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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 697298, member: 716"]
I'm thinking of how J. Ryan's beats me over the head with Facebook updates before every game. I wasn't of bar-going age in 1987 (or 1997), but I don't think we're over-generalizing in saying that bars of that era were a bad option for game-watching. More likely than not a dark room with one ancient TV with bad sound, no food, and a couple light lagers on tap. These current places are a whole different world - they combine some of the benefits of the game (a crowd of people) with some of the benefits of home (multiple angles, cheaper beer).
 
On that note, I bought three $99 season tickets when I moved here in August 2010. Three of us had fun, four friends joined us in 2011. We got three more last season, for a total of 10 people who weren't attending games in 2009.
 
The rationale: "we'd blow $99 in two nights going out; if we can get into the Dome for six games for that price, how could we not?"
 
The lesson for SU: keep at it with the cheapo season tickets at promote the heck out of the "games are an awesome, inexpensive social experience for young people, not all of whom even care about football" angle. To that end, actively encourage and enhance tailgating, please.
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