Question re: basketball attendance

[Eric15]

As we all know, as a result of transitioning from benches to individual seats, football capacity dropped from 49k to 42k. But I just realized that I have no idea how that affects maximum capacity for basketball. It probably hasn't come up since our crowds have been so sparse recently. But if and when the demand for a big-time crowd happens again, how many people can realistically fit in the Dome for a basketball game?

Is 30k still possible with the individual seats? And is the 35k record in 2019 for Duke completely untouchable forever?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

JMA Wireless Dome - Facilities - Syracuse University Athletics

JMA Wireless Dome. The official facility page for the Syracuse University Orange

cuse.com

Capacity: 42,774 (football, lacrosse); 30,286 (basketball)

 

[Niastri]

JMA Wireless Dome - Facilities - Syracuse University Athletics

JMA Wireless Dome. The official facility page for the Syracuse University Orange

cuse.com

Capacity: 42,774 (football, lacrosse); 30,286 (basketball)

Standing room, hidden behind the (no longer there) curtain?

 

[tbonezone]

how crazy would it be having 42K at a lax game ! let's make it happen !

 

[OrangeXtreme]

how crazy would it be having 42K at a lax game ! let's make it happen !

Never happen.

The end zone seats are off limits for safety reasons.

We got over 20k a few times while the Gaits were playing. Let's try to get back there first.

 

[MSOrange]

Never happen.

The end zone seats are off limits for safety reasons.

We got over 20k a few times while the Gaits were playing. Let's try to get back there first.

I don't know about no end zone seats. A lacrosse ball to the noggin might be a good way to get people off their phones and watching the game.

 

[tbonezone]

Never happen.

The end zone seats are off limits for safety reasons.

We got over 20k a few times while the Gaits were playing. Let's try to get back there first.

ok free SU safety goggle night for the first 20 k fans .

 

[justgold315]

Just put up the extra point/field goal net. Easy

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Just put up the extra point/field goal net. Easy

Have you seen some of our guys shoot? You'd need a safety net 60 yards long.

 

[justgold315]

Have you seen some of our guys shoot? You'd need a safety net 60 yards long.

It was in jest. I remember almost being tackled the first time attending a lax game in the dome when walking in the concourse in the end zone.

 

[Sbucketball]

Have you seen some of our guys shoot? You'd need a safety net 60 yards long.

I think the equipment manager made one for basketball games when Benny Williams was here.

 

[richmondcuse03]

Have you seen some of our guys shoot? You'd need a safety net 60 yards long.

They have them at the Fairfield U lax stadium. Use them for when PLL games are there in summer so people can walk from one side of the field to the other. There’s also a little grass area to sit and watch. First time a ball comes flying at you as you’re walking is jarring. I would not want to get hit by one of those. Professional guys destroy the ball.

 

[blust2i3d4]

Hofstra just lost to Stony brook last night. They trailed almost from start to finish. And Stony brook (2-4) and Hofstra (4-1) are not the best team in CAA. UNC-Willmington is 5-0 in CAA conference play.
The attendance is 1,890. And some people are proposing B1G should add Stony brook and Buffalo. God bless SU fans and JMA Dome.

 

[OttosShoes]

The end zone seats are off limits for safety reasons.

CSB: I ran track in college and somehow the track and infield got double booked with the Lacrosse team. There’s a giant net behind the goal area so we decided to roll with it.

We were doing 200m reps and I’m coming out of the turn and I see one of the plastic water bottle crates explode like a damn grenade. Plastic shards and water in a 10’ radius. And then a lacrosse ball bounce away from it. It was a shot from deep that went just outside the net.

Incredible amount of energy in those. After that I figured Lax goalie is the bravest position in conventional sports.

 

[upperdeck]

Never happen.

The end zone seats are off limits for safety reasons.

We got over 20k a few times while the Gaits were playing. Let's try to get back there first.

you could always string up nets like they do for baseball now.