2010 Attendance

[timappelgate]

with the excitement swirling for our guys this fall, what do you expect attendance to look like for the home games? think we can sell out?

[ISUFB]

with the excitement swirling for our guys this fall, what do you expect attendance to look like for the home games? think we can sell out?

with out a doubt.. til the farmers hit the field and then you see the attendance start to dwindle... unless we're undefeated going into the last game expect the same thing unfortunately.

[cyclonedave25]

The NIU home opener will be decently full, but not packed - 44-46,000ish
The UNI game will be packed - 53-55,000ish
Texas Tech (family weekend) and Utah will be full - 48-50,000ish.
Kansas (homecoming) will be full - 48-50,000ish.
Nebraska will be packed - 53-55,000ish.
Missouri's crowd will be based on our record and how cold it is - 40-50,000ish.

[Clonefan32]

I've got to be honest, I don't like the Thurs. night openers. I think it hurts attendance and my ability to tailgate.

[alarson]

The NIU home opener will be decently full, but not packed - 44-46,000ish

We had almost 49k for NDSU opening last year. I bet we top that for this year.

[IcSyU]

We don't have room for 55,000 anymore....capacity is closer to 53,000 because of the seats lost during renovation.

And we'll never "sell out" because they'll always sell more hillside tickets. We "sell out" the 45,000 real seats we have every game in attendance, although some of those people will be in the hillsides.

[BCPanther]

You're two biggest crowds EVER were when UNI rolled in.

Expect 57,000+ again on September 25. At least 6,000-8,000 UNI fans as well...

[dualthreat]

6-8000 roaring loud panther fans. look out

[BCPanther]

6-8000 roaring loud panther fans. look out

Worked out OK last time...

[AlleyAddict]

I've got to be honest, I don't like the Thurs. night openers. I think it hurts attendance and my ability to tailgate.

more importantly tailgating

[BryceC]

This sched is set up pretty well for some good attendance #'s.

[IcSyU]

I don't see any way of 57,000 just because we had 56,795 last time, and we've cut down seats since then by a couple thousand. It was PACKED in '07.

[UNIGuy4Cy]

You're two biggest crowds EVER were when UNI rolled in.

Expect 57,000+ again on September 25. At least 6,000-8,000 UNI fans as well...

I am UNI grad and root for them when they are playing ISU, but UNI lost way too much last year. ISU will roll, the 6-8000 fan will be silent by the end of the first quarter.

[Al_4_State]

In 2007 there were a LOT of people inside JTS, counted in that UNI attendance that couldn't see a damned thing.

We'll sell well over our 43,000 actual seats up to the Nebraska game. Missouri game will be weather and record dependent, but remember Hillsides are only $10 for the Missouri and KU games. If we're fighting for a bowl bid, I don't think we'll be under 46-47K at all this season, and absolutely packed for UNI and Nebraska.

It still cracks me up that we list attendance at 55,000. Once you hit 50,000, the rest of the people can't really see anything.

[Al_4_State]

I am UNI grad and root for them when they are playing ISU, but UNI lost way too much last year. ISU will roll, the 6-8000 fan will be silent by the end of the first quarter.

I'm still stewing over 2007. I hope we absolutely bludgeon UNI into a bloody pulp. I want the final score to look something like 48-7. That'll shut the ILs up.

That said, I'll root for UNI the rest of the year, especially in the FCS playoffs (if they make it).