PreGame 2011 New Orleans Bowl - Walking To New Orleans

[SignIt-CAJUNS!]

I think there will be a lot more sold closer to the game date. New Orleans has a lot going on, and a lot of folks there make spur-of-the-moment plans. I deal with a lot of Southeast LA. vendors...the Buzz is high!

[Turbine]

I think you are right.

ps was that a pun?

[Hammer58]

Also, many local businesses are buying suites. Those are not sold through the university so those numbers are not included in the university's count. Scott Farmer inquired about that and was told that even though these were UL fans buying the suites UL would not be credited with those sales.

[Zeebart21]

Sec 144. We have about 40 seats in 4 rows...

that is all.

Z

[VObserver]

The school gets 100% of the first 9000 or so tickets sold through the school, and 50% of all above that number sold through the school. There are roughly 2000 tickets at $60 sold through the school [$120,000]. 7000 more at $40 [$280,000] and [if we sell 20,000 tickets through the school] 11,000 tickets at $20 [220,000]. That would give us a total payout of $620,000. Not bad.

[sportsfanatic21]

The school gets 100% of the first 9000 or so tickets sold through the school, and 50% of all above that number sold through the school. There are roughly 2000 tickets at $60 sold through the school [$120,000]. 7000 more at $40 [$280,000] and [if we sell 20,000 tickets through the school] 11,000 tickets at $20 [220,000]. That would give us a total payout of $620,000. Not bad.

Does anybody know a rough estimate of what the teams' expenses are for the entire bowl experience? IE, what may we "net" from the trip? Thanks.

[CajunZ1]

Also, many local businesses are buying suites. Those are not sold through the university so those numbers are not included in the university's count. Scott Farmer inquired about that and was told that even though these were UL fans buying the suites UL would not be credited with those sales.

And the thing is, the suites (exclusive of drinks and food) are ridiculously cheap! It ended up being about $75-85/ticket in the suite. I was going to get one, but since no credit could be given to UL (and since we had a bigger group that 16) we ended up just buying the normal tickets.

[Hammer58]

The school gets 100% of the first 9000 or so tickets sold through the school, and 50% of all above that number sold through the school. There are roughly 2000 tickets at $60 sold through the school [$120,000]. 7000 more at $40 [$280,000] and [if we sell 20,000 tickets through the school] 11,000 tickets at $20 [220,000]. That would give us a total payout of $620,000. Not bad.

Apparently we have sold out our allotment in the first and second levels and are now selling seats in the third level. A guy I work with who is a season ticket holder but not an RCAF member got tickets in the first level in the curve near the goal line. He called to get additional tickets and he said all that were available from the universities allottment were in the third level.

[VObserver]

Seriously? Yes, Illinois beat ASU, but the Red Wolves played their worst game of the year. Purdue beat Middle by 3.

[billbeck451]

On wwl last night Hudspeth told Bobby Hebert that UL will bring 30000 fans. I really hope he's right

[VObserver]

What we net is dependent on how much we choose to spend. We can give nice stuff to the kids without violating NCAA rules. I don't know what the dollar limit is, but it's probably $500 or so per person. Plus, how much do we spend on food and lodging? Do we stay 2 nights or 3? Or only 1? Say we spend $500 per person on bowl gifts for the players/managers/trainers/coaches etc.. That's about $60,000. If food and lodging costs us another $300/person, that's $36,000. Throw in about $6,000 for transportation and we have a profit of about $300,000 on our base payout, and about $500,000 total. So our profit would be about the same as a typical mid level money game.

[BeauCajun]

What we net is dependent on how much we choose to spend. We can give nice stuff to the kids without violating NCAA rules. I don't know what the dollar limit is, but it's probably $500 or so per person. Plus, how much do we spend on food and lodging? Do we stay 2 nights or 3? Or only 1? Say we spend $500 per person on bowl gifts for the players/managers/trainers/coaches etc.. That's about $60,000. If food and lodging costs us another $300/person, that's $36,000. Throw in about $6,000 for transportation and we have a profit of about $300,000 on our base payout, and about $500,000 total. So our profit would be about the same as a typical mid level money game.

Just to add a few dollars, it was my understanding the team will bus down to NO on Tuesday. That'll be 5 nights of food and lodging.