Crowd

[msudawg1994]

15 minutes till tip. Students lower half full. Upper half trickling in. General public seating still looks disappointing. The lower bowl looks half empty. Just sad. They need to move students back to the original spot

 

[o_Dawg007]

15 minutes till tip. Students lower half full. Upper half trickling in. General public seating still looks disappointing. The lower bowl looks half empty. Just sad. They need to move students back to the original spot

I'm not there bc I live in so Cal, but I remember when most people got to their seats with about 2 minutes till tip while in college (2001-2006). Could be still early. Hope I'm right anyways! Watching from afar!

 

[woozman]

Wish there was someway to pull the seats from the people that don't use them. Pretty pathetic when there is a huge block at half court that are empty.

 

[mstateglfr]

Wish there was someway to pull the seats from the people that don't use them. Pretty pathetic when there is a huge block at half court that are empty.

I understand the viewpoint, but this would be dangerous.
You are effectively telling people that they need to fork over thousands of dollars to be forced to attend games.
That would rub more than a few people the wrong way, and understandably so.

 

[hatfieldms]

Why have the tickets if you never go?

.....

 

[tcdog70]

They took tickets from basketball fans and gave them to Corporations and People who live far away. MSU ran the locals off

 

[Hoover Dawg]

They took tickets from basketball fans and gave them to Corporations and People who live far away. MSU ran the locals off

I've often wondered how much extra money we made on this deal. No way of seeing the figures. Would be nice to compare it vs the old, and adding the crowd sacrifice we've made.

ETA: after talking to few folks, it seems Louisville and Kentucky do the same thing. I guess nowadays you simply cannot afford to give away your best seats.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I understand the viewpoint, but this would be dangerous.
You are effectively telling people that they need to fork over thousands of dollars to be forced to attend games.
That would rub more than a few people the wrong way, and understandably so.

True... but it was easy to see today that what we have now is not working. A noon Saturday game is really makeable if you bought season tickets. There are always a few no-shows because of personal issues, but we you see blocks of empties, it is not a good thing.

I expect the Intense Bastard to get much feedback about today's CBS (you know the network that owns March Madness) broadcast and what kind of impression it had on the viewing audience. I then expect him to address the situation.

 

[jdbulldog]

I sat in Section 107 row 12 and had 8-10 seats to my left with no one in them the whole game. Great seats practically at mid court....

 

[TheStateUofMS]

I thought it looked good on TV. There were some empty seats on the side the camera looked at, but for the most part it looked like a good crowd and sounded loud. The student section did a pretty good job. You could tell they haven't been there in a while, though. Pretty rusty on some chants.

At the very beginning it sounded like a B1G game with the "Ooooooooo" chant going.

 

[EngDawg]

They took tickets from basketball fans and gave them to Corporations and People who live far away. MSU ran the locals off

Thank you Ninja

 

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Look at Arkansas game they have just as many empty seats. MSU even has the Blitz where anyone in 120 miles can sign up it get tickets to all sporting events. So if you don't have season tickets you can get tickets. Today the crowd was pretty good. Let the team keep winning and the crowds will get better. MSU can ill afford to piss off the bigger donors over not making all the basketball games. I have Lower level tickets but live 4 1/2 hours away but make as many games as I can but leave tickets for family to use when I can't make games.

 

[archdog]

I sat in Section 107 row 12 and had 8-10 seats to my left with no one in them the whole game. Great seats practically at mid court....

Why not invite me down next time.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Wish there was someway to pull the seats from the people that don't use them. Pretty pathetic when there is a huge block at half court that are empty.

It would be sweet to pull tix from people who didn't bother to show the past few years. The bandwagon has shock absorbers, but the bouncing is spilling drinks.

 

[paindonthurt_]

People were complaning before the game about the cost of tickets.

Now we want season ticket holders to quit buying tickets.

We keep winning and the crowds will keep growing.

 

[Cow College]

I bitched about the price of tickets before the game but I got in the car and came anyway. The Hump isn't quite where it needs to be crowd wise but you could tell the players were feeding off the crowd today.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Crowd sounded great, but it was noticeable that there were many empty spots in the prime seats. It was waaaay better than it was.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I bitched about the price of tickets before the game but I got in the car and came anyway. The Hump isn't quite where it needs to be crowd wise but you could tell the players were feeding off the crowd today.

God Bless you Sir!

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

I sat in Section 107 row 12 and had 8-10 seats to my left with no one in them the whole game. Great seats practically at mid court....

I took this pic halfway through the 1st half. Lots of gaps all around. I didn't see any of these tickets on stub hub.

 

[NWADog]

This is just a thought and it might be a dumb idea but what if there was an incentive program. Like season ticket holders that make 10 or more games get a discounted price on season tickets the next year and if they don't make 10 games then they get a probation year or something and lose one of their seats or the price goes up for them the next season maybe. When the ticket is scanned it'll go through some type of software to notify how many games they're attending. Even if the season ticket holder couldn't make that many at least it would make them wanna get them to someone who could go so the ticket is scanned and they can get their discount the next season instead of just sitting on those tickets and leaving the seats empty.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

This is just a thought and it might be a dumb idea but what if there was an incentive program. Like season ticket holders that make 10 or more games get a discounted price on season tickets the next year and if they don't make 10 games then they get a probation year or something and lose one of their seats or the price goes up for them the next season maybe. When the ticket is scanned it'll go through some type of software to notify how many games they're attending. Even if the season ticket holder couldn't make that many at least it would make them wanna get them to someone who could go so the ticket is scanned and they can get their discount the next season instead of just sitting on those tickets and leaving the seats empty.

I don't think financial incentive will work with these types of fans. They don't seem to care about money because they buy the expensive season tickets and don't come to the games or post them to secondary market.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

How about a text or twitter service that lets you alert the ticket office you are not using the ticket, so they can offer a one game upgrade to those going for a small fee and then offer the leftover open tickets online with a twitter and text alert that is sent out to a subscription base.

You automatically are on the alert text/twitter system if you are a season ticket list, or you can subscribe if you don't get season tickets but want a chance to get seats to a game.


ETA: I actually sent this proposal in an email to the Intense Bastard. Bet it never gets there.