Iowa State 16th Nationally In MBB Attendance

[IA_Cyclone70]

http://cyclones.com/news/2017/8/8/mens-basketball-iowa-state-16th-nationally-in-mbb-attendance.aspx

I took it one step further (Adjusted Rank Based on Overall Percentage of Capacity). Thought this was pretty interesting!

Rank School Attendance Average Capacity Percentage Rank/%

1. Kentucky 398,850 23,461 23,500 99.83% 3rd

2. Syracuse 444,809 21,181 33,000 64.18% 24th

3. Louisville 354,390 20,846 22,090 94.36% 14th

4. North Carolina 289,075 18,067 21,750 83.06% 16th

5. Creighton 296,013 17,412 17,560 99.15% 6th

6. Wisconsin 293,870 17,286 17,230 100% 1st

7. Maryland 299,306 16,628 17,950 92.63% 15th

8. Kansas 262,320 16,395 16,300 100% 1st

9. Indiana 294,549 16,363 17,222 95.01% 13th

10. North Carolina St. 286,322 15,906 19,772 80.44% 18th

11. Nebraska 246,832 15,427 15,500 99.52% 4th

12. Arkansas 274,446 15,247 19,200 79.41% 19th

13. Michigan St. 236,752 14,797 15,000 98.64% 8th

14. BYU 260,569 14,476 19,000 76.18% 20th

15. Arizona 230,560 14,410 14,545 99.07% 7th

16. Iowa St. 214,130 14,275 14,384 99.24% 5th

17. Virginia 227,922 14,245 14,593 97.61% 10th

18. Purdue 234,930 13,819 14,240 97.04% 12th

19. Marquette 233,169 13,715 20,000 68.57% 22nd

20. Tennessee 218,190 13,636 21,678 62.90% 25th

21. South Carolina 241,126 13,395 18,000 74.41% 21st

22. Dayton 208,291 13,018 13,409 97.08% 11th

23. Iowa 250,959 12,547 15,500 80.94% 17th

24. Ohio St. 234,156 12,324 18,809 65.52% 23rd

25. San Diego St. 170,742 12,195 12,414 98.23% 9th

 

[CyTwins]

And this is why we are a basketball school

 

[tzjung]

How the hell is Nebrasketball so high? I know they have a new arena, but there is no way 15K people were there every game.

 

[jbindm]

11. Nebraska 246,832 15,427 15,500 99.52% 4th

WTF, Nebraska?! What are they going to see?

 

[BCoffClone125]

Anyone know if JP has mentioned expanding the number of seats at Hilton as a priority for the athletic department? I would never want to mess with the atmosphere at Hilton, but I would think if we expanded to 15K+ we would have no problem filling those seats.

 

[cyclonedave25]

How the hell is Nebrasketball so high? I know they have a new arena, but there is no way 15K people were there every game.

Its Nebraska so they probably donated about 5,000 tickets to local charities and schools and claimed those seats as bought and used tickets.

 

[CycloneErik]

Anyone know if JP has mentioned expanding the number of seats at Hilton as a priority for the athletic department? I would never want to mess with the atmosphere at Hilton, but I would think if we expanded to 15K+ we would have no problem filling those seats.

Where would you put those seats?

Maybe they could look at an extra level over the court like Madison Square Garden?
Otherwise, I really don't see where those seats would be without a massive renovation.

 

[BCoffClone125]

Where would you put those seats?

Maybe they could look at an extra level over the court like Madison Square Garden?
Otherwise, I really don't see where those seats would be without a massive renovation.

They could potentially add some suites on the lower level circle opposite of the press box and Johnny's (although this would make the concourse unbearably packed without expanding it). Otherwise, yeah it would probably be a major overhaul.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Where would you put those seats?

Maybe they could look at an extra level over the court like Madison Square Garden?
Otherwise, I really don't see where those seats would be without a massive renovation.

