Eli Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 UAlbany football had nearly 11,000 fans attend its home opener. The Cleveland Indians had only 9,000 fans at a recent game. UAlbany out drew more fans than the Cleveland Indians. That's REALLY SAD for the Indians. Wow. And they build stadium with 6x the capacity of our little stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggyland Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 That's REALLY SAD for the Indians. Wow. And they build stadium with 6x the capacity of our little stadium. The dangers of not winning (which hopefully UA does not have to deal with for long at all.) Cleveland used to have some of the most supportive fans in the game. "From June 12, 1995, to April 4, 2001, an empty seat at the ballpark then known as Jacobs Field was an endangered species. For 455 consecutive regular-season home games, Indians fans filled -- or at least paid for -- every seat in the house." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAalum72 Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Let's not go overboard. The Indians have had two games barely under 10K, on a Monday and Tuesday in Sept., but are averaging over 19,000. Looking at one-game numbers is why I don't like people saying if we don't average a sellout we can't justify expansion. The overflow from Homecoming won't show up three weeks later. The Indians' sellout streak came when the park was new. Same at Camden Yards. A new stadium can give a temporary attendance boost, but more basic factors (fan base and winning) will determine long-term crowds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarge965 Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Attendance for CCSU game of 6412 is 9th all time for a UA home game. Homecoming should be higher (sell out please) which will put all 3 home games in top 10 in attendance all time. Average announced attendance through 2 games is 7456. Yes we know there were closer to 11,000 a the first game. so far - If you build it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan_Dane Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 These loses to weak NEC and CAA teams could not come at a worse time. UA is trying to lock in a decade long stadium naming rights deal. Attendance and excitement in these first few games will impact a decade of UA fans, players and coaches. It's these early games that corporations are looking at to project value and place bids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA'08 Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 I just saw the pictures from Saturdays game. Don't know if it was during half time or what, but the gold seas were 85% empty with the majority of the people in the reserved seating sections. Is it the price of the seats an issue? There's just no reason so many should be empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 I just saw the pictures from Saturdays game. Don't know if it was during half time or what, but the gold seas were 85% empty with the majority of the people in the reserved seating sections. Is it the price of the seats an issue? There's just no reason so many should be empty. This was an issue in both games. If you look at pictures of both. You can clearly see the yellow seats. It has to be the price...or because they were only sold to people who gave a lot of money and are probably alumni that aren't from the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRSGDG Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I just saw the pictures from Saturdays game. Don't know if it was during half time or what, but the gold seas were 85% empty with the majority of the people in the reserved seating sections. Is it the price of the seats an issue? There's just no reason so many should be empty. This was an issue in both games. If you look at pictures of both. You can clearly see the yellow seats. It has to be the price...or because they were only sold to people who gave a lot of money and are probably alumni that aren't from the area. It's the yankee stadium syndrome, a bunch of empty expensive seats for one reason or another...sold to people/companies that use it one game a year. Or also maybe in our case not sold at all. Anyone have an idea of how many gold seats are available to purchase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA_MA_2000 Posted September 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I just saw the pictures from Saturdays game. Don't know if it was during half time or what, but the gold seas were 85% empty with the majority of the people in the reserved seating sections. Is it the price of the seats an issue? There's just no reason so many should be empty. This was an issue in both games. If you look at pictures of both. You can clearly see the yellow seats. It has to be the price...or because they were only sold to people who gave a lot of money and are probably alumni that aren't from the area. It's the yankee stadium syndrome, a bunch of empty expensive seats for one reason or another...sold to people/companies that use it one game a year. Or also maybe in our case not sold at all. Anyone have an idea of how many gold seats are available to purchase? I was told the available gold seats go on sale the Monday before the game. At least 30 are usually available, or at least that was the case for the URI game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danefan Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 The seats are a steal the monday before the game. $30 each. I would be a little pissed if I paid the $1000 just to get the seats. But I also think the school needs to sell them. Tough call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dslyank Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 (edited) I predicted a long time ago, that un-sold gold seats would look bad and be problematic selling game day ("less than market value"--ie pissing off donors,who may now NOT re-up). When I expressed these concerns to powers to be, I was more or less told to stop complaining; when I was not trying to complain, but simply pointing out the potential problems. Edited September 25, 2013 by dslyank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA'08 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I don't understand why those huge donors who got the seats won't donate the unused tix back to the school. How many of the gold seats are there and what % of them are sold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane96 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I am not a huge donor...but I make sure my seats are filled when I am not attending. Clickclack's little ones were last week's recipients.... I want butts in seats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danefan Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I don't understand why those huge donors who got the seats won't donate the unused tix back to the school. How many of the gold seats are there and what % of them are sold? Maybe they do and that's why they are unsold as of Monday before the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA'08 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I don't understand why those huge donors who got the seats won't donate the unused tix back to the school. How many of the gold seats are there and what % of them are sold? Maybe they do and that's why they are unsold as of Monday before the game? That is true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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