TGHusker Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mavric said: I guess we are becoming a fat fan base Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, TGHusker said: I guess we are becoming a fat fan base Becoming? More like "we've been" EDIT: I'm including myself in those overweight fans who squeeze into Memorial Stadium seats. Thankfully the last few times I've gone, it's been with my son who is much skinnier, so I can take part of his seat. 3 1 Quote Link to comment
thexyz Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 hours ago, TGHusker said: I guess we are becoming a fat fan base But not necessarily happy! Quote Link to comment
Hayseed Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 I’d find some comfortable seats with a back that could be bolted to the benches. Easy fix. Start drilling holes and putting them in. It’s ridiculous that they’ve waited so long. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
krc1995 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, Hayseed said: I’d find some comfortable seats with a back that could be bolted to the benches. Easy fix. Start drilling holes and putting them in. It’s ridiculous that they’ve waited so long. The area between rows will need to increase or our fat fannies won’t be able to sidestep to our middle row seats 1 Quote Link to comment
HuskerNation1 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 3 hours ago, TGHusker said: I guess we are becoming a fat fan base Lol. While I am not overweight, I seem to always pick seats next to somebody that is. This was my top sugggestion for fixing in the AD survey and it sounds like many others felt the same if TA is already speaking about it. I would like to see seatbacks built in as well. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 18” to 20”….you don’t have to be fat at all for an 18” wide seat to be too narrow. Add in your knees in the back of the person in front of you and it’s damn near claustrophobic in there. It’s really the most uncomfortable stadium seating I’ve ever encountered. 4 Quote Link to comment
84HuskerLaw Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 18” to 20” is almost a waste of the time and effort and cost of doing the work frankly. To get more comfortable, you’d need at least 6” imo. Especially in cold weather conditions where fans are bundled up etc. The average adult is probably 3” taller and 40 lbs heavier (just plain bigger) than 50 years ago when the seating arrangements fit much better. A couple inches is hardly worth the negative PR of telling season ticket holders their no longer welcome or at least are being moved elsewhere. You add 10% to seat width, you cut capacity by about that. Roughly 8000 less tickets for 7 home games = 56,000. About two thirds of a game a year is wiped off the revenue cart. Of course you try to bump ticket prices but with fan apathy rising and losses piling up, I think my suggestion to Trev would be: 1. Do his survey to send the message we are truly thinking about giving fans a pleasant experience. To buy time to delay, etc 2. You postpone any spending until after 2023 or 24 when new facilities are done and FB is either completely collapsed and we are starting over hiring a whole new bunch or Frost and Whipple give us a couple 8 win seasons and reason to hope again. Without hope, it’s all but over folks. 3. We may need as many folks as possible to keep the place looking mostly full. TV coverage will not be good news with empty seats. 4. Maybe offer extra season tickets (2 plus 1 or 2 plus 2, for example), to existing ones at a discount to give holders more attractive seat holdings and help sales. 4 together is very attractive for people. Nice to bring fam & friends along or have extra space if needed. 5. I would really push package deals with free BB tickets or Fb tickets to VB holders etc. Market other sports with tickets. 6. Focus on bringing in new young fans with parent/child packs etc. or maybe large groups from around the state. People need to experience the games to get hooked and or ‘re-hooked’. 7. But - right now - I’d aim to keep the long term loyals happy as they’re the core financial base. Big donors are needed to buy recruits so involve them in ways outside the game itself. Now I’d focus on average folks in the seats. If Big Red returns, excitement and interest will too! But don’t overprice. Covid has really changed the mentality of many. Staying home and away from crowds is a thing now. 8. Consider selling stadium naming rights (one time only) - maybe $75 million cash. That would shore up the short and medium term budget back to balance. Not sure how easy to do but it’s possible. 9. If you cut seats to put in chairs or even backs, I’m guessing you’d have to add about $25 per seat per game. Maybe people would pay but ???? Doubtful. They’re already $20 each too high. Imo. Probably cut capacity to 65,000 which cuts revenue massively - = loss of two home games a year almost. And you lose concessions sales for all those seats too. Quote Link to comment
84HuskerLaw Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, 84HuskerLaw said: 18” to 20” is almost a waste of the time and effort and cost of doing the work frankly. To get more comfortable, you’d need at least 6” imo. Especially in cold weather conditions where fans are bundled up etc. The average adult is probably 3” taller and 40 lbs heavier (just plain bigger) than 50 years ago when the seating arrangements fit much better. A couple inches is hardly worth the negative PR of telling season ticket holders their no longer welcome or at least are being moved elsewhere. You add 10% to seat width, you cut capacity by about that. Roughly 8000 less tickets for 7 home games = 56,000. About two thirds of a game a year is wiped off the revenue cart. Of course you try to bump ticket prices but with fan apathy rising and losses piling up, I think my suggestion to Trev would be: 1. Do his survey to send the message we are truly thinking about giving fans a pleasant experience. To buy time to delay, etc 2. You postpone any spending until after 2023 or 24 when new facilities are done and FB is either completely collapsed and we are starting over hiring a whole new bunch or Frost and Whipple give us a couple 8 win seasons and reason to hope again. Without hope, it’s all but over folks. 3. We may need as many folks as possible to keep the place looking mostly full. TV coverage will not be good news with empty seats. 4. Maybe offer extra season tickets (2 plus 1 or 2 plus 2, for example), to existing ones at a discount to give holders more attractive seat holdings and help sales. 4 together is very attractive for people. Nice to bring fam & friends along or have extra space if needed. 5. I would really push package deals with free BB tickets or Fb tickets to VB holders etc. Market other sports with tickets. 6. Focus on bringing in new young fans with parent/child packs etc. or maybe large groups from around the state. People need to experience the games to get hooked and or ‘re-hooked’. 7. But - right now - I’d aim to keep the long term loyals happy as they’re the core financial base. Big donors are needed to buy recruits so involve them in ways outside the game itself. Now I’d focus on average folks in the seats. If Big Red returns, excitement and interest will too! But don’t overprice. Covid has really changed the mentality of many. Staying home and away from crowds is a thing now. 8. Consider selling stadium naming rights (one time only) - maybe $75 million cash. That would shore up the short and medium term budget back to balance. Not sure how easy to do but it’s possible. 9. If you cut seats to put in chairs or even backs, I’m guessing you’d have to add about $25 per seat per game. Maybe people would pay but ???? Doubtful. They’re already $20 each too high. Imo. Probably cut capacity to 65,000 which cuts revenue massively - = loss of two home games a year almost. And you lose concessions sales for all those seats too. Remember the old saying - offense sells tickets but defense wins championships. Of course as we’ve seen, special teams costs games when you forget about them. Quote Link to comment
Popular Post The Dude Posted January 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2022 Did you just reply to yourself? Real meeting of the mind. 6 2 9 1 Quote Link to comment
MyBloodIsRed16 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 could just make a plus size section of seating. all seats and rows are wider. Have to meat minimum size to buy those tickets. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 54 minutes ago, MyBloodIsRed16 said: could just make a plus size section of seating. all seats and rows are wider. Have to meat minimum size to buy those tickets. I like to sit in the east balcony partly because of this. Much more room. Quote Link to comment
Alamo City Husker Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Can someone mansplain to me who to thank for giving Husker fans more room to manspread? We are eternally grateful! 1 Quote Link to comment
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