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Blaudschun: UConn Switching BC Home Game to Fenway?

CTFAN4LIFE said:
Let's see all the details come out before we freak out.... what if in turn for putting the first and second games of the series in Fenway that we get the next two at the Rent?? I would sign up for going up to Fenway and hopefully winning there for all to see (after all, winning is what REALLY matters now that we have to regain our place in the FBS pecking order; although might be tougher considering our coaching staff will not have much tenure taking over for the previous staff's well lit dumpster fire) and then seeing two more wins at the Rent (wins are more likely in their second/third years of tenure than their first, I admit). Fingers crossed. Go (Huskies getting out of the dumpster fire) UConn!
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C'mon man, are you new here? It's practically the mission statement of the Boneyard.... Freak out first! Ask questions and act rationally later!
 
Skiblets said:
Don't you have to subtract all the costs of the Rent to get to a net numbers. Also add in $$ school will raise with fan and alumni events in the Fens.
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What costs are you referring to?
I am assuming our costs are giving up parking and concessions revenue.
Is there more other than normal travel costs that we would have to Boston too?
 
king conn said:
What costs are you referring to?
I am assuming our costs are giving up parking and concessions revenue.
Is there more other than normal travel costs that we would have to Boston too?
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UConn pays a per game lease fee for use of the Rent and we don't get a cut of parking or concessions.
 
35k x $30 avg ticket is $1.05M in revenue minus whatever it costs UConn to lease the Rent plus incidentals. The School could net an additional $500,000 over a regular home game depending of the costs of each.
 
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SubbaBub said:
35k x $30 avg ticket is $1.05M in revenue minus whatever it costs UConn to lease the Rent plus incidentals. The School could net an additional $500,000 over a regular home game depending of the costs of each.
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So perhaps 15-20'percent of Fiascos buyout. I'd also venture a guess that part of it's also coming from HCRE taking a discount in this fiscal year. Incentives get paid nextbfiscal year and AD Dave just found a cool million by deferring payments to Randy. Starting to see how they cash flowed this departure
 
SubbaBub said:
35k x $30 avg ticket is $1.05M in revenue
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Doggie Style said:
C'mon man, are you new here? It's practically the mission statement of the Boneyard.... Freak out first! Ask questions and act rationally later!
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not new here at all -just (perhaps ignorantly) trying to show some people the glass can be half full. some people are immovable though. sigh.
 
Doggie Style said:
C'mon man, are you new here? It's practically the mission statement of the Boneyard.... Freak out first! Ask questions and act rationally later!
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You must disclaim this by noting the freak out is made very public, while the rational response is made in places we don't talk about at parties.
 
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Why I have read each post prior to this shows I have a problem. That being said- people do realize to the rest of the world- UCONN has a home game just like Notre Dame against BC in their hometown? We get $1.125M - which we haven't done in years at the RENT plus we have 22k of the 35K TICKETS. BC gets 9k and will probably have to return a bunch!!

The PR for this is immense. Games at Fenway, at Yankee Stadium get more hype. If this is a good game, then we will see more games with BC and I am sure if Bob Kraft gives a better deal than Fenway, then the game will go there.

We are in a rebuild. On and off the field. I applaud AD DB for what he has done in a small time. Ask yourself, is UCONN football better today than right after the Tulane debacle. On and off the field.

Would I rather go to the Rent to see the game? Yes- I would do the same routine I have done for all these years. A game in Boston is different- and being a UCONN fan, I hope to see many of you there cheering on the Blue and White, Randy and Rhett and hopefully we can do the UCONN chant walking out of Fenway as was done at Notre Dame.
 
hardcorehusky said:
Why I have read each post prior to this shows I have a problem. That being said- people do realize to the rest of the world- UCONN has a home game just like Notre Dame against BC in their hometown? We get $1.125M - which we haven't done in years at the RENT plus we have 22k of the 35K TICKETS. BC gets 9k and will probably have to return a bunch!!

The PR for this is immense. Games at Fenway, at Yankee Stadium get more hype. If this is a good game, then we will see more games with BC and I am sure if Bob Kraft gives a better deal than Fenway, then the game will go there.

We are in a rebuild. On and off the field. I applaud AD DB for what he has done in a small time. Ask yourself, is UCONN football better today than right after the Tulane debacle. On and off the field.

Would I rather go to the Rent to see the game? Yes- I would do the same routine I have done for all these years. A game in Boston is different- and being a UCONN fan, I hope to see many of you there cheering on the Blue and White, Randy and Rhett and hopefully we can do the UCONN chant walking out of Fenway as was done at Notre Dame.
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Fenway holds 38K, BC got 7K and will easily sell them out. The 10K Fenway/IMG got will unfortunately heavily go to BC folks since the Yawkeys/Red Sox have a relationship with BC.
 
