Attendance - Ideas to improve?

[SMK4UNI]

Re: Attendance - Ideas to improve?

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.

I never said anything about "releasing" seats. I made a simple suggestion about something I have seen done at other arenas.

[run&blade]

Re: Attendance - Ideas to improve?

I went to several games last year and have yet to go this year. The reason is simple, they don't win and I cannot stand their offense. Pass it around the outside with no purpose and then chuck up a 3 as the shot clock winds down.

I will make it to a game at some point but only because my son wants to see Coleman play one last time.

Get some guards that can dribble drive and create some excitement, then I would go.

You don't need 5 generic guys pumping up 3's all day.

UNI will never draw crowds unless they are winning, complain all you want but that is the truth, and you know it.

[clenz]

Re: Attendance - Ideas to improve?

I went to several games last year and have yet to go this year. The reason is simple, they don't win and I cannot stand their offense. Pass it around the outside with no purpose and then chuck up a 3 as the shot clock winds down.

I will make it to a game at some point but only because my son wants to see Coleman play one last time.

Get some guards that can dribble drive and create some excitement, then I would go.

You don't need 5 generic guys pumping up 3's all day.

UNI will never draw crowds unless they are winning, complain all you want but that is the truth, and you know it.

Sadly this is what you see. That was the team the first part of the season, they really are starting to turn things around

[dustin86]

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I went to several games last year and have yet to go this year. The reason is simple, they don't win and I cannot stand their offense. Pass it around the outside with no purpose and then chuck up a 3 as the shot clock winds down.

I will make it to a game at some point but only because my son wants to see Coleman play one last time.

Get some guards that can dribble drive and create some excitement, then I would go.

You don't need 5 generic guys pumping up 3's all day.

UNI will never draw crowds unless they are winning, complain all you want but that is the truth, and you know it.

You put the nail in the coffin there

[Khan4Cats]

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I went to several games last year and have yet to go this year. The reason is simple, they don't win and I cannot stand their offense. Pass it around the outside with no purpose and then chuck up a 3 as the shot clock winds down.

I will make it to a game at some point but only because my son wants to see Coleman play one last time.

Get some guards that can dribble drive and create some excitement, then I would go.

You don't need 5 generic guys pumping up 3's all day.

UNI will never draw crowds unless they are winning, complain all you want but that is the truth, and you know it.

Hey, great to have your positive spin back on things again.

Missed your posting during all of the threads for the last 4 games where we have gone 3-1.

Or do you really only like to come on and post great comments "like give the coach no more than two more years" or "this team is boring".

Thanks, I'll stick with the guys as they go through growing pains. It will make the run in March that much sweeter to enjoy. And there will still be room on the wagon.

[dustin86]

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I think i have figured out how to get more people to come to the games should have strippers at halftime there is the solution to the problem right there haha

[Panther-Sheik]

Re: Attendance - Ideas to improve?

I went to several games last year and have yet to go this year. The reason is simple, they don't win and I cannot stand their offense. Pass it around the outside with no purpose and then chuck up a 3 as the shot clock winds down.

I will make it to a game at some point but only because my son wants to see Coleman play one last time.

Get some guards that can dribble drive and create some excitement, then I would go.

You don't need 5 generic guys pumping up 3's all day.

UNI will never draw crowds unless they are winning, complain all you want but that is the truth, and you know it.

"Bandwagon Fan" personified.

[Matt Trump]

Re: Attendance - Ideas to improve?

Drake is doing fine with attendance with their 5 generic guys pumping 3's

[TommyT]

Re: Attendance - Ideas to improve?

One small way to get students or local fans to the game - Shuttle service. Pick up folks at various points in Cedar Falls/Waterloo and drop them back off at certain points. Charge $.50 per rider - link it up with Barmuda for all we care. That way people can't use the excuse of "it's a hassle to park there".

[UNIPNTHR]

Re: Attendance - Ideas to improve?

I suspect (but can't prove NB) that a lot of the 17,000 in the dome for football games didn't live in CF.

I think this is a big reason why we can sell out the dome more regularly than the McLeod, all other things equal.

If you're a panther alum in Des Moines, you can justify season tickets for 5-6 trips to Cedar Falls a season, especially considering the 'community atmosphere' that NB talked about. It gets more difficult to justify four hours of driving time and expense for an hour and a half basketball game that happens 12-14 times per year.

[Khan4Cats]

Re: Attendance - Ideas to improve?

I think this is a big reason why we can sell out the dome more regularly than the McLeod, all other things equal.

If you're a panther alum in Des Moines, you can justify season tickets for 5-6 trips to Cedar Falls a season, especially considering the 'community atmosphere' that NB talked about. It gets more difficult to justify four hours of driving time and expense for an hour and a half basketball game that happens 12-14 times per year.

I would agree with that, but I don't think there are 13,000 fans that are coming from DSM, CR, or the Cities each week. That might constitute a few thousand, can't think its much more than that, certainly doesn't account for 2-4K students for football and not even 200 for basketball.

[unigriff]

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we have a Facebook event that was made for this weekend for the games (womens included) and so far as of right now 82 said would be attending, 118 maybs, 250+ not attending and people are still getting invited left n right..

[UNIPNTHR]

Re: Attendance - Ideas to improve?

I would agree with that, but I don't think there are 13,000 fans that are coming from DSM, CR, or the Cities each week. That might constitute a few thousand, can't think its much more than that, certainly doesn't account for 2-4K students for football and not even 200 for basketball.

Very true. Travel is not the sole answer, but it may be a contributing factor. And it absolutely fails in respect to student attendance.

From the students that I've been talking with on campus, it's not that they don't want to attend. It just seems like they're missing the one little draw that puts them over the top and makes them come. For football season, you would ask and everyone said 'oh yeah, i'll be there.' But for basketball, it seems like it's always 'yeah, i should get to a game. i just haven't done it yet this year.'

[UNI MadCat]

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One small way to get students or local fans to the game - Shuttle service. Pick up folks at various points in Cedar Falls/Waterloo and drop them back off at certain points. Charge $.50 per rider - link it up with Barmuda for all we care. That way people can't use the excuse of "it's a hassle to park there".

Sorry, won't make a lick of difference. This did exist when I was in school and we did a feasibility study on it and, sadly, while we were all in favor of it as an idea, in reality it was a cash killer. And mind you, this was a FREE service for students (students will never pay for it).

We found the only students using it were the ones that were going to make their way to the games regardless. It wasn't really infusing much new blood.

The only way it would truly have a shot at working would be to promote the living sh!t out of it, stick to a set schedule and be willing to comitt to that for at least 3 years (b/c inevitably, what happens with programs like this at the university is that after 1 try, or 1 year, they dont build enough momentum and the program is deemed a "failure" which isn't always true). But as you can guess, that would take a TON of money.

I remember the costs (drivers, bus, advertising/pr and GAS) being huge and this was back when gas was about $1 a gallon.

Sorry, that wasn't a rant against you. More just to a rant to showcase how even the most well-intentioned ideas have so much extra "baggage" that the university often times seems like it is moving at a standstill.

[unigriff]

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another conflict starting this last week is intramural basketball starts at 7:20 and goes until about 10. thats why i had to leave just before the end of the game because i had to go ref a game