Western Michigan Attendance

[FloridaFan]

They announced 40 000...

I don’t think it was 40 but it filled out quite well on TV imo

 

[CanadianSU]

I don’t think it was 40 but it filled out quite well on TV imo

Yea I didn’t think it was bad. Some people were saying 15... don’t think so.

 

[Trueblue25]

They announced 40 000...

Maybe 31, maybe

 

[Bulldog04]

I stayed the whole game. At kickoff maybe 15k. 2nd q maybe 25/27k. No chance more than 30k. Section 304/305/306 had a combined 29 people in second qtr combined. I counted

 

[Scooch]

Looks like we had more people than are in Tallahassee today. Yikes.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

Looks like we had more people than are in Tallahassee today. Yikes.

Attendance is down big time everywhere. At some point CFB fans are going to have to stop obsessing over it.

The 100s and 200s were FULL today from what I saw on TV. Thats solid all things considered.

 

[richmondcuse03]

Sounded loud in person when we needed it to be. Enough people that my 7 year old was complaining about the heat (he’s getting over a cold so I cut him a little slack). On the bright side my 9 year daughter was pissed to leave a little early. Diehard in training.

 

[Scooch]

Attendance is down big time everywhere. At some point CFB fans are going to have to stop obsessing over it.

The 100s and 200s were FULL today from what I saw on TV. Thats solid all things considered.

I agree. There have been far worse SU crowds. People there seemed into it.

 

[Cuseregular]

There was no chance, none, there was over 25,000 today. But I get and am ok with what the university is doing following the lead of every other stadium in announcing tickets sold. Part of a marketing strategy that will be helpful to the program. And besides, once again it was as loud as we could have hoped and was helpful today to the team.

 

[OburgOrange]

They announced 40 000...

Yeah... no

 

[Chris02M]

id say at peak there was 35

 

[Cuseregular]

id say at peak there was 35

Let me quote my good friend Oburgorange, yeah, no

 

[Cusefan95]

Attendance is down big time everywhere. At some point CFB fans are going to have to stop obsessing over it.

The 100s and 200s were FULL today from what I saw on TV. Thats solid all things considered.

I’ve loved going into sporting events all my life - but it’s a lot easier now to just watch on TV when you’ve got HD big screens. And ticket prices at most places have outpaced inflation since the 80s (in some places substantially outpaced it...), so that’s a factor. Then having to wait in line to get scanned is a fairly new PITA which contributes to my occasional lack of enthusiasm in going - when I was in school, I used to have late classes and would have my book bag under my seat at basketball games; probably wouldn’t go to many games now if I had to drop it off at an apartment first.

I think we’re in a new era; we’ll draw well for “event” games like Clemson. Even if Syracuse is top 10, I’d expect games like Western Michigan (and even more so Holy Cross) will struggle attendance wise. Complaining about it is pointless; we can’t compare to crowds in 1989, we need to recalibrate to a more recent frame of reference.

 

[Trueblue25]

Say what you will about our home crowds, and realistically this crowd was around 30-32,000.

But we have great, loyal, loud diehard fans. Dino’s lucky.

 

[ClkWrkOrange]

25-27 k max, no section was close to full.

 

[kirbivore]

Even the sub standard writer was openly calling BS in an article yesterday. I don't remember the writer and I don't care to look it up.

 

[JRHEETER]

I would say there was 32,001 in there on Saturday.


This Saturday’s game, if we can get 28,000 we should be ecstatic

 

[OttoMets]

I’ve loved going into sporting events all my life - but it’s a lot easier now to just watch on TV when you’ve got HD big screens. And ticket prices at most places have outpaced inflation since the 80s (in some places substantially outpaced it...), so that’s a factor. Then having to wait in line to get scanned is a fairly new PITA which contributes to my occasional lack of enthusiasm in going - when I was in school, I used to have late classes and would have my book bag under my seat at basketball games; probably wouldn’t go to many games now if I had to drop it off at an apartment first.

I think we’re in a new era; we’ll draw well for “event” games like Clemson. Even if Syracuse is top 10, I’d expect games like Western Michigan (and even more so Holy Cross) will struggle attendance wise. Complaining about it is pointless; we can’t compare to crowds in 1989, we need to recalibrate to a more recent frame of reference.

This is a good post. Especially the bit about being a student and bringing your bag in. I used to do that. If I couldn't nowadays, I'd reconsider going (even as a big fan, it'd be crazy to rush out of class, walk 15 minutes back to my flat, drop my bag, and walk 15 minutes back to the Dome...I'd miss a huge chunk of the game).

Anyway, regarding Saturday, here's a visual exercise for everyone who's in the Dome: could everybody upstairs move down into the 100 and 200 levels? If so, there's 26,000 or under in the building. Saturday I think was close to that Mendoza line. Whatever. It was fun and people who were there wanted to be there (well, except for everyone who was rushing up the aisles when WMU turned it over on downs partway through the 4th...those people obviously had had their fill of football).

 

[Millhouse]

we need smaller capacity for football without hurting basketball attendance. Not sure how to do it. part of it bribing old timers to move to a worse seat so that we can actually reduce capacity

 

[OrangeXtreme]

we need smaller capacity for football without hurting basketball attendance. Not sure how to do it. part of it bribing old timers to move to a worse seat so that we can actually reduce capacity

Tarps.

 

[Millhouse]

Tarps.

i'd rather give people a little more space and not look so minor league

 

[rrlbees]

This is a good post. Especially the bit about being a student and bringing your bag in. I used to do that. If I couldn't nowadays, I'd reconsider going (even as a big fan, it'd be crazy to rush out of class, walk 15 minutes back to my flat, drop my bag, and walk 15 minutes back to the Dome...I'd miss a huge chunk of the game).

Anyway, regarding Saturday, here's a visual exercise for everyone who's in the Dome: could everybody upstairs move down into the 100 and 200 levels? If so, there's 26,000 or under in the building. Saturday I think was close to that Mendoza line. Whatever. It was fun and people who were there wanted to be there (well, except for everyone who was rushing up the aisles when WMU turned it over on downs partway through the 4th...those people obviously had had their fill of football).

They’ve done that a few times over the years at b-ball games.

 

[CuseGrad94]

These threads tell how hard the art of "guessing the attendance" even when you are sitting in the stadium actually is. There is always a 10K gap between the highest and the lowest guesses and that difference is 20% of the building. From TV it looked like the 100's a little sparse but the upper decks look good. and it was a VERY late arriving crowd. Place looked empty-ish at kickoff and well more than 1/2 full by end of first 1/4.

 

[Eric15]

Section 304/305/306 had a combined 29 people in second qtr combined. I counted

If only we could find a happy medium between "29 people in three sections combined" and "so much congestion that it creates a public safety risk."

 

[Eric15]

Tarps.

Tarps are to stadiums what toupees are to men. They only make you look worse.