Disturbing mindset on so many posts. You can't be big time and keep thinking/acting small time. So many comments remind me of what was said when we walked away from 6 yr home and away with ND because they didn't want to play in Rent as it was to small.
 
Is the revenue from the ticket allocation to UConn incremental revenue to UConn or is it like a Bowl Game where the school pays for the tickets and gets paid back from their sales to their fans?
 
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jbdphi said:
Is the revenue from the ticket allocation to UConn incremental revenue to UConn or is it like a Bowl Game where the school pays for the tickets and gets paid back from their sales to their fans?
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This is a very key factor. If we keep the revenue from those 22K tickets this is a financial situation we absolutely could not turn down. At best, UConn nets $1.125M from a home game that sells out. If we get that payout PLUS revenue from the tickets, we're in no position to turn down that kind of money. 22K X ~$40 a ticket = $2M payday.
 
CL82 said:
Easy there hoss. First let me say that given your position as head of FCUCFAC (Fairfield County University of Connecticut Fan Advocacy Committee) I was surprised by your reaction to this. I think it is the right one, however. We are where we are and we need to accept the reality of it.

That said, how are the two deals similar? It's not hard Biz. We gave up a 10 game deal with a marquee program because we ("we" being the CT legislature in this instance) didn't want to play our home games out of the Rent. Now we are playing a home game out of the Rent for lowly Boston College? In Boston? When they have a hard enough time filling their stadium?

As to your "the exact financial repercussions of the never-happened ND deal versus the BC deal" statement, that's just silly. The better question is what exactly does UConn get for giving up a home game? I suppose we will hear what that is soon enough.

I'm happy with AD Dave, so far but this is a head scratcher.

[A somewhat related point, I've wondered if having a 10 game deal with ND in place at the time of last ACC expansion would have been enough to make us a more attractive target than Louisville.]
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Exactly right. If we're now in a financial position where it has become necessary to whore ourselves out to the highest bidder, why on earth would we choose a game vs a turd program like BC to try and eek some extra revenue out of a game? Why don't we just do what all the mid majors and FCS schools do and play freakin' Alabama in Tuscaloosa for a mid six figure payday? No return game for a guaranteed payday that has to be far more than we get from a stinkin' 30,000 crowd in a Beantown mausoleum that's an atrocious place to watch a football game, and a nightmare to get to for UCONN fans.

Dial up Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio State and any number of other schools with 100,000+ stadiums. Why screw with BS College? I think whatever guaranteed payday this game represents would be dwarfed by a guaranteed sellout game vs the SEC or Big 10 at their place. Let's play in State College.

We've suddenly become Rice.
 
UConnNick said:
Exactly right. If we're now in a financial position where it has become necessary to whore ourselves out to the highest bidder, why on earth would we choose a game vs a turd program like BC to try and eek some extra revenue out of a game? Why don't we just do what all the mid majors and FCS schools do and play freakin' Alabama in Tuscaloosa for a mid six figure payday? No return game for a guaranteed payday that has to be far more than we get from a stinkin' 30,000 crowd in a Beantown mausoleum that's an atrocious place to watch a football game, and a nightmare to get to for UCONN fans.

Dial up Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio State and any number of other schools with 100,000+ stadiums. Why screw with BS College? I think whatever guaranteed payday this game represents would be dwarfed by a guaranteed sellout game vs the SEC or Big 10 at their place. Let's play in State College.

We've suddenly become Rice.
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Because this game was proposed by Fenway Sports Group and the Red Sox. UConn did not go looking for this game, the Red Sox came to them and proposed it.
 
EricCantona said:
You're right this is football. I'm not sure what world you are living in where you think BC fans actually care about this game. IF we are able to receive the majority of seats and sell them to our fans then we will travel well. We are UConn and if the team is having a solid year then there is no chance BC fans come even close to outnumbering us.
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Sure, in a perfect world. But what if we lose most of our games prior to the game in Boston? Some UCONN fans will bail on making the trip and they'll be plenty of ducats on the secondary market for BC fans to scarf up. We end up with a supposed "home" game in Boston with fans of the "visiting" team outnumbering us 2 or 3 to 1. Great PR there, boy.

If we were really serious about scoring major scratch, we'd be playing Auburn in Alabama. BC at Fenway is a joke, and it will do far more harm to the national perception of our program long term than whatever the short term financial benefits may or may not be.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
And you are speculating that it has something to do with other vague and non-specified decisions when you have no idea. Additionally, you're then drawing negative conclusions and making judgments of the department, football program, Benedict, etc. based on that speculation.

Why don't we all wait and see what the terms are when the move is announced publicly and someone inevitably FOIAs the contract. Hell, maybe Ken Krayeske has already submitted the FOIA request.
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Occum has a razor
 
businesslawyer said:
Dude, you are embarassing yourself. The article that this thread was about said it was done because of the economic offer that was made to us.
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Does that bring us back to hearsay? BL, you're making a noble effort here but I think the h8r's are gonna h8.
 
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