Attendance

**rbrook** · 09-14-2009, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by dmclone

I'd rather not break any attendance records and have less hawk fans.

I would agree.

**CyPride** · 09-14-2009, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by dmclone

I'd rather not break any attendance records and have less hawk fans.

Pollard is getting what he wants, I guess?

I think the 'scheme' to get a ticket to the iowa game by buying a season ticket, or spend $90 will only be a short-term gain.

Yes, I did read that Iowa had sent back a majority of their allotment.

$90 is a steep price to pay, especially when you consider that you rarely go to a game by yourself.....

**isuno1fan** · 09-14-2009, 02:09 PM

I actually thought I saw wayyyyy more Hawk fans than I did in 2007. I'm not talking by a small amount either. They were all over the place in the donor lots.

**BryceC** · 09-14-2009, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by CyPride

Pollard is getting what he wants, I guess?

I think the 'scheme' to get a ticket to the iowa game by buying a season ticket, or spend $90 will only be a short-term gain.

Yes, I did read that Iowa had sent back a majority of their allotment.

$90 is a steep price to pay, especially when you consider that you rarely go to a game by yourself.....

Considering what I've scalped tickets for in the past, 90 bucks is much less than the going rate.

**JP4CY** · 09-14-2009, 02:11 PM

Originally Posted by isuno1fan

I actually thought I saw wayyyyy more Hawk fans than I did in 2007. I'm not talking by a small amount either. They were all over the place in the donor lots.

I saw the same thing. I was behind vet med, and there were tons of Iowa fans. It was eerily similar from when I've tailgated by the Dental Building at Iowa.

**Flag Guy** · 09-14-2009, 02:16 PM

Maybe they all just hung out in the lots this year

**dmclone** · 09-14-2009, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by Flag Guy

Maybe they all just hung out in the lots this year

That's kind of what I thought. I saw a lot during tailgating but didn't see that many in the stadium.

**tim_redd** · 09-14-2009, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by dmclone

That's kind of what I thought. I saw a lot during tailgating but didn't see that many in the stadium.

My thoughts as well.

**cytech** · 09-15-2009, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by Al_4_State

A lot of people forget that. We only have 43K in actual seats. Therefore, we had 9K on the hills. That's ALOT to be squeezed in there.

Add to that 2 of the hillsides are now smaller as well because of the access ramps. At this time I don't think it would be possible for us to reach sellout capacity of 55k.

On a second note is the 52k the number of tickets sold or the number of bodies in the stadium?

**d30fan** · 09-15-2009, 10:14 AM

I never saw a figure for season tickets sold this year. Did the athletic dept ever put it out? Seems to me that, given the economy, we are doing pretty well.

**Steve** · 09-15-2009, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by cytech

Add to that 2 of the hillsides are now smaller as well because of the access ramps. At this time I don't think it would be possible for us to reach sellout capacity of 55k.

On a second note is the 52k the number of tickets sold or the number of bodies in the stadium?

I am not aware of any school that uses "paid attendance" as their weekly attendance release. It's always a total body count that includes players, coaches, bands, officials, security, media, concession workers, etc. Most schools record attendance numbers are from night games where they bring in extra security and concession workers.