SIU's New Stadium

[UNI83]

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I see 06 beat me by a couple seconds on some of my points.

[ubuntuCAT]

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then, put the student section and band in the 3 or 4 sections top to bottom on the south end. They can stand the whole game and not block any views.

IMO UNI needs to open up as many "prime" seats as possible to donors, especially if they ever add some kind of "club seating.

[UNI83]

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then, put the student section and band in the 3 or 4 sections top to bottom on the south end. They can stand the whole game and not block any views.

IMO UNI needs to open up as many "prime" seats as possible to donors, especially if they ever add some kind of "club seating.

So move the students to one end of the stadium...Yep, that will help the student attendance.

[BCPanther]

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I think you leave students where they are and switch sidelines.

Also, I think there is enough room between the stairs on the south end to set some bleachers and set the band there.

[ubuntuCAT]

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So move the students to one end of the stadium...Yep, that will help the student attendance.

I don't think it will affect student attendance. Those would be better seats than the students get at Kinnick or Jack trice and those students PAY extra for the seats.

Even when I was a student I couldn't believe the seats we had access too. The focus has got to be about increasing revenue and more good seats for fans/donors can only help. Absolutely no reason for the Band to take up such a huge chunk of good seats.

Love the idea of putting the band on bleachers on south end.

[UNI83]

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I don't think it will affect student attendance. Those would be better seats than the students get at Kinnick or Jack trice and those students PAY extra for the seats.

Even when I was a student I couldn't believe the seats we had access too. T

You honestly don't think that if the student has to sit upper level in section A they would rather go party in Iowa City with friends?

You should see where some other FCS teams have their students. Some teams give students an entire side.

[Newsbreaker]

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then, put the student section and band in the 3 or 4 sections top to bottom on the south end. They can stand the whole game and not block any views.

IMO UNI needs to open up as many "prime" seats as possible to donors, especially if they ever add some kind of "club seating.

Bad idea. When we're selling out 100% of our games, and there is demand for "premium" seating between the 40's (which means a ticket price point significantly higher than what any of us are paying today) then it might be time to think about that. Not today.

The others are also right that this would kill student attendance, and considering we're likely to hit them with increased athletic related costs soon enough, this would be an incredibly dumb time to do it.

The solution is simple. Leave the students where they are and move the benches. Many programs enter through a corner and use the immediately adjacent sideline.

The one thing that would be cool with the band would be if there were a way to seat them atop the new endzone suites.

[casbern]

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The one thing that would be cool with the band would be if there were a way to seat them atop the new endzone suites.

Thought this from the moment that they built them.. either that or a huge cage for a real life panther.

[UNI83]

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Bad idea. When we're selling out 100% of our games, and there is demand for "premium" seating between the 40's (which means a ticket price point significantly higher than what any of us are paying today) then it might be time to think about that. Not today.

The others are also right that this would kill student attendance, and considering we're likely to hit them with increased athletic related costs soon enough, this would be an incredibly dumb time to do it.

The solution is simple. Leave the students where they are and move the benches. Many programs enter through a corner and use the immediately adjacent sideline.

The one thing that would be cool with the band would be if there were a way to seat them atop the new endzone suites.

I've heard that discussed with the band as well, but I've heard the band director through a $#!+ fit about that one, and threatened to pull the band from footbal games. It was also propsed to move the band to section A, the same result from the band director.

[ubuntuCAT]

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Bad idea. When we're selling out 100% of our games, and there is demand for "premium" seating between the 40's (which means a ticket price point significantly higher than what any of us are paying today) then it might be time to think about that. Not today.

Why do we have to sell out 100% of seats before there is demand for premium seats? We must have some demand for suites as they have been added the last 2 years and we don't sell out 100% of seats.

I guess my point was more that UNI doesn't offer any premium seating and reseating the dome would be a good chance to add that. Give the students an entire section top to bottom between the 30 and 40 or whateve is similar to total seats they have today . Then they can stand the whole game without bugging others.

Why the Hell is the band director calling the shots about football seating?????

[Newsbreaker]

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We'll just explain to them how good they have it. They won't see it as a downgrade or stay away by any means!

Again, those student seats don't cost us anything. There is no demand for a significant number of additional or premium seats.

[UNI83]

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Why do we have to sell out 100% of seats before there is demand for premium seats? We must have some demand for suites as they have been added the last 2 years and we don't sell out 100% of seats.

I guess my point was more that UNI doesn't offer any premium seating and reseating the dome would be a good chance to add that. Give the students an entire section top to bottom between the 30 and 40 or whateve is similar to total seats they have today . Then they can stand the whole game without bugging others.

Why the Hell is the band director calling the shots about football seating?????

Like I said, that was just something I had heard happened...I did hear it from a reliable source though. I don't think they should be able to call their own shots, but if the fans/athletic department want the band at the games I guess they have some power that they shouldn't, because I don't think having a band at football games is "mandatory" by athletic department rules

[Newsbreaker]

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Why do we have to sell out 100% of seats before there is demand for premium seats? We must have some demand for suites as they have been added the last 2 years and we don't sell out 100% of seats.

I guess my point was more that UNI doesn't offer any premium seating and reseating the dome would be a good chance to add that. Give the students an entire section top to bottom between the 30 and 40 or whateve is similar to total seats they have today . Then they can stand the whole game without bugging others.

Why the Hell is the band director calling the shots about football seating?????

Here is the problem with "premium seating" at UNI. First, I don't know that a market exists for tickets in the 50-75/game range. Maybe it does, but I don't know that.

Second, there are long-time donors and ticketholders who have had 40 and 50 yard line seats for years who will suddenly be told they need to pay double for them. I'm not sure they will.

Third, when other schools offer "premium" seats, they have one of two things behind them. Either they have huge demand, in which case they can justify a higher price point for the best seats, or they add a "club" area where the seats come with perks. We have neither.

[06panther10]

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Also, regarding premium seating, I don't think people are going to be willing to pay significantly more for seats that IMO are not that much better than any other seat in the dome.

I know that I wouldn't pay twice as much to sit at the 50 yard line, as opposed to the 20 or 30 yard line. In a smallish stadium like we have, the seating just isn't significantly different enough to justify paying more for certain seats.

[Kyle]

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Our entrance would need to be tweeked a little, but switching sidelines seems like the best option.