Jesus, how many student tickets do they sell? And I wish our AD would put students on the bleachers all around the stands, it would make Hilton even better. The atmosphere would be so much crazier, and so much louder on the court. The goal should be to get as many students in the arena as possible to maximize noise, and I think we would get a lot more of them at games if it was situated like that.
I know those seats are big money seats, but I think there is more money to be made increasing the home court advantage and the atmosphere and the basketball brand of ISU than there is on about 500 or so.
Not to mention in integrates students into more of the regular season ticket holders and would only encourage them to be more involved.