Increase attendance idea

35straight · Post by **35straight** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:54 am

I bought 10 tickets for that game and it didn't make a dent. Everyone is throwing around some pretty good ideas, but until the AD Dept. does something and this team starts winning on a consistent basis, keep looking forward to 12-15K.

One Trick Pony · Post by **One Trick Pony** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:57 am

Very sad my heart hurts for SMU.

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:03 am

jpe747 wrote:Perhaps one way to reach out to Dallas area community is invite guests to participate, such as "Forney High School Band will perform with the Mustang Band before and after the game. You must have a ticket to the game to enjoy this event." Parents and school friends would buy some tickets and it would give the school some great recognition. I also like the idea of a rock concert or other event after the game to draw a younger diverse crowd. Nonetheless, trying ANYTHING is a step in the right direction.

We need ANY event we can find that would normally sell, ideally, 20000 tickets, for poor attendance games but even 5000-10000 for games that shouold have a decent crowd. Concerts. Celebrity garbage. Dirk & Cuban play beer pong with fans on the field. MMA fight. Kardashian taping. Political rally. Ladies from The Lodge put on a private show. ANYTHING. Look up anything coming to town in the fall and see if they'd be interested in a free venue.

Someone unconnected to SMU who's not going to games already probably will never just go to a game But if he is going to be at a game anyway, he might as well cheer. And that plants the seed of a new fan.

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:04 am

Also of note, when we actually advertised for the TCU game, we filled the stands with mostly SMU fans.

Rebel10 · Post by **Rebel10** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:28 am

One Trick Pony wrote:Very sad my heart hurts for SMU.

Leaping lizard.

PonySnob · Post by **PonySnob** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:45 am

BigT3x wrote:It might seem counterintuitive, but allowing reentry would help attendance.

There is a gate on the west side of the stadium that allows reentry......

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:49 am

PonySnob wrote:
BigT3x wrote:It might seem counterintuitive, but allowing reentry would help attendance.

There is a gate on the west side of the stadium that allows reentry......

Even I didn't know about that

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:27 am

I think Couch'em is right

lwjr · Post by **lwjr** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:31 am

In a thread that touched on this subject earlier this fall, a student from Dallas Baptist University, stated he would like to see SMU reach out to the local universities that do not have a football team. He went on to state there were many students at DBU who were football fans but have no team to latch on to and support. He and a few of his friends did follow and cheer for SMU, I believe they had attended some games and SMU was their adopted football team.
I thought this was a tremendous ideal. You have DBU, UTA, UTD to name a few local schools that do not have football. Allow the students to buy student tickets and charge them a small fee to help pay for bus transportation to get them to the game and back. I do not know if this would be fesible for SMU but on paper it seems to make pretty good sense.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:40 am

lwjr wrote:In a thread that touched on this subject earlier this fall, a student from Dallas Baptist University, stated he would like to see SMU reach out to the local universities that do not have a football team. He went on to state there were many students at DBU who were football fans but have no team to latch on to and support. He and a few of his friends did follow and cheer for SMU, I believe they had attended some games and SMU was their adopted football team.
I thought this was a tremendous ideal. You have DBU, UTA, UTD to name a few local schools that do not have football. Allow the students to buy student tickets and charge them a small fee to help pay for bus transportation to get them to the game and back. I do not know if this would be fesible for SMU but on paper it seems to make pretty good sense.

Tim McMurray is looking into joint marketing to other schools.

lwjr · Post by **lwjr** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:41 am

smupony94 wrote:
lwjr wrote:In a thread that touched on this subject earlier this fall, a student from Dallas Baptist University, stated he would like to see SMU reach out to the local universities that do not have a football team. He went on to state there were many students at DBU who were football fans but have no team to latch on to and support. He and a few of his friends did follow and cheer for SMU, I believe they had attended some games and SMU was their adopted football team.
I thought this was a tremendous ideal. You have DBU, UTA, UTD to name a few local schools that do not have football. Allow the students to buy student tickets and charge them a small fee to help pay for bus transportation to get them to the game and back. I do not know if this would be fesible for SMU but on paper it seems to make pretty good sense.

Tim McMurray is looking into joint marketing to other schools.

Thanks for the update , SMUpony94 I am glad to hear this..

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:43 am

94 is looking into marketing joints to other schools

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:44 am

Tim loves hearing ideas on how to get people to the game and how to get more Mustang Club members

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:45 am

2ndandlong wrote:94 is looking into marketing joints to other schools

I am exhausting all avenues of raising funds for the Mustang Club

2ndandlong · Post by **2ndandlong** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:45 am

I support you for this