Stop. Leaving. Early.

[DRBackup]

I think if they can’t go they should have to notify UConn so they can sell that games ticket at face value. There is so much demand for these tickets and we should look like a sold out crowd, not just being sold out.

And then UConn would reimburse them for the tickets ? LOL That is the only circumstance where I would do what you're suggesting and UConn is never going to do that.

I live out of state. My mother uses my tickets and she is ALWAYS there early and stays to the last second. Early enough to catch Hurley on the way in....

 

[Beak7774]

I’ve never understood it. Never will. Wtf is the point of going if you’re going to leave for the best part?

 

[ctchamps]

It’s a cultural thing. Certain areas of this country emphasize the importance of the fans role regarding attendance. Community pride and pressure starts young and remains strong generation to generation. Citizens in New England in general and Connecticut in particular have always been proud of their independence. So are less likely to emphasize this.

It’s a shame because it handicaps our teams. Of course this sounds crazy given UConn’s bb success. But in general teams have better home records primarily because of fan support.

 

[DemonDeac22]

Agree with this - fans should arrive early and stay until after the game is over. Back in the early 2000’s I would take my kids (girl and boy) and stay until well after the game was over and it gave my kids a chance to get autographs and even pictures taken with the players. They’ve tightened up security since then but my wife and I continue to arrive early and stay until well after the game is over.

 

[DW1361]

Perhaps some didn’t leave, but found a better seat. I find those that pay for a great seats often leave early so people like me can have a better experience.

 

[NowInStorrs]

It's wild to me. I understand if it's a 30 point win over NW Iowa Polytechnic State College and you want to get home earlier or beat traffic, but against a real opponent, especially when it's fairly competitive? No way. Why spend money going if you don't care enough to stay?

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

I'd love to get a serious answer for this phenomenon.

Do a higher percentage fans leave from more expensive seats or cheaper seats?

Are they older fans or younger?

How long have they been fans?

And mostly, I want to ask what's the point of going to the game if you're not going to see it all the way through? Isn't crunch time the most important part?

 

[Lafayette]

Logistics. This was at Hartford and not Gampel.

For Hartford, would estimate less than 15% of the attendance lives in Hartford, CT. So that makes it a drivable game and of course people want to beat "the traffic".

Compare that to Gampel where students are flooding there and all walkable back to dorms or Ted's, Huskies, etc.

We should be thankful though we have a national brand in UConn, because other teams that have their games away from campus are having a hard time getting people to even go. Look at DePaul or Seton Hall...they play in the equivalent to the civic center (PBA whatever) and due to their teams being not so amazing, they get limited attendance.

Leaving early is the consequence of having good attendance. I'd take that any day over an empty arena.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Logistics. This was at Hartford and not Gampel.

For Hartford, would estimate less than 15% of the attendance lives in Hartford, CT. So that makes it a drivable game and of course people want to beat "the traffic".

Compare that to Gampel where students are flooding there and all walkable back to dorms or Ted's, Huskies, etc.

We should be thankful though we have a national brand in UConn, because other teams that have their games away from campus are having a hard time getting people to even go. Look at DePaul or Seton Hall...they play in the equivalent to the civic center (PBA whatever) and due to their teams being not so amazing, they get limited attendance.

Leaving early is the consequence of having good attendance. I'd take that any day over an empty arena.

Traffic? I knew this would be mentioned, but really? Traffic?

If that's really it, how freakin sad is that?

 

[willie99]

Enjoy the ride, live your own life, do the right thing, be happy

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Logistics. This was at Hartford and not Gampel.

For Hartford, would estimate less than 15% of the attendance lives in Hartford, CT. So that makes it a drivable game and of course people want to beat "the traffic".

Compare that to Gampel where students are flooding there and all walkable back to dorms or Ted's, Huskies, etc.

We should be thankful though we have a national brand in UConn, because other teams that have their games away from campus are having a hard time getting people to even go. Look at DePaul or Seton Hall...they play in the equivalent to the civic center (PBA whatever) and due to their teams being not so amazing, they get limited attendance.

Leaving early is the consequence of having good attendance. I'd take that any day over an empty arena.

Eh people leave early at Gampel too. Student section is usually the quickest to disperse especially if the game has been all but over. It’s been an issue for a while now. But I agree, it’s better than needing to beg fans to show up.

