Christopher trying to make tickets affordable.

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 2:36 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:
Jacobs4Heisman wrote:A few hundred out of 30,000 doesn't represent a vast minority to you?
No. It doesn't sound vast at all.

You realize 300 is 1% of 30,000. I'd say 1% is is a pretty vast minority.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:36 pm

Jacobs4Heisman wrote:You realize 300 is 1% of 30,000.

I do.

I'd say 1% is is a pretty vast minority.

I'd say 1 percent is a pretty tiny minority.

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:23 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:
Jacobs4Heisman wrote:You realize 300 is 1% of 30,000.
I do.

I'd say 1% is is a pretty vast minority.
I'd say 1 percent is a pretty tiny minority.

As long as we're splitting hairs, I'd say a tiny minority would be something like, say, 49%.

1% might be a vast minority to some, and a pretty big minority to others, but does the word choice really change the point?

Hail Peden · Post by **Hail Peden** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:37 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:
TG1996 wrote:
Schadenfreude wrote:In 1990, full time city residents probably held a very slight majority of the 28,000 living there. I expect the proportion hasn't changed a whole lot.
I always thought I heard that it was about 14K each way when I was there a little after 1990.
That's about right. We don't disagree, really.

Its decieving. The way MAC schools announce total enrollments, one would think they should draw better with enrollments of 20k to 25k.

When you actually count the amount of students in those towns its only 14k at BG and Miami. Only 11k students in Kent, OH! You can get this info from the US census website.

MAC towns are for the most part not very big and that is why they struggle to put the magic 25k number in the stands which is when you really start to have a solid fanbase.

BG at least has the kind of stadium where 20,000 in the stands would look pretty nice and packed at 25k.

Hail Peden · Post by **Hail Peden** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:55 pm

Falcon30 wrote:
cowboyjoe wrote:Hello...people, BG only has a population of 30,000 without the students..How many people do you think should come to our games? I think we do pretty good considering our population.
State College, PA only has a population of about 38,000 with the students. IIRC, Penn State draws slightly more than we do and we have a semi major city 20 miles away. There isn't much near State College.

The county where State College sits has 141,000 people, with nothing really there besides Penn State, so they should be expected to do at least 40k there no problem.

Total enrollment of all Penn State campuses is something like 80k and a main reason why the flood that town during game day.

Hail Peden · Post by **Hail Peden** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:22 am

MacGuy wrote:
orangeandbrown wrote:I'm shocked we only sell 2,000 season tickets. Man, it is a miracle we draw as well as we do.
I was surprised to recently read that Miami only sold about 2,000 season tickets last season.

I'm surprised to hear Miami only solid 2,000 as they have pricey tickets by MAC standards. You figure demand must be behind it to support that.

Bowling Green has a nice midwestern town setup. There is plenty of room for tailgating around the stadium. Its right by the interstate visable to the community.

BG is up against many smaller colleges in the area for attention and its a family oriented area where the disposable incomes aren't there. Five hundred bucks for seaon tickets is a lot for a young family.

Pricing tiers are where MAC schoola are moving to. 10% of fans can pay for high priced tickets, so 10% of seating is premium. They are generating more revenue with boxes and chairbacks than additional endzone bleacher seats. Family tickets are important on the lower end of the pricing tier. You make money by just having fans in your stadium buying concessions on next to free tickets.

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:51 am

Hail Peden wrote:You make money by just having fans in your stadium buying concessions on next to free tickets.

If we could just get hammb into the stadium and out of the parking lot and away from the tailgating

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:20 am

transfer2BGSU wrote:
Hail Peden wrote:You make money by just having fans in your stadium buying concessions on next to free tickets.
If we could just get hammb into the stadium and out of the parking lot and away from the tailgating

Hey there!

I rarely, if ever, miss the opening kickoff of the games!

