(03-14-2019 08:15 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(03-14-2019 07:14 PM)8BitPirate Wrote:  Now we just need to work on the food vendors....

yeah...that and not sucking. That'd be great too.

The last time your football team visited Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium:


The last time your basketball team visited Minges Coliseum:


The last time we played in baseball:


Quiet down, little one.

(03-15-2019 12:11 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  

(03-14-2019 08:15 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(03-14-2019 07:14 PM)8BitPirate Wrote:  Now we just need to work on the food vendors....

yeah...that and not sucking. That'd be great too.

The last time your football team visited Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium:


The last time your basketball team visited Minges Coliseum:


The last time we played in baseball:


Quiet down, little one.

Why only 4000 or so for a basketball game? You get good student participation for Football. Not sure if true but a Tarheel fan told me most ECU students are UNC fans for Basketball first. Minges looks like a tough arena though...has the look of a "Pit" in the good sense.

(03-15-2019 12:15 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  Why only 4000 or so for a basketball game? You get good student participation for Football. Not sure if true but a Tarheel fan told me most ECU students are UNC fans for Basketball first. Minges looks like a tough arena though...has the look of a "Pit" in the good sense.

Because ECU basketball has been terrible for decades.

I can't speak for most ECU students being UNC fans first, but I do know that most kids that grow up in North Carolina (unless they are raised by Pirates) typically watch ACC basketball as kids. Be it UNC, Duke, State, or Wake... whether or not they are able (or willing) to shed that allegiance when they get to ECU is another question.

I grew up a Wake Forest fan. However, by the end of my first year at ECU, I realized I was referring to ECU as "us" or "we"... and Wake as "you" or "they"... it was weird.

But if we start putting a good product on the floor and start winning a lot of games, it won't be difficult to put 8,000 butts in Minges. I think Dooley is the man for the job... he just needs some players.

Just something to think about...

ECU won the CIT Tournament in 2013.
We were in C-USA, along with UCF, Memphis, Houston, & Tulsa.

ECU finished the year 23-12, 9-7 in C-USA.

In the CIT semifinal game (at Minges) vs Evansville... we had an announced attendance of almost 6,000. Against EVANSVILLE. It was the CIT... not the NCAA, NIT, or even the CBI. But just the smallest glimmer of success got almost 6,000 ECU fans into Minges to watch a basically meaningless tournament game against something called the Purple Aces.

If ECU starts playing good basketball, the fans will come.

Well ECU is in prime position to get real good in hoops. Lots of talent on the east coast to draw from.

The league is still trying to sort its self out for who the top 3-4 power programs will be. The sooner they (ECU) elevate the better. No one truly has been consistently great. ECU can tap into a lot of talent with a great recruiting coach.

Back to the stadium renovation...any idea how season ticket sales are going? I gotta figure your bottom season ticket holder base is right now coming off several mediocre to bad seasons. I'm just not sure I would expand though. Most attendance trends nationwide have been contracting. I know you'll say the local ACC teams provide sellouts but can you count on them long term to sell out one game a season to justify the money spent on expansion/renovation?

It’s not an expansion. Season ticket sales are way up from last season.

ECU sold out pretty much every game in CUSA at 50,000 for a couple of seasons.

(03-15-2019 12:59 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  It’s not an expansion. Season ticket sales are way up from last season.

ECU sold out pretty much every game in CUSA at 50,000 for a couple of seasons.

I thought overall capacity was increasing by 1-2K? I know it is more about premium amenities but still I thought there was a modest expansion?

Hopefully it works out for you guys...you are a good football school with a FB first fan base.

If you have hired the right coach and he wins 10-13 games a season...you surely will fill up the place

Then what’s your point? It’s not an expansion. It’s unclear on how many seats will be added/subtracted there have been different numbers. Any capacity changes will just be a byproduct. The renovation was overdue and a necessity.

Approximately 1000 luxury seats will be added. Apparently some of the older seats will be removed due to new construction. According to the press release, capacity will remain at approximately 50,000.
https://news.ecu.edu/2018/01/12/athletic...ents-fans/

From construction photos I've seen, it doesn't appear that many seats will be removed. Most of the construction is above the old seating, with perhaps some seats removed for camera platforms.

As an update, naming rights and construction:

Credit to Pirate Radio for these pics of Dowdy-Ficklen! Taken yesterday.

(04-12-2019 02:25 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  As an update, naming rights and construction:

This rendering's attendance is the best in the AAC.

(04-12-2019 02:43 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  Credit to Pirate Radio for these pics of Dowdy-Ficklen! Taken yesterday.

That is going to look really nice.

again, just please suck less

(04-12-2019 06:08 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  again, just please suck less

No Mo Scotty Mo

Looks awesome!

You can put a pig in a dress, but in the end it’s still BC#1 in a dress.

Looking pretty good, can't wait to see it finally completed!!!

(04-13-2019 02:09 AM)MTXE Wrote:  You can put a pig in a dress, but in the end it’s still BC#1 in a dress.

mean spirited

(04-15-2019 10:02 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(04-13-2019 02:09 AM)MTXE Wrote:  You can put a pig in a dress, but in the end it’s still BC#1 in a dress.

mean spirited

Let me rub some lotion on that...