For anyone looking to pick up Duke tickets today

[Bayside44]

There are more football fans than basketball. Nature of the beast.

I just checked the site and there are plenty of season tix available. Both preferred and non preferred. All sections and all donation levels.

I'll give people a tip. Of you're looking for a good seat to Duke, instead of paying some grossly over priced amount on stubhub, like $4-500 or more, but a season ticket and sell the other games. Probably get the Duke game for free in the end with a good seat.

If that's the case the story being told donors is different - no 100 level seats (or 200 for that matter). The packages offered weren't profitable to them and made no sense to me. So I went another route, and bought some guy I don't know a couple of new suits.

 

[Bayside44]

There are more football fans than basketball. Nature of the beast.

I just checked the site and there are plenty of season tix available. Both preferred and non preferred. All sections and all donation levels.

I'll give people a tip. Of you're looking for a good seat to Duke, instead of paying some grossly over priced amount on stubhub, like $4-500 or more, but a season ticket and sell the other games. Probably get the Duke game for free in the end with a good seat.

Not for Cuse hoops, esp outside the 315. Heck, I had a friend tell me he knows a ton of Cuse hoop fans, and I am the only Cuse football fan he knows.

 

[OttoMets]

I don't know how many, but they have to hold back tix that are good or even very good in case people want to buy seasons or even preferred seasons.

And that's true, too. They also hold aside some good seats for VIPs who might want to attend (but can't be squeezed into Gross's seats).

 

[OttoMets]

Going to be a record year for attendance at the carrier dome. We are primed for about 5 games 30k plus. Another gem for recruiting.

Not to be a dick, but I'm curious: which five?

 

[OttoMets]

Last year, 2013, we had the highest total attendance in the nation by 10,572, however, Kentucky averaged 66o more fans per game.

In 2012 the Wildcats averaged 103 more fans per game and SU topped them by 21,758 in total attendance.

2011 Kentucky averaged 1291 more per contest and again we had more total fans by 69,878, however Louisville led the country in total attendance by 35,539.

Here are the NCAA stats going back to 1976.

Could 2014 be the year we wrestle back the crown?

With the way these pre-sales are going it is a distinct possibility.

We had quite a run starting in 1985 and going through 1995 as being the nations leader. After eleven years on top Kentucky unseated us. From 1996 to 2000 we were second to the Wildcats. In 2001 we fell to third with UNC sliding into 2nd. In 2002 we slid to 4th. In 2003 & 2004 we reclaimed 2nd place. Finally in 2005, after an absence of nine years, SU once again led the country. For the next two years we were second. In 2008 we went to 3rd, from 2009-2013 we went back to 2nd.

A lot will depend on those seven non-conference games, which include High Point, and how they are are attended. High Point?

The past three years, by comparison, we had 10 home non-conference games. So, we should be in great position to be on top of the heap.

NCAA Attendance Reports

Those are the key.

Can we draw 24,000 for Cornell and Colgate and maybe sneak that many in for Villanova after Christmas (traditionally a tough crowd to predict)?

Because that's what hurt in recent years. It's a much more attractive schedule this year (more in terms of dates than opponents), but one crowd of 35,000 doesn't balance out 6 crowds of 17,000.

 

[Orangeyes]

This from SUA

Single Game Hoop Tickets On Sale!

This from YNN

SU tickets expected to sell out in minutes

 

[upperdeck]

Those are the key.

Can we draw 24,000 for Cornell and Colgate and maybe sneak that many in for Villanova after Christmas (traditionally a tough crowd to predict)?

Because that's what hurt in recent years. It's a much more attractive schedule this year (more in terms of dates than opponents), but one crowd of 35,000 doesn't balance out 6 crowds of 17,000.

This has already happened.. so many people bought seasons or 6 packs just to get the Duke game. if only 1000 people do it thats enough.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Wouldn't be surprised if we pushed 30K for Duke, UNC, Indiana, Pitt, Miami, Nova , Clemson or NC state. I am not saying we will for all of them, but the schedule is very fan friendly this year. All of those games besides Indiana and Clemson are on Saturday. The Clemson game is on Sunday, and they already were only selling in section 317 yesterday to Alumni for the Indiana game.

 

[OttoMets]

This has already happened.. so many people bought seasons or 6 packs just to get the Duke game. if only 1000 people do it thats enough.

Not sure which games the 6-pack includes.

If all that is the case, I'll be quick to bump this thread and eat some crowd.

But every season we have people who don't otherwise pay attention to attendance throwing around all kinds of hyperbole and predicting historic numbers because of some news item about ticket sales. Some of follow this stuff pretty closely and recognize that we don't usually top 23,000 for December games and very rarely top 30,000 more than a couple times against big-name opponents.

And there has yet to be an occasion for which the Dome box office doesn't hold back thousands of seats for future sale. That's just how they operate.

EDIT: Your point (sorry to miss that) is a good one: it's smart for SU to tie Duke tickets (an obvious draw right now) to less attractive games. That'll help overall sales, for sure.

 

[OttoMets]

Wouldn't be surprised if we pushed 30K for Duke, UNC, Indiana, Pitt, Miami, Nova , Clemson or NC state. I am not saying we will for all of them, but the schedule is very fan friendly this year. All of those games besides Indiana and Clemson are on Saturday. The Clemson game is on Sunday, and they already were only selling in section 317 yesterday to Alumni for the Indiana game.

