Kolek planning to go pro
Taking the wife and 3 kids (5, 3 and 1 years old). School night? Who cares! We have a ship on the line!
Have a family member from Lodi, Wi coming in for the game. Bought on the Fevo sale.
Many have said they dislike Pete Gillen. To avoid him this Wednesday on CBSSN, come to Fiserv.
All of this in spite of a marketing department full of know nothing buffoons. Kudos
CRAIG PINTENS IS NOT WALKING THROUGH THAT DOOR!Honestly though, I dont know what more you expect them to do. Anyone with a potential interest in going is aware the game is happening.
I don’t believe that the 6pm start is that big of a problem. People complain about a later weeknight game and now they complain about an early one.
To be fair, I meant that it is too early for me to get there on Wednesday. A very specific comment about my circumstance.
I think if you want to maximize butts in seats then moving the student section to behind one basket would be a good idea. Specifically the sections would be 110-113 in the lower and 213-217 in the upper. I don’t think the students who show up late really care where they sit anyway and it’s fair and equitable. Show up early if you want better seats. Those behind the basket seats on the other end would be good seats to run promos on and do mini packs for. The upper deck is a much tougher sell and those really are only in demand for the very best games.
Why would we put our loudest and best attendance demographic in worse seats?
The question wasn’t about how to get the best atmosphere at a game, it was about how to sell more tickets. I reread my comment and don’t really have anything additional to add other than to re-emphasize that there would be larger demand from the general public for behind the basket lowers than there would be for the uppers, which in turn would result in more sales overall. By an extremely large margin, the “loudest” and “best” crowds depend on the opponent and flow of the game and not where the students are sitting. Look at the UCONN game for example. Shaka said it was the loudest he had heard the building. Where were the students? The Bradley Center also had a number of good crowds where all the students were behind the basket. Worked out fine as well there.
The idea of saving some of the best seats in the house for people who aren't willing to commit to season tickets is a dumb idea IMO. If you can't get decent seats because you are only a casual fan, boo hoo. Buy them from Stub Hub from someone who was willing to buy tickets to every game.
COLEImagine if that's how any brand in the world felt? Their leadership would be removed by the board/shareholders.
From that perspective, I don’t disagree. Though, then I think it’s nonsense to complain about the Marketing department since it’s impossible to sell tickets to a type of fan that doesn’t currently exist.
My guess is that Marquette would rather have unsold rafter seats than hold back good seats for the one-off and mini-plan people.Here's another thing. As a casual fan, you might buy one of those rafter tickets, get there, and think, "Well, this sucks. Next time I will do what it takes to get better seats." That is especially relevant given where we think the prospects are for next year's team.That's how Glow and I graduated from the $99 season tickets in 2009-2010 to being full-on STHs.
Sure, seats in the lower bowl would be preferable, but are the "rafter" seat at FF that bad?
Nope, and I think that might be one of the reason the atmosphere is a little lacking. It felt like the Lower Bowl was always full at the BC, even for low attended games. Now, it seems like there are always some empty seats.I think it’s a function of the Upper Bowl being better seats than they were at the BC, and that there are more Lower Bowl seats at Fiserv.Before, you really had to work to get into the Lower Bowl and made the experience better. Now it’s easier and the payoff may not be as great.