2010 Spring Game Attendances

[sd'sker]

One third down, two to go... keep em comin. I know there are at least 30-40 games Saturday but I'm still missing a good chunk that have already been played.

i don't want to give you more work, but you should find the seating capacity as well, just to see the ratio of sales to available seats.

You're killin me here. :lol:

i know, and it was just a thought. but i thought an interesting indicator would be what the percentage of the stadium was filled. because those numbers are just numbers, like va. tech has a small stadium so they may seem like they had low attendance, but they may have been closer to a sellout than us; and ohio st. may seem like it was packed, but it may be no where near capacity.

 

[husker B-rent]

:boxosoap right here is the reason that the SEC and the Big 10 have the best tv contracts! look at those numbers! we lead the big 12 in fan support and its not close!! texas just got back from a MNC appearance and have the biggest population in the conference and only have 50000 attendees!!! OU=WTH?!?! 12000!!

we will never have the tv contracts that the big 10 or sec have because THE OTHER TEAMS in the contract lack real fan support! and the worst part is that they say we support our team because we have nothing else to do, but are you going to say the same about florida? alabama? etc etc?

i honestly wish that we could switch conferences and get away from the second rate teams. :rant

 

[sd'sker]

:boxosoap right here is the reason that the SEC and the Big 10 have the best tv contracts! look at those numbers! we lead the big 12 in fan support and its not close!! texas just got back from a MNC appearance and have the biggest population in the conference and only have 50000 attendees!!! OU=WTH?!?! 12000!!

we will never have the tv contracts that the big 10 or sec have because THE OTHER TEAMS in the contract lack real fan support! and the worst part is that they say we support our team because we have nothing else to do, but are you going to say the same about florida? alabama? etc etc?

i honestly wish that we could switch conferences and get away from the second rate teams. :rant

you might say that about alabama. i don't disagree with you, but i think it is the politics of big football conferences and dan beebe just is not shrewd enough. maybe there would be more fans going to spring games if the big XII had a better television contract and more exposure to their areas. just a thought, but the hype is not there has much. it is a chicken and egg thing, but just something to think about.

 

[Kruzu]

Do you think that the NU attendance would go up if the game was free? I really dont think it would, I think that it could be 20 dollars and NU would get the same amount as if it were free.

I agree. Kind of. I think the attendance would increase a bit, but not drastically.

I gotta think a few thousand more people wouls drift into the stadium if the game were free. $10 bucks a tichet might seem inexpensive to most but you throw in a hot dog and soda, maybe parking etc. and it's probably keeping a number of Lincolnites out of the seats

 

[jsneb83]

Off an ESPN Big East blog

Here are the estimated attendances from the five Big East spring games this weekend:

Connecticut: 2,500

Louisville: 5,600

Pitt: 6,500

USF: 6,350

Syracuse: 4,750

And now here are some attendance figures from other BCS teams' spring games this year:

Miami: 10,000

Oklahoma: 16,481

South Carolina: 22,000

LSU: 22,710

NC State 25,370

Clemson: 27,000

North Carolina: 29,000

Michigan: 35,000

Tennessee: 35,800

Texas: 44,250

Florida State: 50,000

Alabama: 91,300

 

[jsneb83]

Arkansas: 40200

 

[frazier9495]

Do you think that the NU attendance would go up if the game was free? I really dont think it would, I think that it could be 20 dollars and NU would get the same amount as if it were free.

I'll bet there are a lot of people in Lincoln and Omaha who would have gone if it was free but simply didn't bother going because it was $10 a ticket. If someone has a large family $10 a ticket is pretty pricey just to watch the team practice, but if it was free it makes for a nice family outing for the day.

 

[knapplc]

Here's a list of the conferences and their stadium capacities:

