Homecoming attendance? 18,132 (merged)

[Esqueleto]

Very disturbing watching on espn+ from here in Florida. Students wtf??? These millennials have no clue. That is embarrassing how few students showed up to watch the game.

The student attendance improved 1000% from the Coastal game. I counted less than 100 for that one. Yesterday, the students showed up better than the rest of us

[Duggie35]

Winning is the most important thing.....

Winning is the ONLY thing!!!!

[Cajun Monkee]

Family 5 pack cost less than your 2 tickets. Believe it was in the $400s for 5 tickets.

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I know that, but it’s not what I asked.

Tried to get a few people to pitch in to cover the entire cost which actually would’ve been less than an individual tickets but they were too cheap.

So I was gonna buy It just to have the extra three tickets on hand but my wife wouldn’t go for it. Maybe next year

My question is what should the ticket cost be? Should be $10 a game, should be $15 game, should be $20 a game?

And how much parking be? Should people be able to pull right up to Cajun Field and park for free?

What should the cost be so that we could get back to the good old days when Jake and B Mitchell were selling out Cajun Field?

[Cajunsmike]

Let’s get one thing straight! I blame this on the administration. You have to create a certain vibe or buzz around your program and they haven’t done that.

1. Schedule! We have to play teams that are interesting to the fanbase. There is nothing exciting about playing NMSU. Play Southern Miss, McNeese, LaTech, Rice, Tulane, Southern, Grambling, UTSA etc. why are we scheduling games at or around the same time as LSU? Lets play at home while LSU is playing at home against the #2 team in the country, at or around the same time as they play . Game should of been played at 6 at night this weekend, or we should of had an away game that weekend.

2. Pricing average folks out ! Look there is more than one way to skin a cat. You shouldn’t have to spend 1,000 dollar donation on RCAF, plus season tickets, and have to spend another 500 dollar on a tailgate spot. Should be other avenues the university could take.
• Have a commons area for average fans to hang out before and after the game, kinda like the baseball field but better, set up concessions for beer, with a stage with live music, and food. A Championship Square type place at Cajun Field so the average fan can hang out before and after the game.

3. Creating a buzz! We have to get out in the community and start promoting Ragin Cajun football. Problem is it’s a Lafayette thing to do not an Acadiana thing to do. We need to have events promoting Ragin Cajun Athletics in New Iberia, Abbeville, Opelousas, Rayne, Crowley, Kaplan, or any town that is close by. I know we want Louisiana on everything, but we need to start promoting Acadiana to draw in the locals from the surrounding area.

4. Parking!! We have a RV lot that is always half way full with RV’s but we are not going to allow average folks to park in the NEZ parking area. Same goes for parking on the home side at Cajun Field you have vast amounts of parking on the home side, but it’s never really full. No instead we will charge average fans 10 bucks to park on the other side of Congress near the Hilton Gardens and Suites, and make them park at Blackham Coliseum. Good way to drive out the average fan. Like we keep pushing them farther from the stadium.

5. Winning Games! When you get demolished against Miss St, and Bama, and lose against CCU. The only wins you have is against Grambling, and Texas St. doesn’t bold well for the average football fan.

So here is my top 5 reasons why attendance sucks at UL and the University better wise up.

As far as No. 3 is concerned, there were events throughout the summer in surrounding communities. There are no people assigned to increasing support in those areas.

As far as scheduling is concerned, many of those teams have refused to play us. Going forward that will improve as Rice is on the schedule and I would not be surprised if USM returns to schedule soon. As far as game time goes, TV sets those 10 days in advance so it is hard to play around.
I do think we need to do more to consider folks who have financial issues. The McDonald's family fun pack is something more could take advantage of.

[ragin2112cajun]

Attendance will jump when you can't see the upper deck from Congress.

In UL's history there are only been a handful of games where the upper deck was an "I should be there" calling card.

The upper deck got more use from Coach Lancon bringing us Mighty Lions there to run stadium steps for track practice.

[Just1More]

We all sometimes have to face reality in life. The casual college football fans in Acadiana will always be LSU fans first. I came to that realization 25 years ago and nothing has changed. If you check the attendance numbers at every other G5 program in the country, you'll see that every G5 program is dealing with declining attendance. UL (just like Tulane and La Tech) will NEVER be able to compete with LSU for the casual fan in Louisiana. That's just the way it is. Once you accept this fact, you can enjoy Cajun football for what it is, and that's exactly what I do.

I hope any talk of expanding Cajun Field is put on hold indefinitely. We've got all the capacity we'll ever need already. Spend the money instead on making our stadium as nice and comfortable as we possibly can. That's the trend for programs that have a realistic vision of the future of G5 football.

I think you're right. We missed the peak that was created when Hud first brought excitement back to the program. And in reality, had UL had the funding to go faster with the Master Plan vision for Cajun Field, it would have been disastrous. Personally, I don't know what to do next with Cajun Field and when. I can't disagree that seating expansion is now a joke, but besides a press box/suite investment (that has little to nothing to do with attracting fans) I don't know what amenities and features can feasibly be added to Cajun Field. I'm not talking about ideas. I'm talking about the practicality of engineering it into the old structure.

I'm massively opposed to yelling at "the fans". It's stupid in 40 different ways... but at the first rudimentary level... it's counterproductive. People have a broad assortment of reasons for going or not going to UL football games. Personally, I see only one way to restore attendance. The program has to elevate to a level that the program has never seen. You can talk about the fans until you're blue in the face... but we could not afford what happened with the ACT scandal on top of a hit to the Acadiana economy. Hud hit his peak in year one. Not using the juice gained from that first year to pack on some additional fan excitement, then having the cheating and NCAA hits, the recruiting slam that followed, cannot be brushed aside. We're in a slump. There's only one way to climb back up... and it doesn't include yelling at the fans.

[ragin2112cajun]

upper deck needs to be torn down

[facelessjonmoon]

At least somebody acknowledges it's not just the students....

The attendance is ____ty all the way around

[RaginScotsman]

Just saw the number. Really disappointing to say the least. Homecoming and absolutely perfect weather. The visitor side of the field and student section were pretty empty.

[Cajun Monkee]

Just curious. For those of you who complain about scheduling would you be willing to consider a graduated ticket purchasing plan?

For example, New Mexico State are an FCS team would be $10-$15.

A G5 team would be $20-$25.

Lower level P5 team would be $50 and a higher level P5 team would be seventy five to hundred dollars.

These would be baseline prices and a premium would be added if say we were undefeated

[Turbine]

Just curious. For those of you who complain about scheduling would you be willing to consider a graduated ticket purchasing plan?

For example, New Mexico State are an FCS team would be $10-$15.

A G5 team would be $20-$25.

Lower level P5 team would be $50 and a higher level P5 team would be seventy five to hundred dollars.

These would be baseline prices and a premium would be added if say we were undefeated

Car manufacturers have been successful with this method for years.

Problem here is we have a moving target.

[Cajun Soldier]

Just saw the number. Really disappointing to say the least. Homecoming and absolutely perfect weather. The visitor side of the field and student section were pretty empty.

I thought the students did their part. I sit on that side now the rest of the visitors side was bad. The problem for me is as I look across at all these premium seat being empty. Why do people buy those if they wont even attend homecoming. Give the seat away if you don't want to lose your seat. I know 200 Veterans that would love to sit in those seats or sell them do something just don't leave them empty.