Why does attendance suffer with college students?

[MarlinMan3]

Wasnt there somethingime that called graham central station, after my school days, so i dont recall exact dates, but seems it did not succeed

[MarlinMan3]

https://999ktdy.com/graham-central-s...tte-louisiana/

[HelmutVII]

Wasnt there somethingime that called graham central station, after my school days, so i dont recall exact dates, but seems it did not succeed

It was where Rouses is now.

[HoustonCajun]

Does anyone remember the free crawfish boil for students before the WKU vs. Louisiana basketball game in the Cajun Dome in 2003?
attendance: 9,121 vs. Western Kentucky (2/26/03)
We have not had a larger crowd in the Cajun Dome for basketball since.

Hint hint????

Also, it is pretty boring around Cajun Field. We need bars and restaurants to hang out at before and after games. There is nothing within walking distance.
We also need another hotel in walking distance besides the Hilton Garden Inn where the opposing teams always stay and take up almost all the rooms especially the double queen rooms. The Cajun out of town fans are price gouged by the hotel for the few remaining rooms they have for almost $300 a night. It is ridiculous.

We have the land there, and we continue to do nothing with it, but wait lets build some indoor basketball and volley bar courts there. What a waste. put that ____ somewhere else.

That's exactly what I've been saying is needed. And having this entertainment district and extra hotel would be on land that UL would lease to and generate significant revenue for athletics.

[UL_Cajuns]

Wasnt there somethingime that called graham central station, after my school days, so i dont recall exact dates, but seems it did not succeed

It was open for a while and it was a great party place for alot of people. Had a country bar, techno bar, 80s bar, karoke bar. late 90s and early 2000s were the days of MEGA night clubs. You don't see that much any more. also there was the Plaza.

I am not talking about that stuff. I am talking about needing bars and grills to watch other college games and to eat before and after games.
We don't need a Mega Nite club by Cajun Field.
LOL.

[Swamp]

Wanna see a sold-out swamp, turn the NEZ into the strip.

[MarlinMan3]

Keep the hill, but fence it off from rest of stadium, then make some kind of obstacle course hill outside stadium to get onto the hill inside.

[ZoomZoom]

That's exactly what I've been saying is needed. And having this entertainment district and extra hotel would be on land that UL would lease to and generate significant revenue for athletics.

That’s what the tourism crowd is pursuing. But look where they want to put it. Tailgating area.

Our local government props up downtown since the Northgate Mall arrived. And goodness knows how many millions been spent rerouting traffic at the Northgate Mall to “save” it. Acadiana Mall is next. Northside of the river is slowly fading. Just would be another adventure the government would be propping up

[60swerethebest]

And yet we have three years in a row of some of our largest incoming freshmen classes. I’m wondering if college sports is just starting the general decline we see in many pro sports. Lots of watching on tv. Attendance is a battle except at a few really large schools. I watch zero pro sports. And I used to watch all of them. I used to watch college sports. Now I watch UL only.
I can say with certainty, very few of our engineering students or nursing students go to our games. Only two groups I’m familiar with. And they are not going home or to TSAB. Good luck getting them to Cajun Field.
I do not have an answer. Just think we’re seeing a cultural shift for us.

[cajun4life]

And yet we have three years in a row of some of our largest incoming freshmen classes. I’m wondering if college sports is just starting the general decline we see in many pro sports. Lots of watching on tv. Attendance is a battle except at a few really large schools. I watch zero pro sports. And I used to watch all of them. I used to watch college sports. Now I watch UL only.
I can say with certainty, very few of our engineering students or nursing students go to our games. Only two groups I’m familiar with. And they are not going home or to TSAB. Good luck getting them to Cajun Field.
I do not have an answer. Just think we’re seeing a cultural shift for us.

Don’t believe those numbers. 13,500ish in undergrad. So the three largest freshmen classes? How small did we really get as a university?