[NU Sports] Attendance

[Louie Vaccher]

> We also have to remember that few mid level Div I college teams in major 
> markets
> that have NFL teams draw well [with the exception of Los Angeles.] 
> Maryland
> still doesn't sell out, Philly and New York don't have Div I teams, Boston
> College is up and down. SMU [Dallas] never could get enough people in the 
> stands
> to fill Cowboy Stadium, Georgia Tech has issues in Atlanta, Miami U still 
> has
> trouble drawing in Miami.

I think those are decent comparisons with the exception of SMU, which 
doesn't play in a major conference and hasn't been the same since the death 
penalty was imposed on them. The sad thing is that NU lags pretty far behind 
the rest of them in attendance. Here are the 2007 average attendance numbers 
for the schools listed:

Maryland: 51,263
BC: 41,571
Ga Tech: 50,296
Miami: 43,589
NU: 24,589

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
To: <johnadeg at comcast.net>; "'Jeff Beamsley'" <jeff.beamsley at hilgraeve.com>; 
<nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:12 PM
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Attendance


> My casual observation on attendance:
>
> 1. The 11 AM time makes it virtually impossible to fly into Chicago from 
> the
> east coast for a game without arriving Friday night and staying until 
> Sunday
> morning. A return to the 1 PM start would make it a LOT easier for out of 
> town
> people AND those on the south side of Chicago to get to games.
>
> 2. Bring back the Greek Tailgates - when we played Navy, several NU 
> fraternities
> had tailgates in the parking lot for their alums who also were former 
> NROTC
> guys. My fraternity apparently has wangled a way to hold a tailgate in the 
> East
> lot and does so every home game. I'm sure they are not encouraged to do 
> that,
> but they do.
>
> 3. Provide a way for NU people to sell their tickets [with parking] to 
> other NU
> people. The Naval Academy has a ticket share system that is run through 
> their
> official web site. I was able to get tickets a couple of weeks ago, to see 
> the
> sold out Navy - Delaware game. My seats were 10 rows behind the Navy 
> bench.
>
> 4. I like the idea of putting the Band in the endzone, or on the other 
> side with
> the students - we need to take back our field. After all those years of 
> poor
> football, we need to figure out how to get a purple presence on both sides 
> of
> the field at the 50.
>
> We also have to remember that few mid level Div I college teams in major 
> markets
> that have NFL teams draw well [with the exception of Los Angeles.] 
> Maryland
> still doesn't sell out, Philly and New York don't have Div I teams, Boston
> College is up and down. SMU [Dallas] never could get enough people in the 
> stands
> to fill Cowboy Stadium, Georgia Tech has issues in Atlanta, Miami U still 
> has
> trouble drawing in Miami.
>
> Look at the major markets with NFL and college football will always be 3rd 
> or
> 4th to the local pro teams. Now, if the college is not in the major city,
> they'll do fine if they win [Michigan and MSU for example] The fact still
> remains that the major college teams that sell out all the time, all play 
> in
> cities without a true pro football presence.
>
> I'm sure someone can do a study on why - maybe its that the Columbus paper 
> only
> has football news about the Bucks as a lead with the Browns and Bengals as
> secondary .
>
> rsl
>
>
>
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