Attendance Predictions....

[FIUFanatic]

Well, since we've been discussing the attendance requirements for I-A and all, I'll try to predict attendance for the season. Obviously, I don't even know where we are this season so far in terms of season tickets as compared to last season. Last hard figure I read last season, put the numbers at 3,400 in an article that Mello was quoted just prior to the season. Of course, many things can happen to affect, both positively and negatively in actual attendance, specifically if our W-L record is good, but, let's take a stab at it. I'm predicting the numbers based on our previous year's history, trying not to be too optimistic.

LAST YEAR

BC-C 13,123 They brought in at least 4-5k
Carson N. 6,707
SFA 5,299
Holy Cross(HC) 4,506
Jacksonville 3,512
FAU 9,288

AVERAGE 7,073


THIS YEAR

Jacksonville 9,000
Western Kentucky 7,000
ULL 6,500
McNeese St. 7,000
Georgia Southern(HC) 8,000
FAMU 35,000

AVERAGE 10,883

If this wild and unscientific prediction holds true, it would mean an increase of 54% over last season. Obviously, well short of the 15k "requirement", but still a sizable increase over last season, and a small step in the right direction. Now, I hope that I'm being overly cautious. However, I can't be more optimistic at this point (except for the FAMU game....I don't know if we can get 40k or 50k or 30k....I just don't have an idea), unless a dramatic increase on season tickets sold this year is announced, a dramatic upswing in wins this year sparks interest, and, somehow, a dramatic "resurgence" in student and alumni interest in FIU Football, regardless of how we are doing on the field.

In my opinion, this shows the daunting task we have ahead of ourselves to make this thing happen, and to develop, market, and support this our very own fledging program. Hopefully, these other "entertainment" and "marketing" plans will help in spiking interest for some games, thus elevating our average to respectable numbers.....

There you have it.....what about yours?

[Devastator]

Jacksonville 10,000 (TV game)
Western Kentucky 6,000
ULL 12,000 (TV game)
McNeese St. 10,000
GSU 11,000(TV game)
FAMU 30,000

Average 13,166

[FIJIGabe]

i think we'll average 8-9k this year. TV games have never really affected attendance.

the only thing that will make those numbers better are any hype that the athletic department can make, as they really don't advertise much.

oh, and everybody pass by the front entrance of the library, as they set up a table giving away free tickets (i grab 2 every time, along with my season tix).

[MaXx]

Mr. said:

oh, and everybody pass by the front entrance of the library, as they set up a table giving away free tickets (i grab 2 every time, along with my season tix).

That's what I would do to get my tickets when I was on campus a lot. There would always be a guy there just handing them out if you have your ID.

[ARod]

MaXx said:

That's what I would do to get my tickets when I was on campus a lot. There would always be a guy there just handing them out if you have your ID.

That's an excellent idea! Have they started handing them out yet? Which library (Green @ UP or Biscayne Bay Campus)? If that is the case, I'll pick some up for myself and some friends. The most important thing that I will do this year will try and bring at least 1 friend or more to every game this year. This is something that I think everyone should try and do. This will boost our numbers immensely. As a matter of fact, I took my mother and two nephews of mine and they REALLY enjoyed it. They keep asking me about the upcoming games this year. I am definitely going to continue to take them as well as other friends to every game possible.

[MaXx]

ARod said:

That's an excellent idea! Have they started handing them out yet? Which library (Green @ UP or Biscayne Bay Campus)? If that is the case, I'll pick some up for myself and some friends. The most important thing that I will do this year will try and bring at least 1 friend or more to every game this year. This is something that I think everyone should try and do. This will boost our numbers immensely. As a matter of fact, I took my mother and two nephews of mine and they REALLY enjoyed it. They keep asking me about the upcoming games this year. I am definitely going to continue to take them as well as other friends to every game possible.

That's the University Park library. I don't know if they do the same thing at Biscayne.

If anybody does see the guy giving away tickets please give the heads up. I'm not on campus anymore and would love to score some free seats to try to entice people to come.

[FIJIGabe]

i pass by them from time to time (since my classes are in the library). i'll post when the guy is out there, but they aren't there for very long (unfortunately).

but it's a great way to get people to go to the games. we just need to make sure people pick up the tickets.

also, i heard FIU was negotiating with Ticketmaster to get the tickets sold at all the ticketmaster locations. anybody know if this was done?

[MaXx]

Mr. said:

i pass by them from time to time (since my classes are in the library). i'll post when the guy is out there, but they aren't there for very long (unfortunately).

but it's a great way to get people to go to the games. we just need to make sure people pick up the tickets.

also, i heard FIU was negotiating with Ticketmaster to get the tickets sold at all the ticketmaster locations. anybody know if this was done?

Well I do know that you can get tickets at Ticketmaster online for most of our games already. I don't know about normal ticketmaster outlets although that would be good.