in the country with capacity comparable to Tiger Stadium. After that, you get to stadiums that can seat 10+% fewer people.

2) So what about the other top 8 largest stadiums?

Michigan

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MLive.com reported that during the 2012 season, 50 percent of students arrived late, and 25 percent failed to show up at all. Michigan instituted a loyalty program, general admission seating and even offered donuts to entice students to arrive early with little reduction in the number of empty student seats.

Penn State

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However, the number of people who actually watched Amani Oruwariye’s game-sealing interception that gave the Nittany Lions a victory was closer to eighty thousand then one hundred thousand. Why?

Leaving In Droves

I noticed three specific instances where fans headed to the exit in mass quantity. Half Time, 2:41 left in the third quarter, and 1:47 left in the fourth quarter.

Ohio State

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The Ohio State football team has 100,000+ people watching them in the Shoe every time that is a home game. At least that’s how it used to be. Now, those 100,000+ crowds are reserved for just the best home games on the Buckeyes’ slate. It’s no longer a regular attendance number.

During some of the easier games that the Buckeyes play, they don’t see those kinds of attendance numbers. In fact, Ohio State had the worst attendance number since WWII when they took on Tulsa in 2021. They barely had 70,000 fans in attendance for that one.

Tennessee

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The Vols played Florida in a prime-time rivalry game on a night with perfect weather. Each team, although unranked, enjoyed the hype of a first-year coach.

Tennessee announced a crowd of 100,027 – not a sellout in a stadium with an official capacity of 102,455, but close.

In reality, nearly 15,000 seats were empty. And the crowd of 87,797 who watched Florida beat the Vols 47-21 at Neyland Stadium marked Tennessee’s best attended game of the season, according to figures reflecting actual home-game attendance obtained by USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee via a public records request.

Alabama

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Alabama suspended the block seating privileges of 20 student organizations on Friday, a day after coach Nick Saban criticized fans for leaving early during games.

I could also cite the countless articles about “college football’s declining attendance problem” that show this is clearly a national trend. The only schools with 100k+ stadiums that don’t seem to be having attendance issues are Texas and Texas A&M.

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Posted by TopWaterTiger

Lake Charles, LA

Member since May 2006

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Posted on 9/26/23 at 9:50 am to HoopyD

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Downsizing to lessen traffic, create more comfort, increase amenities, etc.. would make for a better overall game day experience. It would also mean lost revenue due to a decline in ticket and concession sales.

I see no world where LSU would spend an awful amount of money to down-size Tiger Stadium.

Reducing seating capacity would only show less empty seats, likely.

Traffic would still be a problem, as most come to campus to tailgate and take in the gameday experience.

LSU is perfectly happy with ticket sales as that is what generates the revenue.

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Posted by EvrybodysAllAmerican

Member since Apr 2013

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Posted on 9/26/23 at 10:36 am to HoopyD

I dont know why the football stadium would ever downsize, but this should be a lesson for the new basketball court. Smaller arena that can be filled up for most games and close to the court would be ideal. Would be a much better atmosphere than big, half empty and far away from the court like we have now.

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Posted by Clark W Griswold

THE USA

Member since Sep 2012

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Posted on 9/26/23 at 10:39 am to HoopyD

The seats have no legroom. Anyone over 6’ has to squeeze in their seat and your knees hit the seat in front of you. The concession areas and ramps are just outdated to handle that many people. You need to gut the seats and start over with bigger chair backs like Alex Box has at least on the sidelines where people pay a lot. The ramps and concessions need bigger areas to move around which might not even need to be connected to the current structure. There is potential for so much more than what is there today.

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Posted by paulb52

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Posted on 9/26/23 at 10:58 am to zadams_318

Why does a cheap college ticket cost $170 ?

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Posted by BrohanDavey

The Land Down Under

Member since Oct 2018

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Posted on 9/26/23 at 11:45 am to HoopyD

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I think everyone universally agrees that in today's day and age, a 100k+ stadium is unnecessary. Downsizing to lessen traffic

Traffic sucks now with a 102K capacity. Traffic still sucked when the stadium held 92K. Reducing the seats is not the cure you seem to insinuate it is. You will still have tons of people outside of the game tailgating; they still have to drive to and from whoever in addition to everyone inside the stadium. Still, the primary factor working against LSU’s gameday traffic problem is Baton Rouge’s infrastructure re: the layout of the interstate and other roads.

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create more comfort, increase amenities, etc.. would make for a better overall game day experience.

This is invariably going to price out a lot of middle-class people and the average LSU fan. Tiger Stadium will lose some of its mystique and the team will lose a part of the home-field advantage with less people in the stands.

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It would also mean lost revenue due to a decline in ticket and concession sales. So do you see Tiger Stadium ever downsizing? Would you pay more for your ticket if it meant a greater overall game day experience?

LSU will find a way to make up for the lost revenue beyond raising the price of tickets. LSU Football basically floats the entire athletic department and allows LSU Athletics to have other sports. The loss in revenue in football has an adverse impact on the other LSU sports. Everything will get more expensive as a result.

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