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cw00dson24 said:
More promotions - Like when they say the game will be a "blue out" give every one a free shirt. I'm sure they can find enough sponsors to cover the back of the shirt with ads to cover the cost of this for 1 game a year.

Better beer options - They have slowly started to do this the past few years but add more local craft beers. They added a stand under the score board, and they have added a Two Roads Stand, but having more spread through out the stadium would be great. Also switch up the beer for different games, don't just get one style and pour for all 7 games, variety is good.

More tailgating time- They added the extra hour for season ticket holders which was a good start but extend the hours for everyone.

More 3:30 P.M. Saturday games - I know this has more to do with the networks and nothing that Uconn can control and might be more of just my personal preference, but I think a later start time would bring more students to the game.

Better Schedule - Get out of the AAC
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Your tailgate issue is easy to fix.

You want more tailgate time? Buy season tickets.
 
cw00dson24 said:
I do buy season tickets, but that was a general idea for the overall game day experience not just for me.
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Season ticket holders deserve perks for committing to the season up front.

Theoretically, season tickets are discounted, but in practice that is before the "voluntary donation" and well before single game ticket prices are reduced to $15/pc. 48 hour before kick off in order to goose walk up sales.

It would be awful PR, as well as business practice, to offer the 5th hour of tailgating to the general public for little to no return.
 
uconNYC said:
They need to go get one of those planes sitting in the airplane graveyards in Arizona and put it on the runway and have it painted in UConn football livery
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I love this idea! I would take it a step further and retrofit the plane with a bunch of TVs, a stage, and a sound system and let it be the gathering place for the student tailgate. Have a bar on the inside where only students 21+ are allowed.
 
huskysupporter said:
I like it but would go one step further. Play brass bonanza after every touchdown.

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I love Brass Bonanza at hockey games. It is amazing and totally fires up the crowd (not that that is hard to do after a goal.) I'm not so sure about it for football. I'd rather hear UConn Husky, especially if we could get the crowd to jump in at least for 'Fight!' chant. It is a "yuge" part of our brand.

 
CTMike said:
And even a step further... They have to pay if they leave before the game ends!
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Actually had a conversation with a big donor about this a few years ago. Some of it was his idea but I don't think it was ever implemented.
 
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MarbleheadHushofHQuc t: 1600694 said:
It has been mentioned many times before, but I would love to see a pack of Husky Dogs come out of the tunnel, with UConn Cornelius riding the sleigh. Also, it should be to our old lead in song, O'Fortuna?
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First fifteen seconds of this video would be the perfect entrance for us.

And the more I think about it, we should bring the Yeti out pregame to scare our opponents.
 
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joey3$trike$ said:
Have the players pat the Jazz stature and walk through the stadium aka something like Clemson does. Make a ramp or incorporate something with Jasper!
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They should put his monument on the field near the entrance tunnel. Right now it's under the video board and all the drunks litter on it - very distasteful.
 
I love BB and I don't think it would be a bad idea to have it played once every home game.
 
I'd like to see more local flavor inside the concession stands. I'd love to see something like a food truck promotional day. Invite a bunch of local food trucks and have them all park near the entrances of the stadium. I'd love to see more incentives for the students as well. Free busing and make larger bbq or before hand so they have a reason to get there early.

Also I like the rewards programs some NFL teams are running. Have like card you can can when you walk in and collect reward points for showing up early, being loud (false starts, delay of games etc...), maybe even work something into social media. All these points can,be redeemed for apparel or tickets to other games.
 
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Definitely fix the intros.

It was so much better under Edsall. The old cheerleading coach or whatever doing the chants was kind of generic, but people participated. Then that led right in to Ol Fortuna, everyone was paying attention and knew the intros were about to happen, people were banging on the walls, and it was loud. Now people are just sitting around, and if you aren't paying attention, you might not even realize the team is about to take the field.
 
It may have been said before but, in conjunction with the Husky howl as a signal, all fans with tickets scanned inside the stadium 10 mins prior to kick off (maybe 5?) receive a coupon for a discounted merch or food item.
 
Remember the ice cream trucks that used to go street to street? Or even a handcart with refrigeration, to go around the parking lots, selling Husky ice cream.



Bring back "O Fortunate" please, I miss it.
 
MarbleheadHusky said:
It is nott air horns, free beer or giveaways that is going to get people in their seats on time. I think it comes down to one singular event... the runnout/introduction from the tunnel. It has to be an EVENT. Incredible video of past players, incredible plays and scenes from the Rent, historical video from years gone by. Play with the stadium lights, get a cheer going, have huge flags and then have an unbelievable song ready for the runout. Get Diaco involved. Bring out Calhoun, Auriemma, Jesus Shuttlesworth and other great alumni. Camera's showing a live feed of the players coming out of the locker room. This is what gets people pumped and into the seats.

