Ironic that I read this right after reading about a season ticket holder who didn't bother coming to any non-con games unless it was Iowa in another thread. That is a problem that needs to be fixed by student and non-student season ticket holders.
Hilton (How can we make it even better?)
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Ironic that I read this right after reading about a season ticket holder who didn't bother coming to any non-con games unless it was Iowa in another thread. That is a problem that needs to be fixed by student and non-student season ticket holders.
Might be wrong, but I seem to remember the student tickets don't include the games during the winter break, so that is something of an excuse...
On single game sale day, there were tons of fans complaining that only wanted tickets to Kansas and couldn't get them.
CycloneErik
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Eh, what can I say? I get a kick out of the enthusiastic ones.
Then you've never seen Cyclone Alley.
Yes, starting this silly tradition early.
Okay...now I get the implied jimlad. You had me worried...I thought you were turning into a grumpy old fart waaaaaay before your time!
This would have been against Texas. I'll have to watch it again. Perhaps my brain is filling in the gaps of what I couldn't quite hear, but it didn't sound friendly.
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Last shot before heading out: To be fair to KCCLone, nobody has ever seen Cyclone Alley.
So students show up to only two games a year?
Student section is only full 2 games a year yes. There were big 12 games towards the end of the season last year with 500+ open seats.
Just wanted to express my love for the design of Hilton. I was pretty much in the last row of upper bowl and was more than happy with how well I could I see. The only bad seat in Hilton is when its full and you can't get in. JP needs to consider adding seats in the rafters, we need more seating!
Every seat is filled in Hilton every game, except for behind the basket. There were 3 games that were completely full, KU IA and Michigan.
Seems like JP still has not solved this issue (did not expect it full for exhibition, but it is still status quo)
They did oversell the student section by an additional 1000 this season I think. Hopefully that will get the majority of the games (all of the conference games excluding the first one during break) filled to the brim. If the students don't consistently fill the spots then I feel the Athletic department will take away one of the balcony sections. I would hate to see this as I love the energy of the student section, but with the amount of money donors are paying I can't see them keeping all the student sections that they have if they don't fill it up.
And we create that situation in many ways on our own (making it harder for students to resell, for example).
Personally i think maybe a 'rush ticket' option should be considered. Let the AD look at the attendance 15 min before tip and judge if they can sell an extra X amount of tickets.
I think JP had plans for expanding Hilton, but couldn't get the bond issue approved. Expanding HC to 15,000 would make the the magic stronger.