 

[DemonDeac22]

Logistics. This was at Hartford and not Gampel.

For Hartford, would estimate less than 15% of the attendance lives in Hartford, CT. So that makes it a drivable game and of course people want to beat "the traffic".

Compare that to Gampel where students are flooding there and all walkable back to dorms or Ted's, Huskies, etc.

We should be thankful though we have a national brand in UConn, because other teams that have their games away from campus are having a hard time getting people to even go. Look at DePaul or Seton Hall...they play in the equivalent to the civic center (PBA whatever) and due to their teams being not so amazing, they get limited attendance.

Leaving early is the consequence of having good attendance. I'd take that any day over an empty arena.

If you wait and take your time leaving the seating area and in getting back to your car the traffic tends to have cleared out quite a bit and it’s an easy commute home. People are too impatient these days.

 

[thekollieman]

All went to amenities for the VIP areas.

My favorite update is the column painted with “121 & 122” at the top of the stairs between sections 122 & 123. Hilarious misdirect.

 

[HCCForever]

I’ve never understood it. Never will. Wtf is the point of going if you’re going to leave for the best part?

Probably the same people who leave before a concert encore.

Although I never leave a game or concert
early, I can understand why quasi fans might leave Gampel early. I rarely have travel issues leaving a Hartford game.

At first look, I thought this post was directed at UConn football players.

 

[kemba]

I'd love to get a serious answer for this phenomenon.

Do a higher percentage fans leave from more expensive seats or cheaper seats?

Are they older fans or younger?

How long have they been fans?

And mostly, I want to ask what's the point of going to the game if you're not going to see it all the way through? Isn't crunch time the most important part?

Don’t know but in the upper bowl last night tons left at the under 4 timeout when the game was far from decided and then there was a 2nd exodus later once the game seemed decided. Seemed mostly middle aged people. People leave early every game pretty much but this was the worst I could remember seeing for a game that wasn’t decided.

Hurley credited the crowd and maybe it was just from where i was sitting but crowd sounded dead to me last night only time it was loud was the crazy solo/karaban sequence. Thought it would be much more wild given how good we are, this being the premiere Hartford game of the year, and just how lively the pregame bar scene was

 

[DRBackup]

Logistics. This was at Hartford and not Gampel.

For Hartford, would estimate less than 15% of the attendance lives in Hartford, CT. So that makes it a drivable game and of course people want to beat "the traffic".

Compare that to Gampel where students are flooding there and all walkable back to dorms or Ted's, Huskies, etc.

We should be thankful though we have a national brand in UConn, because other teams that have their games away from campus are having a hard time getting people to even go. Look at DePaul or Seton Hall...they play in the equivalent to the civic center (PBA whatever) and due to their teams being not so amazing, they get limited attendance.

Leaving early is the consequence of having good attendance. I'd take that any day over an empty arena.

Of course, Gampel parking is ABYSMAL. You park in a garage and you're stuck there for 2 hours, or park somewhere else and walk a mile. When I used to go more often, I tried parking behind the Communications Building where there were a handful of sporadically empty spots. Was still a half mile to Gampel

 

[thekollieman]

Logistics. This was at Hartford and not Gampel.

For Hartford, would estimate less than 15% of the attendance lives in Hartford, CT. So that makes it a drivable game and of course people want to beat "the traffic".

Compare that to Gampel where students are flooding there and all walkable back to dorms or Ted's, Huskies, etc.

We should be thankful though we have a national brand in UConn, because other teams that have their games away from campus are having a hard time getting people to even go. Look at DePaul or Seton Hall...they play in the equivalent to the civic center (PBA whatever) and due to their teams being not so amazing, they get limited attendance.

Leaving early is the consequence of having good attendance. I'd take that any day over an empty arena.

This made me think of Tulane football when they played in the superdome… just an absolute ghost town.

 

[JeannoCT]

I'll address Gampel parking, south garage. We used to form 2 lines to exit the garage; then we got Laz involved and made it only one line. At one game we were close to the "entrance" exit and attempted to exit. A pickup truck zoomed forward to block us and made us back up into the garage. Two lines works much better and we can merge outside of the arena. With 2 lines exiting, people are at least moving in the garage instead of sitting there for 45 minutes of gridlock. The other problem is the elevator. The line is long for the elevator and you could end of standing there for 20 minutes to use it. There are more people of need of the elevator at the women's game, and it may be difficult for them to stand for 20 minutes to get to the elevator.
It's an easy fix to allow 2 lanes of exit. The elevator not so much.

