Home
Articles
Photos
Interviews
Forums
New posts
Search forums
Georgia Tech Recruiting
Dashboard
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Chat
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Georgia Tech Athletics
Georgia Tech Football
What is the state of our fan base?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="RamblinRed" data-source="post: 976637" data-attributes="member: 1776"><p>Right now we are at a low point due to the last 5 years.</p><p></p><p>That said, the upper limit is probably around 45K. In person attendance has been dropping in college football for 15 years and is likely to continue. </p><p></p><p>Also, keep in kind that these attendance figures are tickets sold, not butts in seat. So that article is giving you how many tickets are sold for a game. The average attendance in Div 1 football based on a study from a few years ago was about 70% of the tickets sold. (Alot of sold tickets go unused).</p><p></p><p>Our stadium is too large for the size of our fanbase (and alumni base). GT's undergraduate enrollment is in the bottom quintile of all P5 schools and I believe in the bottom 2 of P5 public schools.</p><p></p><p>If we had the money what we should do is rip out all of the benches (except maybe in the student sections) and replace them with comfortable individual seats. We could also use screens above the stands to provide shade and coverage from the elements but we do not have the money to do any of that.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't help college football that its fanbase skews older. Millenial/Gen Z respondents consistently answer at lower rates than Boomers and Gen X that they are college football fans. Boomers have the highest response rate to that while Gen Z has the lowest. Other sports appear to be appealing to younger generations more than college football.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RamblinRed, post: 976637, member: 1776"] Right now we are at a low point due to the last 5 years. That said, the upper limit is probably around 45K. In person attendance has been dropping in college football for 15 years and is likely to continue. Also, keep in kind that these attendance figures are tickets sold, not butts in seat. So that article is giving you how many tickets are sold for a game. The average attendance in Div 1 football based on a study from a few years ago was about 70% of the tickets sold. (Alot of sold tickets go unused). Our stadium is too large for the size of our fanbase (and alumni base). GT's undergraduate enrollment is in the bottom quintile of all P5 schools and I believe in the bottom 2 of P5 public schools. If we had the money what we should do is rip out all of the benches (except maybe in the student sections) and replace them with comfortable individual seats. We could also use screens above the stands to provide shade and coverage from the elements but we do not have the money to do any of that. It doesn't help college football that its fanbase skews older. Millenial/Gen Z respondents consistently answer at lower rates than Boomers and Gen X that they are college football fans. Boomers have the highest response rate to that while Gen Z has the lowest. Other sports appear to be appealing to younger generations more than college football. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Who made "The Leap" to defeat u(sic)GA in COFH 2016?
Post reply
Home
Forums
Georgia Tech Athletics
Georgia Tech Football
What is the state of our fan base?
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top