Attendance - Ideas to improve?

[clenz]

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# of 3s in 30 seconds is the contest for Saturday...ive been practicing

wait, I thought it was a random drawing

[TH1974]

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wait, I thought it was a random drawing

Since there will only be six students there, Griff has a pretty good chance.

[Cat80]

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I'd like to see something done about recapturing the stadium seats for resale. As I understand it, all statium seats are sold out. At least that is what the ticket office told me the VERY day that single game tickets went on sale. I have tried to purchase single game tickets and they are only available on the ends of the court. They are still fine seats but when there are ALWAYS so many stadium seats, available, it is disappointing.

If those tickets are sold, it would sure be nice if the buyer would make a better attempt to find people to fill his/her seats. Remember the Southern Illinois TV last year - there was a great crowd but there were many great courtside empty seats on the East side. Personally I find that embarrassing. I can't believe that if the buyers were trying to find people to fill the seats that they couldn't find willing bodies. It results from a lack of effort on their part.

I also believe that when no stadium seats are available for reseal, it is also a deterrant for single game purchasers. Yes, we'll buy some and go the games but again I know my wife would be willing to go to more if there were stadium seats available.

K is on to something here. Many, many years ago a friend and I were walking past Pauley Pavillion at UCLA and saw 2 people standing by the ticket window. The Bruins were playing Maryland that night, it was a sellout, and it was 4 hours before game time. The people in line explained that UCLA has a program where season ticket holders call in and release their seats for the game. The seats are then sold to first come/first served. We stood in line and when the ticket window opened, there were 100 people in line. We received lower bowl seats, free throw line 2/3 of the way up. Standing in line for 2 hours wouldn't be fun in the Midwest in winter, but if there is a will, a way can be found.

[clenz]

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Since there will only be six students there, Griff has a pretty good chance.

I'm not a UNI student but dangit I'm there a lot. More than half the students that go regularly I bet. I'll be there for the womens game this Saturday also.

[TH1974]

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K is on to something here. Many, many years ago a friend and I were walking past Pauley Pavillion at UCLA and saw 2 people standing by the ticket window. The Bruins were playing Maryland that night, it was a sellout, and it was 4 hours before game time. The people in line explained that UCLA has a program where season ticket holders call in and release their seats for the game. The seats are then sold to first come/first served. We stood in line and when the ticket window opened, there were 100 people in line. We received lower bowl seats, free throw line 2/3 of the way up. Standing in line for 2 hours wouldn't be fun in the Midwest in winter, but if there is a will, a way can be found.

That only makes sense if the games are sold out, though. If there are still tickets available, is it worth it for the ticket office to arrange such a thing when they could just sell the tickets that are remaining instead?

BTW, the U of I just announced they'll be implementing a similar system.

[JayJ79]

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Standing in line for 2 hours wouldn't be fun in the Midwest in winter, but if there is a will, a way can be found.

Perhaps they could put in a ticket booth in the north entrance to the McLeod if they decided to implement such a system. That way the line of people could form on the upper level of the McLeod/Dome connector and be out of the weather.

Frankly, I think they could just make some sort of official policy that if a reserved seat isn't filled/claimed by game time (or perhaps even a few minutes before), then it becomes fair game for someone else to sit in it (whether it be someone with a SRO ticket, or whatever)

[alleycat]

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Does Jake send out regular e-mails to the students asking them to attend?

[Matt Trump]

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To think that any sort of logical ticket situation is going to be implemented is clearly dreaming. Those seats are going to stay empty

[Waverly_Panther]

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Aren't the bigwigs who aren't filling their seats the ones who contribute in other ways such as McLeod Center and PSC contributions?

In order to get those seats, they had to have accumulated alot of points in the system where seating was assigned. There were various factors, years of holding season tickets, amount donated, etc.., but, yes, these are usually people who have donated the larger amounts or for a long period of time.

[Newsbreaker]

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Aren't the bigwigs who aren't filling their seats the ones who contribute in other ways such as McLeod Center and PSC contributions?

Many of them probably are. That stands to some reason.

You're going to have a hard time convincing people to "release" their tickets when we aren't coming within 1,500 tickets of a sell-out. First, many who aren't showing up probably don't even realize there is a game that night...so they aren't going to call. Second, if I don't want to show up until halftime, that's my right, and nobody can take the seat I purchased away from me.

There isn't much of a solution here, honestly.

[panthertrack]

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Does Jake send out regular e-mails to the students asking them to attend?

No. They do this @ Iowa and ISU- why not at UNI?


Make students interested. They don't have to go and why would they? One of the kids who sits in the front row wrote nasty things about them in the Northern Iowan last Friday. I know it's not The New York Times, but you'd be surprised how many kids grab a copy of it and read it during lunch at the Union twice a week. When they see someone saying it's their fault that the team isn't good and that the "gameday experience is now absolutely worthless," do you expect them to clear their schedules for the next available game?

Go about getting students in a positive way, not by calling them names and trying to frighten them into coming. That's a sound way to look at it, one would think.

[Waverly_Panther]

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Go about getting students in a positive way, not by calling them names and trying to frighten them into coming. That's a sound way to look at it, one would think.

I agree with this. I don't think negative reinforcement works in a situation like this - for the students or the season ticket holders. There has to be a positive reason to go. Better play on the court lately is a good start. I'm hoping the crowd will be much large on Saturday night.

[SMK4UNI]

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Many of them probably are. That stands to some reason.

You're going to have a hard time convincing people to "release" their tickets when we aren't coming within 1,500 tickets of a sell-out. First, many who aren't showing up probably don't even realize there is a game that night...so they aren't going to call. Second, if I don't want to show up until halftime, that's my right, and nobody can take the seat I purchased away from me.

There isn't much of a solution here, honestly.

I know at Iowa State mens basketball games they make an announcement to invite people who are in the rafters down to the lower bowl if they see empty seats. I think this is done after the second media timeout.

[Newsbreaker]

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I know at Iowa State mens basketball games they make an announcement to invite people who are in the rafters down to the lower bowl if they see empty seats. I think this is done after the second media timeout.

Sure, people do that all the time. And if the ticket holder shows up, you have to move. That's not the same thing as "releasing" seats.

[unigriff]

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Coach Mac used to personally send out emails to the Maniacs when he was here. In the first couple weeks in his first season, Coach Jake did send a few out, but that has since stopped.

And it is random lenz, i was just kidding around. I never get picked for anything unless its a stupid interview cuz of one lil wig.