huKSer Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Is there data on earlier years? I smell another streak coming Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Interesting that the NCAA is saying that about Nebraska. Sam's article about scanned tickets seems to call this into question, especially in 2017, the nadir of the Riley Era. Here's Nebraska's attendance numbers for the past two seasons. 2017 90,171 89,664 89,775 89,860 89,346 89,721 90,046 2018 89,853 89,360 88,911 89,272 88,735 88,316 88,793 If we're at 100% or more of capacity, what's capacity? I've always thought that it was around 90,000, but I'm not finding an official source saying that's the case. If it *is* 90k, those numbers would put us below capacity most every game the last two years. The closest thing I could find to anything claiming to be official is this article from HuskerOnline saying that an Athletic Department source told them official capacity is 85,458. That's news to me, since the last time I can recall a hard number from UNL was 90,000 after the 2013 East Stadium Expansion. If capacity is just over 85K, that puts us well over capacity the last two years. Which is a testament to the loyalty of Husker fans, since those last two years featured eight losses out of fourteen home games. 1 Quote Link to comment
Ulty Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 1 hour ago, knapplc said: If capacity is just over 85K, that puts us well over capacity the last two years. If capacity is 85k, but we can actually squeeze 90k into the stadium, then 85k is not really "capacity" is it? Quote Link to comment
Hunter94 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 close enuf to 90K........that's pretty much a full house either way..........great fan base. Quote Link to comment
DrunkOffPunch Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 2 hours ago, knapplc said: The closest thing I could find to anything claiming to be official is this article from HuskerOnline saying that an Athletic Department source told them official capacity is 85,458. That's news to me, since the last time I can recall a hard number from UNL was 90,000 after the 2013 East Stadium Expansion. They widened seats in 2015 and 2017 which took out almost 2,000 seats. The 2013 expansion put capacity at 87,147. 2 Quote Link to comment
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