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[QUOTE="kingottoiii, post: 339040"]
Econ smecon. Money really isn't an issue. The issue is atmosphere for the TV, Fans, Coaches, Players, Recruits, and Buzz around the community. All of that is impacted negatively when you have 40k show up in a 49k stadium. It is a lot easier to fix that problem when you need to only get to 44k vs 49k to make it full. How many threads have we had where people complain how empty the Dome looked on TV? How many threads have we seen where people complain about the atmosphere? Or the seats being too small? Or uncomfortable? How often do you think it is a downer for coaches, players, or recruits to see so much silver? And naturally with less available tickets do games not become more desirable? People like being part of sellouts. Which is why 34k show up for a BBall game even though they can't see a damn thing. Even if we just have one FB sell out a year at 44k, it will create some buzz. There are a lot of negatives to keeping capacity at 49k. I fail to see a negative in going down to 44k. The small time argument is laughable, 49k is just as small time. We would be moving below NW and BC. Thats it. We would still be ahead of 4 schools. Is being 5th from the bottom really that big a deal vs 7th?
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