The attendance average sits at 6,444 this season. If Jackson State and Arkansas Pine Bluff were removed from the schedule that average goes up by only about 200 a game. What makes more of a difference if is if one of those games was replaced by a P5 opponent that draws 10,000 to the Convo. The game attendance spikes the average and drives interest and season ticket sales so the resultant effect is closer to a gain of 500 per game. Win or lose our RPI is probably 10 points higher too. I get the schedule in the context of where Saul's program was going into the season but to build interest the schedule has got to improve.

As usual, I agree with OCF. I think that a year from now, given SaulBall apparently getting traction, no one will much be raising attendance questions.

'cause not only is this team starting to win, it's doing it in attractive, entertaining, good-basketball ways.

Who's going to become our lock-down defender who can stop anyone from guard to small forward?

There are plenty of people out there that would do this as well. I think strongly encouraging a re-sale website amongst current ticket holders is an easier proposition. I bet Monroe can attest to the challenges of re-selling.

Athletics has got to sell season tickets for the prime seats. I think that any school that allowed single game purchases of seats for prime games would lose a lot of revenue. I can't imagine that's available hardly anywhere given revenue needs.

Selling my BobcatBlack takes a bit of effort in terms of I have to put up the email offering them...have to keep updating that thread...have to update my 'bids' spreadsheet as bids come in...have to keep in touch with all who are bidding so that they know if they're leading or not...have to notify the winner about how to pay me...have to confirm payment is in ,.and have to notify the winner and the ticket office of each other's contact info and my info so that the tickets will be ready for the winner at will call.

It's more work than I'd like but I'm willing to do it so that the proceeds (50% to School of Accounting, 50% to Bobcat Club, rest to general fund) are generated for the University.

It's certainly not a system that would work on anything other than the smallest of scales. Automation obviously a must for anything beyond informal, small sales.

By the way, Athletics tells me that they are prohibited from re-selling tickets. Must be an NCAA regulation.

I don't see why these things aren't allowed: more than one guy in motion in football so long as not going forward to line of scrimmage, kicking the ball in hoops (shouldn't be a turnover..just keep playing), and re-selling of tix by Athletics.

A quick check finds Glenvilles new arena seats 3,000 and the town in under 2,000 with under 2,000 students. Can't believe 10,000 attendence average. Football average?

Considering that according to NCAA attendance figures, the leading D-2 attendance was 3300 or so, I'm guessing these may be season totals rather than averages, but who knows.

How?

This year, season ticket prices for a Silver seat totals to $215, Gold at $300, Platinum at $430. Divide those numbers by 17 (# of home games including the Indiana Tech exhibition) and you get $12.65 per game for Silver, $17.65 for Gold, and $25.30 for Platinum.

I don't know if athletics charged less for other single home games in the upper deck, but tickets for Saturday's Buffalo game are going for $20. Assuming all single game seats were $20 this year, I think athletics could charge $25-$30 for a single game Silver seat, $30-$40 for Gold, and $40-$50 for Platinum. It would make the premium tickets available to non-season ticket holders who can afford them (think out-of-towners, like me) while still making season tickets a hell of a good deal. If you charged $35 for a single game gold seat, that comes out to $595 for 17 games. A season ticket holder would get a $595 value for $300!

The Athletic Department may be banned by NCAA Regulations from re-selling tickets...on their own. Unless some schools are breaking the rules and getting away with it, many have sites linked to their own sites for re-selling tickets. The Dayton Flyers are my first example. Yes, their demand is different from ours, but they still promote the Ticketmaster re-sale site where users can sell tickets they aren't going to use. My recollection is that X does this as well. Go look up single game tickets for UD games and you'll have little trouble finding this.

On the lower bowl seats, I still agree with Shaba. Sell the seats where there are gaps in the lower bowl, and make the per game dollar figure more like $50 for a platinum seat, $40 for a Gold seat, etc. But I maintain there's no sense in having unsold seats below the main concourse if they can help it. You never know, it might help season ticket sales too!