On a personal note., I stopped tailgating 30 minutes prior to game time to make the 25 minute walk to Williams Brice to see this Gamecock Introduction (yes I had roadies). Everyone was having a great time at the tailgate, but absolutely NO ONE wanted to miss the introduction. Yes, it is a long video, but look at all of those involved on the field. Turn it up at 4 minutes to hear 2001. I love how the music goes between PA to band back to PA all the way up to kickoff. If this type of noise comes from the stadium for 5 minutes prior to kickoff, eventually people will shut down their Tailgating early and come on in because they will feel that they are missing something.



I have to walk a total of 100 yards from the Blue Lot to get into the stadium and I sometimes miss the intro because I don't feel I am missing much. I really enjoyed O'Fortuna when we ran out to this. It was shelved when Coach P. came aboard. I felt that people were really getting into this intro. Bring it back. Of all the posts on this issue, I loved the idea of getting Jasper's #6 involved, maybe like Howard's Rock at Clemson. The players actually take a bus from the Locker Room to the opposite side of the field and come down the hill. We have the same setup.

It is not just South Carolina. Auburn with the War Eagle, Virginia Tech with Enter Sandman (VT vs Ohio State in 2015 was best opening I ever saw on live TV), a buffalo in Colorado. It is an EVENT. That is what we need!



Make it happen UConn. I am here to help if you need me.
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Awesome post. Agree with all of it.
 
I know it's a terrible terrible song, but I'm a real sucker for the "U-C-O-N-N" chants when they play that horrible song "Are You Ready?" They started playing it before the start of 3rd periods at hockey games now and it seems to get the crowd going. Interactive music of sorts.
 
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Honestly, if we could do away with half of the corporate nonsense and on-field promos during TV timeouts, I'll be happy. I know we have to find ways to pay the bills, but nothing sets a minor league baseball atmosphere like an obstacle course race during timeouts.
 
CL82 said:
I love Brass Bonanza at hockey games. It is amazing and totally fires up the crowd (not that that is hard to do after a goal.) I'm not so sure about it for football. I'd rather hear UConn Husky, especially if we could get the crowd to jump in at least for 'Fight!' chant. It is a "yuge" part of our brand.

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THANK YOU ! No hate to Whalers fans the green is for them. :D I realize many attend our games as many flags fly at tailgates along with well worn hats. Brass Bonanza was a great song for their team and really fit. Bad enough they took away our block "C" and our smiling dog, what little tradition we had, that and gave us a hockey wolf in its place. We simply DO NOT need Bonanza in the mix.
We have a world class band with great songs. It is the culture and football mentality that needs to be continually nurtured. Not ranting on anyone here as most (not all) I am sure are diehards. What we need is 35,000 more people that could care less if they were playing Barry Manilow or Lawerence Welk. This and off their seat and on their feet to bring the team on the field!
 
TheDoggPound said:
They should put his monument on the field near the entrance tunnel. Right now it's under the video board and all the drunks litter on it - very distasteful.
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Not to rain on anyone's parade, especially when it come to any way to build tradition with our program but the statue was always intended to be in a place that fans would have access to it. As part of our planning we talked with many players from 2009 and to a man they wanted in a place people, the fans, could touch and take pictures with. Kashif Moore said that the memorial was for us as well as them. He told me they got through that time in part because of the fans. We had hoped to put it down the other end so the team could touch it on their way down the steps but there just wasn't enough space to do so and keep egress open from the stands. The location now makes it a real part of the stadium as it is visible from 90% of the seats. To be fair, we were worried about the cocktail party down there that's why we insisted on the black straps around it. I'm down there a lot to check on it and I've never found anything left on it. In fact everyone treats it with the respect its due and people bring new fans to it all the time. I love its location and so does the 2009 team and Jasper's family.
 
uconNYC said:
They need to go get one of those planes sitting in the airplane graveyards in Arizona and put it on the runway and have it painted in UConn football livery
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Put it on a pedestal so it rises above the open end of the stadium towards Hartford. To heck with it, get three or four of them and make it a flying squadron.
 
