Aubie Student Seating

[Bulldogg31]

I liked how AU lets their students sit courtside. Reminds me of how the Hump was when I was there.

 

[jb1020]

did anyone else notice the dj? he was straight spinning' in the student section during a TO.

 

[DerHntr]

Definitely looked like the Hump of days gone by.

 

[DawgsOnTheWing]

Yep, looked good when they were filing out court side at the end of the game, too.

 

[civildawg88]

I've been to a game there and the basketball arena is very nice. It is small but they built what they needed

 

[BulldogBlitz]

It is small but they built what they needed

a barn?

 

[Miss.Stake]

For fans, Basketball should be tailored for the students, Football can be tailored around alumni. What is the hold up on making this happen? Stricklin knows he needs to make changes to the atmosphere at the hump, particularly to the student body sitting, but there is obviously a hold up. Are we bound by obligations that we made to season ticket holders for seats? If so, does anyone know when that expires (a la mass seating re-arrangements)

 

[BulldogBlitz]

For fans, Basketball should be tailored for the students, Football can be tailored around alumni. What is the hold up on making this happen? Stricklin knows he needs to make changes to the atmosphere at the hump, particularly to the student body sitting, but there is obviously a hold up. Are we bound by obligations that we made to season ticket holders for seats? If so, does anyone know when that expires (a la mass seating re-arrangements)

great info. i didn't realize the reason for poor student attendance was that. i thought it was for a completely different reason. i recall my time at state. the first game i went to, attendance (and crowd participation) was similiar to the horror show we saw on TV last week. i'm a basketball fan(atic!!!!!!!!!!!!!). it was a little deflating. however, by the end of my time at state, i was having to show up at the hump well in advance of the shoot around to ensure that my friend and i sat in the same seats for 5 years. can't say that crowd attendance ever got that much better because we still had people saying "down in front"... but on occasion, the crowd got it.

this seating arrangement is a failure, even if we had a great team that our sidewalk fans would want to "be there". stricklin won't be admitting it is a failure, only that change is a good thing. mandatory attendance is an option. haha.

 

[Miss.Stake]

I have no idea what your point is in that rambling, incoherent nonsense that you just spewed. Yes winning fixes attendance, but adjustments need to be made to seating with a primary focus on the student body.

 

[engie]

For fans, Basketball should be tailored for the students, Football can be tailored around alumni. What is the hold up on making this happen? Stricklin knows he needs to make changes to the atmosphere at the hump, particularly to the student body sitting, but there is obviously a hold up. Are we bound by obligations that we made to season ticket holders for seats? If so, does anyone know when that expires (a la mass seating re-arrangements)

Money is the hold up.

We need to renovate inside the Hump. Need more/other "premium opportunities" in there. Making a change to bring in less money like singularly moving the students -- even to help atmosphere -- is a tough proposition.

IMO, there's room to renovate skyboxes into the "walls" between levels in the Hump. That needs to be done. There's obviously premium demand(we're still selling all of those $$$ tickets regardless of people showing up or not) -- we just need to shift "what/where premium seating is".

I'd personally like to see the student section moved back to the sideline -- and dropped several feet so there's no "down in front" issue anymore. But you've got to have somewhere for those displaced $$ people to go. And, let's face it, neither really matters until we start winning again.

 

[Miss.Stake]

Yeah I just took a glance at some images from Auburns Arena and Floridas Arena which both are examples of mid-court area seating/stands for students and it does look like we would need some renovation to accomplish a necessary arrangement. There's been talks before about Hump renovation, at the time though we were winning and the Hump was loud so it was more along the lines of "We don't want to mess with the hump, its great" situation. However, time is ever passing and it's probably something that needs to be done sooner rather than later.

 

[dawgstudent]

Tennessee did it right when they redid Thompson-Boling.

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[Miss.Stake]

Tennessee did it right when they redid Thompson-Boling.

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That's a pretty impressive building. I don't think we necessarily need to go that over-the-top with our premium seating. One thing about CBB is that the vast majority of the time games are right at about 2 hours long, so if it came down to doing more boxes or maximizing general seating, I would rather lean towards general seating.

 

[Hammer Down]

We need to renovate inside the Hump.

Outside too. That thing is ugly. First thing you think of when it comes into sight is 1983.