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[QUOTE="orangeintheacc, post: 357988, member: 1747"]
I get that there are a host of reasons why the dome is half empty (or is it half full?).  Bad football, snubs of the loyal fan base, games moved out of town, etc., etc.  Being relatively new to the Dome experience let me give you my two cents.  I believe another major reason the dome is sparsely populated is due to the woeful lack of parking for the casual fan.  If you don't have a permit to one of the main lots (and what casual fan does) parking and the trek to the dome is a joke.  Whoever way back when decided to put the dome in the middle of campus doomed the dome attendance to mediocrity as Syracuse may be the most vehicle unfriendly campus in the country!  The dome perimeter is guarded by Barney Fife filled booths at every street demanding to see your papers and know your intentions.  I find it is easier to cross the border into Canada than to get by these people.  Parking on the streets (the few that you can actually get through due to construction) is strictly forbidden as I saw several cars being towed at yesterday's game.  This leaves the casual fan with few options: park at sky top and take the bus or park in one the parking structures and hike it to the dome.

I'm not sure what the answer is short of moving the dome, but to get the casual fan to show up you've got to look at the total game day experience and make it a little more customer friendly if at all possible.
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