(09-01-2017 08:17 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 06:53 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 12:16 PM)eaglewraith Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 12:03 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(08-30-2017 07:23 PM)eaglewraith Wrote:  The majority of our fanbase is in Atlanta....about 3.5 hours away from the stadium.

You are not in a unique situation, and you have been less affected by it than other teams in the conference.

I'd like to see a demographics comparison of where a majority of ticket sales are from.

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I guess you think the majority of our fans live right outside the stadium.

No, but Statesboro is about twice the size of Boone. Savannah is an hour away and has 65K more people than Lenoir, Hickory, Morganton, and N Wilkesboro (within 1 hour of Boone) combined. Statesboro has an interstate basically running it's front door while the closest one to Boone is an hour away. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet.

Both 321 and 421 go directly into Boone? 421 narrows of course but I don't see any plausible solution to take the highway right into campus.

Pay attention. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet. Hwy 321 isn't completed through Blowing Rock yet. I drove it Wednesday.

(09-01-2017 05:18 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 08:17 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 06:53 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 12:16 PM)eaglewraith Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 12:03 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  I'd like to see a demographics comparison of where a majority of ticket sales are from.

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I guess you think the majority of our fans live right outside the stadium.

No, but Statesboro is about twice the size of Boone. Savannah is an hour away and has 65K more people than Lenoir, Hickory, Morganton, and N Wilkesboro (within 1 hour of Boone) combined. Statesboro has an interstate basically running it's front door while the closest one to Boone is an hour away. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet.

Both 321 and 421 go directly into Boone? 421 narrows of course but I don't see any plausible solution to take the highway right into campus.

Pay attention. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet. Hwy 321 isn't completed through Blowing Rock yet. I drove it Wednesday.

It's four lane minus literally a mile and a half. That isn't stopping anyone from driving to Boone. Sure, Boone is in the mountains, but it isn't inaccessible. The only thing missing is a four lane highway coming in from the West. a bypass to I-81 would help tremendously, though it will never happen.

(09-01-2017 05:18 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 08:17 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 06:53 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 12:16 PM)eaglewraith Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 12:03 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  I'd like to see a demographics comparison of where a majority of ticket sales are from.

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I guess you think the majority of our fans live right outside the stadium.

No, but Statesboro is about twice the size of Boone. Savannah is an hour away and has 65K more people than Lenoir, Hickory, Morganton, and N Wilkesboro (within 1 hour of Boone) combined. Statesboro has an interstate basically running it's front door while the closest one to Boone is an hour away. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet.

Both 321 and 421 go directly into Boone? 421 narrows of course but I don't see any plausible solution to take the highway right into campus.

Pay attention. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet. Hwy 321 isn't completed through Blowing Rock yet. I drove it Wednesday.

I've been up 321, more than likely, a couple hundred times. It it light years ahead of where is was even 10 years ago.

(09-01-2017 05:42 PM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 05:18 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 08:17 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 06:53 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 12:16 PM)eaglewraith Wrote:  I guess you think the majority of our fans live right outside the stadium.

No, but Statesboro is about twice the size of Boone. Savannah is an hour away and has 65K more people than Lenoir, Hickory, Morganton, and N Wilkesboro (within 1 hour of Boone) combined. Statesboro has an interstate basically running it's front door while the closest one to Boone is an hour away. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet.

Both 321 and 421 go directly into Boone? 421 narrows of course but I don't see any plausible solution to take the highway right into campus.

Pay attention. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet. Hwy 321 isn't completed through Blowing Rock yet. I drove it Wednesday.

I've been up 321, more than likely, a couple hundred times. It it light years ahead of where is was even 10 years ago.

It still blows my mind that 421 was 2 lanes when I was a freshman in 2001.

(09-01-2017 06:20 PM)troutbummike Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 05:42 PM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 05:18 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 08:17 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 06:53 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  No, but Statesboro is about twice the size of Boone. Savannah is an hour away and has 65K more people than Lenoir, Hickory, Morganton, and N Wilkesboro (within 1 hour of Boone) combined. Statesboro has an interstate basically running it's front door while the closest one to Boone is an hour away. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet.

Both 321 and 421 go directly into Boone? 421 narrows of course but I don't see any plausible solution to take the highway right into campus.

Pay attention. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet. Hwy 321 isn't completed through Blowing Rock yet. I drove it Wednesday.

I've been up 321, more than likely, a couple hundred times. It it light years ahead of where is was even 10 years ago.

It still blows my mind that 421 was 2 lanes when I was a freshman in 2001.

I was a freshman in 2011, jump from 9k to 18k students blew my mind

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(09-01-2017 05:41 PM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 05:18 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 08:17 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 06:53 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 12:16 PM)eaglewraith Wrote:  I guess you think the majority of our fans live right outside the stadium.

No, but Statesboro is about twice the size of Boone. Savannah is an hour away and has 65K more people than Lenoir, Hickory, Morganton, and N Wilkesboro (within 1 hour of Boone) combined. Statesboro has an interstate basically running it's front door while the closest one to Boone is an hour away. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet.

Both 321 and 421 go directly into Boone? 421 narrows of course but I don't see any plausible solution to take the highway right into campus.

Pay attention. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet. Hwy 321 isn't completed through Blowing Rock yet. I drove it Wednesday.

It's four lane minus literally a mile and a half. That isn't stopping anyone from driving to Boone. Sure, Boone is in the mountains, but it isn't inaccessible. The only thing missing is a four lane highway coming in from the West. a bypass to I-81 would help tremendously, though it will never happen.

