BinghamptonNed
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 03:02 PM)First Family Forever Wrote: How tickets does UC get ? This is not home game, should be at least 3 to 4,000 Bearcats in the stands.
Cincy brought 300 to 400 last week and they are going to bring 10x the next week? Why?
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 03:02 PM)First Family Forever Wrote: How tickets does UC get ? This is not home game, should be at least 3 to 4,000 Bearcats in the stands.
at ucf the last two years
the tickets that were available to visitors were
the same as a normal game
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 03:06 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote: (12-06-2019 03:02 PM)First Family Forever Wrote: How tickets does UC get ? This is not home game, should be at least 3 to 4,000 Bearcats in the stands.
Cincy brought 300 to 400 last week and they are going to bring 10x the next week? Why?
Maybe the poster meant somewhere between 3 people and 4 thousand people... Because that would be believable.
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 01:41 PM)wylioats Wrote: This is a thread about attendance at our first ever CCG in football and you're trying to turn it into a basketball/football thing, not even what this threads about. We have a great basketball and football program that are well supported, as they should be, so why try to pit one against the other to make a point regarding Saturdays attendance, basketball has nothing to do with it. Have never understood why some of our (so called) fans continually do this. Birmingham Bowl if we lose Saturday? Really? Wanna make a bet?
I was offering up why I think it is so hard to sell out the Liberty Bowl for Memphis football. Memphis being a basketball town is part of that, and thus my explanation earlier.
If, God forbid, Memphis does lose Saturday, what type of bowl you think they will be invited to? There are only so many bowl tie-ins in the AAC. Each time they went to the Birmingham bowl in the past, they were AAC runners-up, so why would this year be any different?
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 03:47 PM)Collegiate Black Man Wrote: (12-06-2019 01:41 PM)wylioats Wrote: This is a thread about attendance at our first ever CCG in football and you're trying to turn it into a basketball/football thing, not even what this threads about. We have a great basketball and football program that are well supported, as they should be, so why try to pit one against the other to make a point regarding Saturdays attendance, basketball has nothing to do with it. Have never understood why some of our (so called) fans continually do this. Birmingham Bowl if we lose Saturday? Really? Wanna make a bet?
I was offering up why I think it is so hard to sell out the Liberty Bowl for Memphis football. Memphis being a basketball town is part of that, and thus my explanation earlier.
If, God forbid, Memphis does lose Saturday, what type of bowl you think they will be invited to? There are only so many bowl tie-ins in the AAC. Each time they went to the Birmingham bowl in the past, they were AAC runners-up, so why would this year be any different?
Either Cotton Bowl or the Toilet Bowl.
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12-06-2019 03:49 PM |
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 03:11 PM)aardWolf Wrote: (12-06-2019 03:06 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote: (12-06-2019 03:02 PM)First Family Forever Wrote: How tickets does UC get ? This is not home game, should be at least 3 to 4,000 Bearcats in the stands.
Cincy brought 300 to 400 last week and they are going to bring 10x the next week? Why?
Maybe the poster meant somewhere between 3 people and 4 thousand people... Because that would be believable.
No. I said between 3 to 4 thousand . UC has an enrollment of over 40,000 . They have fans and it is a days drive .. No reason to be a wise guy.
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Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 03:53 PM)First Family Forever Wrote: (12-06-2019 03:11 PM)aardWolf Wrote: (12-06-2019 03:06 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote: (12-06-2019 03:02 PM)First Family Forever Wrote: How tickets does UC get ? This is not home game, should be at least 3 to 4,000 Bearcats in the stands.
Cincy brought 300 to 400 last week and they are going to bring 10x the next week? Why?
Maybe the poster meant somewhere between 3 people and 4 thousand people... Because that would be believable.
No. I said between 3 to 4 thousand . UC has an enrollment of over 40,000 . They have fans and it is a days drive .. No reason to be a wise guy.
I’ll take things that will never happen for $500, Alex
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 03:06 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote: (12-06-2019 03:02 PM)First Family Forever Wrote: How tickets does UC get ? This is not home game, should be at least 3 to 4,000 Bearcats in the stands.
Cincy brought 300 to 400 last week and they are going to bring 10x the next week? Why?
Well, if SMU can bring 5k....
Oh, wait...
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 03:02 PM)First Family Forever Wrote: How tickets does UC get ? This is not home game, should be at least 3 to 4,000 Bearcats in the stands.
Cincy just sent 800 tickets back
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-03-2019 08:54 AM)midtowncowboy Wrote: So many are always concerned about 'the crowd' and what other people want to do with their time. Why is the inferiority complex so prevalent?
It is indeed a Tiger phenomena
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 05:04 PM)MemTiger90 Wrote: (12-06-2019 03:02 PM)First Family Forever Wrote: How tickets does UC get ? This is not home game, should be at least 3 to 4,000 Bearcats in the stands.
Cincy just sent 800 tickets back
How many have been sold so far?
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12-06-2019 05:10 PM |
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 02:29 PM)TubbyBall Wrote: (12-06-2019 10:05 AM)Stammers Wrote: (12-06-2019 08:38 AM)tigerlands Wrote: It's time to make THE CALL.
