(04-09-2018 02:57 PM)Duke Dawg Wrote:  

(04-09-2018 02:51 PM)olddawg Wrote:  

(04-09-2018 11:43 AM)Longhorn Wrote:  I don't care about OOC cupcakes so long as JMU schedules 6 home games a year. The income of a FBS game isn't really any big deal when compared to the income from a home game, and JMU needs to maximize its stadium and home-field advantage. NDSU has scheduled 6 home games pretty consistently. Montana and Delaware did it too, when they were at the top.

I wish the DNR would do a piece on what we were making ($-wise) when filling the old stadium vs what we make filling the new stadium. I realize we now have the need for more manpower and have larger overhead, but are also now having larger crowds showing up to spend money.

I don't know for certain, but get the feeling from stories I've read in the past, that we are not maximizing revenue per home game. Maybe we need to go back to students running the concessions and the Elks Lodge members handling the ushering.

pretty sure Duke Club revenue has more than doubled since the new stadium has opened.

that is where the real money comes from. not from gameday operations. even if penny pinching.

I realize, and am pleased, that the Duke Club $ has doubled since the stadium renovation. I'm more interested in simple home game day profit. The Duke Club $ will already be in the bank whether we play 5 or 6 home games. I'm curious whether playing the home game, ( of a home and home series w/ a high profile FCS team) could generate the same profit as playing an average payout FBS game. Do we reach a point of diminishing returns with a 7th home game? Would we consider raising the season tix prices to accommodate an extra home game?