[NU Sports] NU at Wrigley

[Labbe John]

Not me.  We got the $75 tickets and had a great time.  So there.

Regrettably, though, many of our fellow alumni must be fools.


On Apr 18, 2011, at 8:53 PM, Dennis W. Brandt wrote:

>> Then how do you explain the fact that we sold out Wrigley with  
>> tickets that averaged over $100 each for a game that wouldn't have  
>> drawn  30,000 fans at Ryan Field at an average ticket price under  
>> $50?  Or  the publicity the game attracted, etc.?
>>
>> I think it's open for debate whether we need an annual game at  
>> Wrigley (and it certainly wouldn't start anytime soon as the  
>> stadium needs to  be renovated first), but it's quite a stretch to  
>> contend that last  year's game was a bad idea given how successful  
>> it was at generating  revenue and publicity.  Forget about whether  
>> last year's game will  increase ticket sales in the future.  Just  
>> for that day alone, NU made  a nice take versus what it would have  
>> made at Ryan Field.
>>
> One thing and one thing only will guarantee full houses:  vying for  
> the Big Ten title year after year and even having a reasonable shot  
> at the national championship.  A cliché to anyone who paid $100 to  
> watch football at Wrigley:  A fool and his money soon parted.
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