Realistic Attendance Improvement Suggestions.

[Clutch0364]

“1) Partial season tickets-Could be for only conference games or only weekend games“

That is a strategy that should be used in every sport. You could even do packages across multiple sports. A fall/summer package.

At one point I had season tickets in football, basketball and baseball. Currently only have football because I can’t commit the time to baseball but if I could purchase a package of certain series or just Saturdays, I’d jump on it.

[jaxmc1023]

Step 1:

Family Four Pack .. every game, every sport. Come up with a name for it.. call it the "Lot De Quatre" or some French catchphrase, and then CARPET BOMB Acadiana with it. People in this area shouldn't be able to think about UL Sports without KNOWING that there is a family four pack available..

[CajunNation]

Step 1:

Family Four Pack .. every game, every sport. Come up with a name for it.. call it the "Lot De Quatre" or some French catchphrase, and then CARPET BOMB Acadiana with it. People in this area shouldn't be able to think about UL Sports without KNOWING that there is a family four pack available..

YES x1000

[Turbine]

YES x1000

Thats 4,000 tickets right there.

[RedBug58]

About 15 years ago, I coached the 5th grade girls basketball team at St Cecilia. I made arrangements with UL Girls Basketball to play a scrimmage against St Leo at halftime. It was great! We brought about 30 players, their parents & even grandparents. Over 100 people. If there was an event at every halftime bringing in kids groups in competition, you could instantly add a few hundred or more depending on the size of the group.

[CajunNation]

About 15 years ago, I coached the 5th grade girls basketball team at St Cecilia. I made arrangements with UL Girls Basketball to play a scrimmage against St Leo at halftime. It was great! We brought about 30 players, their parents & even grandparents. Over 100 people. If there was an event at every halftime bringing in kids groups in competition, you could instantly add a few hundred or more depending on the size of the group.

All those kids you just talked about.... Their Moms and Dads can't afford to buy them Cajundome concessions. That is a fact.

[ZoomZoom]

Truth.

Doc A cut a deal with the city/state to get a state of the art building designed to host a regional. The CD was NEVER a proper home for Cajujns basketball.

We can't control access to the arena. We can't control gameday services. It is a cavern.

We don't need a fancy place. Heck, we became legends in a freakin' barn. It's time to rebuild the barn. Put some suites in there. Stock up on 2$ Nattys, and let's (re)light this candle!

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Dome was 1) that big to get concerts that BR was getting and 2) that’s what EWE wanted. He wasn’t in office but the deal to get the votes ran thru him.


Even McNeese left the Civic Center and Burton to an arena with, ball park, 40% less seats or better.


UL needs to find a legal way to get out the dome deal. And don’t make the same mistake with the performing arts center. Don’t do it.

[sunbeltsports]

I second the "Ragin Cajun" chant notion. Dude on the PA is too loud and takes too long. Let the cheerleaders yell "Ragin.....Cajun". Dude is up there screaming, and you can't hear the fans for 75% of the chant.

[moorecajun]

I second the "Ragin Cajun" chant notion. Dude on the PA is too loud and takes too long. Let the cheerleaders yell "Ragin.....Cajun". Dude is up there screaming, and you can't hear the fans for 75% of the chant.

I agree; he was good getting it started but we can take it from now on with the cheerleaders.

[KajunKrazy]

Let's go back to the original premise of the thread called Basketball attendance. That one experienced thread drift which is understandable. Therefore let's focus on what can be done to improve the situation. Let's be realistic in suggestions. The coach is not being fired and we are not leaving the Dome. Long term a new arena we control is something the great majority agree is needed. Not possible today or likely in next decade however. Those of you who have moved on to other things you enjoy more in life probably will never come back on a regular basis. Therefore suggestions should be geared to people who may come back regardless of who the coach is or where we play. Some listed previously have merit. I would include the bus pickup for students on campus amongst those. I have a few other ideas which I hope are considered.

1) Partial season tickets-Could be for only conference games or only weekend games
2) Have players/coaches visit the union on game days or on Fridays before Saturday games to promote the upcoming game. Tough in between semesters
3) Signs on campus announcing game tonight or tomorrow night for Saturday games. Game announcements to the rolling billboards in town.
4) Purchase spots on conventional radio/TV stations to promote games, not only season tickets but games on a particular week.
5) Find some way to have a regular radio sports talk show on our flagship station hosted by a knowledgeable person which will heavily feature Cajuns talk. This will probably reguire our folks to sell advertising on their own. Station obviously won't do it.
6) Insure there is some type of band present at all games. Games in between semesters often lack a band. In the past, an alumni band played in these situations.

Of course some of these are applicable for all sports. One encouraging thing I learned from Dr. Maggard's interview is that we now have a dedicated ticket sales force which will go out into the community to push tickets. Good luck to them. What other REALISTIC ideas do people have to help the issue.

Just let students be students again. And by this I mean let them be like up until the time of very early 2k.

[CajunJeaux]

Different company. Nothing like the $5 Dome Foams in the old days. Student section was wild, BBoyd was draining threes, Southall backing down & dunking on guys in the paint, all high flying excitement.

We always talk about memories of BBoyd, Dwayne Mitchell, the Easter Bunny, Chris Manuel, Byron Starks, Sydney Grider, Shawn Long, etc. All of those guys played above the rim. The games were EXCITING.

We haven’t had an above the rim presence since Shawn Long. There are no alley-oops, high flying dunks. THAT is what makes the game exciting and used to lure me in.

[ZoomZoom]

We always talk about memories of BBoyd, Dwayne Mitchell, the Easter Bunny, Chris Manuel, Byron Starks, Sydney Grider, Shawn Long, etc. All of those guys played above the rim. The games were EXCITING.

We haven’t had an above the rim presence since Shawn Long. There are no alley-oops, high flying dunks. THAT is what makes the game exciting and used to lure me in.

This is true, in the Blackham days I came to the game for 100 points (free food) and expecting at least three dunks, one of highlight reel quality. Expected to have one guy literally and figuratively that was heads and shoulders above the rest…a sky walker. 100 was tough, but had dunkers, including the UL benchmark dunker, AA.

They tried last night with Joe but the timing was off and the pass was too hot. It may be the game today, don’t hear much of guys with that kind of reputation.

But we need a guy that can, like the old saying, “grab a dollar bill off the top of the backboard and leave 4 quarters behind”.