EastStang wrote:I don't agree with making FSU part of a mandatory 3 game package. We need all the sellouts we can get. I don't think making it part of a 3 game package will create a sellout. Make tickets to that game slightly more expensive, but don't saddle people with 3 games. Or move the game to the old Cotton Bowl during the Fair. That was always fun. Frat busses to the games. Kegs on the bus. Get to wander around the Fair. Fun times.
Tickets will sell if the team is winning. They won't if the team isn't (though sales will be better than AAC years, easily).
SMU should do what it can to stop Ford to turn into Tallahassee West. TCU did this just last year for BYU (a bit random but maybe there are a lot of Mormons in Tarrant County?) and, of course, Texas.
TCU, BYU & FSU should draw well but I expect the rest of the home schedule to attract something in the usual 20k range. Just don't see Cal, BC or Pitt traveling well and we just don't have the fan base to sell those games. Maybe if we run through the non-conference undefeated things will improve but my 50+ years following SMU football suggests otherwise.
I agree there should always be single game tickets available but a 3 pack with better seats at "regular" rates for BYU, TCU & FSU might be wise to assure strong attendance for those games. Might be able to put a premium price on select single game tickets but I'd hate to see them destroy any hopes of increased attendance in Ford like they did Moody with a money grab
Charleston Pony wrote:TCU, BYU & FSU should draw well but I expect the rest of the home schedule to attract something in the usual 20k range. Just don't see Cal, BC or Pitt traveling well and we just don't have the fan base to sell those games. Maybe if we run through the non-conference undefeated things will improve but my 50+ years following SMU football suggests otherwise.
I agree there should always be single game tickets available but a 3 pack with better seats at "regular" rates for BYU, TCU & FSU might be wise to assure strong attendance for those games. Might be able to put a premium price on select single game tickets but I'd hate to see them destroy any hopes of increased attendance in Ford like they did Moody with a money grab
This isn't at all comparable to Moody where it's SMU fans or no one; this is about keeping it a home game.
I don't care if its a "home" crowd. Our fans usually account for 15-20,000. So, if we get 15,000-20,000 more fans there even from FSU, its a sellout which makes the news and makes tickets to other games hotter. Down the road, when we are packing Ford for the BC's and the Pitt's, then we can start getting picky on who we sell tickets to. I remember games at the Cotton Bowl when we were in the SWC where we were outnumbered. UT, A&M, Baylor (of course that was their first chance at winning the SWC), Arkansas, Tech. I also remember a TCU game where the stadium was empty.
EastStang wrote:I don't care if its a "home" crowd. Our fans usually account for 15-20,000. So, if we get 15,000-20,000 more fans there even from FSU, its a sellout which makes the news and makes tickets to other games hotter. Down the road, when we are packing Ford for the BC's and the Pitt's, then we can start getting picky on who we sell tickets to. I remember games at the Cotton Bowl when we were in the SWC where we were outnumbered. UT, A&M, Baylor (of course that was their first chance at winning the SWC), Arkansas, Tech. I also remember a TCU game where the stadium was empty.
A 75,000-seat stadium is also not remotely a good comparison for Ford. There's literally no excuse for doing what you are after here; it reeks of BPS, just inviting a visiting fan base to take over.
A 3 game package runs the risk of someone showing up for the one which has their interest and not showing for the other two. You get the money for the tickets but have empty seats for two games unless the tickets are sold on the secondary market. Just let our good fans buy season tickets and let the other fans of either competing team buy single game tickets.
I recall buying tickets for a Thanksgiving Cowboy game one year. In order to get them a buyer had to also buy a ticket to a preseason game. I went to both. The Thanksgiving game was fully packed, but the preseason game was not well attended.
All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand
mrydel wrote:A 3 game package runs the risk of someone showing up for the one which has their interest and not showing for the other two. You get the money for the tickets but have empty seats for two games unless the tickets are sold on the secondary market. Just let our good fans buy season tickets and let the other fans of either competing team buy single game tickets.
I recall buying tickets for a Thanksgiving Cowboy game one year. In order to get them a buyer had to also buy a ticket to a preseason game. I went to both. The Thanksgiving game was fully packed, but the preseason game was not well attended.
Preseason is another terrible example. Barely glorified exhibitions. I'm telling you, there is a reason P5 programs similar to SMU now (TCU, Duke) do this regularly. It is the smart play.
Taking a road trip to Hawaii would open up a possible 13th regular season game but with all the travel this team will be doing in ACC play I wonder if we will even look into that
