The Elephant in the Room: Ticket Sales

[cockfight#1]

Check out how many tickets are available for the HOME OPENER. I have never seen it so empty.

I guess the re-parking was the final straw for a ton of GCC members. What a shame.

 

[NaturalGC7]

This is on the administration-the football coaches and players are doing their job.

 

[67gamecock]

Our Administration will 'do it every time' it seems. Their bad timing and short-sighted attitude re: making quick $$$ at the expense of the loyal fandom is . . . remarkably consistent, to say the least.

Look, even if we win 1-2 more games this year than last season and, thus, give the Gamecock Nation a reason to go nuts, the good monetary results of off-the-field front office decisions (like price increases) won't be felt until the end of the NEXT season . . .maybe.

Stay cool, Ray. The BOT won't eat you if you come up a little short at the end of the year . . . but, the fans sure will!

 

[bosoxcock]

Hey.... SC has to find money to pay their women's basketball coach over ONE MILLION dollars a year.

 

[The Coup Nazi]

Hey.... SC has to find money to pay their women's basketball coach over ONE MILLION dollars a year.

And that’s a bargain.

 

[jeff2001]

Hey.... SC has to find money to pay their women's basketball coach over ONE MILLION dollars a year.

You ok with it if we lose Dawn Staley to somebody else ?

 

[SpurCock78]

You ok with it if we lose Dawn Staley to somebody else ?

Don't care. It's women's basketball and no one cares about it 10 years ago. If having an elite football program would mean going back to being bad in Women's Basketball I think most Gamecocks would be fine with it

 

[jeff2001]

Don't care. It's women's basketball and no one cares about it 10 years ago. If having an elite football program would mean going back to being bad in Women's Basketball I think most Gamecocks would be fine with it

I'm sure our women basketball isn't holding back the football program.

 

[jeff2001]

Since 2014
1NC
2 final 4
4 regular season
4 SEC tourney title

 

[Art__Vandelay]

Since 2014
1NC
2 final 4
4 regular season
4 SEC tourney title

I’d rather beat Clemson in football than all that x5

 

[king ward]

Fans across the country are electing to stay home, especially when match-ups are non-compelling. There would be a big crowd there for, say, Virginia Tech.

 

[robertfootball]

Being at 12:30 sure doesn't help ticket sales either.

 

[cockhornleghorn]

A Noon game on September 1st against the fake roosters is not a way to get people to come to a game. I've already decided that, unless the weather is cooler than average, I'm either going late or leaving early and I always stay for entire games.

 

[robertfootball]

I miss the days that we always started the season with night games.

 

[uscg1984]

Fans across the country are electing to stay home, especially when match-ups are non-compelling. There would be a big crowd there for, say, Virginia Tech.

Not to mention the fact that every game, even the junk ones like Coastal, are on TV now.

 

[SpurCock78]

I'm sure our women basketball isn't holding back the football program.

It certainly isn't , but given a choice most Gamecocks would take an elite football team if it meant women's basketball was bad.

It's not a relevant sport to 95% of the country and wasn't in Columbia until recent. It's great we are good at it, but few care . Do any of you care that Virginia is elite at soccer , Arkansas in track, Iowa in wrestling , and John Hopkins in Lacrosse?

 

[Kitchenlabs]

The days of packed stadiums for every game are over.

 

[cocky4]

taking every opportunity to schedule a Coastal or Appalachian State....yeah the fans want to see more of that.

 

[jimnasium]

The only team that benefits with the Coastal game is Coastal it's ends up costing us $$.

 

[Plateman]

Check out how many tickets are available for the HOME OPENER. I have never seen it so empty.

I guess the re-parking was the final straw for a ton of GCC members. What a shame.

not sure there would be any additional interest in this game no matter when it's played. what WILL matter is in week 2 when UGA haas many fans as we do in our own building

 

[cockhornleghorn]

not sure there would be any additional interest in this game no matter when it's played. what WILL matter is in week 2 when UGA haas many fans as we do in our own building

That won't happen.

 

[king ward]

Not to mention the fact that every game, even the junk ones like Coastal, are on TV now.

Not to mention...

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

Fans across the country are electing to stay home, especially when match-ups are non-compelling. There would be a big crowd there for, say, Virginia Tech.

