i know this isn't new, but can someone explain how we have sellouts but the stadium is only half full. Sell more tickets and fill the dang place up!
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It looked pretty sad on TV today.
Are we out in the communities trying to encourage attending the games?
Only in the movies does - "build it and they will come" actually work.
Are we out in the communities trying to encourage attending the games?
Only in the movies does - "build it and they will come" actually work.
It was sad to see the stands maybe 2/3 full and about 150 students (being generous), especially when we had recruits there. Beautiful day and #6 in the country. No excuse for it. Side note: my Pepsi didn't have one bubble in it. Just watered down brown sugar water.
Just buy cup of ice and drink your bourbon like a man, on the rocks.
I blame a lot of that on folk who won't go to games unless it's room temperature outside, and ideal humidity. In Richmond, that is a rare sight. They'll buy the tickets to "support the kids", but they won't use them. They won't even give them away (too much trouble). Many businesses in the community may sponsor the Spiders and get a block of tickets, but they can't give them away to their employees (especially the younger ones). To them it's like "if it ain't VCU basketball, we don't care". It is what it is.
My section tends to fill up pretty well, though I admit I don't look behind me much and I'm up front. We almost always have to ask someone to move from our seats.
I don't understand why so many tickets are purchased and go unused. Perhaps the department can conduct an attendance census to find out ways to get the tickets into the hands of people who will use them.
I have a bunch of neighbors who want to go to the JMU game, but we can't get tickets and you know there will still be a bunch of empty seats.
I don't understand why so many tickets are purchased and go unused. Perhaps the department can conduct an attendance census to find out ways to get the tickets into the hands of people who will use them.
I have a bunch of neighbors who want to go to the JMU game, but we can't get tickets and you know there will still be a bunch of empty seats.
Right. But it was misty in the morning. And we had a home game last week. People can't possibly go to home games on consecutive weekends.
After any sell out I would offer up to 1000 SRO tickets (a $5 or $10 discount) and invite them to take seats after the first quarter
If you can't make the games, at least try to get someone in the seats. I haven't been able to make the home games yet this year (I will be attending the last 3 + albany. And I was very glad I was able to make the uva game!), but I get my tickets to people who can use them. It really bothers me to see empty seats. There are easy options:
1. Give them to friends.
2. Put them for sale thru the resale site.
3. Call the ticket office and tell them you can't use them and have them give them away.
Looking forward to getting back to Robins Stadium soon!
1. Give them to friends.
2. Put them for sale thru the resale site.
3. Call the ticket office and tell them you can't use them and have them give them away.
Looking forward to getting back to Robins Stadium soon!
There were more Towson students (football players) at the game then there was Richmond students in the stands.
Agree with what is being said here. Disappointing to say the least. On a brighter side, our football program is expensive to support and bringing in $200,000 plus on tickets alone for a game is a good thing - fannies in the seat or no. Ideally - cash and fannies.
Offer the students a free drink at the THC if they turn in their ticket they're not planning to use for resale to the public.
That doesn't help with the problem in stands along the home side, however.
That doesn't help with the problem in stands along the home side, however.
It is what it is. Most of the local population could care less about UR. Most locals view our school being interested in only rich northern kids with strange accents. Combine this with a decreasing local fan base of 65 and older. A large part of our student body comes from over seas. This group is not interested in American football. I point out again, we need more Virginians in our student population!
The same old "more students from Virginia" BS. Aren't the majority of the adult season ticket-holders who don't show probably Virginians?
I'm consistently amazed you know so much about the demographics of the Richmond metro population, living three hours from the city. Lather, rinse, repeat. Same old BS.
I'm consistently amazed you know so much about the demographics of the Richmond metro population, living three hours from the city. Lather, rinse, repeat. Same old BS.
The dope in question doesn't even have season tickets or attend any games and he lives in Virginia.Hypocritical nonsense continues as a broken,meaningless record stuck in the same groove-over and over and over again.A joke.
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Yes I do not have season tickets. I have tickets to the jmu & ud games. As for 32 counter"s comments..He is entitled to his opinion. I am entitled to mine. I stick to my view that UR would have better attendance at football and basketball games if we had more Virginians in its student population.
The toxic air left FR when Avtex (a Superfund Site) was closed in 1989 by order of Mary Sue Terry, Attorney General of our beloved Commonwealth and graduate of the University of Richmond. When Virginians were valued students at UR!
Exactly what I was thinking. And while I love the fact that we are very "kid friendly" with the fun zone, that's just more people who aren't in their seats. My wife and granddaughter spend at least the first half down there. And now we have the hospitality tents in the end zone. I'm good with all of this, but it does take fannies out of the seats. What bothers me more are the students, so few ever show up unless it's family day. So let's ramp up SRO tickets and let people in. Also cut loose any tickets in Will Call after the first quarter. I walked by the ticket window before the Colgate game, and watched a disappointed young dad and his two kids get turned away because the game was "sold out", very sad. No one should EVER be turned away, if they go to the trouble to show up, by God they should be allowed in with SRO tickets. Unlimited SRO tickets (plenty of room in the student section).
And stop publicizing (bragging) that the game is sold out. You show up, you get in (except JMU fans). If we ever have a problem with too many people, we can deal with it then.
I hope our fans show up on Nov, 5th. The Barneys are claiming they will take over The Breadbox (their slur of Robins Stadium) and make it "Bridgeforth East"!
The Breadbox. Kinda like that. Where dough boys come to get sliced up. They're merely lusting after our stadium as'Bridgeforth East' since their stadium is half built and only contains the West half. Same old tired stuff from the FBS wannabes.
rePlayers' families and friends are always looking for tickets. When I can't use my tickets, I look on the Family facebook page to find someone in need of tickets.
Unless you are charging them full retail value, you are committing an NCAA violation
Unless you are charging them full retail value, you are committing an NCAA violation
The department does a TON of promotions. We consistently are selling out games, so the ticketing department is doing their job. The real struggle is getting the fans with tickets to actually show up.
I love the SRO idea. Not sure if we could do it politically though with our special use permit. The neighborhood really hamstrung us.
I find the "neighborhood" irritating. The University was there first! If you chose to build or buy a home about the school, then you should have done so knowing that school activities would impact the neighborhood.
Don't come rolling into the party late and expect to dictate how everyone must celebrate.
Don't come rolling into the party late and expect to dictate how everyone must celebrate.
Rick, you echo my thoughts exactly. We talk so much about building a community following, but if people are being turned away when we could easily be selling 10k tix for a game it grinds my gears a bit. This team deserves to run out on the field to start the game with more than 4k people in the stands
Ya, I dunno...they've done it for years on Homecoming weekend. They routinely reported 18K+ in a stadium that seated 6,500. But even on other dates, they frequently reported 8K+ in that stadium.
I have long advocated the SRO concept. There is a lot of room around the stadium to stand. Wouldn't help the empty seat concept but why not have more people in the stadium?
Issue is easy - people don't think they can get tickets so they don't try. Quit announcing its sold out when there are resale tickets available.
Issue is easy - people don't think they can get tickets so they don't try. Quit announcing its sold out when there are resale tickets available.
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