Come on use some common sense here. It is FINALLY four lanes minus that small stretch, but it won't be completed until early next year. I didn't say Boone is 'inaccessible", or the road is stopping people from getting there. However, it takes more of an effort to get there than it does to most places in NC not called Cullowhee. I ought to know considering I've been driving it 20-30 times a year since 1975.

(09-01-2017 06:20 PM)troutbummike Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 05:42 PM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 05:18 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 08:17 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 06:53 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  No, but Statesboro is about twice the size of Boone. Savannah is an hour away and has 65K more people than Lenoir, Hickory, Morganton, and N Wilkesboro (within 1 hour of Boone) combined. Statesboro has an interstate basically running it's front door while the closest one to Boone is an hour away. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet.

Both 321 and 421 go directly into Boone? 421 narrows of course but I don't see any plausible solution to take the highway right into campus.

Pay attention. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet. Hwy 321 isn't completed through Blowing Rock yet. I drove it Wednesday.

I've been up 321, more than likely, a couple hundred times. It it light years ahead of where is was even 10 years ago.

It still blows my mind that 421 was 2 lanes when I was a freshman in 2001.

You should have seen the roads when I first rolled into Boone in 1975. Two lanes all the way to campus.

Remember the long back up on game days as we traveled up the then 2 lane 321 when I was a kid (I guess in the 90's) slowly making our way up the mountain..by the time I was a student it was 4 lane all the way up to blowing rock... now that's about all 4 lanes.... so much has changed - and it's awesome!

(09-01-2017 06:20 PM)troutbummike Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 05:42 PM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 05:18 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 08:17 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 06:53 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  No, but Statesboro is about twice the size of Boone. Savannah is an hour away and has 65K more people than Lenoir, Hickory, Morganton, and N Wilkesboro (within 1 hour of Boone) combined. Statesboro has an interstate basically running it's front door while the closest one to Boone is an hour away. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet.

Both 321 and 421 go directly into Boone? 421 narrows of course but I don't see any plausible solution to take the highway right into campus.

Pay attention. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet. Hwy 321 isn't completed through Blowing Rock yet. I drove it Wednesday.

I've been up 321, more than likely, a couple hundred times. It it light years ahead of where is was even 10 years ago.

It still blows my mind that 421 was 2 lanes when I was a freshman in 2001.

I grew up in Lenoir Area and left in 2009. Went from riding up 321 on what looked like an old railroad grade with 2 lanes all the way up to four lanes and some actual straight areas.

People complaining about Boone accessibility are talking just to talk. Other than a more accessible airport and interstate proximity, Boone is plenty easy to get to.

(09-02-2017 07:12 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 05:41 PM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 05:18 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 08:17 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(08-31-2017 06:53 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  No, but Statesboro is about twice the size of Boone. Savannah is an hour away and has 65K more people than Lenoir, Hickory, Morganton, and N Wilkesboro (within 1 hour of Boone) combined. Statesboro has an interstate basically running it's front door while the closest one to Boone is an hour away. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet.

Both 321 and 421 go directly into Boone? 421 narrows of course but I don't see any plausible solution to take the highway right into campus.

Pay attention. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet. Hwy 321 isn't completed through Blowing Rock yet. I drove it Wednesday.

It's four lane minus literally a mile and a half. That isn't stopping anyone from driving to Boone. Sure, Boone is in the mountains, but it isn't inaccessible. The only thing missing is a four lane highway coming in from the West. a bypass to I-81 would help tremendously, though it will never happen.

Come on use some common sense here. It is FINALLY four lanes minus that small stretch, but it won't be completed until early next year. I didn't say Boone is 'inaccessible", or the road is stopping people from getting there. However, it takes more of an effort to get there than it does to most places in NC not called Cullowhee. I ought to know considering I've been driving it 20-30 times a year since 1975.

I had been traveling it more than a few times a year since I was in a car seat. Getting to Boone is fine and it is far different from cullowhee. One and a half hour drive from Winston Salem, one hour and 45 minute drive from Charlotte. About two and a half hours from the triangle...

Four lanes so you aren't stuck behind motor carriers for 30 miles at a time...

(09-04-2017 08:31 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 06:20 PM)troutbummike Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 05:42 PM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 05:18 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(09-01-2017 08:17 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  Both 321 and 421 go directly into Boone? 421 narrows of course but I don't see any plausible solution to take the highway right into campus.

Pay attention. Heck, there isn't even two 4 lane roads into Boone yet. Hwy 321 isn't completed through Blowing Rock yet. I drove it Wednesday.

I've been up 321, more than likely, a couple hundred times. It it light years ahead of where is was even 10 years ago.

It still blows my mind that 421 was 2 lanes when I was a freshman in 2001.

I grew up in Lenoir Area and left in 2009. Went from riding up 321 on what looked like an old railroad grade with 2 lanes all the way up to four lanes and some actual straight areas.

People complaining about Boone accessibility are talking just to talk. Other than a more accessible airport and interstate proximity, Boone is plenty easy to get to.

I'm not complaining about the drive to Boone. I've had season tickets since 1979 and missed 1 game in all those years. Being a salesman who has covered much of the Southeast for 30 years and driven over a million miles in my lifetime, I am an exception to the norm. A lot of folks don't like going places unless they can jump on an interstate and take an exit to where they are going.. Not everyone has the luxury of a 30 minute drive. Most everyone else comes from 2+ hours away, yet you are the expert in how easy it is getting to Boone. What about the guy who comes up from Shelby up Hwy 150 to 321? Or the guy from Marion who drives the insanely curvy 2 lane Hwy 221?