Once I saw we had 30k in the stands with a chance to go to the cotton bowl, I knew we'd never draw well. Just enjoy the football

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(09-23-2023 06:28 PM)aardWolf Wrote:  Check out the end of the Rice vs South Florida at South Florida. Sure it’s near the end of the game, but I see like 100 people in the stands.

Doesn't help us

People have to understand. The days of us going over 30,000 are over because we don’t have the parking anymore to accommodate that type of crowd. The grass lot where they built the basketball/volleyball facilities (where Liberty Land used to sit) was large enough to fit 4,000 cars. That was there and available for 10 years, and we went over 30,000 plenty of times. The grass lot where Tim McCarver used to sit could hold 1,500 cars. That’s gone too. Those are gone, and there’s nowhere available to replace those spots. People are not going to park at the University and ride a shuttle, and they’re darn sure not going to park in a neighborhood, especially at night. Heck, even at Tobey there were 12 cars broken in to last week during the game. The parking is gone, so are large crowds.

Parked on Oliver for all the years I went to the games.

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(09-24-2023 11:57 AM)MemTiger90 Wrote:  People have to understand. The days of us going over 30,000 are over because we don’t have the parking anymore to accommodate that type of crowd. The grass lot where they built the basketball/volleyball facilities (where Liberty Land used to sit) was large enough to fit 4,000 cars. That was there and available for 10 years, and we went over 30,000 plenty of times. The grass lot where Tim McCarver used to sit could hold 1,500 cars. That’s gone too. Those are gone, and there’s nowhere available to replace those spots. People are not going to park at the University and ride a shuttle, and they’re darn sure not going to park in a neighborhood, especially at night. Heck, even at Tobey there were 12 cars broken in to last week during the game. The parking is gone, so are large crowds.

How much parking is available around the stadium? I haven’t seen all (Tiger Lane, HH, Tan, Striped, Blue) of the lots filled yet ?!?

(09-24-2023 11:57 AM)MemTiger90 Wrote:  People have to understand. The days of us going over 30,000 are over because we don’t have the parking anymore to accommodate that type of crowd. The grass lot where they built the basketball/volleyball facilities (where Liberty Land used to sit) was large enough to fit 4,000 cars. That was there and available for 10 years, and we went over 30,000 plenty of times. The grass lot where Tim McCarver used to sit could hold 1,500 cars. That’s gone too. Those are gone, and there’s nowhere available to replace those spots. People are not going to park at the University and ride a shuttle, and they’re darn sure not going to park in a neighborhood, especially at night. Heck, even at Tobey there were 12 cars broken in to last week during the game. The parking is gone, so are large crowds.

Didn't we add around 750ish parking spots when the city bought the Coke bottling facility land after Coke moved it to West Memphis?

I think we have plenty of parking. Cooper-Young festival had over 100,000 people a week or so ago with basically no parking.

Back in the day, we sometimes had the fair and Liberty Land and home games with 40K+ people and no Coke parking. If people want to go to the game, they will find a way.

Imo, we have a quality of home opponent problem, not a parking problem. I would love for us to have enough people attending games to potentially have a parking problem.

There are a few different situations that occur as to why we're having an attendance problem. One, losing Houston, Cincinnati, and UCF hurts because we lost three quality football teams. We also lost good coaches with Norvell, Heupel, Sonny Dykes Marcus Freeman, and Luke Fickell.
When it comes to Memphis, the games aren't entertaining because the offenses aren't entertaining. Who wants to watch a great defense? Nowadays, people want to be entertain.

In 2019, Memphis was 10th in the country in total yards (485), 17th in passing yards (298), 39th in rushing yards (186), and 8th in points (40). We we're 8th in the country in points with LSU, Alabama, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Clemson right about us. Think about the playmakers and quarterbacks those teams had in 2019.
So far in 2023, we're 40th in yards (436), 33rd in passing yards, 39th in rushing yards (157) , and 30th in points (37 points).

When it comes to the players, there's not a player from Memphis that the football fans and the city can connect to in a way. There's not an Anthony Miller, a Calvin Austin, and a Tony Pollard type of guy on the team. Acceding to Rivals, we had 20 players signed with Memphis in the 2022 class, we had two players from West Tennessee in the class, and one of them transferred already. The other player is Tevin Carter. Needless to say, we have 3 players from the state of Kansas committed on that class. On the class of 2023, we had 27 players committed and signed for Memphis. How many players from the city of Memphis? 0. In this current 2024 class, we have 14 players currently committed to play for us. How many from Tennessee? 0. How many from Mississippi? 1. Norvell's 2018 recruiting class had around 25 players, and 5 of them from West Tennessee and Memphis. With that being said, Silverfield has ditched recruiting in the city.