The call to Fred Smith. And have FedEx make an emergency ticket buy of say 10K. Then have all those FedEx folks get out to the game on Saturday. Do it Fred, the Tigers need you to step up once again.
lol.(sorta)
A phone call and then a snap decision to spend $500,000? Why? Because our fans won't buy tickets to what could be the most important game in our history?
It might happen again, but as things stand, this is literally a once in a lifetime event for Memphians.
Glad to hear you are coming to Memphis and attending the game stamms. Would love to meet you in person
Thanks. I wouldn't.
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 05:10 PM)uskjtc02 Wrote: (12-06-2019 05:04 PM)MemTiger90 Wrote: (12-06-2019 03:02 PM)First Family Forever Wrote: How tickets does UC get ? This is not home game, should be at least 3 to 4,000 Bearcats in the stands.
Cincy just sent 800 tickets back
How many have been sold so far?
About 30K
And the conference is making us remove the tarps. Yikes. That will be several thousand empty seats on TV
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
Based on where we are today, it's hard to think it will be more than 40K, most likely 35 to 37 tops.
Keep in mind two things:
1) We started from scratch selling tickets after the game last week
2) No discounted tickets, which is new for us
Nothing to sneeze at with knowing you may have a base of 35,000 who pay full price for a ticket. One heck of a fan base to work with and grow
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12-06-2019 05:46 PM |
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 05:04 PM)MemTiger90 Wrote: (12-06-2019 03:02 PM)First Family Forever Wrote: How tickets does UC get ? This is not home game, should be at least 3 to 4,000 Bearcats in the stands.
Cincy just sent 800 tickets back
What was their allotment?
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 11:41 AM)k2tigers Wrote: (12-06-2019 10:39 AM)wylioats Wrote: (12-06-2019 08:42 AM)MemTigers1998 Wrote: People aren't going to games like they used to. That's all sports, college and pro. Almost every game is on TV or streaming now and the younger generation is more glued to their phones than to go watch a game. That being said, it sure would be nice if we had a 42-45k seat stadium on campus. Our crowds would look amazing there.
If this were the case, yes, the game would be a complete sellout and people would be clamoring for tickets. I'm still amazed at how the city went out and spent major dollars to add 16,000 additional seats to the LB thinking that it would bring an NFL team to Memphis, when in reality it was an NFL pipe dream to begin with. Oh well, is what it is, and I think there'll still be a big crowd for the game come Saturday.
the NFL was not pipe dream for MEMPHIS, but it was playing in the LB
A 60,000 Liberty Bowl stadium in 1965 may have gotten us an NFL franchise. But, by 1993/94, it took a new stadium with luxury suites to lure an NFL franchise. Jacksonville getting the 2nd expansion franchise proved that.
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12-06-2019 05:59 PM |
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 05:57 PM)72Tiger Wrote: (12-06-2019 05:04 PM)MemTiger90 Wrote: (12-06-2019 03:02 PM)First Family Forever Wrote: How tickets does UC get ? This is not home game, should be at least 3 to 4,000 Bearcats in the stands.
Cincy just sent 800 tickets back
What was their allotment?
850
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 05:57 PM)72Tiger Wrote: (12-06-2019 05:04 PM)MemTiger90 Wrote: (12-06-2019 03:02 PM)First Family Forever Wrote: How tickets does UC get ? This is not home game, should be at least 3 to 4,000 Bearcats in the stands.
Cincy just sent 800 tickets back
What was their allotment?
1,500
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
I hope they bring plenty, we need a big crowd
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12-06-2019 06:14 PM |
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RE: Crowd estimates for Saturday?
(12-06-2019 05:59 PM)CKMcDan Wrote: (12-06-2019 11:41 AM)k2tigers Wrote: (12-06-2019 10:39 AM)wylioats Wrote: (12-06-2019 08:42 AM)MemTigers1998 Wrote: People aren't going to games like they used to. That's all sports, college and pro. Almost every game is on TV or streaming now and the younger generation is more glued to their phones than to go watch a game. That being said, it sure would be nice if we had a 42-45k seat stadium on campus. Our crowds would look amazing there.
If this were the case, yes, the game would be a complete sellout and people would be clamoring for tickets. I'm still amazed at how the city went out and spent major dollars to add 16,000 additional seats to the LB thinking that it would bring an NFL team to Memphis, when in reality it was an NFL pipe dream to begin with. Oh well, is what it is, and I think there'll still be a big crowd for the game come Saturday.
the NFL was not pipe dream for MEMPHIS, but it was playing in the LB
A 60,000 Liberty Bowl stadium in 1965 may have gotten us an NFL franchise. But, by 1993/94, it took a new stadium with luxury suites to lure an NFL franchise. Jacksonville getting the 2nd expansion franchise proved that.
I agree. The 1987 addition was a cheap, inadequate move to attract an NFL team. The result was something that did not come close to the new stadiums being built around that same time, such as Miami's Joe Robbie Stadium that opened that same year. Then in 1988 the city decided to sink $60M into a new basketball arena that turned out was too big for MSU but inadequate for the NBA, and ultimately had to be replaced by a $250M arena.
However, the LB's capacity isn't entirely wasted since the bowl game itself typically uses most of the seating. It is too big for the Tigers for now, but how much sense would it make for the city to have two stadiums less than two miles apart - one operated by the city and used twice a year (bowl game and SHC) and another for 6-7 games per year plus a few smaller crowds like Blue-Gray Game, Bandmasters contest, etc?
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