Northwestern State at Louisiana Attendance Predictions

[ulXrunner]

After watching the game again on espn3, if say the attendance number was about right.

Kudos to the students! They showed up and showed out!

[BayouRichard]

Yes, but then they would not be included in the 'paid attendance' numbers. So we are short-changing ourselves if we don't count them.

That's my point. Thanks

[CajunEXPRESS]

Students attending the games could count as paid attendance. Depends on how they account for them. Must be some type of physical count if they get in with ID's, maybe the ID can be scanned.

We need definition of paid attendance. Who does it include.

Most visiting bands pay for tickets at most schools. So NSU probably did not get in for their performance, but maybe we're different.

[Turbine]

There aren't 11k empty seats in any of the pictures.... Imagine everyone in a seat at once.

I think what they meant to say was "At no point during the game did the number of seated fans fall below 27G"

[CrazyCajun]

It's like trying to get accurate pressure on a pipe with a 100 leaks. The system is assanine, too many people just walk in, too many don't get scanned and are told to go in. Either count total sold and make students get tickets to game with ID before entry or put turnstiles

[CajunDreDog]

Somebody (not me of course) needs to make it a point to get a bunch of pictures from everywhere mid 2nd quarter next game to get a true indication.

I meant to. I got up at that point and for some reason left the camera with my wife. I wasn't crossing back over all those people just to get the camera.

[RedBug58]

Yes, but then they would not be included in the 'paid attendance' numbers. So we are short-changing ourselves if we don't count them.

The entire freshman class came in through the tunnel. Did you see anyone counting them??

[Turbine]

The entire freshman class came in through the tunnel. Did you see anyone counting them??

I counted 3,000 j/k I was still working at the time, struggling with the speakers in my truck.

[leeman]

A friend of mine that I went with was trying to get a cell signal and I told him that cajunfield now has wifi. After he got on he said "wow, there are over 31,000 people on the network". I never knew you could tell how many people were on at any given time. He's a big computer geek guy though.lol. PS: this was only his second ever UL game. The last one was the texas a&m game After the game he said, 'man, this was fun, I'll definitely come back'!.

[Boomer]

I counted 3,000 j/k I was still working at the time, struggling with the speakers in my truck.

[tdncz]

Close enough?

Here's the link if you want to look in closer:
http://i.imgur.com/vY4Rji8.jpg

That is a great picture.
I was there and I think -- with those on grass, standing, and at concessions/head - there were AT LEAST 32K.
The stadium seating capacity is, what 37K?
fill in the seats on upper deck and endzone with those in grass, standing, at concessions/head and you get REAL close to capacity.

[CrazyCajun]

Think about this, the old seating was 32k. Take everyone in. The new EZ, the hill, the concourses, bathroom etc and put them in seats in the old configuration...by their count we would still have 5k empty seats. Which basically would be the whole student section would be empty.