Pack The Mac!

[TheMacHouse]

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http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...ege-basketball

I thought this is an interesting read and is more of a national problem not just UNI. I really don't see the season being moved but would not be totally against it either. The NCAA could start about the time baseball season starts instead of ending.

[r54uni]

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Tuesday night (high school basketball), late start time (anyone coming from out of town will get home really late) and giving ticket deals is not our problem - most of the empty seats are already sold to someone. I sit in the seventh row and the 6 seats to my right, which have to be someones season tickets, have not had a person in them the entire year. I just wish they would show up once so I can get their tickets.

I've noticed that the seats immediately behind the UNI bench (which are reserved by the University) are empty a lot and this looks really bad on TV.

We need to get Kramer to be a seat filler for us!!!!

[Panthers to the Bone]

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I wouldn't mind seeing basketball moved back a couple of weeks, with games starting the week of Thanksgiving. I wouldn't mind seeing the season end the 3rd week of the season, with Selection Sunday being the 3rd Sunday of March, and the Final Four occurring the 2nd week of April. This would give UNI more opportunities to be the only show in town late in February and a couple weeks in March when high school sports are done or close to being done. This would also minimize FCS playoff effect on UNI when FB makes the playoffs (each team not taking away fans from another).

March Madness wouldn't be the same, but it could help the $$$.

[r54uni]

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Tuesday night (high school basketball), late start time (anyone coming from out of town will get home really late) and giving ticket deals is not our problem - most of the empty seats are already sold to someone. I sit in the seventh row and the 6 seats to my right, which have to be someones season tickets, have not had a person in them the entire year. I just wish they would show up once so I can get their tickets.

I've noticed that the seats immediately behind the UNI bench (which are reserved by the University) are empty a lot and this looks really bad on TV.

We need to get Kramer to be a seat filler for us!!!!

Rima just stole my post on OPR!!!!!

[Felis P. C. Schorgeri]

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Rima just stole my post on OPR!!!!!

I'm not listening to the show right now, but it was spot on. I go in to get seats for friends that I bring. I have season tickets, I'm guilty of not sitting my seats, but I stand on the concourse to watch the game so I got my tickets put put in one of the sections between 101-105 (you figure out which one) so I wouldn't take up better seats that wouldn't be used much, if at all during games. When I look at the seat map to put them in, which more often than not is pointless because they stand with me but I like to see what the crowd might look like, almost all of the seats are normally taken for the games minus the north bleachers. Sections 108 and 113 seem to have some open towards the top most times but not as many unclaimed as unused.


It truly is very sad to see all of the seats reserved for UNI employees, corporate seats, VIP seats, etc... that go unused. I have been working on an email to send to the athletic department asking why we keep giving these seats to corporations and business that don't use them except for the Iowa game. Make there be a way where the business have to claim tickets for each game by a certain date and if not all the tickets are claimed they can be sold to the public.

[4N6]

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Tuesday night (high school basketball), late start time (anyone coming from out of town will get home really late) and giving ticket deals is not our problem - most of the empty seats are already sold to someone. I sit in the seventh row and the 6 seats to my right, which have to be someones season tickets, have not had a person in them the entire year. I just wish they would show up once so I can get their tickets.

I've noticed that the seats immediately behind the UNI bench (which are reserved by the University) are empty a lot and this looks really bad on TV.

We need to get Kramer to be a seat filler for us!!!!

Hey ... I said I'm back in February for four home games.

Or ... maybe you're speaking of another Kramer.

[CincyPanther88]

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Tuesday night (high school basketball), late start time (anyone coming from out of town will get home really late) and giving ticket deals is not our problem - most of the empty seats are already sold to someone. I sit in the seventh row and the 6 seats to my right, which have to be someones season tickets, have not had a person in them the entire year. I just wish they would show up once so I can get their tickets.

I've noticed that the seats immediately behind the UNI bench (which are reserved by the University) are empty a lot and this looks really bad on TV.

It's great that these people are buying the seats. It's bringing in much needed revenue to the program and athletic department. However, it does look bad that those people are not in those seats to watch the games. I think it's a travesty. I think that if people really want to go to these games, they will go. I don't care if it's HS basketball or church or a late start or if it's not a marquee team as the opponent, or if the economy's bad, they will come. One would think that the population of the Cedar Valley plus over 11,000 students at the university could fill that arena more often than not. If the place held 15,000, I could see not filling the place but it's not a big facility. If this were a bad team, I could see not filling the place but it's a very good team.

