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[smazza]

attendance records?

will we sell out?

what do you think the final numbers will be?

[flipflop4900]

attendance records?

will we sell out?

what do you think the final numbers will be?

We wont sell out but Penn St. might. Beaver stadium will be standing room only!

[Jim Johnson]

attendance records?

will we sell out?

what do you think the final numbers will be?

1) It will be the largest crowd ever to watch a USF game... so that is an attendance record.  We will not beat the 110,753 that saw Nebraska @ Penn State in 2002.

2) It's hard to sell out the 2nd largest stadium in the country... I doubt the USF game will sell out.

3) Beaver Stadium holds 107,282... UCF drew 101,715 last year... but their opener against Akron only drew 98,866... USF should be closer to the UCF #s... I would say just over 100,000...

(On Game Days, Beaver Stadium is the 3rd largest 'city' in Pennsylvania.)

[Jim Johnson]

We wont sell out but Penn St. might. Beaver stadium will be standing room only!

Unfortunately, it will not be that packed.  There will be 6000-8000 empty seats.

[BullDoug]

Unfortunately, it will not be that packed.  There will be 6000-8000 empty seats.

Are you predicting walkup tickets will be available?

[Jim Johnson]

Unfortunately, it will not be that packed.  There will be 6000-8000 empty seats.

Are you predicting walkup tickets will be available?

I would say that one could probably get seats at the stadium for face value -- either from students looking to sell or at the box office.

It is possible the game could sell out with several thousand no-shows on Labor Day weekend... (Akron last year had almost 9,000 empty seats... and Akron, OH is a day's drive from State College)

[USFMikeB]

There's a difference between expectations for last year's PSU team and expectations for this year's PSU team.  The PSU fans think that they'll have a good season this year, whereas last year they mostly knew they were headed to the Big 10 cellar.  That might drive better attendance on the part of PSU fans...