Announced today, MACTION game in November in Chicago

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/col...story.html

Great... even more people can watch you choke.

(02-17-2016 10:37 AM)El Grande Flippero Wrote:  Great... even more people can watch you choke.

Well it'll be on TV then and not at the game. Nobody goes to the Cell, not even white sox fans

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You never know...the south side of Chicago is the Bahamas compared to Toledo. You might get a few rockettes

How can the stadium authority make money on this game?

Sadly, a MAC game, even a good one, could be a money loser at a pro venue because of expenses.

If 25K people paid say 40 bucks a ticket then it is a big money winner.

But if 15K pay 25 bucks per ticket, that doesn't compute.

I assume the game will be early November and on a SATURDAY AFTERNOON!!

This is one case where I agree with fans of NIU, etc. and I'm paraphrasing Bernie, "Enough is enough". NIU should be able to play that game ON SATURDAY and not be forced to play it on a week night because of television.

Wednesday Nov 9th.

(02-17-2016 11:55 AM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  Wednesday Nov 9th.

Is this a 'marketing experiment' dreamt up a business school?

Will fans come to Chicago, mid-week, November for a desirable football game????

What will it draw? 10K, 20K, 30K?

Will any students come? What 60 miles from campus.

(02-17-2016 12:56 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 11:55 AM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  Wednesday Nov 9th.

Is this a 'marketing experiment' dreamt up a business school?

Will fans come to Chicago, mid-week, November for a desirable football game????

What will it draw? 10K, 20K, 30K?

Will any students come? What 60 miles from campus.

The idea is that we have 145k alums within the Chicago Metro area and they claim they cant go to the MACtion game in DeKalb so our AD is taking a chance.

The odd thing is the dates for our home games leaked on Ticketmaster and our last game at Huskie Stadium is 10/22. Now its been expected that work on our skybox structure needs to start soon so it is done by the 2018 season when we host Utah so that may be the real reason for this to be happening.

(02-17-2016 01:06 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 12:56 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 11:55 AM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  Wednesday Nov 9th.

Is this a 'marketing experiment' dreamt up a business school?

Will fans come to Chicago, mid-week, November for a desirable football game????

What will it draw? 10K, 20K, 30K?

Will any students come? What 60 miles from campus.

The idea is that we have 145k alums within the Chicago Metro area and they claim they cant go to the MACtion game in DeKalb so our AD is taking a chance.

The odd thing is the dates for our home games leaked on Ticketmaster and our last game at Huskie Stadium is 10/22. Now its been expected that work on our skybox structure needs to start soon so it is done by the 2018 season when we host Utah so that may be the real reason for this to be happening.

Thanks!

So actually it is, in effect, an experiment.

The hypothesis is that the Chicago Metro area will support a week night game in CHI.

And it will be tested. Let's hope the weather is good so the test will be valid.

(02-17-2016 02:18 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 01:06 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 12:56 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 11:55 AM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  Wednesday Nov 9th.

Is this a 'marketing experiment' dreamt up a business school?

Will fans come to Chicago, mid-week, November for a desirable football game????

What will it draw? 10K, 20K, 30K?

Will any students come? What 60 miles from campus.

The idea is that we have 145k alums within the Chicago Metro area and they claim they cant go to the MACtion game in DeKalb so our AD is taking a chance.

The odd thing is the dates for our home games leaked on Ticketmaster and our last game at Huskie Stadium is 10/22. Now its been expected that work on our skybox structure needs to start soon so it is done by the 2018 season when we host Utah so that may be the real reason for this to be happening.

Thanks!

So actually it is, in effect, an experiment.

The hypothesis is that the Chicago Metro area will support a week night game in CHI.

And it will be tested. Let's hope the weather is good so the test will be valid.

If the game's attendance is above 8,764 then that is better then the average of the past 2 years worth of Nov MACtion games at Huskie Stadium...so really the bar to qualify this as a success is very low.

Toledo fans...any chance a few more of you make it since its 90min or so closer to you guys?

(02-17-2016 02:32 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 02:18 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 01:06 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 12:56 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 11:55 AM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  Wednesday Nov 9th.

Is this a 'marketing experiment' dreamt up a business school?

Will fans come to Chicago, mid-week, November for a desirable football game????

What will it draw? 10K, 20K, 30K?

Will any students come? What 60 miles from campus.

The idea is that we have 145k alums within the Chicago Metro area and they claim they cant go to the MACtion game in DeKalb so our AD is taking a chance.

The odd thing is the dates for our home games leaked on Ticketmaster and our last game at Huskie Stadium is 10/22. Now its been expected that work on our skybox structure needs to start soon so it is done by the 2018 season when we host Utah so that may be the real reason for this to be happening.

Thanks!

So actually it is, in effect, an experiment.

The hypothesis is that the Chicago Metro area will support a week night game in CHI.

And it will be tested. Let's hope the weather is good so the test will be valid.

If the game's attendance is above 8,764 then that is better then the average of the past 2 years worth of Nov MACtion games at Huskie Stadium...so really the bar to qualify this as a success is very low.

But there is little (marginal) cost to playing a game at Huskie Stadium.

I wouldn't be surprised if a game at a pro stadium might not be say 200K? (I forgot what it cost EMU to rent Ford Field say a dozen years ago for a few FB games, e.g., Northwestern, CMU).

(02-17-2016 03:00 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 02:32 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 02:18 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 01:06 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 12:56 PM)emu steve Wrote:  Is this a 'marketing experiment' dreamt up a business school?

Will fans come to Chicago, mid-week, November for a desirable football game????

What will it draw? 10K, 20K, 30K?

Will any students come? What 60 miles from campus.

The idea is that we have 145k alums within the Chicago Metro area and they claim they cant go to the MACtion game in DeKalb so our AD is taking a chance.

