Attendance

[Spathicle]

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We win Wednesday and that place better be more packed than Sharky's on a Thursday night for the Drake game on the 22nd.


But to the original point, we have better fans, attendance and venue than a lot of other D1 programs!

[achrist70]

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We win Wednesday and that place better be more packed than Sharky's on a Thursday night for the Drake game on the 22nd.


But to the original point, we have better fans, attendance and venue than a lot of other D1 programs!

Yes we do, and it better be packed with Purple, I remember the year the were good (there haven't been many) I was sick with all the Drake Blue in the crowd, and for some reason Drake fans are terrible winners.

[ProwlingPanther]

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You should know this by know, as should all UNI fans.

It isn't "cool" to follow UNI unless we are in the NCAA tournament, ranked in the top 5 of the FCS and in the national semi-finals (at least), and beat Kansas in basketball.

I don't think that is fair. The students were awesome last year. They brought a lot of excitement to the games. They traveled as well. I think now that break is over, they will be back in full force. Looked like the student section was full last night.

Traditionally the student section has been bad but the last couple of years, since Jacobsen's speech and salute to the students after the Evansville game, I think they have been great.

[Cannic88]

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It would be nice if the ticket office/ticket holders/athletic department could find a way to set up a ticket exchange where if a person knows they can't use tickets that they have (season or single game holder) they could return them for resale. There is a ton of logistics for that though and probably wouldn't happen anytime soon

I like the idea, but UNItix is a joke. they can't even sell regular tickets without problems let alone pull something like this off.

On another note, I think the overall culture and attitude to UNI games is changing with the students. More and more students are starting to follow them. I know every game my facebook news feed is filled Lets Go Panthers statuses. Students are starting to care. Winter break is now over and I would expect more students to start showing up, especially if we beat Wichita.

[TH1974]

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It would be nice if the ticket office/ticket holders/athletic department could find a way to set up a ticket exchange where if a person knows they can't use tickets that they have (season or single game holder) they could return them for resale. There is a ton of logistics for that though and probably wouldn't happen anytime soon

There is no reason for the ticket office to put any effort into this. They still have other tickets to sell. Why should they take the time to give someone a refund, then try to re-sell that ticket? They could sell a still-empty seat and make more money.

[Jonsoup]

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I hope we have a good crowd next Wednesday night being a national telecast game.

[GoCatz!]

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It would be nice if the ticket office/ticket holders/athletic department could find a way to set up a ticket exchange where if a person knows they can't use tickets that they have (season or single game holder) they could return them for resale. There is a ton of logistics for that though and probably wouldn't happen anytime soon

What has always pi$$ed me off is that a couple years ago they added a $1 or $2/ticket (depending if you had season tix) fee for this exact service. I called a couple of times asking about it because I wanted to see this service I was paying for and was always just told that it was "almost done and should be ready in a couple of weeks."

3 years later and still nothing. They did, however, change the reasoning behind the fees after that season.

[UNI MadCat]

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What has been odd to me is if you look at the last years' attendance in the Dome down the stretch there were many crowds over 8K and even over 10K. And yet since Mcleod opened, getting even 6,500 into this fantastic stadium seems so rare. Why? Is it all the economy? We have the most affordable ticket options in the state!!

When its all said and done it appears that our existing fanbase is more engaged but perhaps hasn't grown as much as I thought it might by now, given the success.

[williebat]

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What has been odd to me is if you look at the last years' attendance in the Dome down the stretch there were many crowds over 8K and even over 10K. And yet since Mcleod opened, getting even 6,500 into this fantastic stadium seems so rare. Why? Is it all the economy? We have the most affordable ticket options in the state!!

When its all said and done it appears that our existing fanbase is more engaged but perhaps hasn't grown as much as I thought it might by now, given the success.

Plus we are on tv or internet way more than we used to be. Has to make a difference somewhat maybe ?

[Panther'73]

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UNI dome games had a lot of "free" and drastically reduced tickets available(especially coupons in the phone books). Since opening the McLeod that has stopped.

[SpudWebb]

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UNI dome games had a lot of "free" and drastically reduced tickets available(especially coupons in the phone books). Since opening the McLeod that has stopped.

73-

You got it. Every ticket is pretty much full price now, with a few exceptions. Those 8K-10K days in the dome had a lot to do with the 2-for-1, bogo, & free ticket deals you could find in the yellow pages.

[ubuntuCAT]

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What has been odd to me is if you look at the last years' attendance in the Dome down the stretch there were many crowds over 8K and even over 10K. And yet since Mcleod opened, getting even 6,500 into this fantastic stadium seems so rare. Why? Is it all the economy? We have the most affordable ticket options in the state!!

When its all said and done it appears that our existing fanbase is more engaged but perhaps hasn't grown as much as I thought it might by now, given the success.

Ticket prices

[unifight41]

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The student section may have been "full" last game, but I'm really disappointed in them. Other then the Pep Crew in the first few rows, our students are pathetic. People around me comment often on how unattentive and bored they look. About 75% of them at the last home game didn't even stand or participate. We usually try to pick out the ones that stand there with their arms crossed and refused to participate in the cheers and actions the kids in front try to do. I know we aren't as big of a school, but with the tradition we've been putting in place, I just get jealous when I see other school on TV with rabid student sections. It's really sad.

[achrist70]

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The student section may have been "full" last game, but I'm really disappointed in them. Other then the Pep Crew in the first few rows, our students are pathetic. People around me comment often on how unattentive and bored they look. About 75% of them at the last home game didn't even stand or participate. We usually try to pick out the ones that stand there with their arms crossed and refused to participate in the cheers and actions the kids in front try to do. I know we aren't as big of a school, but with the tradition we've been putting in place, I just get jealous when I see other school on TV with rabid student sections. It's really sad.

I know that the Pep Crew has been trying extremely hard to get the crowd involved, I wouldn't say that the student section was full by any means for SIU, there were a lot of families in the section. Another problem was the lop sided score of the game, sometimes the game got a little boring. But yes the student section as a whole needs to step it up.

[EVSPanther]

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said this from the git-go, but I would have liked to see the student section a bit smaller than it currently is (exclude the corner wood seats for students) and open the rest up for the general adm. i'm sure there are pro's and con's for smaller/bigger student sections, but i would think that a smaller allotment for seats means the demand for those seats would be larger from the students.

i think one of the problems is that students know they can just show up at the last second and not have to worry about not getting any seats. they don't have to get tickets in advance, so a lot of them, especially now that it is televised more often, don't want to leave the cozy confines of their dorm/apt. or if they do, they'll wait till the last second to leave. lessen the allotment for students and raise the demand for those seats. there are probably a lot of holes in my argument, but that is only my opinion.