For some dropping perhaps $200-300 (tickets, parking, food ,etc) for a non-compelling game just doesn't seem worth the expense and hassle. Add to that somehow someway you can find a broadcast to watch in the comfort of your home

 

[king ward]

For some dropping perhaps $200-300 (tickets, parking, food ,etc) for a non-compelling game just doesn't seem worth the expense and hassle. Add to that somehow someway you can find a broadcast to watch in the comfort of your home

And certainly a better one also.

 

[robertfootball]

not sure there would be any additional interest in this game no matter when it's played. what WILL matter is in week 2 when UGA haas many fans as we do in our own building

If we blow Coastal out and look like we know what we are doing, the Georgia game will be one of the toughest tickets to get in years.

 

[jeff2001]

Coastal over under 73,000.?

 

[robertfootball]

Coastal over under 73,000.?

Way under. 65,000. If it was a night then maybe 73,000.

 

[king ward]

Coastal over under 73,000.?

Announced: over.
Actual: under.

 

[king ward]

If we blow Coastal out and look like we know what we are doing, the Georgia game will be one of the toughest tickets to get in years.

It'll fill up but tickets will abound on the secondary market. Football mania ain't what it used to be.

 

[Triton20x]

Not to mention the fact that every game, even the junk ones like Coastal, are on TV now.

Not that they are just on TV but now everyone has 60-100" super mojo Hi-Fi Wireless Smart Flat Nano-Tech NASA approved TVs. If we were still sitting at home using 19" box TVs like we grew up with then more people would travel.

 

[usc01#]

Not sure why they don’t offer those tickets (upper deck—the last 25 rows on the East side) for $15 per ticket for these type games. That is the side that TV picks up as well. Not sure why they don’t do this.

 

[CockofEarle]

Check out how many tickets are available for the HOME OPENER. I have never seen it so empty.

I guess the re-parking was the final straw for a ton of GCC members. What a shame.

great, more room 4 all the snotty nosed kids 2 toss footballs n the grounds, less traffic 2 worry about . dumpin' the bandwagon fans.........i luv when a plan comes 2gether......

 

[robertfootball]

Not that they are just on TV but now everyone has 60-100" super mojo Hi-Fi Wireless Smart Flat Nano-Tech NASA approved TVs. If we were still sitting at home using 19" box TVs like we grew up with then more people would travel.

I'm one of those people that misses their old tv that didn't have wifi and all that crazy stuff on it. I have one that's a 9 yr old Sony that's stil going strong while the other two are fancy super mojo HD Samsung tv's that I hate.

 

[robertfootball]

great, more room 4 all the snotty nosed kids 2 toss footballs n the grounds, less traffic 2 worry about . dumpin' the bandwagon fans.........i luv when a plan comes 2gether......

it doesn't matter what the attendance, the traffic has always seemed to suck the past couple of years.

 

[king ward]

Not sure why they don’t offer those tickets (upper deck—the last 25 rows on the East side) for $15 per ticket for these type games. That is the side that TV picks up as well. Not sure why they don’t do this.

That's right. If there was ever a situation that called for graduated scales in pricing, this is it. And they ought to be about $10.00 for FCS opponents, which this one isn't but feels like.

 

[CockofEarle]

it doesn't matter what the attendance, the traffic has always seemed to suck the past couple of years.

1st game has always been issue when schp breaks n the rookies.....maybe it'll be easier this yr?.......can u imagine if it was jawja for openin' game @ noon!

 

[king ward]

1st game has always been issue when schp breaks n the rookies.....maybe it'll be easier this yr?.......can u imagine if it was jawja for openin' game @ noon!

I can imagine innumerable people succumbing to heat stress or even heat stroke.

 

[Kitchenlabs]

I can imagine innumerable people succumbing to heat stress or even heat stroke.

I won't be one of them. I plan to listen to it on the radio....the old-fashioned way.

 

[CockofEarle]

I can imagine innumerable people succumbing to heat stress or even heat stroke.

can pray 4 cloud cover

 

[robertfootball]

I can imagine innumerable people succumbing to heat stress or even heat stroke.

If they run out of water for this game by halftime don't be surprised.