How many tickets did each fan base buy? 500? 1,000? This is the holy SEC and nearby ACC. I want to see articles for 5 years about this, just like we are still seeing about our Fiesta Bowl appearance, even though there were 50,000 people in the stands for our game.
The effect of the 4 game playoff: The upper deck of Dolphins Stadium is bunch of fans disguised as orange colored seats.
Srqhusky said:Prices need to come down. Went to outback last year and it was a fun game and experience but not worth the 100 a ticket. I would say price like a normal game. 50-60.
It seems that bowl game attendance ceased to be a big deal just after the 2011 Fiesta Bowl.
It seems that bowl game attendance ceased to be a big deal just after the 2011 Fiesta Bowl.
It's not funny but that's somewhat the timing.
UConn's issue wasn't attendance either - it was the tickets the school officially distributed.
As much as we all wanna believe this the reality is that it's not gonna happen anytime soon. The bowls make their money by fleecing the schools into making them buy an "allotment". Schools are forced to pay for these tickets and the bowls make money. It's amazing to me that the schools still go for this as they are losing tons of money. I'm sure it doesn't hurt P5 schools as their TV money alone is enough to make this a non-issue but G5 schools I'd imagine are hurting from bowls. I'd love to think that attendance issues will force bowls to fold or re-think how they operate but it won't. Think the Orange Bowl cares? Probably not. I'm sure TV ratings were good and they got their money from the schools allotment of tickets.It won't be long before bowls will have to go regional. There are too many of them and with the playoff system, the top teams' fans are now being asked to pony up thousands of dollars to travel to 2 bowl games (if they win) instead of 1. It's a shame to see the Orange Bowl look like that. There are even reports of unsold tickets for the Rose Bowl tonight.
Yes, everyone wants to watch games on TV. But we want to watch exciting games on TV and part of that excitement comes from a loud, electric venue (similar to Yankee Stadium Pinstripe Bowl this year). If more bowl games are played in half-empty stadiums, then they'll have to seriously consider picking out a bunch of regional venues and only pitting schools within a 1 day's drive to play in them.
That's not just florida pretty sure all the bowl townsIt isn't the 100 game ticket. It is the fact that it is nearly impossible to get a hotel room in south Florida if you haven't booked it months in advance.
Unless you want to stay somewhere ty nowhere near the beach, in which case you can't convince your wife and kids to go anyway.
Ticket sales are peanuts:
Re: Orange Bowl.
ESPN will pay $55 million yearly to broadcast the game beginning in the 2014–15 season under the new contract, which will take effect following the conclusion of ESPN's contract with, and subsequent discontinuation of the BCS (and its replacement with the College Football Playoff).