Win The Event?

[CajunVic]

. .. Why would they advertise for people to leave their event when their prime & most expensive entertainment is scheduled?

I was thinking the same thing. Fact is they are either ponying off our event to get extra stragglers during the day or they are staying away from LSU home games.

They certainly don’t want to get others to leave for our event.

[cjr3888]

Who goes to these things? Can't be a lot of people. I am familiar with the first one but not the other 3.

Gumbo Cookoff brings over 30,000 people and 100 cooking teams to New Iberia each year.
Tailgating Cookoff brings 2,000 to 4,000 people to Loreauville each year for a 1 day event.
Christmas in the Village brings an average of 2,000 people to Loreauville for a 4 hour event. I literally serve over 100 pounds of popcorn and can't keep up with demand.
New Iberia Christmas has food trucks, famers market, plus other things, & ends with a parade. Not sure of the attendance because I'm not involved with that one.

[CajunVic]

Why are you talking about "leaving their event?" There are many ways to have this idea become reality. You can have an annexed version of the festival at CF, which would ENCOURAGE people to go to their full event after the game. Or the next day.

Or, instead of having the overhead and permits and all the red tape of having these festivals on public land, offer them an alternative and have the whole dang thing in the CF parking lot. It's a matter of negotiating and determining how to make it happen. It beneficial for both parties involved.

This would align our interests.

[cjr3888]

Why are you talking about "leaving their event?" There are many ways to have this idea become reality. You can have an annexed version of the festival at CF, which would ENCOURAGE people to go to their full event after the game. Or the next day.

Or, instead of having the overhead and permits and all the red tape of having these festivals on public land, offer them an alternative and have the whole dang thing in the CF parking lot. It's a matter of negotiating and determining how to make it happen. It beneficial for both parties involved.

No festival is having an "annexed version" of their event at a separate location. You're thinking of it as a benefit to UL. They could care less about football. They only care about making money for themselves. Their events also usually end around 10 or 11. What time does a UL game end? At the same time.

I'm speaking from the festivals point of view. I work with groups that put on multiple events and that's their way of thinking. Just like you're thinking abut it from the UL point of view.

[ULvictory]

I didn't even know about ComicCon because this one wasn't advertised as much as previous events. That was a missed opportunity. However, these other music festivals (not Acadiens) are not going to even mention the football game. Why would they advertise for people to leave their event when their prime & most expensive entertainment is scheduled?

So you mentioned the Gumbo Cookoff and Tailgate Cookoff are New Iberia and Loreauville events that average 30k and 4k each. Take the parishes of Lafayette, St. Martin, Iberia, Vermilion, Acadia, and St. Landry combined. That's almost 600k in population. There's a lot of potential fans to go around with these events, but I'm talking about events within Lafayette Parish alone. Comic Con, Festival Acadiens, Latin Festival....the low hanging fruit here is the communication between these festivals and the local community within the parish. And look, it may not work. I don't know. But we will never know if we don't attempt to, again, TRY.

[Bandwagon King]

I'll tell you what disappointed me most about the homecoming game, well besides the fact that the throne spirit stick, shoulder pads & bling were taken away from the team by the coaching staff. It was the sorry turn out of the students. I can't believe there weren't more students at the game showing their school pride & spirit. Oh snap! Say what? You mean the school's been kicking them out of games for being too mean to the other team? Way to go ULMH. That's the way to prove you are the man & no one else should get to go to home coming.

[Bandwagon King]

So you mentioned the Gumbo Cookoff and Tailgate Cookoff are New Iberia and Loreauville events that average 30k and 4k each. Take the parishes of Lafayette, St. Martin, Iberia, Vermilion, Acadia, and St. Landry combined. That's almost 600k in population. There's a lot of potential fans to go around with these events, but I'm talking about events within Lafayette Parish alone. Comic Con, Festival Acadiens, Latin Festival....the low hanging fruit here is the communication between these festivals and the local community within the parish. And look, it may not work. I don't know. But we will never know if we don't attempt to, again, TRY.

The people I spoke with at Old Tyme which is what? 4 blocks from the campus at most, didn't even know there was a game on Saturday. That was like 5 out of 6 tables of people. ULMH isn't trying to market their product. They are attempting to not market their product.

[ManAboutTown]

No festival is having an "annexed version" of their event at a separate location. You're thinking of it as a benefit to UL. They could care less about football. They only care about making money for themselves. Their events also usually end around 10 or 11. What time does a UL game end? At the same time.

I'm speaking from the festivals point of view. I work with groups that put on multiple events and that's their way of thinking. Just like you're thinking abut it from the UL point of view.

So you work directly with CODAFIL? You work directly with the DownTown Development Authority? I'm going to guess no because I grew up with Louie Ancelet and I've had conversations with Barry on more than one occasion about bringing the Acadien Festival together with UL athletics in some capacity. An Annex version is simply a small sample to get you to buy the entire 3 course meal. Further than that, you don't speak for all the festivals around the area. We're not talking about an event in Loureauville. We're talking big time events that will get people to the games. And btw, having an annex version of a larger festival absolutely benefits them by getting the awareness to 20k+ people, many of which are new students, out of towners, and football fans that might not even know about these festivals. It benefits both parties.

Also, its FREEEEEE to ask questions. It's FREEEE to have a meeting. It's FREEEEE to negotiate.

Stop with the culture of CANT.

[cjr3888]

So you work directly with CODAFIL? You work directly with the DownTown Development Authority? I'm going to guess no because I grew up with Louie Ancelet and I've had conversations with Barry on more than one occasion about bringing the Acadien Festival together with UL athletics in some capacity. An Annex version is simply a small sample to get you to buy the entire 3 course meal. Further than that, you don't speak for all the festivals around the area. We're not talking about an event in Loureauville. We're talking big time events that will get people to the games. And btw, having an annex version of a larger festival absolutely benefits them by getting the awareness to 20k+ people, many of which are new students, out of towners, and football fans that might not even know about these festivals. It benefits both parties.

Also, its FREEEEEE to ask questions. It's FREEEE to have a meeting. It's FREEEEE to negotiate.

Stop with the culture of CANT.

Never said I work with CODAFIL or DTA but I do work with other events and organizers in the area. Want to get an annexed version of a festival to Cajun Field on a Saturday? You better start planning now. Oh wait, the conference schedule isn't out yet so you don't even know if a festival will be scheduled on game day. I'm just pointing out the reality of scheduling. Your opinion of what will bring people is just that, your opinion. It's not a culture of CANT, I'm pointing out the viewpoint of the other side.

[Esqueleto]

Another great point. Why have the replays gone down so much? Almost never see replays on the video board. And can we please get back to updating CF crowd on SBC games around the country???

Agreed, I thought ULM did a great job of reporting conference scores throughout the game.