How to pack Cajun Field against Texas State?

[babysitter]

Build an 18,000 capacity stadium.

[ManAboutTown]

Boutique Row - Hear me out

Get all of the boutique clothiers in town to get a booth (sell booth space) to line up in the westside parking lot. Sell tickets to that ONE part of the field (something cheap like $5, give half to charity. Gets the charities involved). Have them compete on who can produce the nicest outfit with best accessories (or have a category for each) and have people vote on that. If the women are at the games, the men and kids are at the games. NFL figured this out a long time ago.

Raffle off prizes for free boutique items. Get the charities to benefit. Get the media to cover it. Have a make-shift bar inside a tent for relaxing. Would be an absolute hit.

[RedTails]

MAT, I love 99.9% of your ideas.but c'mon baw, the bougie Lafayette crew aren't coming walk around in a dusty parking lot around the cretins.

Superior Grill should come set up a giant tent and sell their margs though. That'd be a win/win.

[jaxmc1023]

1. Family Four Pack - $50

2. Uber Event transportation - $5 credit for any uber that has Cajun Field as the destination

3. Would love to see a push from Adopted Dog, Legends, Corner Bar, etc. But instead of "come watch the Cajuns here!", try for "come pre-game here with XYZ drink special and $3 food something". If for nothing else than to hammer home that UL's tailgating sucks

[ManAboutTown]

MAT, I love 99.9% of your ideas.but c'mon baw, the bougie Lafayette crew aren't coming walk around in a dusty parking lot around the cretins.

Superior Grill should come set up a giant tent and sell their margs though. That'd be a win/win.

Margs and boutiques? Shiiiiddd LaFonda Gang all in that.

[CajunNation]

Margs and boutiques? Shiiiiddd LaFonda Gang all in that.

LaFonda's Margs.Last time I was there had 2 and was lit. Awesome.

[CajunJack55]

Bear wraslin at halftime

[Balanced_view]

The issues that have driven fans away still exist. Until UL decides to visibley fix these issues, 22k or 50% full stadium will be about the max.it's a boring, loud, expensive experience.

it's a boring, loud, expensive experience? this is the same if not more so across the country, the boring part is a personal emotion and varies from person to person. so how do marshall, USM, App st. JMU, Troy, from just the Sun Belt along with other peers do it? are they cheaper ? quieter? its always a list of excuses given, it even changes every few weeks or year to year, but the result is the same.hear me out, maybe everyone is looking at it all wrong. just a thought excessive to see what new ideas spring up, cause the old ones havent worked.

[Balanced_view]

Easy-ish?
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1. Social media blitz
2. Traditional media blitz (Local TV news appearances/terrestrial radio appearances)
3. $10 GA tickets (push Cajundome Box Office early and often to avoid fees)
4. On-campus promotions (signs, SGA engagement, social media like Volleyball asking trivia questions)
5. Word of mouth advertising among admin/fans (bring one extra person with you)
6. Promote YRCC (surprised how many of my family-aged friends aren't aware)
7. Utilize partners in the community with large online presence (Downtown Lafayette, Developing Lafayette, etc) to get the word out


Moderately difficult (requires additional people/planning)
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1. $20 first-come-first-serve general admission parking inside CF
2. First-come-first-serve $45 tailgate spots at Blackham with free parking (fee goes towards porta potties) /w Cajundome BLVD shuttle
3. Pick a loss leader on concessions menu and promote it ($1 hotdogs instead of $6?)
4. Offer free tickets/swag to people running for local public office (mayoral candidates, city/parish councils, school board, tax assessors, etc.) TSAB is away, so most will be in town hungry to shake-hands and make their presence known via social media


Requires long-term planning (possibly already in the works with renovated stadium?)
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1. RFID POS system (Festival International does it)
2. Overhaul tailgate rules (how can we fill it back up? Costs, locations, reduction in perks? tiered options? (trash pick-up, porta-potty wrist bands, etc.))

Now we talking Im liking these, they need to do several if not most of these together at the same time.

[Turbine]

Love the ideas.

"Beat Minnesota Saturday" is tops.

[Ragin9221]

Love the ideas.

"Beat Minnesota Saturday" is tops.

Oh if we beat Minnesota is the game changer!

[fanof71]

it's a boring, loud, expensive experience? this is the same if not more so across the country, the boring part is a personal emotion and varies from person to person. so how do marshall, USM, App st. JMU, Troy, from just the Sun Belt along with other peers do it? are they cheaper ? quieter? its always a list of excuses given, it even changes every few weeks or year to year, but the result is the same.hear me out, maybe everyone is looking at it all wrong. just a thought excessive to see what new ideas spring up, cause the old ones havent worked.

Exactly, and the old issues and old ideas don't work and haven't been fixed, if anything they've gotten worse. Nothing will change (dramatically) with UL attendence until they somehow fix the in-game experience. What they're doing now and have been doing has proven not to work. Just ask the 20,000 who show up every home game dressed as seats

[jaxmc1023]

Oh if we beat Minnesota is the game changer!

It really isn't though

As others have said, beating Minnesota on the road is not going to suddenly have casuals saying: "dang they beat Minnesota!? Who they play this week!? Oh Texas State sweet lemme drop $100 on tickets for my family wonder if I know anyone who still has a tailgate spot"

Now if they beat Minnesota they'll be on the news and in people's conversations, and THATS when you drop the "yeah and they're offering cheap tickets this weekend and a concert at CF before the game"

[Esqueleto]

Exactly, and the old issues and old ideas don't work and haven't been fixed, if anything they've gotten worse. Nothing will change (dramatically) with UL attendence until they somehow fix the in-game experience. What they're doing now and have been doing has proven not to work. Just ask the 20,000 who show up every home game dressed as seats

Spot on. I don't even look forward to home games anymore. Pregame and ingame have become stale and boring. No excitement at all. Road games are exponentially more fun.

[KajunKrazy]

The University needs to start pushing this game now! I know it’s 2 weeks but if ESPN 2 or the U pick it up we need to show we can pack the stadium.

We need to push a Southern Miss style promotion when we played them last year in Hattiesburg, for the Texas State game!

Maybe they can cancel class that day like they did in Hattiesburg. Don’t tell the students it’s Saturday just that class in canceled so you can go to the game.