Realistic Game Day Expectations?

[John Cocktolstoy]

My brother in law finally decided to start coming to Cajun football games and tailgates this year. His company has tickets and he will tailgate at my spot so wanted to get some parking passes so I told him to go to RCAF. He gets there and wants to buy 2 parking passes. The $100 RCAF and $60 pass is for F which is on the east side by the dome so says he wants on the tailgate side parking lots. So is told to get a D pass it would $300 RCAF and the amount for the pass, okay no problem asks to buy 2 and is told that would require $1500 donation. At this point he is confused and kind of irritated bc that’s comes out to about $135 to park per game per car. So he and his wife would spend $270 to park per game. Here is the kicker, he ask well can’t I just put one in my wife’s name and one in mine we each pay $300 plus the $60…and she says you certainly can. Wtf? RCAF is a cluster and we wonder why the parking lot is half empty? Money isn’t really an issue with him either but he couldn’t believe how ridiculous the whole ordeal was.

That is a problem. They asked me with one donation if i wanted to buy one or 2 passes. Under trained employees will run folks off.

[JMV JustMyView]

My brother in law finally decided to start coming to Cajun football games and tailgates this year. His company has tickets and he will tailgate at my spot so wanted to get some parking passes so I told him to go to RCAF. He gets there and wants to buy 2 parking passes. The $100 RCAF and $60 pass is for F which is on the east side by the dome so says he wants on the tailgate side parking lots. So is told to get a D pass it would $300 RCAF and the amount for the pass, okay no problem asks to buy 2 and is told that would require $1500 donation. At this point he is confused and kind of irritated bc that’s comes out to about $135 to park per game per car. So he and his wife would spend $270 to park per game. Here is the kicker, he ask well can’t I just put one in my wife’s name and one in mine we each pay $300 plus the $60…and she says you certainly can. Wtf? RCAF is a cluster and we wonder why the parking lot is half empty? Money isn’t really an issue with him either but he couldn’t believe how ridiculous the whole ordeal was.

Wow that is crazy. When folks try to give them money sometimes it is even hard. One year they tried to say I didn't renew my RCAF and I had to send them a copy of my credit card transaction for proof. Then they just blamed their business system. You are correct it is a cluster at times.

[CrazyCajun]

That is a problem. They asked me with one donation if i wanted to buy one or 2 passes. Under trained employees will run folks off.

Agreed, a new customer standing there wanting to give you $420 just to park and you try making him pay $1620….TO PARK!

[lafman1]

My brother in law finally decided to start coming to Cajun football games and tailgates this year. His company has tickets and he will tailgate at my spot so wanted to get some parking passes so I told him to go to RCAF. He gets there and wants to buy 2 parking passes. The $100 RCAF and $60 pass is for F which is on the east side by the dome so says he wants on the tailgate side parking lots. So is told to get a D pass it would $300 RCAF and the amount for the pass, okay no problem asks to buy 2 and is told that would require $1500 donation. At this point he is confused and kind of irritated bc that’s comes out to about $135 to park per game per car. So he and his wife would spend $270 to park per game. Here is the kicker, he ask well can’t I just put one in my wife’s name and one in mine we each pay $300 plus the $60…and she says you certainly can. Wtf? RCAF is a cluster and we wonder why the parking lot is half empty? Money isn’t really an issue with him either but he couldn’t believe how ridiculous the whole ordeal was.

Welcome to the USL RCAF

[JMV JustMyView]

That is a problem. They asked me with one donation if i wanted to buy one or 2 passes. Under trained employees will run folks off.

It is kind of like the time I bought nacho at a SB game and she asked with or without cheese. I said with cheese and she said that is was an extra $2 bringing the price up to $7. When I told her the sign says nachos and cheese $5 she had to ask another work if we still charge for cheese or not. It is hilarious at times the folks running ____ like this.

[JMV JustMyView]

Agreed, a new customer standing there wanting to give you $420 just to park and you try making him pay $1620….TO PARK!

Yeah by that time he can't even afford to enter the gate of CF. Unbelievable.

[zeppelincajun]

It is kind of like the time I bought nacho at a SB game and she asked with or without cheese. I said with cheese and she said that is was an extra $2 bringing the price up to $7. When I told her the sign says nachos and cheese $5 she had to ask another work if we still charge for cheese or not. It is hilarious at times the folks running ____ like this.

One of my friends got charged like this for opening day of baseball. Just a ridiculous operation.

[CajunRage]

Yeah by that time he can't even afford to enter the gate of CF. Unbelievable.

And yet many will blame the fan for choosing not to come back….

[RaginCajun309]

It’s curious to me when our fans say, “yeah but Boone only has a population of 20k, there’s nothing else to do there except App games.” To me a town of 20k that fills a 30k seat stadium is amazing. That would be like Cajun Field selling a 250k seat stadium out.

Boone has plenty of other things to do besides App, I’ve snow skied there.

Get students to the game, it should be first and last on any list of how to improve attendance.

[CrazyCajun]

It’s curious to me when our fans say, “yeah but Boone only has a population of 20k, there’s nothing else to do there except App games.” To me a town of 20k that fills a 30k seat stadium is amazing. That would be like Cajun Field selling a 250k seat stadium out.

Boone has plenty of other things to do besides App, I’ve snow skied there.

Get students to the game, it should be first and last on any list of how to improve attendance.

The point in that, is it is much easier to get all your students to go to a game on Saturday in a college town with population of 20k…bc that’s where most people are going. So as a student you are “trained” to go to the game for lack of a better word. Then when you graduate and move, you still are “trained” on where to be on Saturday’s in the fall. That, along with 22 conference championships and only 5 losing seasons since 1980 gets you sellouts on Saturday in a town of 20k people. I don’t think people mean literally there is nothing else to do, it just means on Saturday’s in Boone, there is really only one thing to do.