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sold out = 109,901
Saturday @ The Big House
and on the Big Ten Network

Wow.

So do they rig on-the-field seats like some stadia do for boxing/wrestling, or do they just make do with organic seating? Can you imagine 125K for a hockey game? I don't know if they can get a full house for this, but it would be neat if they could.

SuperHornet wrote:So do they rig on-the-field seats like some stadia do for boxing/wrestling, or do they just make do with organic seating?

Neither. The first row of regular seats is ground level, so putting seats on the track or field would make it impossible to see anything. Remember that boxing/wrestling is elevated so people can actually see from the floor. The rink is ground level and has 3' boards around to boot. The seating for this event is going to such as it is. It will be more akin to NASCAR where the best seats are higher up.

89Hen wrote:

SuperHornet wrote:So do they rig on-the-field seats like some stadia do for boxing/wrestling, or do they just make do with organic seating?

Neither. The first row of regular seats is ground level, so putting seats on the track or field would make it impossible to see anything. Remember that boxing/wrestling is elevated so people can actually see from the floor. The rink is ground level and has 3' boards around to boot. The seating for this event is going to such as it is. It will be more akin to NASCAR where the best seats are higher up.

Ah, OK. Sounds good. Your last sentence may prove prescient given the distance those seats are from the rink.

If I could pick any seat in the stadium, it would probably be right at the top of the M.

89Hen wrote:If I could pick any seat in the stadium, it would probably be right at the top of the M.

Is that better than the equivalent seat on the other side?

SuperHornet wrote:Is that better than the equivalent seat on the other side?

Was really just talking height. The better side would be the one with the penalty boxes as there will be less obstucting your view, but not much of a difference.

SuperHornet wrote:So do they rig on-the-field seats like some stadia do for boxing/wrestling, or do they just make do with organic seating? Can you imagine 125K for a hockey game? I don't know if they can get a full house for this, but it would be neat if they could.

Its been sold out since May
109,901

EPJr wrote:

SuperHornet wrote:So do they rig on-the-field seats like some stadia do for boxing/wrestling, or do they just make do with organic seating? Can you imagine 125K for a hockey game? I don't know if they can get a full house for this, but it would be neat if they could.

Its been sold out since May
109,901

113,000+ is the the actual forgot the official number
it is now the largest attendance for an outdoor hockey game

109,901 is still the official capacity, as that is the number of seats. However 113,090 was the attendance for the Sept 4 game against UCONN.

The top 5 football games at Michigan Statdium are 113,090 (vs. UCONN 2010), 113,065 (vs. MSU 2010), 112,784 (vs. Iowa 2010), 112,118 (vs OSU 2003), 111,941 (vs OSU 2007). The 10th largest crowd is still over 111K

Michigan's first night football game is going to look awesome!

clenz wrote:109,901 is still the official capacity, as that is the number of seats. However 113,090 was the attendance for the Sept 4 game against UCONN.

The top 5 football games at Michigan Statdium are 113,090 (vs. UCONN 2010), 113,065 (vs. MSU 2010), 112,784 (vs. Iowa 2010), 112,118 (vs OSU 2003), 111,941 (vs OSU 2007). The 10th largest crowd is still over 111K

well they top all of those game with a final attendance of 113,411

I was shocked when I heard that as there was some empty seats from the looks of it on TV, but that was the first period. From all the photos I've saw I believe that number