"Florida Football: Is reducing capacity in The Swamp a good idea?"

Right, I only really used the announced attendance because it is our best look into potential paid attendance. Financial reports show great ticket sales as well.

Renovation or not, actual attendance is always going to be at issue in the lesser games. Usually it is even more pronounced in the premium seating areas.

 

The lesser games leave a ton of money on the table. Even at home, I may watch the first half or may go fishing. If it’s a premier game, I’m watching 100 % of the time. They can schedule 11 legit games if they want to. Tv would pay a lot more if the game of the week was an sec game every week.

 

But then you can’t complain about attendance

USF/UCF/Miami aren’t the games I’m talking about

 

To my recollection there have always been single game tickets allotted.....there are likely more now, especially since visting teams bring FAR fewer fans than in the past.
I can tell you the booster fees (donation) have done nothing but go up over the last 40 years. They have never once gone down. They have done a reasonable job of keeping the increases to a manageable level, but every few years there is a bump.

 

No, the TV deals are done in the aggregate. There are always enough quality games each week that the cupcakes don't impact the tv rights much at all. There are multiple reasons that every school schedules those type of games, they are financially sound and give the team a W and a break between difficult games. I personally enjoy 1 or 2 every year getting to relax and see a lot of the younger players get action.

 

I think the money is in TV anyways, so attendance is moot. That’s why lowering stadium capacity probably makes more sense at this point.

 

I don't think the attendance # is moot at all. UF gets to keep 100% of its ticket sales (and associated booster fees) .... they aren't shared with the remainder of the conference and doesn't go toward funding the conference office.

 

I would be interested to know what that means specifically. If they've reduced the number of student season tickets available over the years, it would be much easier to sell out that allotment.

 

If my memory serves, the only single game tickets sold were when the opposing team returned the unsold portion of their allotment. Those tickets, which were the cupcake and smaller SEC schools, would become available a few days prior to the game. As for the season tickets, the "posted" minimum donation may not have gone up, but as I recall, there was more demand than supply and if people actually wanted tickets, they had to donate well above the minimum. When somebody gave up their seats, which didn't happen often, those tickets were given to the highest donors. I never bought season tickets but that's what I was told by friends who got them. I heard the same from Tennessee fans.

 

That was true back in UM era....but demand has been dwindling ever since for fairly obvious reasons.

 

You just answered your own question. It didn't work.
This will be decided by the Architect, CM and the AD design committee. Maybe a well heeled booster or two if they need some fundage.

 

Uga home schedule
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What a joke

 

Well it didn’t work at Tiger Stadium because the place was rusted out and falling down. It was a no-brainer. The Swamp is a different set of issues altogether

 

Recent history tells us that while revenue is up actual fan attendance is down. Those happy jammed in fans just aren't showing up in the numbers they once did. large numbers of Gators fans are opting to watch the game on TV which accounts for the empty seats at most games. I would much rather see a packed out 75K stadium with pro level amenities than empty seats in a 88K seat bleacher with dirty bathrooms and second rate concessions.

 

All true but if it goes like most high profile and large projects, the Architect will likely not be a UF alum or probably not even a college football fan. The direction for anything that we would like as fans will have to come from the AD's design committee. And those can be made up of administrative types, not necessarily people in athletics.