18,644

[79Warrior]

True enough.  It'll be great if this year's average attendance is actually a bump up from what has been a steady but slow decline over the last few years.  Saturday's crowd was very good.  The weeknight Providence crowd a couple weeks back was as bad as I have ever seen it for as conference game the last few years irrespective of the announced figure.

The loss of Cuse, Conn, Ville, WVU, ND etc will most certainly have some effect on ticket sales.

[MUfan12]

They ought do the same thing in the south end for season ticket holders and drop the corners to $175.

I think the problem is the jump from corner to sideline upstairs. I sit in 441, and if we moved over one section to 442, it jumps from $275 to $450. I'd consider moving over for a little better view if they were $75 more instead of $175.

[source?]

The loss of Cuse, Conn, Ville, WVU, ND etc will most certainly have some effect on ticket sales.

Yep. Offset somewhat this year by very high expectations for the team. Didn't pan out, but the season tickets were already sold.

[bradley center bat]

True enough.  It'll be great if this year's average attendance is actually a bump up from what has been a steady but slow decline over the last few years.  Saturday's crowd was very good.  The weeknight Providence crowd a couple weeks back was as bad as I have ever seen it for as conference game the last few years irrespective of the announced figure.

PC was at 6pm. It snow a bit that day. Who knows why people don't show up.

For myself, I'm at every game! I wish people who choose not to go to a game, give your tickets to someone who can go.

[bradley center bat]

The loss of Cuse, Conn, Ville, WVU, ND etc will most certainly have some effect on ticket sales.

That can't be true for this year, as season ticket sales went up by 600.

WVU has been gone for two years already. L'ville was not on the home schedule, last year. Plus, UConn didn't pump attendance at all last season.

[source?]

That can't be true for this year, as season ticket sales went up by 600.

WVU has been gone for two years already. L'ville was not on the home schedule, last year. Plus, UConn didn't pump attendance at all last season.

Where do you find info on # of season ticket holders? Just curious.

[jsglow]

That can't be true for this year, as season ticket sales went up by 600.

WVU has been gone for two years already. L'ville was not on the home schedule, last year. Plus, UConn didn't pump attendance at all last season.

Do remember that we are coming off an E-8 run following back to back Sweet 16s.  And does your figure include the mini packs?

[Litehouse]

Where do you find info on # of season ticket holders? Just curious.

Check the attendance for the Grambling game
Seriously though, I don't know the real answer, they may have inside info.

[slack00]

PC was at 6pm. It snow a bit that day. Who knows why people don't show up.

For myself, I'm at every game! I wish people who choose not to go to a game, give your tickets to someone who can go.

A lot of season ticket holders are from the greater Chicago area, Madison, or Green Bay.  Sometimes weeknight drives in the snow aren't fun.

[bradley center bat]

Where do you find info on # of season ticket holders? Just curious.

Don Walker has put numbers out on his blogs. He broke it down by student numbers and general public numbers.

Plus, you can kind've guess when you look at the smallest non-conference crowd of last season to this season. It's fair to say not many people are buying single game tickets for the 2nd home game of the year versus Grambling at 6pm on a Tuesday night. That paid attendance that night was 13,372. Which is the smallest crowd of the season. Marquette last season, had crowd of 12,587 & 12,679.

[jsglow]

PC was at 6pm. It snow a bit that day. Who knows why people don't show up.

It might also have had something to do with a team that was woefully under performing at the time.  Again, my hope is that the annual attendance slide is broken this year.  And a solid run the rest of the way (including in the NCAA) might just pave the way for relative strength at the box office next year.

It'll be interesting to see the announced crowd on Wednesday as well as the 'eye test' of butts in the seats, both in the student section and upper bowl generally.  

[jsglow]

Don Walker has put numbers out on his blogs. He broke it down by student numbers and general public numbers.

Plus, you can kind've guess when you look at the smallest non-conference crowd of last season to this season. It's fair to say not many people are buying single game tickets for the 2nd home game of the year versus Grambling at 6pm on a Tuesday night. That paid attendance that night was 13,372. Which is the smallest crowd of the season. Marquette last season, had crowd of 12,587 & 12,679.

No doubt an excellent proxy.  Thanks.

[bradley center bat]

This year MU's average attendance is 15,233 so far. Up from 15,033 from last year's season.

[source?]

