Stallion wrote:Again-UT has a presence in Dallas. Although a game at Jerry World is a greater possibility than a game in Ford (which will never happen) UT Officials have stated over the years several times that they don't intend to play 2 games in the Metroplex. That's two games away from 100,000 X a conservative estimate of $100 per ticketholder in seat options, ticket revenue, concessions, purchased goods and parking. That's 10 Million reasons why they won't play SMU in Dallas. ..
My, my. How we put upon UT all those years in the SWC - making those poor devils play two games in Dallas every other year.
To borrow from John F. Kennedy on this 40th anniversary of the first moon walk:
I believe that this school should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the next decade is out, of putting a boot up Bevo's @ss on the football field and returning safely to campus. No single football project in this period will be more impressive to us all, or more important for the long-range health of our program, and none will be so diffucult or expensive to accomplish.
Stallion wrote:My estimate of per game revenue was way too low based on the minimum/premium prices for Texas games based on ticket prices alone
2009 Ticket Prices · Season tickets: $375 · North end zone club level season tickets: $525. North end and East side club level seats include a food surcharge. Please refer to the TheLonghornFoundation.com for more information on the food surcharge.
· Individual game tickets 09/05 vs. Louisiana-Monroe (Austin): $65 09/19 vs. Texas Tech (Austin): $95 09/26 vs. UTEP (Austin): $70 10/10 vs. Colorado (Austin): $80 11/07 vs. Central Florida (Austin): $70 11/21 vs. Kansas (Austin): $80
I've been going to UT games my entire life and I rarely remember spending more than $25 per person on food/drink expense.
Rice removed something like 25,000 seats from the stadium, and it seats less than 50,000 now - it wouldn't be practical to re-install all those seats for 1 game.
Did they actually remove the bleachers or do they cover the north EZ section on game day with an enormous tarp?
Late getting into this, but Missouri cancelled football series with Illinois for the same reasons. It was in St Louis and Mizzou wanted home games..........and the Kansas game took priority.
