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[QUOTE="Billy Jack, post: 4350190, member: 4173"]
Herein lies the proble

Herein lies the problem. Returning to 38,000 average attendance seems beyond our wildest dreams. We’re hoping for 31-32,000. With standing room, we can squeeze 40,000 into The Rent.

There are 38 football programs which average 50,000+ home attendance. Those are the big time programs. There are another 15 programs which average 40,000+. We’re in line behind them. Big time programs with average home attendance under 40,000 are as rare as hen’s teeth. Where they do exist there is some other compelling reason for their presence in a big time program.

In 2019, we averaged 18,000+ on paper but fannies in the seats were reportedly more like 10,000+. Last year, tickets distributed were about 13,000+. It’s anyone’s guess what the actual number of bodies in the stands was.

Attendance is a good measure of enthusiasm. And there obviously is none. But even if attendance were back in the range of 32-38,000, that’s not a program making the kind of money that would attract interest from a big time league. And unfortunately with our current stadium, attendance is capped at 40,000.
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