The odd thing is the dates for our home games leaked on Ticketmaster and our last game at Huskie Stadium is 10/22. Now its been expected that work on our skybox structure needs to start soon so it is done by the 2018 season when we host Utah so that may be the real reason for this to be happening.

Thanks!

So actually it is, in effect, an experiment.

The hypothesis is that the Chicago Metro area will support a week night game in CHI.

And it will be tested. Let's hope the weather is good so the test will be valid.

If the game's attendance is above 8,764 then that is better then the average of the past 2 years worth of Nov MACtion games at Huskie Stadium...so really the bar to qualify this as a success is very low.

But there is little (marginal) cost to playing a game at Huskie Stadium.

I wouldn't be surprised if a game at a pro stadium might not be say 200K? (I forgot what it cost EMU to rent Ford Field say a dozen years ago for a few FB games, e.g., Northwestern, CMU).

NIU had to pay Soldier Field around $750k to play there.

I bet that our fee is going to be very low. They will get to keep the parking and concession money but shouldn't be more then that. 2 of the 3 guys on the board who control the Cell are NIU alums. One of them was on the NIU BOT for 15 years and the other is Jeff Yordon...

(02-17-2016 02:32 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 02:18 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 01:06 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 12:56 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 11:55 AM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  Wednesday Nov 9th.

Is this a 'marketing experiment' dreamt up a business school?

Will fans come to Chicago, mid-week, November for a desirable football game????

What will it draw? 10K, 20K, 30K?

Will any students come? What 60 miles from campus.

The idea is that we have 145k alums within the Chicago Metro area and they claim they cant go to the MACtion game in DeKalb so our AD is taking a chance.

The odd thing is the dates for our home games leaked on Ticketmaster and our last game at Huskie Stadium is 10/22. Now its been expected that work on our skybox structure needs to start soon so it is done by the 2018 season when we host Utah so that may be the real reason for this to be happening.

Thanks!

So actually it is, in effect, an experiment.

The hypothesis is that the Chicago Metro area will support a week night game in CHI.

And it will be tested. Let's hope the weather is good so the test will be valid.

If the game's attendance is above 8,764 then that is better then the average of the past 2 years worth of Nov MACtion games at Huskie Stadium...so really the bar to qualify this as a success is very low.

We should take the average attendance of the games against Toledo for the past few years, at least. So the bar is a little higher than 8,764, plus this game will probably cost more.

I bet a few more Toledo fans will make the trek as its easier to stay in Chicago and go to the game then out to Dekalb. I've been to the last two Toledo-NIU games at HS and thought there were around 100 Rocket fans. I could see potentially a higher number.

Itd be a fun atmosphere if the band came and maybe bused 200-500 students to create a real big game between the two. Could be fun.

(02-17-2016 03:21 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 03:00 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 02:32 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 02:18 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(02-17-2016 01:06 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  The idea is that we have 145k alums within the Chicago Metro area and they claim they cant go to the MACtion game in DeKalb so our AD is taking a chance.

The odd thing is the dates for our home games leaked on Ticketmaster and our last game at Huskie Stadium is 10/22. Now its been expected that work on our skybox structure needs to start soon so it is done by the 2018 season when we host Utah so that may be the real reason for this to be happening.

Thanks!

So actually it is, in effect, an experiment.

The hypothesis is that the Chicago Metro area will support a week night game in CHI.

And it will be tested. Let's hope the weather is good so the test will be valid.

If the game's attendance is above 8,764 then that is better then the average of the past 2 years worth of Nov MACtion games at Huskie Stadium...so really the bar to qualify this as a success is very low.

But there is little (marginal) cost to playing a game at Huskie Stadium.

I wouldn't be surprised if a game at a pro stadium might not be say 200K? (I forgot what it cost EMU to rent Ford Field say a dozen years ago for a few FB games, e.g., Northwestern, CMU).

NIU had to pay Soldier Field around $750k to play there.

I bet that our fee is going to be very low. They will get to keep the parking and concession money but shouldn't be more then that. 2 of the 3 guys on the board who control the Cell are NIU alums. One of them was on the NIU BOT for 15 years and the other is Jeff Yordon...

When I heard the term 'Greedy Bastards' I never thought they were talking about the folks who run Soldier Field.

I thought I heard a dozen years ago the rental of Ford Field by EMU (for the Northwestern FB game) was something like 200K+.

(02-17-2016 04:09 PM)rocketinchitown Wrote:  I bet a few more Toledo fans will make the trek as its easier to stay in Chicago and go to the game then out to Dekalb. I've been to the last two Toledo-NIU games at HS and thought there were around 100 Rocket fans. I could see potentially a higher number.

Itd be a fun atmosphere if the band came and maybe bused 200-500 students to create a real big game between the two. Could be fun.

Student buses are planned

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(02-17-2016 02:52 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  Toledo fans...any chance a few more of you make it since its 90min or so closer to you guys?

Doubt it, just the usual diehards like myself, and families of players. If it were on a Saturday, I think it would make a bigger difference.

(02-17-2016 11:38 AM)emu steve Wrote:  How can the stadium authority make money on this game?

Sadly, a MAC game, even a good one, could be a money loser at a pro venue because of expenses.

If 25K people paid say 40 bucks a ticket then it is a big money winner.

But if 15K pay 25 bucks per ticket, that doesn't compute.

I assume the game will be early November and on a SATURDAY AFTERNOON!!

This is one case where I agree with fans of NIU, etc. and I'm paraphrasing Bernie, "Enough is enough". NIU should be able to play that game ON SATURDAY and not be forced to play it on a week night because of television.

I think it's cool they are doing it. The stadium folks could be trying it out on a MAC contest before pitching a bigger game.

Be great if the Bears were at home for a Thursday night game.