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(03-29-2016 03:47 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(03-28-2016 09:06 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  Listen to yourselves. The biggest risk is building too big. You cant fix building too large of a stadium.

Why do we need to sell out every game? Why build a stadium for FIU?

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Because building a stadium too big is a huge waste of money and will de value everything put into the process. If I can walk up and buy $10 tickets, what is my incentive to donate a bunch of my money and buy season tickets? I can spend $120 per year as opposed to well over a thousand.

Also, a packed out house creates a home field advantage and a buzz that a half empty stadium does not.

http://www.wacotrib.com/sports/baylor/ba...a4ac3.html

Some of this is just pure economics,” Baylor associate athletic director Todd Patulski said. “Let’s make sure we sell out. Our goal is to sell out every game. Not just the Texas game, not just the TCU game, not just whatever that rivalry is that people are appreciative of. Every single game. We know, and the industry knows, that nothing sells tickets like the shortage of tickets. So don’t overbuild is good advice.”

Baylor didn’t come by its 45,140 number in an arbitrary fashion. The school hired a consultant, Convention Sports and Leisure, to perform a feasibility study related to attendance before the first brick was ever laid. Baylor’s message to the consultant was simple: Bring us back a number that will allow us to sell out every game, while ensuring the seats are mostly filled with green and gold-clad supporters.

Today television allows fans to watch nearly every game from the comfort of their recliners in crystal clear-definition, a fact not lost on Baylor. McCaw said the university took note of the downsizing done by schools like Stanford, whose stadium featured a capacity of 85,500 in 2005 but is a little more than 50,000 now.

“I think there’s one thing that’s wise for Baylor to do: understand who you are,” Patulski said.

Nice find, Giles