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How do you increase attendance?

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Okay ... celebrating our 20th year and still have about the same number of die-hard fans as we did in the 1997 season.

We have a VERY exciting team that WINS ! 10-2 Record !!

Seems the best way currently to get more people attending is have "name" teams come in for the "average" fan looking for name recognition.

NEW PLAN:

  • Reduce our home games to 5.
  • Only sign Home & Away contracts with popular schools.
  • Play "One & Done" games away.   

Frustrated after 20 years . . .

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OCS?

ArmyBull
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Every day that goes by without an OCS is tradition lost.  You can't buy it, it grows organically over time, perhaps decades.  It brings alumni back to campus, it brings fans to campus, it brings excit

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I can tell you what won't bring in new fans: Stony Brook, Mass, Illinois, Cincy, Houston, Tulsa, and Temple.

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I can tell you what won't bring in new fans:

Stony Brook, Mass, Illinois, Cincy, Houston, Tulsa, and Temple.

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Here's the problem I think we're going to have in future scheduling of P5 teams.  We're not a gimme win and we are not a, "quality" loss.  The P5 schools aren't going to want to risk a loss to us and ruin their playoff hopes.

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3 minutes ago, Apis Bull said:

Here's the problem I think we're going to have in future scheduling of P5 teams.  We're not a gimme win and we are not a, "quality" loss.  The P5 schools aren't going to want to risk a loss to us and ruin their playoff hopes.

This exactly. We're in an even tougher position now. We may get a better schedule in 2018 with a *couple* of P5 teams like Houston did this year, but I think the P5 took notice of their losses and won't want that to continue.

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This is a great thread topic. I so wish I had a good answer here. Anyway to make the tickets dirt cheap for one year to get families to the game? I guess this is already possible on Stub Hub but tie it with an aggressive marketing  campaign? 

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The best way to increase attendance is to get more people to come to the games.

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Just now, NewEnglandBull said:

This is a great thread topic. I so wish I had a good answer here. Anyway to make the tickets dirt cheap for one year to get families to the game? I guess this is already possible on Stub Hub but tie it with an aggressive marketing  campaign? 

Free parking worked for the Rays when Sternberg took over.

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OCS?:popcorn:

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2 minutes ago, Ned A Starr said:

That does not work.

Winner, winner, taco dinner!

Deep analysis. I liked the  analytical part the best. 

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Another 10+ win season; championship title; more media coverage... more national recognition

 

Find ways to get out of this conference

 

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