Attendance Saturday

BryceC · 09-30-2008, 03:31 PM

I think people are also underestimating the impact of parent's weekend - we always get a boost that day.

cstrunk · 09-30-2008, 04:06 PM

I think we'll see 52,250. Nice weather, conference opener, ranked opponent, an improved team = good attendance.

And family weekend!!

Rogue52 · 09-30-2008, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by BryceC

I think people are also underestimating the impact of parent's weekend - we always get a boost that day.

Agreed.

rbrook · 09-30-2008, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Al_4_State

Well, it usually means the seats are full, but I don't think we count it as a sell out till they've quit selling hillside seats...

My understanding is that there is no limit on hillside seats. So unless we count the actual seats as a sell out, it is impossible to have a sell out counting hillside seats.

cloneu · 09-30-2008, 04:38 PM

What most people don't know is that the $5M donation actually came in before the UNLV game. JP took that money and went to a roulette table at Bills Gamblin Hall and put it all down on 00 and won. In the last two weeks they have built 3 invisible decks in the endzone, which they will paint Friday night so people can see them Saturday monring. So there will actually be around 68,000 people at the game.

ajk4st8 · 09-30-2008, 04:39 PM

Ill say a crowd around 44976

Al_4_State · 09-30-2008, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by ajk4st8

Ill say a crowd around 44976

That would be the smallest crowd we've had in two years. If thats the crowd, I will be very disappointed. I'm going to say no way on this...

BryceC · 09-30-2008, 05:42 PM

This thread is crying for some CyBookie.

Al_4_State · 09-30-2008, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by rbrook

My understanding is that there is no limit on hillside seats. So unless we count the actual seats as a sell out, it is impossible to have a sell out counting hillside seats.

I think you're right about the lack of limit to hillside seats, but it seems they pull some arbitrary # (55K i believe) to set as a "sell out". We've had at least 45K every game of the Chizik era, and we have 45K in actual seats, but they call 55 a sell out, which has to include the hills, which there is no limit to. Confusing stuff. I think they should call equate our capacity with the # of available seats. It makes our stadium sound smaller, but we would have a nice sell out streak going right now...

4429 mcc · 09-30-2008, 05:46 PM

On the westside there is now it seems like a lot more standing room only space on the stairwell and lower level walkway.

isuno1fan · 09-30-2008, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by Al_4_State

That would be the smallest crowd we've had in two years. If thats the crowd, I will be very disappointed. I'm going to say no way on this...

The 2nd Half of the KU game in Ames 2 years ago, was the least amoutn of folks I've seen at a game in probably 20 years.

gwoodclone · 09-30-2008, 05:53 PM

I think we'll have at least 50,000. Probably somewhere around 51k.

BryceC · 09-30-2008, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by isuno1fan

The 2nd Half of the KU game in Ames 2 years ago, was the least amoutn of folks I've seen at a game in probably 20 years.

Only game I've ever left early - to convince my friends to stay I said we would leave if they got down by 31 or some arbitrary number. We did with plenty of time left in the game and we were out.

Al_4_State · 09-30-2008, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by isuno1fan

The 2nd Half of the KU game in Ames 2 years ago, was the least amoutn of folks I've seen at a game in probably 20 years.

That does not surprise me at all. The first half of that game was one of the most miserable days i've had in JTS. You just knew Dan was done at that point. When I said two years, I meant last season and this season, btw.

A-town Cy · 09-30-2008, 06:10 PM

50,114