It's The Culture, Stupid....

[Grantvb]

One of the coolest video advertisements I ever saw for Louisiana, was a group of college kids playing Cajuns music in a four piece band, with Dr. Savoie on the triangle.

[CajunMarineBBK]

I am not sure how many flag football teams play in Youngsville but it is a bunch offer them tickets to the kids for free. Parents will come with them. And they have the tackle teams in every town in Vermilion parish do the same.

[CajunVic]

Might be an unpopular opinion, but as someone who hasn’t lived in Lafayette in a couple decades, I think I can ask this question…what is the local culture?

Outside of a couple of festivals, where does the culture become visible? Answer: not many places, to be honest. Driving around town, it’s a lot of McDonalds and Chilis and Costco, just like any other town.

So it shouldn’t surprise us that when we bring in an outsider, they don’t get the culture.

. . . you can take the town out of Cajun but you can't take the Cajun out of the town . . . commercialized America cares not what the brand of the customer is, just that they will go . . . those icons you described are in every single town our size and some even smaller . . . they do not drive the culture, they use the culture . . .

[Turbine]

One of the coolest video advertisements I ever saw for Louisiana, was a group of college kids playing Cajuns music in a four piece band, with Dr. Savoie on the triangle.

Was that the redemption tour for the Pine Leaf Boys that Authement's crew kicked off campus?

[CajunVic]

. . . I have a dear friend from Arnaudville whose three kids (two boys and a girl) play cajun french music together . . . the younger one sings the french songs and he does not know french . . . it is very entertaining . . .

[Esqueleto]

I am not sure how many flag football teams play in Youngsville but it is a bunch offer them tickets to the kids for free. Parents will come with them. And they have the tackle teams in every town in Vermilion parish do the same.

It would be easy to host these youth leagues at the UL rec fields on GameDay and offer everyone free tickets to that nights game.

[Turbine]

. . . I have a dear friend from Arnaudville whose three kids (two boys and a girl) play cajun french music together . . . the younger one sings the french songs and he does not know french . . . it is very entertaining . . .

GetEmInDaGates

[CajunVic]

. . . and they would go . . . when the wildcatters were playing in the Cajun Dome, the GM decided to offer free tickets to one game . . . I'm looking back and think we have hit jackpot, about 7,000 fans, I figured at least half paid until Greg Davis swings by my seats . . . I said looking good, he said we sold 186 tickets . . . have to be careful with the give away thing . . .

[Esqueleto]

. . . and they would go . . . when the wildcatters were playing in the Cajun Dome, the GM decided to offer free tickets to one game . . . I'm looking back and think we have hit jackpot, about 7,000 fans, I figured at least half paid until Greg Davis swings by my seats . . . I said looking good, he said we sold 186 tickets . . . have to be careful with the give away thing . . .

Well, I'd assume those 7k fans bought overpriced concessions, so I'd take that as a win since those people wouldn't have even been in the arena.

[Turbine]

. . . and they would go . . . when the wildcatters were playing in the Cajun Dome, the GM decided to offer free tickets to one game . . . I'm looking back and think we have hit jackpot, about 7,000 fans, I figured at least half paid until Greg Davis swings by my seats . . . I said looking good, he said we sold 186 tickets . . . have to be careful with the give away thing . . .

The payoff is rarely immediate.

[CajunVic]

The payoff is rarely immediate.

. . . the payoff never came . . . the team folded . . .

[Turbine]

. . . the payoff never came . . . the team folded . . .

Not due to that effort.