FB Attendance: Complaints, Observations, Fixes (merged)

[CajunEXPRESS]

How dare professors and students put academics before athletics !!!

Really it doesn't have to be either or. With appropriate planning both can occur.

People don't go to UL for the sports aspect. They're going to class and unfortunately getting their sports fix with their LSU buds, probably with a keg or bong for additional highs.

[DaddyCajun]

Thanks for doing that. I don't think anything can be done to improve attendance. Too easy to watch on TV now. Several bars in area also have every game. Only thing I can suggest is that those of us who have been going tell everyone how much fun attending is.

Absolutely right, Mike! For a small fe ESPN+ Is available, and restaurants and Drinking establishments have games for free. Fans that have enjoyed this Great Team will have to go out and let their friends Know WHY they too should be at these games!

[CajunDreDog]

Look in this age of college football, I actually think our fan base only consists of about 22-25K MAX at this point. We probably will RARELY get any more than that. We only have about 8K hardcore football fans. LOTS would rather sit and watch at home. MOST probably just don’t follow UL sports anymore.

25K is the new 40K of old.

[shof]

Look in this age of college football, I actually think our fan base only consists of about 22-25K MAX at this point. We probably will RARELY get any more than that. We only have about 8K hardcore football fans. LOTS would rather sit and watch at home. MOST probably just don’t follow UL sports anymore.

25K is the new 40K of old.

I think we are sending a clear message to the administration about the renovation. Focus on the west side press box and suites. Club seating, etc. And perhaps reduced lower level seating by regrading and making slightly wider seating, which would functionally spread seating more toward the goal lines and into already underutilized south endzone.

[jdm0257]

Lafayette is a scene to be seen town. Half the people we make fun of can’t spell LSU. They just go bc that is what everyone is doing. Until we renovate the stadium and have a consistent winner....this will be the case for attendance. Right or wrong, it is what it is. Yes, this team is amazing, and I will be there supporting every week, but ur casual UL fan still remembers the last couple years under Hud. It’s just going to take time. The fans will come!

[shof]

Lafayette is a scene to be seen town. Half the people we make fun of can’t spell LSU. They just go bc that is what everyone is doing. Until we renovate the stadium and have a consistent winner....this will be the case for attendance. Right or wrong, it is what it is. Yes, this team is amazing, and I will be there supporting every week, but ur casual UL fan still remembers the last couple years under Hud. It’s just going to take time. The fans will come!

And make it a desired ticket. A full stadium be it 25K or 50K will be a scene! I’m NOT advocating 25K, simply using it as a bracket.

[Oiler]

Attendance at Cajun games will continue to decline just as it will at every other G5 school in America. It’s simply a sign of the times. You can’t MAKE a person passionate about Cajun football any more than you can MAKE someone love you. It took me a while to, but I finally came to terms with the fact that the vast majority of people in south Louisiana simply do not have the same passion for Cajun athletics that I do, and they never will.

[USLJim]

I think we are sending a clear message to the administration about the renovation. Focus on the west side press box and suites. Club seating, etc. And perhaps reduced lower level seating by regrading and making slightly wider seating, which would functionally spread seating more toward the goal lines and into already underutilized south endzone.

Good idea. I’ve said on many occasion, just upgrade what we have and forget 50+ million renovations of totally tearing down upper deck. We are more of a blue collar alumni than a white collar Alumni. My opinion, Our Fan base comes from a hard core working fan base. We don’t have that money base anymore.

GEAUX CAJUNS

[mxpxfr690]

How do we fix our problem....get new fans....for next week we should try to roll out the red carpet again with kids get in free and give aways. I remember a time when we used to give away a vehicle during the bustle era lol!

For future scheduling to maximize attendance, and I know people hate to hear this, but don’t schedule a home game as the same time as LSU. Obviously after this year we need to play a mid week home game as that was the best attended. Third bring in better opponents. Finally, we need more casual fan outreach and student outreach... it needs to be a thing for students to show up.

[Tripple Threat]

We don't. The school did everything possible, including hiring an outstanding coaching staff that produced a record setting team. Outstanding recruiting class after outstanding recruiting class hasn't done it, cheap concessions hasn't done it, cheap ticket packages hasn't done it, a cleaned up program hasn't done it. They could win out through the bowl game and next years attendance would still suck. Winning all of the out of conference games at the beginning of next year should help a little bit, but I don't have high hopes.