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Will the Villanova Game Sell Out the Stadium?
By: Wolffan Date: September 23, 2018, 1:19 pm
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First of all, playing a quality sports and academic school like
Villanova here at home is in and of itself a good thing.
The game day experience at the stadium (band, cheerleaders,
sound system, scoreboard, security, concessions, beer garden,
etc.) is impressive at this point.
Since both CAA football teams are having good years thus far,
there are plenty of alums
[from both schools] in the area, and the weather should be nice,
this is a great shot at a sellout.
Am I wrong?
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Re: Will the Villanova Game Sell Out the Stadium?
By: Seawolf97 Date: September 23, 2018, 1:42 pm
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Hopefully we will get one and have the place rocking for a
change . This is a solid opponent and they are having a good
season .
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Re: Will the Villanova Game Sell Out the Stadium?
By: ecasadoSBU Date: September 23, 2018, 7:21 pm
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I don't know what else do Stony Brook athletic administrators
have to do to draw attendance... We have a good product on the
field and a fantastic stadium. I don't get it. Why is the
community not out there in bunches.
Touchdown Club, Beergarden, New Concessions, great seats, and
most importantly: a winning team!
I hope attendance improves
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Re: Will the Villanova Game Sell Out the Stadium?
By: Chairman of the Board Date: September 23, 2018, 8:28 pm
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they do get the community out there- in the thousands.
the issue is, you cant fill 10,000 seats when there's less than
a thousand students on campus, and nearly none show up to the
game.
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Re: Will the Villanova Game Sell Out the Stadium?
By: NoVA_Seawolf Date: September 23, 2018, 11:39 pm
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I'd love to see this happen, but realistically I doubt it. We
never get sellouts unless it's homecoming. In past years the
home opener has also been a very well attended game. I also
believe it would take years of sustained success to get to the
point where the fan following was significant. I remember we
started winning Big South titles in 2009, but it wasn't until
2012 that attendance really started looking impressive for each
game.
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Re: Will the Villanova Game Sell Out the Stadium?
By: Chairman of the Board Date: September 24, 2018, 7:34 am
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yeah i recall the same. it's sad really, with the size of the
student body, the surrounding population, our facilities, and
all the money we've dumped into the program.
and we get a bigger share from NYS than albany and they arguably
are ahead of us in many respects.
and it's one very simple reason why. if we fix that, a lot of
other things will likely fall into place.
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Re: Will the Villanova Game Sell Out the Stadium?
By: ecasadoSBU Date: September 24, 2018, 7:53 am
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That train is our biggest enemy Chair! lol
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Re: Will the Villanova Game Sell Out the Stadium?
By: Chairman of the Board Date: September 24, 2018, 8:07 am
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it's why one of my suggestions was then to get more students
from upstate (not that they wanna live on the island). doesnt
fix the entire problem, but alleviates it somewhat.
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Re: Will the Villanova Game Sell Out the Stadium?
By: Campi47 Date: September 24, 2018, 1:20 pm
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At one time SBU had a teaching program which if we still had it
would get a different type of student on campus that might want
to go to games. We have all these Asian students and they
usually don't support athletics.
As far as the trains go maybe the school can use it to their
advantage by working out a deal with LIRR and package a train
ticket with a football ticket to get more people from the NYC
and Nassau County. Also work out a deal with a Bus Company for a
package deal that does the same thing.
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Re: Will the Villanova Game Sell Out the Stadium?
By: Chairman of the Board Date: September 24, 2018, 1:28 pm
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i think youre right. fact is there is a balance between
academics and spirit, and so many other schools have managed it.
and have created the classic university atmosphere. SB goes
the other way and stifles it, whether indifference or just
ignoring it.
the real pain here is that if we don't get this right in the
next few years- we lose our status, and lose it to ualbany. in
fact, i might even argue it's already happened in the last 10-12
years.
administration: better pull the finger out and get on it!!!
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