PreGame 2011 New Orleans Bowl - Walking To New Orleans

[OneChicagoCajun]

I bought off of stubhub, expect to see at least 1k from there

[axg8750]

I bought off of stubhub, expect to see at least 1k from there

Were you unaware that buying from the athletic dept directly benefits the cajuns or did you choose stub hub to be able to pick your own seats?

[CajunDreDog]

Got some new tickets from a sub we use. tickets are in section 335. Superdome shows that is the Saints side of the field, anyone know if that is the side of the field we will be on too?

Yes

[Hammer58]

Not well. I saw a spot on WWL and it had a shot of Cajun cheerleaders for about a second. There also a billboard on I-10. Nothing on the sports casts thus far.

I have heard the opposite from friends and relatives in New Orleans. They have said there has been plenty of radio and TV promotion.

[CajunFun]

too early to tell because of potential outside tickets, BUT 18k is definitely too low because there certainly are not 12k outside tickets purchased....here is the bowl attendance history (and I dont expect SDST to bring more than 2-4k).

It will be bad if we dont break their attendance record, this is a one time shot to show what we can do, and if southern miss proves to be the bigger draw, they will be taken over us in the future when they have 7 win years (compared to our 8/9 win years...) on the other hand if we consistently win 8/9 games that should be good enough for sun belt title most years anyway, so its moot point.

2001 27,004 Colorado State vs. North Texas
2002 19,024 North Texas vs. Cincinnati
2003 25,184 Memphis vs. North Texas
2004 27,253 Southern Miss vs. North Texas
2005 18,338 Southern Miss vs. Arkansas State
2006 26,423 Rice vs. Troy
2007 25,146 Florida Atlantic vs. Memphis
2008 30,197 Troy vs. Southern Miss
2009 30,228 Middle Tennessee vs. Southern Miss
2010 29,159 Ohio vs. Troy

18K advance sales, and USM v Troy only put 30K in there?

Let's see what happens.

[CajunDreDog]

Anybody know how many ticket sales are required to get the full amount for the bowl appearance?

I believe, someone did the math and came up with at least 8334 tickets if they were all $60 each. So I'd say somewhere from 8,333-10,000 should have gotten us to the $500K mark. Everything beyond that is profit that we liekly split 50/50 with the bowl as well.

[sportsfanatic21]

Were you unaware that buying from the athletic dept directly benefits the cajuns or did you choose stub hub to be able to pick your own seats?

I'm glad to give my money to the program, but if this is the way it will done in the future, I will buy from UL, then buy more tickets where I want to sit, and try to sell my first ones.

I picked up my tickets today, and originally ordered them with another group. We needed to add on to the order, and specifically asked that they be as close as possible to the first set. I was told that they would do everything they could to accomodate us, but when I picked up today, I learned that some tickets are in one endzone in the 2nd level, and the others on the 5th row of the first level...and of course, in the OTHER ENDZONE!! These tickets could not possibly be any further apart, and still be in the allotted "UL" sections.

Obviously, Im not very happy with the way this has turned out. I completely understand that there will be hiccups since this is the first time we've done this, but this is the least "fan friendly" thing I've ever seen.

Hopefully the game will be much smoother for the Cajuns than the ticket sales have been for the fans.

[ipreciateu2]

Section 144 Row 20 Seats 12,13,and 14

[CajunDreDog]

So far just me and you. Can you find others?

Where is the baton rouge cajun fan base???

Any updates?

ANYONE WANTING to join???

[RCAJUN90]

I have heard the opposite from friends and relatives in New Orleans. They have said there has been plenty of radio and TV promotion.

I haven't seen but one TV promotion. Perhaps they have just hit it right or they regularly watch a different station for their news. I almost always watch WWL.

[RaginFan2]

18K advance sales, and USM v Troy only put 30K in there?

Let's see what happens.

That's 18K in advance from the UL TICKET OFFICE, if I understand correctly. I don't think that includes any sales from the other outlets including the Superdome, Ticketmaster, and SDSU. Certainly our sales will be the bulk of total sales, but I am looking forward to seeing how many butts are in the seats come gametime. I am hoping for somewhere in the mid- to high- 30's. Or more!

[TravlnCajun]

1st 4 in section 141 row 10 & 4 today in section 104 row 11