How to Increase Attendance?

[Cajun_in_NM]

I think a quarter of the concessions should be on the outside walls of the stadium. That way you can get your drinks/food on the way to your seat, or on the way out of the stadium. Also, if you want to walk a little, you can bypass the lines inside the stadium, and get faster service at one of the outside PoS.

Also, to the ExecutiveCajun's view that we need fans helping make decisions, I agree. Do we have 2-6 retirees on this site, who would give a day or two a week to helping resolve these issues? I'm sure the athletic department would be glad to pay a 'retainer fee' of minimal cost to them, to help spurn the advancement, without having to outsource more.

[Turbine]

I think a quarter of the concessions should be on the outside walls of the stadium. That way you can get your drinks/food on the way to your seat, or on the way out of the stadium. Also, if you want to walk a little, you can bypass the lines inside the stadium, and get faster service at one of the outside PoS.

Also, to the ExecutiveCajun's view that we need fans helping make decisions, I agree. Do we have 2-6 retirees on this site, who would give a day or two a week to helping resolve these issues? I'm sure the athletic department would be glad to pay a 'retainer fee' of minimal cost to them, to help spurn the advancement, without having to outsource more.

Before RCAF ...

Former Louisiana Athletic Director Nelson Schexnaider had a monthly meeting with a fan based board.

It led to the initial tailgating boom.

[babysitter]

Wasn't horrible? 15K in a 41K stadium is horrible.

They didn't even have 15K people there. The support from students is pathetic as well.

[John Cocktolstoy]

Good grief.. 25 pages

Nobody who is comfortably sitting on the couch drinking a $1 beer is thinking, "man, I'd consider paying 6x as much for a beer, fighting a crowd, and sitting on a metal bleacher if I could get on the kiss cam"

Reduce the ticket prices.. plain and simple. and whatever price you land on as "reduced", cut that in half. Then you MIGHT get 28-30k in the stands and you can try to recoup the difference in concessions and merchandise.

They damn near gave away tickets last weekend, and still couldn't get anyone to go. It's about as clear of a message as you can get that the product in the stadium is not worth the price you're charging for it.. and that's not because of rap music, or mascots, or cell service.. It's because G5 games between the ULs and Eastern Michigans of the world are viewed no differently to the average fan than an Ice Gators game.....

it's something to do on a Saturday, IF the weather's perfect, AND you can get free tickets from the radio station

It’s not about ticket prices at all. We have some of the most affordable tickets in all of FCS football.

[Turbine]

They didn't even have 15K people there. The support from students is pathetic as well.

And yet it is growing from last year.

You sure know how to motivate.

[ragin50]

It’s not about ticket prices at all. We have some of the most affordable tickets in all of FCS football.

When did we drop down to FCS?

[jaxmc1023]

Sorry but it's 100% about ticket prices..

The Napier years have hammered the point home that the very best two-season stretch in school history will net you a New Orleans Bowl berth against a four loss CUSA or AAC team...
There's very little at stake for UL or the fans in these games.

The fix seems obvious to me -- they should be playing in a tighter regional conference against teams that those last 10-15k fans have actually heard of. LA Tech, Tulane, USM, etc.

Of course that won't happen and we'll continue to wonder why nobody wants to spend $80 to go see New Mexico St at Cajun Field

[Million$Mullet]

The Napier years have hammered the point home that the very best two-season stretch in school history will net you a New Orleans Bowl berth against a four loss CUSA or AAC team...
There's very little at stake for UL or the fans in these games.

And that’s all about to change with the playoff expansion.

[RedTails]

Sorry but it's 100% about ticket prices..

The Napier years have hammered the point home that the very best two-season stretch in school history will net you a New Orleans Bowl berth against a four loss CUSA or AAC team...
There's very little at stake for UL or the fans in these games.

The fix seems obvious to me -- they should be playing in a tighter regional conference against teams that those last 10-15k fans have actually heard of. LA Tech, Tulane, USM, etc.

Of course that won't happen and we'll continue to wonder why nobody wants to spend $80 to go see New Mexico St at Cajun Field

Nah, it's not. I'd concede that ticket master fees may keep some potential fans from buying. But if you are able to get to the box office you can get a family of 4 in for under $80 to a 3-4 hour event. Stuff costs so much now, you spend that same amount going eat out at a chain restaurant with your family.

[Gris-Gris]

Our tickets are not expensive at all compared to other programs. I agree that there is not much at stake regarding the opponents we bring in or what bowl or playoff we can potentially see.

Look around.

Playoff games anywhere are always better-attended than normal games. A game that can “tip the scale” in any way will draw a crowd. Eastern Michigans and Marshalls in the NOLA bowl won’t cut it.

How was it that we managed to get 40k people in the dome for the first ever NOLA bowl in 2011? That game was a “tip the scale” game. It was a level we had never surpassed before. Keep the bowls coming and keep providing us the chance to see our team “tip the scale” and fans will show up.

[babysitter]

And yet it is growing from last year.

You sure know how to motivate.

Tell me it's not true then. Tell me that the student section is supportive and tell me my eyes were seeing 15K people Saturday night.

[CajunSaint08]

Bring in for our out of conference games P5's and BEAT them. Then everyone will want to come see the team that just beat the P5 school, no matter if we are playing Comeaux High.

If we bring them in and lose, then attendance will drop even more. Key word is beat.

I use to think another possible way was to go to the P5's and beat them in their own stadium. Then, everyone would want to see the team who beat the P5 school in their own stadium. HOWEVER, I don't think even that would work anymore.

Seriously have no real clue on how to increase attendance and sustain it. The people who didn't come and watch the Billy Napier era really missed out. I'm hoping Coach Des will be able to keep the momentum going, but people are just looking for excuses not to go...too hot, too wet, too cold, not playing a quality opponent, ..... We got "those" fans once during Hudspeth era. They are not coming back.

What really makes me sick is the students that graduated here and give their money and support to LaSU. Makes my skin crawl.