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[QUOTE="OrlandoCuse, post: 21570, member: 115"]
Renovated Dome with new chair back style stadium seats would increase attendance.

You don't have to raise ticket prices alot per ticket to offset the cost of the seats. Spread it out over the span of 3 or 4 seasons. Between hoops and football you can make the $8-10 million back rather quickly.

Hoops: 22,000 avg attendance per game x's 22 home games per year ~ 480,000 tickets per year

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Football: 35,000 avg x's 7 games per year ~ 245,000 tickets per year

= ~ 725,000 total tickets by revenue sports per year (which is on the very low side of estimation for tickets sold).

$2.50 increase per ticket x's 725,000 = $1.8 million per year

after 5 years you've recouped the cost of the seats.
 
I'm not sure what the market will bear, but I can see fans willing to spend $2.50 more per ticket. I can also see the move to the ACC increasing attendance, just by the novelty and newness of it from the fans' prospective.
 
OR...

Just go out and raise $10,000,000 in donations to put seat backs in the Dome. That's a strong possibility. Boosters may have renewed interest in the programs because of the move to the ACC. TDG can sell the move to boosters, but also attach a disclaimer that we now need to increase donations to keep up with the other schools.
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