Purdue #8 nationally in stadium fill capacity for 2021

[YouSayPotato]

Quote from the linked article:

"Michigan, Nebraska, Utah, Penn State and Georgia were at capacity during the 2021 season. Meanwhile, Purdue’s 8-win breakout brought Boilermakers fans into Ross-Ade Stadium with 98.4 percent of possible seats sold, a dramatic increase from 2016’s 60.2 percent."

98.4% of capacity

 

[Tommaker]

Quote from the linked article:

"Michigan, Nebraska, Utah, Penn State and Georgia were at capacity during the 2021 season. Meanwhile, Purdue’s 8-win breakout brought Boilermakers fans into Ross-Ade Stadium with 98.4 percent of possible seats sold, a dramatic increase from 2016’s 60.2 percent."

98.4% of capacity

Noting that some of those Nebraska seats were bought by individuals/corporations to keep the streak alive, that's even more impressive from our standpoint.

 

[YouSayPotato]

Noting that some of those Nebraska seats were bought by individuals/corporations to keep the streak alive, that's even more impressive from our standpoint.

Michigan has long been known for deep, deep discounted ticketed to high schools, Boy Scout troops, etc, to keep the Big House full for those games vs MAC teams.

Add to that the unending controvery about tickets 'sold' vs butts in seats for the game for just about every team. How many of those were complimentary tickets purchased for one cent each by the university itself? And how many actually showed up?

Nonetheless, I doubt that the B1G weasels on attendance any more than the SEC or ACC or Pac-12, and maybe less. I look at these statistics with the assumption that "Everyone Cheats More-Or-Less Equally"

 

[boilermaker75]

What I want to know is did more geese show up this year for Indinia's games?

 

[NVboiler]

What I want to know is did more geese show up this year for Indinia's games?

Do they count them for attendance???

 

[boilermaker75]

Do they count them for attendance???

If they didn't, would they have any attendance???

 

[BSIT]

Quote from the linked article:

"Michigan, Nebraska, Utah, Penn State and Georgia were at capacity during the 2021 season. Meanwhile, Purdue’s 8-win breakout brought Boilermakers fans into Ross-Ade Stadium with 98.4 percent of possible seats sold, a dramatic increase from 2016’s 60.2 percent."

98.4% of capacity

And now I hope everyone believes Brohm is worth every penny

 

[SDBoiler1]

And now I hope everyone believes Brohm is worth every penny

I'm sure there will be Knuckleheads on here who'll say he's overpaid, even after this past season. ptree06 anyone?

 

[rgarlitz]

Michigan has long been known for deep, deep discounted ticketed to high schools, Boy Scout troops, etc, to keep the Big House full for those games vs MAC teams.

Yeah, but is that really unusual? When I was a student at Purdue in the mid-to-late 90s they had all kinds of promotions to sell tickets in non-conference games--bands day, parents day, I seem to recall they had some kind of academic promotion connected to local elementary schools.

 

[YouSayPotato]

Yeah, but is that really unusual? When I was a student at Purdue in the mid-to-late 90s they had all kinds of promotions to sell tickets in non-conference games--bands day, parents day, I seem to recall they had some kind of academic promotion connected to local elementary schools.

During those Burtnett-Akers-Colletto years the stadium was often half empty for conference games.

 

[rgarlitz]

During those Burtnett-Akers-Colletto years the stadium was often half empty for conference games.

Oh, yeah, sure. No argument from me there. I remember those days well. All I'm saying is that selling tickets at a discount or even giving them away to fill the stadium for mid-major non-conference games is probably not a practice unique to Michigan.

 

[NVboiler]

Yeah, but is that really unusual? When I was a student at Purdue in the mid-to-late 90s they had all kinds of promotions to sell tickets in non-conference games--bands day, parents day, I seem to recall they had some kind of academic promotion connected to local elementary schools.

When I lived in Texas in the 80s the Rangers baseball team had very low attendance so they used to have free offers for like the boy scouts. That "free game" with many thousands of people ended up costing our family of 4 over $60 with the parking and expensive food! Immediately it became obvious to me that they should just give out free tickets and those other charges would return more money than having just a few people show up for paid games. They're then also building up a fan base for the future.

 

[rgarlitz]

When I lived in Texas in the 80s the Rangers baseball team had very low attendance so they used to have free offers for like the boy scouts. That "free game" with many thousands of people ended up costing our family of 4 over $60 with the parking and expensive food! Immediately it became obvious to me that they should just give out free tickets and those other charges would return more money than having just a few people show up for paid games. They're then also building up a fan base for the future.

Funny you mention that. Until maybe 8 or 10 years ago, I used park in the Wood Street Garage for football games, and it was free. I'd come in on 231 from the south, and there would be absolutely no traffic. I'd park right off the Chauncey area--grab a beer or two at Jakes if there was time, and then walk up through campus to the game. Other than the cost of my ticket, I don't think I paid Purdue a penny for the entire game day experience. Alas, they shut that down several years ago. And, I haven't been able to attend many games since.

 

[njm8845]

Michigan has long been known for deep, deep discounted ticketed to high schools, Boy Scout troops, etc, to keep the Big House full for those games vs MAC teams.

Add to that the unending controvery about tickets 'sold' vs butts in seats for the game for just about every team. How many of those were complimentary tickets purchased for one cent each by the university itself? And how many actually showed up?

Nonetheless, I doubt that the B1G weasels on attendance any more than the SEC or ACC or Pac-12, and maybe less. I look at these statistics with the assumption that "Everyone Cheats More-Or-Less Equally"

I generally agree with your last paragraph, except when it comes to Nebraska. They have an unhealthy relationship with their attendance record.