Why aren't we giving away some tickets to fill empty sections?

[USF_Grouper]

How about if you're not in your seat 15 minutes before kickoff, then open the gates of the lower bowl and let everybody take whatever empty seat they want?!?!/

Sounds like a great idea.... if the goal is to dramatically reduce donations and season ticket sales.  Folks pay $10,000 donation + cost of their ticket to sit around mid-field.  I am OK with letting them show up if and when they want.

As far as giving away tickets, don't we have upper bowl tickets for $5?  You can usually get them from a scalper for $5 or $10 when we are playing UTEP.  I don't think price is what is holding most people from coming out.  I know I couldn't give away my tickets this week.

[litt2usf]

Rehashing what I said in the previous thread

If there was a sold out crowd, you'd feel the need to want to be part of the action, excitement, and atmosphere regardless of who were are playing.

If your buddies are thinking of doing something else and they all agree to skip the game and hang out in Ybor, Channelside, Rays game, etc., then that's the new standard.  "Only show up for games that matter".  And when 29k show up in the seats, nobody wants to go to a Bulls game and it's flat.

When 67k do, you look around at something magnificent.  

Think if every game was like the WVU game.  For everyone who was a part of that (I was in the student section, loudest experience of my tenure at USF), that was the most thrilling atmosphere at a USF game.  Think if we continued our rally past that point -- the hot ticket in town would be the USF game.

Winning solves everything (for now)

[Matt]

when the games matter the butts are in the seats before kick off.

its just our fanbase and causal tampa fans don't really feel USF football is that important yet.

anyone remember the WVU game in 2007?  place was PACKED before kick off

[Triple B]

more evidence that we need an OCS...

You wouldn't be getting any more paying customers at an OCS at this point in time ...

[slick1ru2]

The Glazers won't give tickets away to fill it for Bucs games and lift the 10 game Black Out, longest in the NFL currently. Only team whose home opener wasn't sold out.

[SRQ]

more evidence that we need an OCS...

You wouldn't be getting any more paying customers at an OCS at this point in time ...

wrong.  human nature shows that a tight supply increases demand.  as said earlier, a 45-50K OCS which resulted in many unhappy at not being able to attend a Bulls game would find more saying yes for opportunities to go like UTEP

[Triple B]

more evidence that we need an OCS...

You wouldn't be getting any more paying customers at an OCS at this point in time ...

wrong.  human nature shows that a tight supply increases demand.  as said earlier, a 45-50K OCS which resulted in many unhappy at not being able to attend a Bulls game would find more saying yes for opportunities to go like UTEP

I doubt it at this point in our development. You don't have enough people wanting to go just to see USF to warrant that type of scenario yet ...

[Rizman]

Selling $10 dollar tickets and $6.25 tickets to some games to me is giving seats away.

[charsibb]

more evidence that we need an OCS...

You wouldn't be getting any more paying customers at an OCS at this point in time ...

wrong.  human nature shows that a tight supply increases demand.  as said earlier, a 45-50K OCS which resulted in many unhappy at not being able to attend a Bulls game would find more saying yes for opportunities to go like UTEP

I doubt it at this point in our development. You don't have enough people wanting to go just to see USF to warrant that type of scenario yet ...

IDK, 50,000 in a single level looks about the right size for now, as long as it's built for expansion with a second deck and a club level between

2010 | Attend | Capac. | % Filled

USF  | 40,849 | 65,000 | 62%

SU  | 40,064 | 50,000 | 80%

Pitt | 52,165 | 65,050 | 80%

RU  | 46,195 | 52,454 | 88%

UL  | 50,648 | 57,000 | 88%

WVU  | 56,325 | 60,000 | 93%

CON  | 38,248 | 40,000 | 95%

TCU  | 42,466 | 44,358 | 95%

CIN  | 35,067 | 35,097 | 100%

[Triple B]

more evidence that we need an OCS...

You wouldn't be getting any more paying customers at an OCS at this point in time ...

wrong.  human nature shows that a tight supply increases demand.  as said earlier, a 45-50K OCS which resulted in many unhappy at not being able to attend a Bulls game would find more saying yes for opportunities to go like UTEP

I doubt it at this point in our development. You don't have enough people wanting to go just to see USF to warrant that type of scenario yet ...

IDK, 50,000 in a single level looks about the right size for now, as long as it's built for expansion with a second deck and a club level between

2010 | Attend | Capac. | % Filled

USF  | 40,849 | 65,000 | 62%

SU   | 40,064 | 50,000 | 80%

Pitt | 52,165 | 65,050 | 80%

RU   | 46,195 | 52,454 | 88%

UL   | 50,648 | 57,000 | 88%

WVU  | 56,325 | 60,000 | 93%

CON  | 38,248 | 40,000 | 95%

TCU  | 42,466 | 44,358 | 95%

CIN  | 35,067 | 35,097 | 100%

My disagreeing with SRQ wasn't about the OCS capacity. I think 50K will be fine ... he was saying having that a 50K OCS NOW would generate more of a demand for tickets to games like UTEP because people had been shut out of other games. Your chart kind bears my point out that the demand isn't close to being there yet.