Yes absolutely, if seats are not occupied at least 75%, should be 90% but I'm being nice, of the games they should forfeit them there are thousands will to step in. Empty seats hurt vender dollars. These empty seats are the reason I would like the state's largest public school to post actual attendance.
Those seats on the right are reserved for visiting teams guests. No corporate there. And I love my top row mid court season tix. No one behind me, I can stand behind my seat as long as I want, my grandkids can hold their posters up without anyone getting pissed at them. We also have seats in the lower bowl for games we want to be up close and personal.
Agreed! Purchased seats that are not used are QUIET SEATS! Bring NOISE against N.D>!!!
A good start might be to label the seats with the company that reserved them for fans and TV viewers to see the extent of their support.
Wouldn't that result in companies buying seats but not having anyone sitting them so they get a de facto billboard?
I'd love to see the athletic department offer the opportunity to a) donate back seats for any given game or b) give them the option to sell seats back to the AD at 50% of cost, if the seats are resold. The ladder option incentivizes people o let the athletic department know that they won't be attending and makes season tickets nominally more affordable.
Empty seats don't support the vendors
Yes behind the visitor bench, not the others
Trust me, the place was packed at the game. At 20 minutes pre game, the place was still filling in. Not sure when that pic was taken, but there were very few empty seats during the game.
Takes forever to get food and drinks anyways. We waited in line for a beer before half time, and a couple minutes into the second half we gave up and went back to our seats.
I agree! I am a season ticket holder at both venues, and Gampel WAS packed on Saturday. Geno has stated that he loves Saturday afternoon games for the very reason that the people come out to be entertained. If Saturday wasn’t entertaining, I don’t know what is.
That's a great idea!
Perhaps, but to me at least it says 1) we don't support UConn enough to buy a real ad, 2) we don't think enough of the team to gift our unused seats to students or those who can't afford tickets. Both messages reinforce if the seats are vacant across several games.
To me it says "affordable advertising access to high numbers of consumers", but that's kind of my background.
UConn should post actual attendance.
And your point? Always we get food and drinks, most times twice. Having lines during sporting events is normal everywhere.
With the prices charged at sporting events I am absolutely amazed that they haven't figured out a way to double or triple the throughput for food and drinks. Opportunity lost...
Die? Lines no worse than at Gillette or Mohegan Sun, but complainers gonna complain