 

[Robrio89]

I appreciate your loyalty but please stop with the class warfare BS. There is no evidence to support 95% of your presumptions.

Not exactly a class warfare argument put forth here. I’m just anti price gouging on reselling of tickets, which isn’t a sentiment I invented. I do believe I’ve been to enough games early enough to see the season ticket holders stroll in. The original quoted post mentioned “rich vs casual” fans which I really tried to move away from the casual distinction and mentioned season ticket holders instead in my response. Probably my failure to not fight off those labels but I can’t help but echo the sentiments of that persons post.

Next time I’ll present evidence lmao, you just tell me how it is I would go about doing that in a forum post.

 

[huskyjawz]

Logistics. This was at Hartford and not Gampel.

For Hartford, would estimate less than 15% of the attendance lives in Hartford, CT. So that makes it a drivable game and of course people want to beat "the traffic".

Compare that to Gampel where students are flooding there and all walkable back to dorms or Ted's, Huskies, etc.

We should be thankful though we have a national brand in UConn, because other teams that have their games away from campus are having a hard time getting people to even go. Look at DePaul or Seton Hall...they play in the equivalent to the civic center (PBA whatever) and due to their teams being not so amazing, they get limited attendance.

Leaving early is the consequence of having good attendance. I'd take that any day over an empty arena.

I bet the same percentage of people leave early from DePaul and Seton Hall games even though they are more sparsely attended.

 

[Robrio89]

And then UConn would reimburse them for the tickets ? LOL That is the only circumstance where I would do what you're suggesting and UConn is never going to do that.

I live out of state. My mother uses my tickets and she is ALWAYS there early and stays to the last second. Early enough to catch Hurley on the way in....

Your mom is a real one, good on her.

I buy a lot of concert tickets and there are venues/ticketing situations where if I couldn’t attend then I could notify the venue and then someone who was on a waitlist would get notified with the opportunity to purchase.

In this situation I couldn’t go and then the waitlisted person got an email to purchase my ticket, at the face value I purchased it for. It was simply an exchange and circumvented the normal reselling sites. I thought it was really dope because I got my money back and the other person didn’t have to pay a tax to the original ticket holder. It was a venue in Vermont but don’t remember exactly which one.

UConn obviously wouldn’t reimburse it without a suitor in place.

 

[huskyjawz]

My favorite update is the column painted with “121 & 122” at the top of the stairs between sections 122 & 123. Hilarious misdirect.

Ouch

 

[Stew Crew]

Your mom is a real one, good on her.

I buy a lot of concert tickets and there are venues/ticketing situations where if I couldn’t attend then I could notify the venue and then someone who was on a waitlist would get notified with the opportunity to purchase.

In this situation I couldn’t go and then the waitlisted person got an email to purchase my ticket, at the face value I purchased it for. It was simply an exchange and circumvented the normal reselling sites.

UConn obviously wouldn’t reimburse it without a suitor in place.

A concert vs. season tickets for basketball are an apples to oranges comparison. Lower bowl sideline seats average $225+ per game, including seat donations. That includes the buy games that no one else would pay $50 to see. Season ticket holders are committing to a full season of paying top dollar for all games. Someone that only wants to see the top 2 - 3 games should be paying a hefty premium.

 

[huskyjawz]

I didn't think last night's crowd was as loud as usual for a big Hartford game. I attributed it to the herky-jerky nature of the second half with so many foul calls on us and the lack of offensive flow.

 

[Robrio89]

A concert vs. season tickets for basketball are an apples to oranges comparison. Lower bowl sideline seats average $225+ per game, including seat donations. That includes the buy games that no one else would pay $50 to see. Season ticket holders are committing to a full season of paying top dollar for all games. Someone that only wants to see the top 2 - 3 games should be paying a hefty premium.

I guess then even if there was an exchange it would appear like gouging even if that wasn’t the case because of the donations and equal cost regardless of being a marquee matchup or a cupcake.

Well then damn I take back everything I said about the season ticket holders lmao. Thanks for enlightening me brother!

To all fans. If you are buying tickets, go to the game. See the game. The entire game. Or we will complain about you or defend you. Either way, go huskies!