It truly is very sad to see all of the seats reserved for UNI employees, corporate seats, VIP seats, etc... that go unused. I have been working on an email to send to the athletic department asking why we keep giving these seats to corporations and business that don't use them except for the Iowa game. Make there be a way where the business have to claim tickets for each game by a certain date and if not all the tickets are claimed they can be sold to the public.

I only know what it looks like from watching TV but are the seats on the other side that empty too? If they aren't, maybe they could switch the seats of the people who actually go to the games with the people sitting in front of the cameras who don't go to the games unless Iowa is playing there. They shouldn't care since they don't go to the games anyway. You may not get more people going to the games but it will look a lot better on TV.

[Panthers to the Bone]

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The opposite side is worse than the bench side, unfortunately Cincy.

I didn't realize the bottom couple rows looked as bad as they did on tv until I saw some highlights from last night's game. Behind the BU bench, those are fan seats. It looks like they didn't use them. Behind the UNI bench, those bottom two rows are usually filled to some capacity with recruits. Behind the scorers table, those bottom 2-3 rows are season ticket holders and corporate seats, I would assume.

[CincyPanther88]

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The opposite side is worse than the bench side, unfortunately Cincy.

I didn't realize the bottom couple rows looked as bad as they did on tv until I saw some highlights from last night's game. Behind the BU bench, those are fan seats. It looks like they didn't use them. Behind the UNI bench, those bottom two rows are usually filled to some capacity with recruits. Behind the scorers table, those bottom 2-3 rows are season ticket holders and corporate seats, I would assume.

That's a shame. It just saddens me that people aren't taking advantage of this opportunity.

[northwest iowa panther]

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[QUOTE=CincyPanther88;204858] I think that if people really want to go to these games, they will go. I don't care if it's HS basketball or church or a late start or if it's not a marquee team as the opponent, or if the economy's bad, they will come. One would think that the population of the Cedar Valley plus over 11,000 students at the university could fill that arena more often than not. If the place held 15,000, I could see not filling the place but it's not a big facility. If this were a bad team, I could see not filling the place but it's a very good team. QUOTE]

We complain often of our football attendance, but even on a bad day we get 10,000 for a football game. Where do those people go during the basketball season?

[ubuntuCAT]

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[QUOTE=northwest iowa panther;204888]

I think that if people really want to go to these games, they will go. I don't care if it's HS basketball or church or a late start or if it's not a marquee team as the opponent, or if the economy's bad, they will come. One would think that the population of the Cedar Valley plus over 11,000 students at the university could fill that arena more often than not. If the place held 15,000, I could see not filling the place but it's not a big facility. If this were a bad team, I could see not filling the place but it's a very good team. QUOTE]

We complain often of our football attendance, but even on a bad day we get 10,000 for a football game. Where do those people go during the basketball season?

Easy, there's only around 6 home games a season and usually always on a Saturday at 4PM. A football game is a bigger event making it easier to justify non-cedar valley residents to make the trip (tailgating, plus 3 hr game compared to 2 hr basketball game).

[UnderParPanther]

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apparently those empty seats behind UNI's bench are for recruits and the players/coaches friends & family pass list. They are not, as i had thought, season ticket holder seats. either way it would be nice if they would get filled so the arena doesn't look vacant on national tv.

student turnout was great....high school basketball night plus an 8pm start time (when it was on espnu and can watch at home) has to account for quite a few not showing up.

[TravelingPanther]

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Is there some unwritten rule about the crowd only being able to be loud for 3 minutes during a game? Even with it full, I don't think this will change.

The people behind us constantly harp on us for standing. They need to move to the top.

[SpanishMoon]

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About 3 weeks before the season starts I call the ticket office to find out about ordering season tickets. They are too busy right now they tell me and they take my number so somebody can call me back to take my order. Well that kind of made me mad but guess what? They have still not called me back!! That is just nor right that they could be so bad.

[TommyT]

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The people behind us constantly harp on us for standing. They need to move to the top.

We need a standing only section. The older folks can retain their seating in certain sections. I understand that some people are going there just to watch a basketball game and are only mildly interested if UNI wins or not, but if we could - either formally or informally - put together a section where it is widely known that you are going to stand for most of the game, then I think it would alleviate the "sit down, I can't see" issue.