danlow1963 said:
Not to rain on anyone's parade, especially when it come to any way to build tradition with our program but the statue was always intended to be in a place that fans would have access to it. As part of our planning we talked with many players from 2009 and to a man they wanted in a place people, the fans, could touch and take pictures with. Kashif Moore said that the memorial was for us as well as them. He told me they got through that time in part because of the fans. We had hoped to put it down the other end so the team could touch it on their way down the steps but there just wasn't enough space to do so and keep egress open from the stands. The location now makes it a real part of the stadium as it is visible from 90% of the seats. To be fair, we were worried about the cocktail party down there that's why we insisted on the black straps around it. I'm down there a lot to check on it and I've never found anything left on it. In fact everyone treats it with the respect its due and people bring new fans to it all the time. I love its location and so does the 2009 team and Jasper's family.
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No ill intent with my comment but I've have seen it with my own eyes the litter scattered about around it. Now I don't know if that's people littering per se or the wind whipping up trash but it's there but I understand it's pretty much unavoidable.

I thank you for the explanation and it makes more sense why it is so with that in mind what I would propose is for a Husky statue at the entrance of the tunnel. I would also like to see something implemented that could illuminate the wonderful Jazz memorial for night games.
 
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uconnell said:
Please, please put the Dog Pound padding back on the student section wall. The amount of noise they made banging on it was amazing.
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Why did they ever take it down, does anyone know? It added a ton of sound.
 
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danlow1963 said:
Not to rain on anyone's parade, especially when it come to any way to build tradition with our program but the statue was always intended to be in a place that fans would have access to it. As part of our planning we talked with many players from 2009 and to a man they wanted in a place people, the fans, could touch and take pictures with. Kashif Moore said that the memorial was for us as well as them. He told me they got through that time in part because of the fans. We had hoped to put it down the other end so the team could touch it on their way down the steps but there just wasn't enough space to do so and keep egress open from the stands. The location now makes it a real part of the stadium as it is visible from 90% of the seats. To be fair, we were worried about the cocktail party down there that's why we insisted on the black straps around it. I'm down there a lot to check on it and I've never found anything left on it. In fact everyone treats it with the respect its due and people bring new fans to it all the time. I love its location and so does the 2009 team and Jasper's family.
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Well said Dan...any newcomers I bring to games, always make sure I bring them to the statue and tell them about Jazz, the day the staue was unveiled, and the efforts of you and Lisa, former players, and coaches to get it built and installed. Thank you again...not many dry eyes that day...
 
MarbleheadHusky said:
It is nott air horns, free beer or giveaways that is going to get people in their seats on time. I think it comes down to one singular event... the runnout/introduction from the tunnel. It has to be an EVENT. Incredible video of past players, incredible plays and scenes from the Rent, historical video from years gone by. Play with the stadium lights, get a cheer going, have huge flags and then have an unbelievable song ready for the runout. Get Diaco involved. Bring out Calhoun, Auriemma, Jesus Shuttlesworth and other great alumni. Camera's showing a live feed of the players coming out of the locker room. This is what gets people pumped and into the seats.

On a personal note., I stopped tailgating 30 minutes prior to game time to make the 25 minute walk to Williams Brice to see this Gamecock Introduction (yes I had roadies). Everyone was having a great time at the tailgate, but absolutely NO ONE wanted to miss the introduction. Yes, it is a long video, but look at all of those involved on the field. Turn it up at 4 minutes to hear 2001. I love how the music goes between PA to band back to PA all the way up to kickoff. If this type of noise comes from the stadium for 5 minutes prior to kickoff, eventually people will shut down their Tailgating early and come on in because they will feel that they are missing something.



I have to walk a total of 100 yards from the Blue Lot to get into the stadium and I sometimes miss the intro because I don't feel I am missing much. I really enjoyed O'Fortuna when we ran out to this. It was shelved when Coach P. came aboard. I felt that people were really getting into this intro. Bring it back. Of all the posts on this issue, I loved the idea of getting Jasper's #6 involved, maybe like Howard's Rock at Clemson. The players actually take a bus from the Locker Room to the opposite side of the field and come down the hill. We have the same setup.

It is not just South Carolina. Auburn with the War Eagle, Virginia Tech with Enter Sandman (VT vs Ohio State in 2015 was best opening I ever saw on live TV), a buffalo in Colorado. It is an EVENT. That is what we need!



Make it happen UConn. I am here to help if you need me.
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Holy Crap! I'm a diehard BBall fan and I've NEVER been to a football game at the Rent. But if we had a game day experience like these I'd never miss a home game.
 
White out. White out at home. We never wear white in FB at Rent.
White tees giveaway plus everyone has a white tee regardless.
And 5o cent drafts.
 
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