Tailgate spot wanted

[Cajun Monkee]

It won't. If there even is a small subset of "fans" that are claiming those two incidents as to why they have pulled support, I fully believe that it's merely a convenient excuse for them to stay home and watch the game on ESPN+.

Right.

Excuse #……

[Big Poppa]

It won't. If there even is a small subset of "fans" that are claiming those two incidents as to why they have pulled support, I fully believe that it's merely a convenient excuse for them to stay home and watch the game on ESPN+.

Maybe. But people are speaking against this kind of wokeism with their dollars more than ever today. Just ask bud light and target. You can call it an excuse but it is reality.

[Datt Meggs]

There’s always an excuse for not attending a game at Cajun field. But these same people will do whatever they can to make it across the basin or find a tigger watch party on that same Saturday. Disgusting

[Turbine]

There’s always an excuse for not attending a game at Cajun field. But these same people will do whatever they can to make it across the basin or find a tigger watch party on that same Saturday. Disgusting

I don't think its the same people or you wouldn't have seen a dropoff because they would have already been on the other shore.

[facelessjonmoon]

You are right but unfortunately, I think many on here are missing the boat as to why our tailgates aren’t packed any more. And it has nothing to do with where people park or people walking by empty parking spots and getting up set. It is not a parking thing at all.

The reason attendance is down today is because of 2 different incidents. If you look at the dates and the attendance decline I think you’ll find they coincide with one another.

The first one is the F DJT video that took place in the locker room. The video was bad enough. 18 - 22 year old misguided youth can be forgiven. But when Hud came out and basically called 60% of Louisiana a bunch of hypocrites because they voted for Trump and not Clinton that turned a lot of folks away that haven’t come back.

The next is when Billy’s team had the BLM (self proclaimed Marxist’s) march that ended at the police station that really p!$$€d some people off including the Lafayette PD. Several people have vowed to never come back after that incident.

Lafayette, like it or not, is one of the most conservative cities in America. You can’t do that kind of stuff and think it won’t have a lasting effect. Don’t believe me just ask Bud Light. I don’t know what the answer would be to get those people back but hopefully someone can figure it out.

Maybe partially on those.

Another correlation would be the downturn in attendance corresponded to the downturn in the local offshore O&G market that started late 2014 into 2015. Disposable income for alot of local companies went way down at that time

[Swamp]

You are right but unfortunately, I think many on here are missing the boat as to why our tailgates aren’t packed any more. And it has nothing to do with where people park or people walking by empty parking spots and getting up set. It is not a parking thing at all.

The reason attendance is down today is because of 2 different incidents. If you look at the dates and the attendance decline I think you’ll find they coincide with one another.

The first one is the F DJT video that took place in the locker room. The video was bad enough. 18 - 22 year old misguided youth can be forgiven. But when Hud came out and basically called 60% of Louisiana a bunch of hypocrites because they voted for Trump and not Clinton that turned a lot of folks away that haven’t come back.

The next is when Billy’s team had the BLM (self proclaimed Marxist’s) march that ended at the police station that really p!$$€d some people off including the Lafayette PD. Several people have vowed to never come back after that incident.

Lafayette, like it or not, is one of the most conservative cities in America. You can’t do that kind of stuff and think it won’t have a lasting effect. Don’t believe me just ask Bud Light. I don’t know what the answer would be to get those people back but hopefully someone can figure it out.

Damn right.

Go woke, Go not to Cajun Field.

[Louisiana84]

We should monetize the hell out of everything... except parking. Damn right, C4L. You said it best. Make it a party. Throw the doors open.

[Ragin9221]

We should monetize the hell out of everything... except parking. Damn right, C4L. You said it best. Make it a party. Throw the doors open.

Exactly!!

[RaisingCajun08]

If the lot would be open to general parking with a fee, what would be the principal?

The principle is: we used to get a parking pass with our RCAF membership. Since they took the only perk that I used, I reduced my membership. This is because there was already most of Cajun Field empty at that time. Now there is even more because I believe a lot of people feel the same as I do.

Its simple supply and demand. There was not a supply problem. We always had plenty of parking area unused at Cajun Field. Now we have even more. I would completely understand going up or taking away the RCAF parking pass perk if there was not enough room for parking. But that is not the case.

Again, supply and demand. We were one of the 1st groups in line during the Bustle days when they started charging for tailgating. At that time, it was a fight each week to get the spot that we wanted to tailgate. The demand was high. Now, not so much.

I dont have the exact numbers but I would be willing to be that RCAF memberships have dropped in total. Have no idea if the RCAF revenue is up or down.

[BabbForHeisman]

This shouldn't be that hard. Passes are $60, or $10/game. You don't want to buy a whole season pass? Fine, but single games are $20.

The question is how to manage the parking lots filling up. Again, easy...you put a disclaimer on there that says "if you haven't entered the parking lot 45 minutes before game time, your spot is not guaranteed and no refunds will be given."

[JayWalker]

It won't. If there even is a small subset of "fans" that are claiming those two incidents as to why they have pulled support, I fully believe that it's merely a convenient excuse for them to stay home and watch the game on ESPN+.

COVID + ESPN+ has made it easy to stay home, barbecue and get Cajun Sports for 10 bucks a month.

The other opinions are valid. But COVID forced people to stay home in 2020.

We never recovered

[BabbForHeisman]

COVID + ESPN+ has made it easy to stay home, barbecue and get Cajun Sports for 10 bucks a month.

The other opinions are valid. But COVID forced people to stay home in 2020.

We never recovered

https://www.d1ticker.com/2022-fbs-attendance-trends/

Interesting data here. We had the largest drop attendance between 2021 and 2022 in any school in FBS. We have the 7th largest drop compared to 5 year attendance average (which, the 5 year numbers are abnormal based on the covid year, but still worth something for trend tracking).

It wouldn't make sense to say that the drop from 2021 to 2022 had something to do with covid (2020), FDJT videos (20...17?), or BLM (2020).