Agree with that: a much more fan-friendly schedule than last year, especially. Only two league home games during Christmas, one of which is UNC. A pair of weekend first-semester home games, including the home opener (which really hurt us last season: having our late home opener during Thanksgiving break cost us a full 5,633 fans over the previous year's opener). And tons of weekends, as you note.

If there's ever a year to push for huge numbers, this is it. Trouble is, does the average casual Syracuse ticket-buyer want to see Clemson or Miami or State, regardless of day of the week? In the past, no (State drew under 24,000 on a Saturday night three years ago at the Dome). This year, remains to be seen.

 

[Orangeyes]

Heard a rumor that they have identified the students by facial recognition technology that leave football games early and they are going to revoke their tickets to the in demand basketball games and put alums in those seats.:rolling:

 

[Orangeyes]

Agree with that: a much more fan-friendly schedule than last year, especially. Only two league home games during Christmas, one of which is UNC. A pair of weekend first-semester home games, including the home opener (which really hurt us last season: having our late home opener during Thanksgiving break cost us a full 5,633 fans over the previous year's opener). And tons of weekends, as you note.

If there's ever a year to push for huge numbers, this is it. Trouble is, does the average casual Syracuse ticket-buyer want to see Clemson or Miami or State, regardless of day of the week? In the past, no (State drew under 24,000 on a Saturday night three years ago at the Dome). This year, remains to be seen.

SU says ticket sales are up approximately 10 to 15 percent compared to last year

 

[OttoMets]

SU says ticket sales are up approximately 10 to 15 percent compared to last year

Vague by claim by WSYR. If they mean "up 10-15 compared to the same date as last year," that'd be good.

We'll see. That's half the fun, anyway.

 

[rocfan44]

Was able to get in @ 10am. Best available for just 1 was Sec 335. My browser closed on me, and now there is nothing left!

 

[sendithome]

Not sure which games the 6-pack includes.

The 6 pack included:
1 of UNC/Duke
2 of Nova/Indiana/ACC league game
3 non conference games excluding Nova and Indiana

The number of good and great weekend games is driving the demand.

 

[Orangeyes]

Vague by claim by WSYR. If they mean "up 10-15 compared to the same date as last year," that'd be good.

We'll see. That's half the fun, anyway.

Good reporters ask more questions and get better answers. Someone needs to do a better job training them in investigative reporting.

 

[rrlbees]

Not for Cuse hoops, esp outside the 315. Heck, I had a friend tell me he knows a ton of Cuse hoop fans, and I am the only Cuse football fan he knows.

All you have to do is look at numbers.


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[OttoMets]

The 6 pack included:
1 of UNC/Duke
2 of Nova/Indiana/ACC league game
3 non conference games excluding Nova and Indiana
The number of good and great weekend games is driving the demand.

Thanks. It's a good move by SU; I've always thought they should do a better job of leveraging demand for the top couple games and getting people into the seats for both the early-season dogs and the early-season BCS teams.

It's been years since we've gotten 28,000+ for an out-of-conference team. You'd think that Indianas and Floridas and North Carolina States can draw that, but they haven't. And it'll be more difficult for a Tuesday in December. But tying it to Duke/UNC is smart and should help a little.

Same situation for our home openers. No matter who we're playing, you'd think that everyone would want to catch a game after almost eight months without basketball. Hasn't been the case, but maybe this package will make Cornell (and Colgate and Binghamton) a better draw.

 

[upperdeck]

several games are already in the long range seating options.. unc/pitt/duke. even ND/IND are already going around the corner

 

[JarHeadJim]

Sold out in 3 mins!!!!!

 

[Orangeyes]

Same situation for our home openers. No matter who we're playing, you'd think that everyone would want to catch a game after almost eight months without basketball. Hasn't been the case, but maybe this package will make Cornell (and Colgate and Binghamton) a better draw.

I have never understood why many people, outside of this board, aren't just excited to see the new team and help greet the kids who the staff worked so hard to recruit.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Then why dont they put the same effort into selling football tickets..

I understand the business model that doesnt make it fair, and it doesnt need to be its not about making me happy. There are far more people who want to see bball than decent tickets..

I think in some ways they have it backwards. there are 20-25K + of decent bball tickets. You could let the people with the best seats get dibs on some of the lesser seats and still sell the better seats left for probably even more..

I wished I lived closer to getting season tickets made sense.. its going to be tough for the next few years to get to some of the bigger games now with any kind of decent seat..

thats great for the program not for the fans..

A) The product are vastly different:
B) This is a basketball town

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[upperdeck]

I wonder if thats true.. we are a football town with a vastly better bball product . but still we sell 80% of the fball product when we are bad and 60% of the bball product when we have been really really good.

most people I know dont go to any games but follow both teams.. but I know way more people who really hate the bball program.

 

[NineOneSeven]

I wonder if thats true.. we are a football town with a vastly better bball product . but still we sell 80% of the fball product when we are bad and 60% of the bball product when we have been really really good.

most people I know dont go to any games but follow both teams.. but I know way more people who really hate the bball program.

Huh?

 

[upperdeck]

there is a ton of hate for the program in the area.. so many people really dont like JB or the team.