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Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!Ok, so here is why.
1. Too many games on TV so you can stay home and watch your team
Re: #2, according to the article it's a total decline in attendance, in addition to a drop in per team attendance.Ok, so here is why.
1. Too many games on TV so you can stay home and watch your team
2. The rise of the group of five. The stat shows drop by team but I would bet that overall there are more people going to games. KSU, Georgia State etc did not exist 5 years ago.
3. Students just aren't the same as when we went to school. How many parents took their kids to games. I started at Tech games when I was 7
4. Well, it is expensive. Season tickets for me are $2,400 when you include donation that is required.
But across all divisions, 1,693,661 fewer fans attended games in 2017 compared to 2016.
Despite an uptick in the number of teams playing NCAA football (666), the total amount of fans (47.6 million) were the fewest since 2005.
Some have suggested downsizing BDS would be embarrassing. I was partially in that corner, however reading about it now I don't feel embarrassed for those other programs already downsizing. Just makes sense.Arizona State, Kentucky, North Carolina and Penn State are all in the process of downsizing stadiums. In marketing circles, that creates a more intimate experience.
This feels right to me, given some of my friends' feeling during my time at GT and my interactions with students on gameday as well as at other events. I just don't think football is a big deal to many, and apparently it extends beyond only the type of student that attends GT."This is not surprising to me," said Bill Lutzen, a veteran sports TV programmer who is currently the CFO of a web optimization firm. "This issue is with lack of involvement of the college students. They no longer view attending sporting events as part of the university experience."
I’m all for taking about 3-4K seats out of the upper north. Create scarcity, make tech games a hot ticket. Plus fewer visiting fans so a better home atmosphere
Just add 2" to the width of each seat.
a lot of the TV rating change for college was reshuffling of the network deals though. Fox had a big boom and ESPN/ABC had a drop because of the Big 10 games moving. Overall viewership was pretty similar. It's the NFL that's seeing a bigger drop on tv.TV ratings are down as well, so I'm not sure TV can be blamed completely. Personally, I think interest in the sport in general is starting to wane a little.
I second this... Or better yet, replace the bleachers with actual seats (wish we'd have bought a bunch cheap from the Dome or Turner field). Widen the seating area and improve the game experience/comfort level. Probably reduce capacity by a significant margin with no major structural changes.
Also, make the upper north into a party deck...
I wish folks would quit trying to do away with my seats