How to Increase Attendance?

[CajunJeaux]

That's sad, if true. Seems the smaller the town, smaller the try. Come to Albuquerque or Houston, and events are commingled all the time - with businesses benefitting bilaterally.

It's a shame, really, to see/hear this from afar.

Why is it the downtown business owners problem that the public sector can't operate efficiently & effectively?

Why should the business owners front more costs & resources to something that is not an issue at all for them at the moment?

It's small time to make them change their successful ways b/c the government run entity can't do their job right.

[Ragin9221]

Who sets up Festival Des Acadien, or Festival Internarional? Maggard and Savoie, who ever handles logistics ans hospitality for game day, needs to be making phone calls and sending out emails to these individuals.

[CajunJeaux]

If this is the problem and so say won’t be fixed till the renovations are done then we might as well stop selling tickets and try to cater to the diehards that are left.

That's exactly what's been discussed here this whole time. Don't bother getting more people in the stadium if we can't fix the problems that 15k people are experiencing.

[CajunVic]

That's exactly what's been discussed here this whole time. Don't bother getting more people in the stadium if we can't fix the problems that 15k people are experiencing.

That is not exactly correct.

The position which was taken was what good will it be to get more people in the stadium if you don’t also fix what is causing them not to come in the first place.

When you can answer that question, let’s talk. Until then, we have really not gotten anywhere.

[zeppelincajun]

And Barnes and Noble

Y’all need to stop with the good ideas. I’m about to burn it all down like someone stole my stapler and moved my desk.

[CajunVic]

If you want a big crowd at Cajun Field, the experience has to be better than the experience is at your house or someone's watch party.

You aren't going to draw big crowds of people that attend in person just for the love of the game anymore. Like everyone has said, this will be the reality for live sporting events moving forward with giant flat screen TVs and streaming options.

Chalk it up as a "Lafayette excuse" but if we want the casual fan to come into the stadium with the 15k diehards, we need to figure out the hindrances and address them.

This guy comes as close to identifying the general issue and general solution as any.

The hard part has been - what we do now?

[CajunJeaux]

This guy comes as close to identifying the general issue and general solution as any.

The hard part has been - what we do now?

Beat nationally recognized teams / brands on the regular, which in turn makes our program respected nationally.

That's the only way to get the Acadiana "socialites" in the gates. These people unfortunately have to attach their identify to popular beliefs.

Troy. App State. Marshall. What do they have in common? When they lace it up, they typically compete every game, no matter the opponent. We can't historically say that.

[Ragin9221]

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[Turbine]

Why is it the downtown business owners problem that the public sector can't operate efficiently & effectively?

Why should the business owners front more costs & resources to something that is not an issue at all for them at the moment?

It's small time to make them change their successful ways b/c the government run entity can't do their job right.

Simple.

The more people that Louisiana draws to events (especially from out of town) the more businesses benifit. The stronger the culture of local homebodies getting out and about, the more businesses benifit.

Before and after games.

Businesses taking the bull by the horns is another no brainer.

They need to make sure that downtown is the post game magnet.

[RedTails]

Who sets up Festival Des Acadien, or Festival Internarional? Maggard and Savoie, who ever handles logistics ans hospitality for game day, needs to be making phone calls and sending out emails to these individuals.

Festival International to run Downtown Alive!

“We’re not taking it over,” said (Scott) Feehan. “It is still (their) event. We have a staff that knows how to organize, promote and put these events on.

“They’re hiring us to facilitate at lot of the things they know we can do well. By utilizing our staff, they can focus their resources on a lot of the other things they need to be focused on downtown. I think it’s going to be good.”