(04-11-2018 07:28 PM)DoubleDogDare 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 guess it depends on your definition of 'isn't really any big deal.'

Following 8 home games during the 2016 season, JMU reported in $2,567k in ticket sales ($321k per game) and $1,522k in gameday expenses ($190k per game). JMU is making $130.6k per home game. Using 2015 season, it is $137.5k per game.

Even adding in parking/novelty/concessions at ($31k per game) and royalty/ads ($8k per game) revenue, which shouldn’t be considered for various reason, JMU is netting about $170k per home game.

JMU will make $425k from NC State in 2018, $550 from WVU in 2019 and $500 from UNC in 2020.

$490k average (minus travel) seems much bigger than $130k.

The average season attendance average is skewed downward by playoff games. Ex this past season's attendance.
ETSU: 24722
NSU: 23118
Maine: 25330
VU: 25,993
UNH: 25298
RU: 24586

Playoff:
SBU: 16,449
Weber: 13,490
SDSU: 16528
Avg 15,489

Regular season avg 24,841
Season avg 21,723

So that 170k net profit per home game you cited for 2016 is probably closer to 200k for regular season games..

490k avg minus travel for the next 3 payday games, but the historical avg for payouts have been a lot lower than that.

Plus what LH alluded to with financial impact on the local community. One of the reasons I've seen cited before by fans of both NDSU and Montana for always doing at least 6 regular season home games is financial impact on the local community.