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And the thing is, the suites (exclusive of drinks and food) are ridiculously cheap! It ended up being about $75-85/ticket in the suite. I was going to get one, but since no credit could be given to UL (and since we had a bigger group that 16) we ended up just buying the normal tickets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammer58
Apparently we have sold out our allotment in the first and second levels and are now selling seats in the third level. A guy I work with who is a season ticket holder but not an RCAF member got tickets in the first level in the curve near the goal line. He called to get additional tickets and he said all that were available from the universities allottment were in the third level.Quote:
Originally Posted by VObserver
Seriously? Yes, Illinois beat ASU, but the Red Wolves played their worst game of the year. Purdue beat Middle by 3.
On wwl last night Hudspeth told Bobby Hebert that UL will bring 30000 fans. I really hope he's right
What we net is dependent on how much we choose to spend. We can give nice stuff to the kids without violating NCAA rules. I don't know what the dollar limit is, but it's probably $500 or so per person. Plus, how much do we spend on food and lodging? Do we stay 2 nights or 3? Or only 1? Say we spend $500 per person on bowl gifts for the players/managers/trainers/coaches etc.. That's about $60,000. If food and lodging costs us another $300/person, that's $36,000. Throw in about $6,000 for transportation and we have a profit of about $300,000 on our base payout, and about $500,000 total. So our profit would be about the same as a typical mid level money game.
Just to add a few dollars, it was my understanding the team will bus down to NO on Tuesday. That'll be 5 nights of food and lodging.Quote:
Originally Posted by VObserver
Our payout is based soley on the number of tickets we sell through the University? There is no other payout involved?
--------------Well the merchandise sales might kick in (surely the stuff we sell)----I think a lot of the gifts to the kids will be from the NO Bowl itself---I think that many of the rooms will be comped or given at a very low rate to get the backers to stay there-----Hopefully they have (GERALD HEBERT) meal plans for the team like he had for the top 28 in Lafayette-----Why did I even bring this up---Fire that LHSAA guy NOW!!!!! BTW hope to bump into him if the VCers make it to the Dome!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by CAJUN_LXA685
I think he also told Brando that we'd have 40k at our last home game.Quote:
Originally Posted by billbeck451
The art of promotion includes hyperbole I guess.
I saw somewhere that the team was scheduled to go down on Tuesday the 13th. That kind of surprised me but then I realized is common for bowl games. Media interviews and pre-game activities etc. If that is the case then we have five nights to pay for rooms and food.Quote:
Originally Posted by VObserver
There is a small guarantee paid to UL by the NO Bowl, somewhere around $50k.Quote:
Originally Posted by CAJUN_LXA685
I may be way off base, but what I've read is that most teams actually lose money going to small bowls. This may not be the case with UL since it is essentially a home game, but I doubt the profit will be high.
These statements are in no way based on stats or solid facts, so... meh.
I could go for a post season Home Game every year.
Those are five well deserved days/nights of bowl activities!!! I hope they really show the team a good time, those guys deserve it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cajun90
If it's not a BCS bowl, there is in essence no payout at ANY bowl game. Each school is allotted tickets up to a face value equal to the supposed payout. If they don't sell them, they get nothing. Most bowls also have an agreement to split revenue on tickets sold by a school in excess of their basic allotment. The NOLA bowl splits that revenue 50-50. Tickets sold by the other school and/or by the Bowl itself net NOTHING for the school.
The classic loss example is the Hawaii Bowl. Teams typically lose $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 to go there because nobody brings very many fans.
Let's get our revenge next year when we play them at home in conference.Quote:
Originally Posted by HebertTommy
I can't imagine that happening! As a matter of fact, I can't ever remember (but I don't have a good memory) two teams from the same conference meeting in a Bowl game. But then again, it will probably happen this year in the BCS Championship game (LSU/Alabama). I guess if UL and WKU were meeting in the championship game, I'd be alright with a rematch!!! Other than that, I think that is a terrible idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by HebertTommy
That plus everything is five times as high in Hawaii including transportation to get there. What a way to bankrupt yourself though.Quote:
Originally Posted by VObserver
this isnt the high school playoffs, our name will be in the endzoneQuote:
Originally Posted by jllanclos
No, just the name of the State that is hosting the bowl. That is fine with me.
I'm hoping for Louisiana-Lafayette in red, yellow and white.
If Wright [Wrong] Waters has his way, that is what you'll get.
I don't think we can expect 25 to 30k at this game(from our fans). Our high point this year was what 30k and some change this year. Realistically there is anywhere between 15k to 18k thousand of us diehards that will be there and I think there will be that amount plus maybe 5k max walk-up. Which if you think about that it is almost 75% of your normal home crowd showing up for a bowl. I don't think that is anything to frown upon. This is virgin territory for us and with more success in the future hopefully we can probably expect bigger turnouts in bowls, if located close enough.
I think you are wrong.. I say that because of the 14 tickets I purchased, 7 are for people who did not attend a single UL game this year. Now I don't think that we will have double our average home attendance, but I do believe that 25-30k is a reasonable number to expect. In fact, I suspect that there will be 20k+ tickets sold through UL, and another 5-10 nominal UL fans who will buy through other sources.
Don't forget black! Gotta have Black in there!Quote:
Originally Posted by anhil8tor