Homecoming attendance? 18,132 (merged)

[ragin2112cajun]

Attendance will jump when you can't see the upper deck from Congress.

In UL's history there are only been a handful of games where the upper deck was an "I should be there" calling card.

The upper deck got more use from Coach Lancon bringing us Mighty Lions there to run stadium steps for track practice.

[Just1More]

We all sometimes have to face reality in life. The casual college football fans in Acadiana will always be LSU fans first. I came to that realization 25 years ago and nothing has changed. If you check the attendance numbers at every other G5 program in the country, you'll see that every G5 program is dealing with declining attendance. UL (just like Tulane and La Tech) will NEVER be able to compete with LSU for the casual fan in Louisiana. That's just the way it is. Once you accept this fact, you can enjoy Cajun football for what it is, and that's exactly what I do.

I hope any talk of expanding Cajun Field is put on hold indefinitely. We've got all the capacity we'll ever need already. Spend the money instead on making our stadium as nice and comfortable as we possibly can. That's the trend for programs that have a realistic vision of the future of G5 football.

I think you're right. We missed the peak that was created when Hud first brought excitement back to the program. And in reality, had UL had the funding to go faster with the Master Plan vision for Cajun Field, it would have been disastrous. Personally, I don't know what to do next with Cajun Field and when. I can't disagree that seating expansion is now a joke, but besides a press box/suite investment (that has little to nothing to do with attracting fans) I don't know what amenities and features can feasibly be added to Cajun Field. I'm not talking about ideas. I'm talking about the practicality of engineering it into the old structure.

I'm massively opposed to yelling at "the fans". It's stupid in 40 different ways... but at the first rudimentary level... it's counterproductive. People have a broad assortment of reasons for going or not going to UL football games. Personally, I see only one way to restore attendance. The program has to elevate to a level that the program has never seen. You can talk about the fans until you're blue in the face... but we could not afford what happened with the ACT scandal on top of a hit to the Acadiana economy. Hud hit his peak in year one. Not using the juice gained from that first year to pack on some additional fan excitement, then having the cheating and NCAA hits, the recruiting slam that followed, cannot be brushed aside. We're in a slump. There's only one way to climb back up... and it doesn't include yelling at the fans.

[ragin2112cajun]

upper deck needs to be torn down

[facelessjonmoon]

At least somebody acknowledges it's not just the students....

The attendance is ____ty all the way around

[RaginScotsman]

Just saw the number. Really disappointing to say the least. Homecoming and absolutely perfect weather. The visitor side of the field and student section were pretty empty.

[Cajun Monkee]

Just curious. For those of you who complain about scheduling would you be willing to consider a graduated ticket purchasing plan?

For example, New Mexico State are an FCS team would be $10-$15.

A G5 team would be $20-$25.

Lower level P5 team would be $50 and a higher level P5 team would be seventy five to hundred dollars.

These would be baseline prices and a premium would be added if say we were undefeated

[Turbine]

Just curious. For those of you who complain about scheduling would you be willing to consider a graduated ticket purchasing plan?

For example, New Mexico State are an FCS team would be $10-$15.

A G5 team would be $20-$25.

Lower level P5 team would be $50 and a higher level P5 team would be seventy five to hundred dollars.

These would be baseline prices and a premium would be added if say we were undefeated

Car manufacturers have been successful with this method for years.

Problem here is we have a moving target.

[Cajun Soldier]

Just saw the number. Really disappointing to say the least. Homecoming and absolutely perfect weather. The visitor side of the field and student section were pretty empty.

I thought the students did their part. I sit on that side now the rest of the visitors side was bad. The problem for me is as I look across at all these premium seat being empty. Why do people buy those if they wont even attend homecoming. Give the seat away if you don't want to lose your seat. I know 200 Veterans that would love to sit in those seats or sell them do something just don't leave them empty.

[Just1More]

Just curious. For those of you who complain about scheduling would you be willing to consider a graduated ticket purchasing plan?

For example, New Mexico State are an FCS team would be $10-$15.

A G5 team would be $20-$25.

Lower level P5 team would be $50 and a higher level P5 team would be seventy five to hundred dollars.

These would be baseline prices and a premium would be added if say we were undefeated

What does this solve? Scheduling good OOC is done years in advance, and UL has little choice in the selection of willing participants. UL works hard on the money games, tries to work to get the best non money opponents, and pretty much gets shunned by everyone else. How is ticket pricing going to change those facts? UL can't give away tickets to add another 1000 people. Any idea of manipulating the core fans in a slump period in the program simply will not work.

[ManAboutTown]

I think you're right. We missed the peak that was created when Hud first brought excitement back to the program. And in reality, had UL had the funding to go faster with the Master Plan vision for Cajun Field, it would have been disastrous. Personally, I don't know what to do next with Cajun Field and when. I can't disagree that seating expansion is now a joke, but besides a press box/suite investment (that has little to nothing to do with attracting fans) I don't know what amenities and features can feasibly be added to Cajun Field. I'm not talking about ideas. I'm talking about the practicality of engineering it into the old structure.

I'm massively opposed to yelling at "the fans". It's stupid in 40 different ways... but at the first rudimentary level... it's counterproductive. People have a broad assortment of reasons for going or not going to UL football games. Personally, I see only one way to restore attendance. The program has to elevate to a level that the program has never seen. You can talk about the fans until you're blue in the face... but we could not afford what happened with the ACT scandal on top of a hit to the Acadiana economy. Hud hit his peak in year one. Not using the juice gained from that first year to pack on some additional fan excitement, then having the cheating and NCAA hits, the recruiting slam that followed, cannot be brushed aside. We're in a slump. There's only one way to climb back up... and it doesn't include yelling at the fans.

You and I have discussed this personally many times. My entire life, I’ve sided with your line of thinking on this.

Yesterday was the first time I was geneuinely upset with what I saw. Sometimes, people need to know they suck.