MBB: McLeod Center Attendance

[JagsNCats]

6800+

Several people near me that attended the Wisconsin-Ohio St game at the Kohl Center in Madison said that the crowd at the UNI-Creighton game was just as loud. I'm looking forward to seeing if we can top that at the Indiana St game Saturday.

[UNIAlum95]

GB - I don't see us over 6800 for InSt this weekend. CU brought a lot of fans to help that number. Attendance will really depend on how we play against MSU on Thursday. It won't be pretty if we are on a 3 game skid. Win and we'll be around 6500. Lose and we will be around 6000.

[JagsNCats]

While talking with someone in the athletic department this morning he mentioned that there are only SRO tix left for the InSt game. How many seats does that mean are sold out? How many SRO tix can be sold? This should be a huge game given that currently we are tied at 4-2 in the conference and both teamss are coming off of losses. Perhaps you are right that the Missouri St game will have a significant bearing on the attendance. We'll know more after tomorrow night's game.

[panther2317]

I have no idea, but I think they can sell nearly 1000 SRO's. I could be WAY OFF as I'm just guessing, but that number sticks in my head for some reason.

[UNIAlum95]

While talking with someone in the athletic department this morning he mentioned that there are only SRO tix left for the InSt game. How many seats does that mean are sold out? How many SRO tix can be sold? This should be a huge game given that currently we are tied at 4-2 in the conference and both teamss are coming off of losses. Perhaps you are right that the Missouri St game will have a significant bearing on the attendance. We'll know more after tomorrow night's game.

That's great news. I think the exact number is something that has puzzled everyone on this board. I would love to see the attendance numbers continue to set records right through the last game. Drake and Wichita State could be games that finally break the 7K barrier.

[BCPanther]

Don't forget Missouri State on a Saturday night should be a huge crowd as well...

[Panthers to the Bone]

The non-SRO tickets have been sold out for around a week (maybe more than that), for the Indiana State game. I think there will be a pretty good attendance. Also remember, students are back, it's not on a Friday HS basketball game night (although there may be some HS games), and InSU is in the 1st place bunch (1/2 game out of 1st place or better). If they win at Drake on Thursday, there will be even more onus put on this game.

[Beaker416]

Faithfully updated once again

[UNIAlum95]

I know it is a lot to ask, but could someone compare attendance numbers in the dome vs the McLeod on a team by team basis. I wonder how this year is stacking up?

[jman2004]

I'm not saying our ticket office is doing a bad job, but with more of our games being televised than in the past, and there actually is this misconception floating around that tickets are tough to get, I think those things play into our attendance not reaching 7,000.

Also, could someone clear this up for me. I heard that after season ticket holders, there were only 200-300 seats left for general public. The general public has kind of been forced to take general admission tickets in the student section but don't know until game day. Is this correct? And maybe some of the corporate sponsors that took up a lot of the empty seats at halfcourt will take the boxes next year, allowing all of us "lower on the totem pole" seson ticket holders to scoot over a little.

Anyways, back to attendance, I know I've talked to plenty of people that have told me they're not going to a game because A) they heard there are no tickets available or B) it's on television.

[Panthers to the Bone]

There are 3200 season tickets. The rest are north endzone bleachers (top and bottom level), south endzone GA tickets, concourse seats (the temporary chairs), and SRO along the concourse/observation decks). With 7200 as max capacity, that basically means there are approximately 4,000 tickets available after season tickets.

[NoPlaceLikeDome]

There is no way that arena can hold 7,200 people. NO WAY.

Me and four friends came to the Indiana State game a little late. We walked in during the starting line-up. And we couldn't get a seat in the bleachers at all. So we walked up to above the concessions and it was full, no place to see the game. And we aren't allowed to stand behind the student section "for emergency reasons" so we basically just loitered around the concourse watching the game. To be completely honest, this arena was no built to hold more than 7,000 people.

In my opinion, I don't think we will see a true sellout (if it is indeed 7,200) in a VERY VERY long time...if ever. And if we do, I have no idea where some of these people will be located.

[Beaker416]

I thought I read somewhere that the 7200 number included staff members (vendors, building maint, etc) as well as the refs, players, coaches, ball boys, announcers etc etc

[Panthers to the Bone]

http://www.uni.edu/mcleod/tickets.shtml

6,750 total sellable seats

[r54uni]

I don't think you can compare attendance from the dome to the MC because last year half the crowd was there without paying. Kids were almost always free and tickets were given away like candy just to get people in seats. I think what we may see happening is that after this year people may realize that in order to get a good seat in the MC they are going to have to fork over the money for season tickets. I have been mildly impressed with the gradual increase in attendace numbers and 7000 is right around the corner. As for the corporate seats not being used - I sit in the not so corporate section and the seats beside me have been used twice all year. But I'm still glad we have their money!!!!