New Seating for 2014 Football Season

[njustice]

I would agree with your point about the premium revenue for those seats if two factors existed. Number 1 being that the admin was willing to impose such premium fees for those seats and number 2 if their was a demand for those seats by paying customers. Let's face it most visiting teams do not bring enough fans to make it worthwhile. For most games those seats would generally go unsold and probably get occupied by squatters who paid for cheaper tickets. Might as well let our students (the future alumni and paying fan base) have those good seats.

Agreed

[CajunEXPRESS]

I would agree with your point about the premium revenue for those seats if two factors existed. Number 1 being that the admin was willing to impose such premium fees for those seats and number 2 if their was a demand for those seats by paying customers. Let's face it most visiting teams do not bring enough fans to make it worthwhile. For most games those seats would generally go unsold and probably get occupied by squatters who paid for cheaper tickets. Might as well let our students (the future alumni and paying fan base) have those good seats.

Stages Hammer, stages. Make the thirty to thirty chair backs, if possible, for premium RCAF. Move the students over one section, and then the band. Put the visitor high, and away from their team. Once there is a demand for additional side line seats keep it moving in stages.

IMO the experiment with putting backs on the non chair back section on the West had a bad outcome, so maybe we will never be able to chair back the East.

[Boomer]

Stages Hammer, stages. Make the thirty to thirty chair backs, if possible, for premium RCAF. Move the students over one section, and then the band. Put the visitor high, and away from their team. Once there is a demand for additional side line seats keep it moving in stages.

IMO the experiment with putting backs on the non chair back section on the West had a bad outcome, so maybe we will never be able to chair back the East.

...."....C-ex What was the problem???

[CajunEXPRESS]

IMO Boomer the backs made passage too difficult for the guys moving between the rows. Not enough depth to do it well.

[I_Bleed_RED]

Put in chair backs and they will sell. People like comfort, and good views, and 90% of our games are night or late evening. As others have stated schools all across the sunbelt, desert southwest sell plenty of seats facing the Sun. I seem to recall there was a similar 'we cannot do that' two years ago when the school started giving better parking to RCAF as well as seating. Yea we found out we could, increasing both season tickets, and RCAF membership.

Yeah they may sell but it doesn't mean people will sit there. Which is fine if all we care about are ticket sales. But if you look at the home side, sometimes the emptiest sections are the chairback sections and there's no issue with sun over there. I guess it has to do with the fact that companies buy a bunch of those seats and they dont use them every week.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Geez Red, people will sit there, we are to playing high noon games, we are not playing early afternoon games, at least in September and early October. Many may very well want to sit in the sun late October and all of November.

If they can make the SEATS comfortable people want to be between the thirties period.

[Boomer]

IMO Boomer the backs made passage too difficult for the guys moving between the rows. Not enough depth to do it well.

----I hope that it wouldn't be too late, but why not tell the athletic dept about the problems ----they may have heard or not the dissatisfaction of the backs that were installed!!!

[Boomer]

Yeah they may sell but it doesn't mean people will sit there. Which is fine if all we care about are ticket sales. But if you look at the home side, sometimes the emptiest sections are the chairback sections and there's no issue with sun over there. I guess it has to do with the fact that companies buy a bunch of those seats and they dont use them every week.

---The same happens for the Basketball and baseball for sure as the whole grandstand is sold out----Somebody mentioned a buy back at LSU for tickets that couldn't be used----and I suggested that after the 3rd or 5th inning let anybody use the grandstand open seats as it looks a hell of a lot better on tv---If the owner of the seats comes you have to move!!!

[CajunEXPRESS]

----I hope that it wouldn't be too late, but why not tell the athletic dept about the problems ----they may have heard or not the dissatisfaction of the backs that were installed!!!

Boomer if I have to tell them, that only proves Hammers point about being inept. No business, no business does not have a customer feed back line. I sit in the last chair back seats so I am not affected but my neighbors are and they did not look happy struggling to get by.

If you feel so compelled why don't you tell them of what you heard about the seats. They know, there was complaints on this board before the first game. But you trust them go ahead and pal up and tell Farmer.

[RedBug58]

Boomer if I have to tell them, that only proves Hammers point about being inept. No business, no business does not have a customer feed back line. I sit in the last chair back seats so I am not affected but my neighbors are and they did not look happy struggling to get by.

If you feel so compelled why don't you tell them of what you heard about the seats. They know, there was complaints on this board before the first game. But you trust them go ahead and pal up and tell Farmer.

The spacing is larger in the true chairback area. I was excited when I heard that our area was going to be bench backed. But the spacing was wrong and now its almost impossible to get in or out. The bench backs need to be removed. It really was poorly planned.

[Boomer]

Boomer if I have to tell them, that only proves Hammers point about being inept. No business, no business does not have a customer feed back line. I sit in the last chair back seats so I am not affected but my neighbors are and they did not look happy struggling to get by.

If you feel so compelled why don't you tell them of what you heard about the seats. They know, there was complaints on this board before the first game. But you trust them go ahead and pal up and tell Farmer.

---OK I guess I will try this one more time---I am an RCAF member and I hold season tickets---I have no pull with the administration and this is the first I have heard of the seating problems---Again remember I was the voice crying in the wilderness as I was mocked for showing so much concern about Tulane and Ltur getting into other conferences----So they spend Lord knows how much trying to improve the seats and you don't like them---Tell them ---What is your problem?? Are you afraid to confront them, or you shy, or just lazy???? Call them and report YOUR problem!!!

[Hammer58]

---OK I guess I will try this one more time---I am an RCAF member and I hold season tickets---I have no pull with the administration and this is the first I have heard of the seating problems---Again remember I was the voice crying in the wilderness as I was mocked for showing so much concern about Tulane and Ltur getting into other conferences----So they spend Lord knows how much trying to improve the seats and you don't like them---Tell them ---What is your problem?? Are you afraid to confront them, or you shy, or just lazy???? Call them and report YOUR problem!!!

Boomer, you were "mocked" for crying about Tech and Toolame because we cannot control their actions. However, we can control our sections and our failure to even be considered for other conferences lures with our admin. That's who you should be crying about.