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Interesting Piece on College Football Attendance

Miami[]_[]Smoke said:
very astute observation considering most of these stadiums were built 50-70 years ago and have only had attendance problems the last 5-10
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Very astute of you to note this. Thank you.

Do you know if most of these stadiums built 50-70 years ago were constructed to hold their current seating capacity, or if most of these stadiums have been expanded and renovated over that last 50-70 years?

Do you have any observations about the local economic conditions supporting, or not supporting, full attendance over the last 50-70 years? Geographic make up the student body? Local population growth or decline? Team performance?

Please advise.
 
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Someone gonna make alot of money when they can VR people into the stadium.. **** is gonna be wild.. People gonna "attend" random games with their friends drunk af..
 
SFbayCane said:
I predicted this when the media first started pushing the playoff format. Hard core college football purists like myself have screamed for decades that the regular season IS the playoff. But the universities and networks don't get playoff level dollars from regular season games, so they went and ****ed up college football just so they can all make money watching the same 8 programs play a four team playoff every year.
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The playoffs changed nothing for 95% of the teams playing. If anything, they made it so that some teams have a better chance after losing a game than they did before to make it to the championship, so it will keep their fans interested when previously they might have known there was no way they would finish top 2, but now they only need to be top 4.

If you want to argue that it cheapened bowl games, perhaps I can buy into that, but even then now there are 3 that truly matter whereas before there was only 1.
 
Saviorcane said:
Billions?
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By the time you do all of the correct engineering, environmental and traffic studies, purchase the land for the stadium and likely a new road, and actually build the stadium, yes, probably. Even $1,000,000,001 is still billions.
 
RichtshawFerguson said:
This part sums up everything:
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“It’s 20 bucks per ticket for UF games,” Hoover said. “You pay in the beginning of the year for the whole schedule. They said that was a detriment, especially when you have so many other options for entertainment. Is it worth the $20-per-ticket price?...Students wonder whether it’s worth paying when you don’t know if your friends are going to go. When it might be 125º—or 25º, depending on your school—at kickoff. When you might be watching a blowout. When college is already so expensive that you’re facing decades of debt. When the academics are harder. When there have never been more cheaper entertainment options just a click away. Fans who aren’t in school ask many of the same questions. “
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Students have to pay now? LOL
 
JD08 said:
By the time you do all of the correct engineering, environmental and traffic studies, purchase the land for the stadium and likely a new road, and actually build the stadium, yes, probably. Even $1,000,000,001 is still billions.
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Billons?
 
Mikep said:
Maybe if stadiums didnt charge 15 dollars for a hotdog and 8 dollars for a bottle of water in 98 degree september people would show up. I go to as many as I can but nothing is as nice as the couch.

Edit-I wouldnt even want to know the cost for a family of 4. Also, buying tickets on the secondary market can be bull sh it for those people who dont want season tickets. I think stubhub charges like 40 dollar service fee per ticket. I would imagine there is better secondary sites though.
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Facts a 50 dollar ticket is almost 100 bucks with the fees straight BS
 
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Saviorcane said:
umm no
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You're right. I'm sure all those people who own houses where the stadium and roads would go will donate their property. The various municipalities, the county, state, and SFWMD will forgo all their environmental impact studies. The road and stadium construction companies will donate their time and resources. And I'm sure fans will gladly sit on bleachers with limited concessions. Oh, and no group at all will have a problem and file a lawsuit and if they do, the attorneys will all work pro bono.
 
Nothing beats the comfort of home. Got all the food and liquor you need in addition to a nice big TV, don’t need to bother with driving or worrying about traffic, or worry about parking, or worry about the scorching hot sun or pouring rain and best of all, no waiting in line for the bathroom.
 
cane_boi said:
Nothing beats the comfort of home. Got all the food and liquor you need in addition to a nice big TV, don’t need to bother with driving or worrying about traffic, or worry about parking, or worry about the scorching hot sun or pouring rain and best of all, no waiting in line for the bathroom.
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Pause button.
 
JD08 said:
You're right. I'm sure all those people who own houses where the stadium and roads would go will donate their property. The various municipalities, the county, state, and SFWMD will forgo all their environmental impact studies. The road and stadium construction companies will donate their time and resources. And I'm sure fans will gladly sit on bleachers with limited concessions. Oh, and no group at all will have a problem and file a lawsuit and if they do, the attorneys will all work pro bono.
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At least you figured out I was right.
 
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Thommy30w said:
I would be interested to see what our attendance figures have been. I remember that even during the 80's, and early 90's the OB was only really full for the big games.
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They've been improving if you believe the official numbers..
 
Let's see:
- Tickets: You either overpay for crappy season tickets with maybe 2-3 good games, many with just "ok" seats because most schools base it on donation levels OR you overpay from ticket websites that also charge absurd processing fees, surcharges, etc.

- Drive/Traffic: For many, there's a long drive involved - either city traffic for 80k fans or 1.5-2.5 hour drives to stadiums (for me it's 1.5 hr to Philly, 2-2.5 to Penn State). So you have cost of gas, possibly tolls, then a ridiculous $10-30 parking fee.

- Food/Beverage: Many stadiums overcharge on everything from $5-8 hot dogs, $8-10 beer, etc.

- Bathrooms: Let's be honest, they are disgusting. So comfort of your own clean home or the ones in stadiums that look like they were overrun by drunken animals?

- View: Buying affordable seats in stadiums costs a small fortune. Anything in the endzone or corners make it difficult to see plays on the opposite side of the field. With 65-80 inch TVs, 4k TV, sky cams, etc the viewing on TV is great.

- Weather: Heat/sun in some areas, frigid cold, wind and snow in others. Miserable rain. All luck and timing.

- Atmosphere: This is the only thing missing. If you watch with a group of friends you can still have a good time at home. Plus you're already PAYING for the ridiculous cable costs regardless if you watch or not, so why pay twice?
 
Kind of an aside but I always thought that the ACC being in the north and the south that they would schedule more games in September for Boston/Pitt/UVA/VT hosted games and November for FSU/Miami/Clemson.. Not 100% like that but do what they can... Or at lease makes Miami/FSU Clemson Home games in September night games.

Like the Miami Pitt series can be in Pitt early in the year and when Miami host later.. just a thought.
 
svenben said:
Kind of an aside but I always thought that the ACC being in the north and the south that they would schedule more games in September for Boston/Pitt/UVA/VT hosted games and November for FSU/Miami/Clemson.. Not 100% like that but do what they can... Or at lease makes Miami/FSU Clemson Home games in September night games.

Like the Miami Pitt series can be in Pitt early in the year and when Miami host later.. just a thought.
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Never thought of that but great idea
 
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