What attendance would constitute a good showing on Saturday?

[Palatine]

And what attendance do you predict?

I think anywhere around 25,000 would be a respectable number.

I expect 21, 384 to be the actual number.

 

[BlueandOG]

Its the home opener against a local opponent on a gorgeous day - we'll get 25,000.

 

[coachcap]

It is Labor Day Weekend, with many scheduling "end of Summer" festivities (last time going to the beach, boating, family reunion picnics).
On a better note, my daughter & son-in-law just ordered tickets for their family, so I get 3 of my grands at the tailgate!

 

[businesslawyer]

Can’t make a guess unless you specify whether you’re asking to guess fans in the building or reported attendance. Because they are two totally different numbers.

 

[Devland]

I am only concerned with me being there. Everyone else is up to them.

 

[Gburyhusky]

Hopefully near 30k (tickets distributed). Local opponent and nice weather will help with sales at the end of the week.

 

[UCFBfan]

I’ll be watching while at the beach but I think 25k is very ambitious. I think somewhere in the 16-18k region is a win.

 

[FightOnCT]

We reportedly sold >30K last year vs Merrimack coming off a 3-9 season and a blowout loss the week prior. It better be around that number this year, regardless if accurate to the physical attendance.

 

[Bongo Fury]

I remember seeing a good amount of CCSU fans last time they played.

 

[Steve UConn72]

FWIW, my phone says the weather next Saturday is partly cloudy with a high of 74. (Not worth much, really. It will say something different tomorrow.)

 

[uconntailgater]

I don’t think it was a good idea to schedule this game for 2 o’clock on a Saturday afternoon on the last major summer holiday weekend. The game should’ve been scheduled for this Thursday evening at 7 PM. Unless we were playing a better named opponent and television dictated a Saturday start time, then this game should’ve been moved to Thursday evening.

 

[BlueWolf25]

where is this info available?

It’s not, he’s a troll

 

[CL82]

a high of 74.

For a second, I thought this was an extraordinarily pessimistic estimate of the crowd size.

 

[RSTuthill]

It's Labor Day Weekend, and most people head for the shore on the Friday night before. Historically UConn has opened against an FCS opponent on Thursday night and gotten a decent crowd. CCSU as the opponent will be a plus for attendance, the date and time of the game a minus. Who knows, maybe 18K tickets scanned which will be reported by UConn as 25K and will include the season tix not scanned as well as other distributions. I prefer to see old Yankee Conference foes but CCSU will be a good opponent too. Apparently they are pretty good this year which will give UConn a bit of a test to prepare for Syracuse the next weekend. Can't believe the weather has turned cooler and gorgeous. Football is right around the corner. Hoping for a deminimus injury report after.

 

[ZooCougar]

It's fun to talk about, but in truth, I don't think it matters.

I think we better come out with a barrels blazing and put up a big score to generate more excitement. This was a playoff team last year and not a Merrimack.

 

[BugsyCT]

27K (in the building) is my semi-optimistic prediction because of the local opponent & good weather.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I'd like to think CCSU can contribute at least 5k fans.

 

[TMB4405]

26,756 announced. 20100 actual fans.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Anything over 20k is good. Lots of families away this weekend, especially corporate people.

 

[LIUCHusky]

I'd like to think CCSU can contribute at least 5k fans.

Wishful thinking.

 

[CCSU97]

Wishful thinking.

Why? CCSU game drew 22,442 back in 2022 and anyone there saw in person a very solid CCSU fan presence that day.

The Central game was higher attended than both the Fresno St. and Liberty home games that season. And both the Syracuse and Boston College home games (who most UConn fans would consider football rivals and peers) only drew 25,000 that season.

Any attendance issues isn't the visiting team, it's UConn's problem.

 

[Windham4th]

I don’t think it was a good idea to schedule this game for 2 o’clock on a Saturday afternoon on the last major summer holiday weekend. The game should’ve been scheduled for this Thursday evening at 7 PM. Unless we were playing a better named opponent and television dictated a Saturday start time, then this game should’ve been moved to Thursday evening.

I doubt The Wax has that much going on that they needed it to be at any time. UHF channels dont have that type of leverage

 

[shizzle787]

30k announced.

 

[uconnbill]

I would hope at least 22-25 thousand

The weather looks good right now, which I was here but I will be down south with family

 

[RSTuthill]

Why? CCSU game drew 22,442 back in 2022 and anyone there saw in person a very solid CCSU fan presence that day.

The Central game was higher attended than both the Fresno St. and Liberty home games that season. And both the Syracuse and Boston College home games (who most UConn fans would consider football rivals and peers) only drew 25,000 that season.

Any attendance issues isn't the visiting team, it's UConn's problem.

And the game was televised locally IIRC. Channel 20? And true to BY standard practice there was griping about the broadcast (which we were lucky to have and which was pulled together on a moment's notice). For some reason I could not be at the Rent and enjoyed it immensely.