Fw: RE: [NU Sports] Attendance Woes

[mlinhardt at netzero.com]

>The Big Ten single-game ticket prices are too steep for NU, IMHO.  If >seats to 'Cat games were a hot commodity, it would be a different >story, but that's not the case and hasn't been so for close to a >decade now. Cut it back $5 or $10, and I bet there'd be an overall net >revenue gain within a year or two as more tickets sold made up for >lost $$ due to the price cut.  OTOH, if that doesn't work, then you're 

Please do not lower single game ticket prices!  The only ones that benefits are the opposing fans.  Give great deals for two-packs, three-packs, season tickets, etc. only and that will keep the opposing fans from buying all the seats.

Basketball has the same issue.  I can't make any weekday basketball games so I buy the pick-4/pick-5, which gives me an opportunity to sit with NU fans during the big ten season.  If not for that I would be surrounded by Ill-whine-i, Bad-grrrs, etc.

I have no idea how to improve attendance other than win or have the Bears move out of town.  At work(northwest suburbs) only a few people know any college scores, but everybody knows what the Bears and Packers did.  Chicago is just not a college sports town.  U of Michigan is more like a pro team for Detroiters.  Minnesota has horrid attendance even with a large immobile alumni base and major ticket discounts.  The rest of the Big Ten schools are the only game in town.

Note:  I am a season ticket holder in football and every year I think about buying basketball season tickets.

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