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43,101 LSU attendance

ImperialOrange said:
That would be Impressive considering pitt won't bring that many
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I had 3 friends who normally don't care about the football team text me during the game. Even with the loss they were still pretty upbeat over the team. Hopefully they're indicative of what's going on in CNY.

Pitt is also alumni weekend. If we can win these next two there might be some real buzz over the team.
 
If that's true the actually butts in seats:
Rhode Island - 19,000
Wake Forest - 18,000
CMU - 18,000

I heard that at the game today.
 
GoSU96 said:
Three weeks and two more opportunities to build up the buzz. 5 and 1 with a chance to lock up bowl eligibility and 3 and 0 in conference will bring another would bring at least another 7500 out.
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I hope you're right. May depend a bit on kickoff time but would be great to have a redo of the WVU night game crowd from a few years back.
 
TexanMark said:
2nd hand info...AD said Cuse is going for butts in seats attendance counts now
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The AD might regret that accounting when it gets to hoops season. We'll lose the attendance crown if we employ a stricter method than UK and Lousivile, both of whom appears to count tickets distributed. Honestly I don't know why people get upset with that, it's the method that just about every pro, college and minor league team in the country uses.
 
Crusty said:
BS
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Herbstreit made a joke that half the dome would be LSU. That would be 21,000. Of course he's full of BS. There were 8,000 LSU out of 43,000. He's become a smug cokkzucker in the last year or so.
 
hoopsupstate said:
If that's true the actually butts in seats:
Rhode Island - 19,000
Wake Forest - 18,000
CMU - 18,000

I heard that at the game today.
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Not correct,those numbers were actually butts in the seats for the previous games also from what I had heard also.
 
Attendance issues will never be a win win with this board. People will complain if they report the true numbers vs. the ticket sold numbers. Myself I like the actual true attendance numbers as it gives me a better indicator if the fans "ARE REALLY SUPPORTING" the team vs. the complacent fans who stay home bitch about how bad the team looks. Now there is a bunch who can't make the games for legit reasons and I hope all is fine with them.
It could nice if they do report both numbers to gauge the support.
 
Scooch said:
When they renovate the Dome we should cut capacity down to 44K. Place gets plenty loud with that many people, creates more demand for tickets, and seems to be the right size for our fan base.
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Don't agree.

The Dome should hold at least 50,000.
 
hoopsupstate said:
If that's true the actually butts in seats: Rhode Island - 19,000 Wake Forest - 18,000 CMU - 18,000 I heard that at the game today.
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This stuff was posted last week so it's not new news. But Rhody was tickets sold. Each game since has been butts in the seats. That's why Wake looked as much or more as Rhody but announced as less.
 
K Otto XLIV said:
You can probably count on one hand the amount of games we could have gotten 50k SU fans in the Dome's history. I rather have a sell out streak at 44k than have a 50k stadium that actually needs 50k once a decade.
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Thats wrong. I can tell you right now Dome was a virtual sell out for miami home games in the 90s. Michigan. Tenn, Ohio St, PSU. Several times 80s. Florida, WVU 87. Your going need alot more fingers. They might not have been official sell outs but the Dome was packed. I thought the crowd was easily over. 45 yesterday...Cant figure. Out where 6k empty seats were. And all the crowds this year have been loud
 
K Otto XLIV said:
You can probably count on one hand the amount of games we could have gotten 50k SU fans in the Dome's history. I rather have a sell out streak at 44k than have a 50k stadium that actually needs 50k once a decade.
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Yeah, and I remember when the conventional wisdom in the late 1970s was that we could never draw even 27,000 to Archbold - why build a stadium holding more than maybe 30,000.

There are other answers to the observation.

First, I would rather have maybe 1,000 empty seats a few times per year rather than limit our crowds to 44,000 for the many big ACC and out of conference games that this program will attract as we get better and as the fans realize once again how much fun big time college football can be in the Dome.

We are now in the ACC - we have raised the level of play for the program and fans.

College football is more popular than it has ever been. Our competition continues to increase home capacity.

The Dome will continue to attract bigger name opponents.

The fans will come and will need more and more seats.

And, if we want to continue to attract bigger name opponents we will have to entice them with larger gates.

And if we want to attract big time recruits, we need large crowds - that is what makes our BB program so appealing.

So, I think it's short sighted to hope for a reduction in capacity when an expansion of capacity is the better and more progressive approach.

We should think as the Carrier Dome planners thought in 1978.
 
OrangePA said:
Yeah, and I remember when the conventional wisdom in the late 1970s was that we could never draw even 27,000 to Archbold - why build a stadium holding more than maybe 30,000. There are other answers to the observation. First, I would rather have maybe 1,000 empty seats a few times per year rather than limit our crowds to 44,000 for the many big ACC and out of conference games that this program will attract as we get better and as the fans realize once again how much fun big time college football can be in the Dome. We are now in the ACC - we have raised the level of play for the program and fans. College football is more popular than it has ever been. Our competition continues to increase home capacity. The Dome will continue to attract bigger name opponents. The fans will come and will need more and more seats. And, if we want to continue to attract bigger name opponents we will have to entice them with larger gates. And if we want to attract big time recruits, we need large crowds - that is what makes our BB program so appealing. So, I think it's short sighted to hope for a reduction in capacity when an expansion of capacity is the better and more progressive approach. We should think as the Carrier Dome planners thought in 1978.
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That's where we differ. You gotta make tickets tough to get if you want anyone to go to lesser games

Our fan base is too small, it's no ones fault. I would rather have smaller average attendance with less variance
 
Millhouse said:
That's where we differ. You gotta make tickets tough to get if you want anyone to go to lesser games

Our fan base is too small, it's no ones fault. I would rather have smaller average attendance with less variance
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We disagree.

I was around in the 1970s when the same observations were being made.

The fact is that the landscape has changed.

The college football fan base continues to grow - the play-offs will continue that growth.

And we have to be a part of that process.

As the product improves - as the popularity of the sport continues to increase - the Syracuse Football fan base will grow.

Reducing the number of tickets is not the answer in my opinion. That will send the wrong message to recruits and our competition.
 
Millhouse said:
That's where we differ. You gotta make tickets tough to get if you want anyone to go to lesser games

Our fan base is too small, it's no ones fault. I would rather have smaller average attendance with less variance
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I agree here, supply and demand. It reminds me of what HCSS told me two years ago. He never thought a new stadium was realistic, it was always going to be renovation as an answer. Ideally he wanted to pull the bleacher style seating and put in individual orange and blue seating. He said that would drop capacity by 5/6k, putting us at 44/45k.
 
If there were 8k LSU fans there, then about 7k Syracuse have to explain why they wore purple.
 
OrangePA said:
We disagree.

I was around in the 1970s when the same observations were being made.

The fact is that the landscape has changed.

The college football fan base continues to grow - the play-offs will continue that growth.

And we have to be a part of that process.

As the product improves - as the popularity of the sport continues to increase - the Syracuse Football fan base will grow.

Reducing the number of tickets is not the answer in my opinion. That will send the wrong message to recruits and our competition.
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But CFB attendance is declining not growing.
College football attendance: Home crowds drop to lowest in 14 years
 
KaiserUEO said:
If there were 8k LSU fans there, then about 7k Syracuse have to explain why they wore purple.
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Disagree. I didnt think there were even. the 7 k they expected, there were alot but not as many as Ive seen in the past from PSU and some others
 
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