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Homecoming will sell out. This week will nearly sell out the seats but, with Yom Kippur (and the berm's capacity probably overstated), won't hit 8,500 but still will set an attendance record (6,852 last year vs. St. Francis on homecoming).

 

I think we might report a sell out this weekend regardless. Creative ticket counting like everyone else does.

 

Homecoming will be packed. And it will be our toughest game of e year. Towson is the real deal and a strong contender in my mind for a National Championship this year.

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Homecoming will sell out. This week will nearly sell out the seats but, with Yom Kippur (and the berm's capacity probably overstated), won't hit 8,500 but still will set an attendance record (6,852 last year vs. St. Francis on homecoming).

 

I think we might report a sell out this weekend regardless. Creative ticket counting like everyone else does.

 

 

+1. It's never been used before so who knows when it's sold out, right? What I'm hoping is that UA football has the highest attendance of any college athletic event in the Capital District.

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Homecoming will sell out. This week will nearly sell out the seats but, with Yom Kippur (and the berm's capacity probably overstated), won't hit 8,500 but still will set an attendance record (6,852 last year vs. St. Francis on homecoming).

 

I think we might report a sell out this weekend regardless. Creative ticket counting like everyone else does.

 

 

+1. It's never been used before so who knows when it's sold out, right? What I'm hoping is that UA football has the highest attendance of any college athletic event in the Capital District.

 

Isn't that pretty much guaranteed?

 

What other sports programs, other than perhaps Siena Mens BB can compete with the athletic events we put on? Maybe RPI hockey? Union FB? Doubt it.

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Homecoming will sell out. This week will nearly sell out the seats but, with Yom Kippur (and the berm's capacity probably overstated), won't hit 8,500 but still will set an attendance record (6,852 last year vs. St. Francis on homecoming).

 

I think we might report a sell out this weekend regardless. Creative ticket counting like everyone else does.

 

 

+1. It's never been used before so who knows when it's sold out, right? What I'm hoping is that UA football has the highest attendance of any college athletic event in the Capital District.

 

Isn't that pretty much guaranteed?

 

What other sports programs, other than perhaps Siena Mens BB can compete with the athletic events we put on? Maybe RPI hockey? Union FB? Doubt it.

 

Siean BBall is the only one.

 

They averaged a respectable 6,361 last year (albeit counting our game which is a skew). Without the Albany Cup they averaged 6,063. We averaged 4,004 for football in 2012 in a field where only 2,500 could see the whole field.

 

If we sell out (8500) the 14th and homecoming, we'll need to average 5200 to get above 6,500 for the year. Very doable and a disappointment if we don't, IMO.

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Homecoming will sell out. This week will nearly sell out the seats but, with Yom Kippur (and the berm's capacity probably overstated), won't hit 8,500 but still will set an attendance record (6,852 last year vs. St. Francis on homecoming).

 

I think we might report a sell out this weekend regardless. Creative ticket counting like everyone else does.

 

 

+1. It's never been used before so who knows when it's sold out, right? What I'm hoping is that UA football has the highest attendance of any college athletic event in the Capital District.

 

Isn't that pretty much guaranteed?

 

What other sports programs, other than perhaps Siena Mens BB can compete with the athletic events we put on? Maybe RPI hockey? Union FB? Doubt it.

 

Siean BBall is the only one.

 

They averaged a respectable 6,361 last year (albeit counting our game which is a skew). Without the Albany Cup they averaged 6,063. We averaged 4,004 for football in 2012 in a field where only 2,500 could see the whole field.

 

If we sell out (8500) the 14th and homecoming, we'll need to average 5200 to get above 6,500 for the year. Very doable and a disappointment if we don't, IMO.

 

It's a process as we continue to ascend...

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Homecoming will sell out. This week will nearly sell out the seats but, with Yom Kippur (and the berm's capacity probably overstated), won't hit 8,500 but still will set an attendance record (6,852 last year vs. St. Francis on homecoming).

 

I think we might report a sell out this weekend regardless. Creative ticket counting like everyone else does.

 

 

+1. It's never been used before so who knows when it's sold out, right? What I'm hoping is that UA football has the highest attendance of any college athletic event in the Capital District.

 

Isn't that pretty much guaranteed?

 

What other sports programs, other than perhaps Siena Mens BB can compete with the athletic events we put on? Maybe RPI hockey? Union FB? Doubt it.

 

Siean BBall is the only one.

 

They averaged a respectable 6,361 last year (albeit counting our game which is a skew). Without the Albany Cup they averaged 6,063. We averaged 4,004 for football in 2012 in a field where only 2,500 could see the whole field.

 

If we sell out (8500) the 14th and homecoming, we'll need to average 5200 to get above 6,500 for the year. Very doable and a disappointment if we don't, IMO.

 

It's a process as we continue to ascend...

 

Agreed. One of the big things this year is how well people adapt to seeing a game in a real stadium. We're not used to it.

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Siean BBall is the only one.

 

They averaged a respectable 6,361 last year (albeit counting our game which is a skew). Without the Albany Cup they averaged 6,063. We averaged 4,004 for football in 2012 in a field where only 2,500 could see the whole field.

 

If we sell out (8500) the 14th and homecoming, we'll need to average 5200 to get above 6,500 for the year. Very doable and a disappointment if we don't, IMO.

Doable, but we'll need good weather every week, and enough encouraging wins to keep the bandwagon full. As for more attendance than downtown, another losing season down there won't hurt.

 

This year we won't get too many more visiting fans than in the past. That may be better next year with Delaware and JMU, I hope.

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And get the students at other colleges interested. This is the team of the 518 (and Hudson Valley). IMHO, I would like to see free admission for students of the other local colleges including Siena. And we need to market to the local high school football programs. Those players are precisely the people who would enjoy coming to a division 1 football game with their families; after all, don't a lot of those high school players want to play in college one day?

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