I remember watching TV and saw Pouncer running up the steps in a commercial to the press box as a marketing strategy to invest in season tickets. I haven't seen any TV commercials regarding to say. (I could be wrong, but still).

With all that being said, with about every game being on TV, people just aren't attending games like they have used to seeing. People would rather stay at home and watch the game on TV, instead of spending half of their day watching the game in person. It's a trend we're seeing nationwide. Is that an excuse? No. However, seeing that cars were broken into during the Navy game will prove that no fans are likely going to risk that again. The product on the field may not be worth it to some.

There are many ways to look at it, but the football team, the university, and the city can be equally to blame for that. It won't happen unless the team is more entertaining, it doesn't matter what conference they're in.

(09-24-2023 11:57 AM)MemTiger90 Wrote:  People have to understand. The days of us going over 30,000 are over because we don’t have the parking anymore to accommodate that type of crowd. The grass lot where they built the basketball/volleyball facilities (where Liberty Land used to sit) was large enough to fit 4,000 cars. That was there and available for 10 years, and we went over 30,000 plenty of times. The grass lot where Tim McCarver used to sit could hold 1,500 cars. That’s gone too. Those are gone, and there’s nowhere available to replace those spots. People are not going to park at the University and ride a shuttle, and they’re darn sure not going to park in a neighborhood, especially at night. Heck, even at Tobey there were 12 cars broken in to last week during the game. The parking is gone, so are large crowds.

CYF loves to differ with you.

(09-24-2023 04:54 PM)Tigx Wrote:  

(09-24-2023 11:57 AM)MemTiger90 Wrote:  People have to understand. The days of us going over 30,000 are over because we don’t have the parking anymore to accommodate that type of crowd. The grass lot where they built the basketball/volleyball facilities (where Liberty Land used to sit) was large enough to fit 4,000 cars. That was there and available for 10 years, and we went over 30,000 plenty of times. The grass lot where Tim McCarver used to sit could hold 1,500 cars. That’s gone too. Those are gone, and there’s nowhere available to replace those spots. People are not going to park at the University and ride a shuttle, and they’re darn sure not going to park in a neighborhood, especially at night. Heck, even at Tobey there were 12 cars broken in to last week during the game. The parking is gone, so are large crowds.

Didn't we add around 750ish parking spots when the city bought the Coke bottling facility land after Coke moved it to West Memphis?

I think we have plenty of parking. Cooper-Young festival had over 100,000 people a week or so ago with basically no parking.

Back in the day, we sometimes had the fair and Liberty Land and home games with 40K+ people and no Coke parking. If people want to go to the game, they will find a way.

Imo, we have a quality of home opponent problem, not a parking problem. I would love for us to have enough people attending games to potentially have a parking problem.

Tell that to the fans who had their car broken into. I stopped attending events downtown after my car window was shattered at a Redbirds game.

(09-24-2023 07:00 PM)Southaven Wrote:  

(09-24-2023 04:54 PM)Tigx Wrote:  

(09-24-2023 11:57 AM)MemTiger90 Wrote:  People have to understand. The days of us going over 30,000 are over because we don’t have the parking anymore to accommodate that type of crowd. The grass lot where they built the basketball/volleyball facilities (where Liberty Land used to sit) was large enough to fit 4,000 cars. That was there and available for 10 years, and we went over 30,000 plenty of times. The grass lot where Tim McCarver used to sit could hold 1,500 cars. That’s gone too. Those are gone, and there’s nowhere available to replace those spots. People are not going to park at the University and ride a shuttle, and they’re darn sure not going to park in a neighborhood, especially at night. Heck, even at Tobey there were 12 cars broken in to last week during the game. The parking is gone, so are large crowds.

Didn't we add around 750ish parking spots when the city bought the Coke bottling facility land after Coke moved it to West Memphis?

I think we have plenty of parking. Cooper-Young festival had over 100,000 people a week or so ago with basically no parking.

Back in the day, we sometimes had the fair and Liberty Land and home games with 40K+ people and no Coke parking. If people want to go to the game, they will find a way.

Imo, we have a quality of home opponent problem, not a parking problem. I would love for us to have enough people attending games to potentially have a parking problem.

Tell that to the fans who had their car broken into. I stopped attending events downtown after my car window was shattered at a Redbirds game.

I feel you, I paid $425 to some place on Covington Pike to replace my son's window after his car was similarly broken into in August. But that's a crime problem, not a parking problem. (Except for msu35 - he says Memphis has no crime problem, lol.)

I don’t hear safety worries as much for football as I do for basketball when I’m trying to give tickets away but I am hearing it more now. Once my three parking passes are gone it’s been like my basketball tickets have been. No pass no thanks.