Although, I will admit I don't buy concessions very often. Maybe a pop from time to time, but I'm usually too stuffed on our good tailgating eats to buy crappy hotdogs

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:28 am

hammb wrote: Although, I will admit I don't buy concessions very often. Maybe a pop from time to time, but I'm usually too stuffed on our good tailgating eats to buy crappy hotdogs

Maybe I'm just strange, but I dig the living crap out of burned hot dogs! In my experience, it is very rare to find flavorfull hot dogs at a sporting event, but BG always delivers. The only thing that could improve them, in my opinion, would be the availability of Bertman's Stadium Mustard. Burned hot dogs + Stadium Mustard = Yummay.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:10 am

Bleeding Orange wrote:
hammb wrote: Although, I will admit I don't buy concessions very often. Maybe a pop from time to time, but I'm usually too stuffed on our good tailgating eats to buy crappy hotdogs
Maybe I'm just strange, but I dig the living crap out of burned hot dogs! In my experience, it is very rare to find flavorfull hot dogs at a sporting event, but BG always delivers. The only thing that could improve them, in my opinion, would be the availability of Bertman's Stadium Mustard. Burned hot dogs + Stadium Mustard = Yummay.

If I were going to eat a hotdog, I definitely would want it to be burnt. It covers up some of that hotdoggy flavor

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:21 am

TG1996 wrote:The real question remains... when FalconFanatic was at BG, did they count the settlers stopping through on their way west if they happened to be in town that day? (Sorry, FF, it's been awhile. Gotta stay sharp! )

Is this response you were looking for?

FalconTurf · Post by **FalconTurf** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:16 am

hammb wrote:
Bleeding Orange wrote:
hammb wrote: Although, I will admit I don't buy concessions very often. Maybe a pop from time to time, but I'm usually too stuffed on our good tailgating eats to buy crappy hotdogs
Maybe I'm just strange, but I dig the living crap out of burned hot dogs! In my experience, it is very rare to find flavorfull hot dogs at a sporting event, but BG always delivers. The only thing that could improve them, in my opinion, would be the availability of Bertman's Stadium Mustard. Burned hot dogs + Stadium Mustard = Yummay.
If I were going to eat a hotdog, I definitely would want it to be burnt. It covers up some of that hotdoggy flavor

For some reason I've had bad hot dogs but never at an arena, stadium, ballpark or high school athletic facility. During school hours in the cafeteria or at home I've had some horrible ones. Just being at a game seems to make the whole world of hot dogs better. And Bertman's is the perfect insurance policy spread across that dog to make sure it is great.

It seems far more difficult for most concessions to make good popcorn.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:04 pm

Falcon Fanatic wrote:
TG1996 wrote:The real question remains... when FalconFanatic was at BG, did they count the settlers stopping through on their way west if they happened to be in town that day? (Sorry, FF, it's been awhile. Gotta stay sharp! )

Is this response you were looking for?

A little less falconboy-esque, but yeah, close enough.

MacGuy · Post by **MacGuy** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:24 pm

Since this thread started about ticket prices, I checked a few other schools to get an idea about what they are charging.

After each school, I've listed the most expensive season ticket (does not include indoor seating), the cheapest adult season ticket (Young alumni etc.) and the most expensive single game ticket.

BG 89 49 21
CMU 90 75 25
Kent 70 55 15
Miami 95 75 20
NIU 95 50 20
UT 188 94 34

**NIU does not include the game vs Iowa at Soldier Field ($55). UT's $34 for a single game is for Purdue and Iowa State only. Other games are $24. CMU's $25 for a single game is for Army only.

redskins4ever · Post by **redskins4ever** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:39 pm

Miami's season ticket base has been eroded by this week night games... I know of at least 100+ season tickets lost because of this, heck I said no to renewing my season tickets, and sent our AD an email explaining why. He was sympathetic to the situation, but said much of the scheduling is out of his hands due to tv.

Christopher trying to make tickets affordable.

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