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Re: Stony Brook to the CAA?
By: sbufan Date: December 1, 2011, 4:40 pm
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Does anyone think attendance this season warrants looking into
expanding the stadium?
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Re: Stony Brook to the CAA?
By: Seawolf97 Date: December 1, 2011, 5:08 pm
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The last two games were high profile games with alot at stake.
Granted the student and community support was outstanding but
we need high profile home games going forward. Next season we
will have Big South games with VMI, CSU and GWU plus Colgate
and CCSU . I see our Homecoming game whoever that may be and
maybe Colgate as big games. If in future seasons we schedule a
Villanova or Maine again or possibly a high profile IVY school
like Harvard the crowds will come. If this CAA rumor bears
fruit then yes stadium expansion might be ideal. But for now
8200 seats plus some standees will be the norm. Of course we
have to continue our winning ways which I'm sure we will.
Overall attendance is on the rise and that is great- we have to
keep the momentum going for expansion.
#Post#: 777--------------------------------------------------
Re: Stony Brook to the CAA?
By: ry1nik Date: December 2, 2011, 6:41 am
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I'm going to take the contrarian view on expansion of the
stadium. What's wrong with 6-8K fans per game? Do we really need
to go to 12K, 15K, whatever? When will it be enough? The game is
played for the benefit of the fans. I've been to a few games
with 6K there, and it was low crowding and low hassle, yet there
were still enough people in the stands to create the wave and
make some noise. Do we really need to make it more difficult to
get to the game? If the Wolves can keep winning and create a
consistent Top 20 program, then getting 6-8K on a regular basis
is realistic...especially with a move to the CAA.
#Post#: 779--------------------------------------------------
Re: Stony Brook to the CAA?
By: ecasadoSBU Date: December 2, 2011, 8:46 am
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Well. The goal is to become profitable in the sport instead of
loosing money. So, Increasing the size of the stadium is a must,
to a level in which the profit offsets the expenses. But I still
think is not necessary yet. We need a couple of more years of
consistent winning and you will see how the fans will crowd
LaValle stadium. Our attendance average is still 67% percent of
capacity (including the first round of Playoffs) which is an
awesome improvement over a year ago of 59%. If we move to the
CAA and see a increase in attendance in each game (80% to 90%)
then I would support an expansion to 15k in four to eight years
from now. If we move up to the FBS in 20 years from now then the
ideal would be 20k-40k.
Total Attendance (Average) of the past four years:
2008 19,531 (3,255)
2009 18,578 (4,644)
2010 24,541 (4,908)
2011 39,049 (5,578)**
We can see that it is really taking off....
#Post#: 821--------------------------------------------------
Re: Stony Brook to the CAA?
By: sbufan Date: December 4, 2011, 11:04 pm
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I think there might be some substance to this rumor...
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Re: Stony Brook to the CAA?
By: ecasadoSBU Date: December 5, 2011, 11:14 am
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Have you heard something we havent?
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Re: Stony Brook to the CAA?
By: Seawolf97 Date: December 5, 2011, 8:04 pm
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If there is substance please share it - rumor or no rumor :)
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Re: Stony Brook to the CAA?
By: ecasadoSBU Date: December 5, 2011, 9:02 pm
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I'm anxious to read about a press release, something that
confirms that this is true!!!!
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Re: Stony Brook to the CAA?
By: sbufan Date: December 6, 2011, 10:44 am
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[quote author=Seawolf97 link=topic=64.msg830#msg830
date=1323137087]
If there is substance please share it - rumor or no rumor :)
[/quote]
I heard from someone who knows someone who knows someone (I have
no idea how many someone's removed I am, but more than a couple)
that claim there are internal CAA discussions taking place about
bringing in Stony Brook. Also, some people on various message
boards have been talking as if it were fact rather than just a
rumor, and it's recently come to my attention that some people
on these message boards are actually pretty well connected.
However I'm not, so don't take any of this to the bank.
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Re: Stony Brook to the CAA?
By: sbufan Date: December 6, 2011, 10:55 am
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[quote author=ecasadoSBU link=topic=64.msg833#msg833
date=1323140570]
I'm anxious to read about a press release, something that
confirms that this is true!!!!
[/quote]
I have no idea when we would even find out if the rumors are
true. Schedules are already set for 2012, so we would be joining
in 2013-14 at the earliest. I would like an announcement soon so
we could use CAA conference affiliation to help recruiting for
the february signing period, however, I get the feeling that if
there really are talks, they probably just started.
I'm looking to much into it but it would be pretty cool if this
tweet were about the rumored CAA talks.
HTML http://twitter.com/#!/JDFiore/status/143833878610722816
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