Check the attendance for the Grambling game
Seriously though, I don't know the real answer, they may have inside info.

I would, but I bought a ticket for my gal. Numbers are off by at least 1 

[mu_hilltopper]

WVU has been gone for two years already. L'ville was not on the home schedule, last year. Plus, UConn didn't pump attendance at all last season.

But .. it's not just one season's schedule.  Season ticket holders, with the point system .. have an investment they've paid into for years, not just the donation $$s but in terms of year after year of paying for tickets as well.  

Where I'm going with that is .. having a "down" schedule one year isn't a big deal.  But .. now people deciding on whether to keep their season ticket point investment also will look at the future .. a future without Notre Dame games, without UConn games, without Louisville, Pitt, Cincy, Syracuse.  

There's little doubt that that investment has lost some value with a weaker BE and loss of caché. -- The bar was set really high during the BE years no doubt, we were spoiled.

[Tugg Speedman]

This year MU's average attendance is 15,233 so far. Up from 15,033 from last year's season.

Not only are we ahead of last year, we are also ahead of 2012's 15,138 average.

Go back and look at this thread

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=36039.msg449465#msg449465

It goes on for 8 pages whining about our "collapse" in attendance.  Buzz was blamed for not being as charismatic as AL, Milwaukee was blamed for losing interest, the kids were blamed for not supporting the school and football was blamed for dominating the sports landscape. 

So a funny thing happened on the way to the decline and fall of MU basketball, we are not at a three year high in attendance with more big games coming to potentially add to it.

How did that happen????

[BossplayaOtto]

I think the problem is the jump from corner to sideline upstairs. I sit in 441, and if we moved over one section to 442, it jumps from $275 to $450. I'd consider moving over for a little better view if they were $75 more instead of $175.

MUFan, I also sit in 441.  for the non-conference games (except OSU) and most weekday BE games we usually can easily slide over to 442 or 443 as many of the season ticket holders don't show.  I have 4 seats so $175 more per (plus I think there is a $50-$100 mandatory donation per seat) a section makes it a non-option for us.  I too would consider it for $75 per.

What row are you?   

[jsglow]

I'm sure we're successfully riding the coattails of the NCAA success, especially last year.  The Grambling numbers are actually quite impressive.

My thought process is somewhat similar to topper's.  Sure all the folks who hold long term lower bowl tickets will be back every year.  I'm just a bit worried about the marginal fan who may have decided to 'opt in' around our joining the BEast.  That could be a more fluid base.  And that's before we even consider the 600 who jumped on board this year.

[bradley center bat]

I sit in 442, stay away!  

I think many love Creighton, Butler & Xavier, that it's no real loss losing Pitt, Cincy & UConn for people buying season tickets. I've heard old timers say if we stay with the AAC of Tulane, East Carolina, USF, Houston, Tulsa, etc. many would not be season ticket holders.

[jsglow]

I sit in 442, stay away!  

I think many love Creighton, Butler & Xavier, that it's no real loss losing Pitt, Cincy & UConn for people buying season tickets. I've heard old timers say if we stay with the AAC of Tulane, East Carolina, USF, Houston, Tulsa, etc. many would not be season ticket holders.

No doubt we made the correct move.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I sit in 442, stay away!  

I think many love Creighton, Butler & Xavier, that it's no real loss losing Pitt, Cincy & UConn for people buying season tickets. I've heard old timers say if we stay with the AAC of Tulane, East Carolina, USF, Houston, Tulsa, etc. many would not be season ticket holders.

bat, I thought you were in the 500s or even the 600s.  Except for against providence.  floor seats then.

[wardle2wade]

I sit in 442, stay away!  

I think many love Creighton, Butler & Xavier, that it's no real loss losing Pitt, Cincy & UConn for people buying season tickets. I've heard old timers say if we stay with the AAC of Tulane, East Carolina, USF, Houston, Tulsa, etc. many would not be season ticket holders.

You have a good point there.  While we all enjoyed great games vs Pitt, Uconn, and Cincy over the years, some of MU alumni base has Jesuit overlap with Creighton and Xavier alum... ie maybe it's a brother, sister, cousin, uncle who goes/went there.  For the casual fan, that type of connection is probably a draw for some families to attend more-so than a random Pitt/Uconn/Cincy game.  I'm not saying this is huge, but it's gotta exist.