Plexiglass ceiling and people stand on their heads. You need to be more creative.

 

[CyArob]

Where would you put those seats?

Maybe they could look at an extra level over the court like Madison Square Garden?
Otherwise, I really don't see where those seats would be without a massive renovation.

10" wide seats. You fits, you sits.

 

[CycloneErik]

Plexiglass ceiling and people stand on their heads. You need to be more creative.

I kind of went there already with the MSG thing:

http://nypost.com/2013/10/14/first-peek-at-msg-sky-bridge-seats/

 

[CycloneErik]

10" wide seats. You fits, you sits.

Promote attendance and health all at the same time. Synergy!

 

[LarryISU]

Note that every school ahead of us also has a larger venue. Also there are other factors such as Creighton plays in our convention center and are able to sell beer at all home games. A lot of Omaha folks go just for sheer entertainment and to drink beer, not really having any basis to cheer for Creighton other than they are local. Whereas most schools only draw true fans I would say and without the chance to have beer. So these numbers all have to be viewed with an asterisk I would think.

 

[Cydkar]

Anyone know if JP has mentioned expanding the number of seats at Hilton as a priority for the athletic department? I would never want to mess with the atmosphere at Hilton, but I would think if we expanded to 15K+ we would have no problem filling those seats.

Any improvements will reduce the capacity slightly...suites

 

[Cydkar]

Note that every school ahead of us also has a larger venue. Also there are other factors such as Creighton plays in our convention center and are able to sell beer at all home games. A lot of Omaha folks go just for sheer entertainment and to drink beer, not really having any basis to cheer for Creighton other than they are local. Whereas most schools only draw true fans I would say and without the chance to have beer. So these numbers all have to be viewed with an asterisk I would think.

Creighton is also pretty good and fun to watch.

 

[VeloClone]

Where would you put those seats?

Maybe they could look at an extra level over the court like Madison Square Garden?
Otherwise, I really don't see where those seats would be without a massive renovation.

There was a plan quite a few years ago that actually went to the schematic phase to turn around the vomitory stairways so they dumped directly into the outer concourse and continue the seating above the top row of the lower level essentially filling in the inner concourse with seats. I believe it also included some small suites in that same space so it would have definitely been a net gain - not loss - of seats. I was disappointed that they didn't pull the trigger on that at the time.

Think about Hilton with 1,000 more screaming fans in seats and still room for a half dozen suites. It would be crazy!

 

[cyclonedave25]

There was a plan quite a few years ago that actually went to the schematic phase to turn around the vomitory stairways so they dumped directly into the outer concourse and continue the seating above the top row of the lower level essentially filling in the inner concourse with seats. I believe it also included some small suites in that same space so it would have definitely been a net gain - not loss - of seats. I was disappointed that they didn't pull the trigger on that at the time.

Think about Hilton with 1,000 more screaming fans in seats and still room for a half dozen suites. It would be crazy!

Yep, back in 2006 they proposed a $100 million renovation to Hilton, including attaching the practice facility to Hilton and adding suites inside Hilton. These changes were supposed to be done by 2010. haha
Here's the links to the renderings and article.
http://www.henneman.com/projects/160106
http://archive.inside.iastate.edu/2006/0629/capitals.shtml

What they need to do is get rid of the space between the parquet and balcony and put in suites. Have the balcony access straight from the concourse by the concessions.
The parquet access will be similar to Wells Fargo Arena.
And then suites all the way around. No seating would be lost, just adding suites between the balcony and parquet. This would also prevent people from leaving their seats at the 4 min timeout and standing around the concourse. It would also add another few hundred seats.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Plexiglass ceiling and people stand on their heads. You need to be more creative.

Plexiglass court with basement seating below for the win!

 

[Knownothing]

Nebraska counts seats they give away. Not butts in seats

 

[AgronAlum]

Plexiglass court with basement seating below for the win!

I just got done reading the new world record thread. Hard pass on that view.