Atlantic Coast Conference

Boston College - 44,500

Clemson - 81,500

Duke - 33,941

Florida State - 84,300

Georgia Tech - 55,000

Maryland - 54,000

Miami - 76,500

North Carolina - 60,000

North Carolina State - 57,583

Virginia - 61,500

Virginia Tech - 66,233

Wake Forest - 31,500

Big East

Cincinnati - 35,097

Connecticut - 40,000

Louisville - 42,000

Pittsburgh - 65,050

Rutgers - 52,454

USF - 65,000

Syracuse - 50,000

West Virginia - 60,000

Big Ten

Illinois - 70,000

Indiana - 52,692

Iowa - 70,585

Michigan - 110,001

Michigan State - 75,005

Minnesota - 50,805

Northwestern - 49,256

Ohio State - 102,329

Penn State - 107,282

Purdue - 62,500

Wisconsin - 80,321

Big Twelve

Colorado - 53,750

Iowa State - 55,000

Kansas - 50,071

Kansas State - 52,200

Missouri - 71,004

Nebraska - 81,067

Baylor - 50,000

Oklahoma - 82,112

Oklahoma State - 60,218

Texas - 100,119

Texas A&M - 83,002

Texas Tech - 61,000

Conference USA

Houston - 32,000

Rice - 47,000

SMU - 32,000

UTEP - 51,500

Tulane - 69,703

Tulsa - 30,000

UAB - 71,594

UCF - 45,301

East Carolina - 53,000

Marshall - 38,019

Memphis - 62,380

Southern Miss - 36,000

Mid-America

Akron - 30,000

Ball State - 25,400

Bowling Green - 23,724

Buffalo - 31,000

Central Michigan - 30,199

Eastern Michigan - 30,200

Kent State - 25,000

Miami - 24,286

Northern Illinois - 31,000

Ohio - 24,000

Temple - 68,532

Toledo - 26,248

Western Michigan - 30,200

Mountain West

Air Force - 52,480

BYU - 64,045

Colorado State - 34,000

New Mexico - 40,094

San Diego State - 71,400

TCU - 44,358

UNLV - 36,800

Utah - 45,017

Wyoming - 30,514

Pac-10

Arizona - 57,803

Arizona State - 71,706

California - 71,799

Oregon - 54,000

Oregon State - 45,674

Stanford - 50,000

UCLA - 91,936

USC - 93,607

Washington - 72,500

Washington State - 40,000

SEC

Florida - 88,548

Georgia - 92,746

Kentucky - 67,530

South Carolina - 80,250

Tennessee - 100,011

Vanderbilt - 39,790

Alabama - 92,138

Arkansas - 76,000

Auburn - 87,451

LSU - 92,400

Ole Miss - 60,850

Mississippi State - 55,082

Sun Belt

Arkansas State - 33,410

Florida Atlantic - 20,450

Florida International - 20,000

Louisiana-Lafayette - 31,000

ULM - 30,427

Middle Tennessee State - 31,000

North Texas - 30,500

South Alabama - 40,646

Troy - 30,000

Western Kentucky - 22,000

Western Athletic

Boise State - 33,500

Fresno State - 41,031

Hawaii - 50,000

Idaho - 16,000

Louisiana Tech - 30,600

Nevada - 29,993

New Mexico State - 30,343

San José State - 30,578

Utah State - 25,500

Independents

Army - 40,000

Navy - 34,000

Notre Dame - 80,975

 

[fro daddy]

about the money issue. I think that teams do what they can do, for the most part. Ne CAN charge $10 a ticket and still have a nearly packed house, so they do. Some teams, Kansas, have no charge and give away free t-shirts just for coming in. Because they have to do something to get people there. Every one is different. But I like when its charity driven. I know a number of teams do that.

Even if NU donoted just 1/2 of the ticket price they could have written a check for $389,680 to a local Nebraska or Omaha/Lincoln charity. Thats huge. I know Mu does theirs for the local food bank. $3 or 3 caned food items. $45,000 or 45,000 cans of food where raised.

Larger programs are very profitable, so maybe its just the way I am. But when presented an excellent chance to give back, i believe you should do so. Especially when you are state funded.

just my $0.02

 

[carlfense]

about the money issue. I think that teams do what they can do, for the most part. Ne CAN charge $10 a ticket and still have a nearly packed house, so they do. Some teams, Kansas, have no charge and give away free t-shirts just for coming in. Because they have to do something to get people there. Every one is different. But I like when its charity driven. I know a number of teams do that.

Even if NU donoted just 1/2 of the ticket price they could have written a check for $389,680 to a local Nebraska or Omaha/Lincoln charity. Thats huge. I know Mu does theirs for the local food bank. $3 or 3 caned food items. $45,000 or 45,000 cans of food where raised.

Larger programs are very profitable, so maybe its just the way I am. But when presented an excellent chance to give back, i believe you should do so. Especially when you are state funded.

just my $0.02

I disagree. When I want money to go to charity I give money to charity. When I give money to Nebraska football, I want the money to go to Nebraska football. I would guess that most fans who purchased tickets felt similarly.

Edit: Also, MU gave $45,000 to charity . . . and you are saying that NU should give $400,000 to charity? Aren't MU fans the ones who constantly complain about revenue inequity? Yet you think Nebraska should give 10 times as much as MU to charity. Interesting.

 

[knapplc]

I felt good about getting into the Spring Game to watch Touchdown Tommie Frazier & Co. back in the day when all I had to do was bring a can of food and find a seat amongst 10,000 of my closest friends.

I wouldn't mind if UNL gave 10% of the Spring Game ticket sales to charity. That'd be cool.

 

[Hingle McCringleberry]

I felt good about getting into the Spring Game to watch Touchdown Tommie Frazier & Co. back in the day when all I had to do was bring a can of food and find a seat amongst 10,000 of my closest friends.

I wouldn't mind if UNL gave 10% of the Spring Game ticket sales to charity. That'd be cool.

Didn't you have a choice? Bring a can of food for the food bank, or pay like $5.00 to get in.

 

[sd'sker]

edit: misread a post i was responding to, sorry.

 

[knapplc]

I felt good about getting into the Spring Game to watch Touchdown Tommie Frazier & Co. back in the day when all I had to do was bring a can of food and find a seat amongst 10,000 of my closest friends.

I wouldn't mind if UNL gave 10% of the Spring Game ticket sales to charity. That'd be cool.

Didn't you have a choice? Bring a can of food for the food bank, or pay like $5.00 to get in.

I may be wrong but I think the cash (if you brought cash, and it was like $2, not $5) went to the charity, too. I don't think it went to UNL.

 

[Vince from ShamWOW]

Looking at the Alabama/Auburn numbers, they are amazing. There are some serious fans there.

Neither of which had a respectable Spring game showings until NU had 80K+. Just like NU was the first team in all of football to hold up four fingers at the beginning of the 4th Q (Orange Bowl vs Miami 1995) others are there to copy The Huskers.