S F State Gaters wrote:just makes me shake my head when i think about schools like UC berkeley, Stanford, and now Washington who are reducing the size of their stadiums...
and Tennessee.
If you can add $$$$ seats by knocking off a lot more $$ seats... most schools will do that.
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I had seen the discussions but never got involved. I am just a little surprised. I know if and when McNeese ever manages to grab a NC ring there will be expansion as well but it will probably be from 17,000 to 25,000 or so. That being said, I know your new crib is really going to be nice.
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BlackFalkin wrote:no disrespect. Richmond's stadium is a joke.
Ok, champ. Here's my witty comeback:
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JMU DJ wrote:
But seriously, no disrespect, why'd they put a track around it?
Thats just one of *MANY* fvck ups! The only team, in recent years, to win a NC and still play to under 10k fans at home games. What a fvckin joke.
I'd rather be the NC winning team playing to 10k+ at home during the regular season than be a fan of a team who doubles the size of their stadium, and doesn't come close to filling it (averaging less than their pre-expansion stadium) and having plans on the board to go to 5x the old stadium and having ~24,000 fans dressed as empty seats. Talk about a joke...
JMU DJ wrote:
But seriously, no disrespect, why'd they put a track around it?
The consensus around here is they needed the track space to park all of the rascal scooters driven around by their alumni. I envision the pregame tailgate to look like a Shriner's parade with the funny hats and little cars. only with a smell more akin to mothballs.
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Wait. What? I heard that UR built it for football conditioning purposes...is that not accurate?
In all seriousness, are they alotting more seats for student tickets in the hope that the on-campus facility draws more students?
The entire temporary endzone seating will be student seating - about 1,600 seats. I've heard that our Pres wants to make a ticket available for all students for the opener - whether that will happen or not - I don't know.
IF UR could get more than 1600 students that wanted to come to a game, say it was 1700, 1800, 1900, etc, why not just let those couple hundred in SRO?
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The entire temporary endzone seating will be student seating - about 1,600 seats. I've heard that our Pres wants to make a ticket available for all students for the opener - whether that will happen or not - I don't know.
IF UR could get more than 1600 students that wanted to come to a game, say it was 1700, 1800, 1900, etc, why not just let those couple hundred in SRO?
I would imagine that would be a violation of the special use permit that the city granted for the stadium to be constructed (would be my guess). I would hope that would happen, if necessary (unofficially).
BlackFalkin wrote:no disrespect. Richmond's stadium is a joke.
Ok, champ. Here's my witty comeback:
This could only be better by having the shot of the red field facing the shitty visitor side of that place.
I feel for UR fans. Towson has the same problem with overbearing residential neighborhood putting their demands in. Our new basketball arena has been delayed for years (as was Unitas Stadium) battling with them. UR's new stadium will be expanded quietly in the years to come. That front edge section indicates a plan to lower the field and add a couple thousand seats up close, add that to bleachers in both endzones and you have a nice 11K stadium on your campus.
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Turning potential ticket buyers away is going to be commonplace at UR. That's what happens when a school limits its ability to sell tickets by more than 60% over previous years and constructs two tiny grandstands with capacity 10% less than the single season average.
henfan wrote:Turning potential ticket buyers away is going to be commonplace at UR. That's what happens when a school limits its ability to sell tickets by more than 60% over previous years and constructs two tiny grandstands with capacity 10% less than the single season average.
But, to their credit, they are going to make a lot more money this year with fewer fans than they did the year before. And they've now made a Richmond football ticket an item where there is a pent-up demand for it rather than the case before. If done right (i.e. don't completely rake the ticket buyers over the coals with costs, put a winning team on the field, and slowly expand the stadium over the next few years) then Richmond is going to be highly successful in this. Of course, if the team goes in the crapper and now they've turned away fans, those fans could not come back, but there's certainly a very credible upside if they do it right.
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Richmond won the NC they shd get the 15k+ stadium they deserve. All they had to do was add decent (3.5k) perm endzone seating on both sides. They could have kept the 'small time' look & preserved the track. Now you satisfy the noise & complaint regulations and u have a quality fcs stadium.
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henfan wrote:Turning potential ticket buyers away is going to be commonplace at UR. That's what happens when a school limits its ability to sell tickets by more than 60% over previous years and constructs two tiny grandstands with capacity 10% less than the single season average.
But, to their credit, they are going to make a lot more money this year with fewer fans than they did the year before. And they've now made a Richmond football ticket an item where there is a pent-up demand for it rather than the case before. If done right (i.e. don't completely rake the ticket buyers over the coals with costs, put a winning team on the field, and slowly expand the stadium over the next few years) then Richmond is going to be highly successful in this. Of course, if the team goes in the crapper and now they've turned away fans, those fans could not come back, but there's certainly a very credible upside if they do it right.
Yes, but do the math. Richmond AVERAGED over 9K per home game last year.
They didn't even build the stadium big enough to hold what they averaged last year.
I am a firm believer that if you are going to build a new stadium you need to build it so your average crowd from the past is 85% of the new capasity. New stadiums will always draw more, add the seating to accommodate that...especially when you have a good product to put out there
That average crowd from last year was skewed to a degree from the final game against W&M. While both teams came in with 9-1 records, it was also the "final" regular season game for UR at City Stadium and was billed as such. Therefore 18K came out for that game. While no fans are particularly happy with the size of Robins Stadium, the City government, as well as parking issues, required it be the size it is. I, and I think just about every other Spider fan, would rather it be on campus and 9K seats, than off campus and 22K seats. Once it was built, it is a lot easier to incrementally add seats. I would think in a year or so, if demand keeps up, they will add 1600 more temporary bleacher seats at the other endzone, bumping capacity to over 10K.
henfan wrote:Turning potential ticket buyers away is going to be commonplace at UR. That's what happens when a school limits its ability to sell tickets by more than 60% over previous years and constructs two tiny grandstands with capacity 10% less than the single season average.
We also doubled our season ticket holders from last year.
UR built or expanded an existing stadium used for Football and it only has 8,700 seats????
