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I know it wouldn't happen but what would the effect on attendance be if the Vikings and Gophers home schedule would never fall
on the same weekend?. Also, could the away games always be on hunting season openers?
Just thoughts.
 

Attendance is a question of wins and losses. Everything else is a lesser factor.
 

A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
Attendance is a question of wins and losses. Everything else is a lesser factor.
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If you take out NE, IA and WI games, pretty much. Must have been one hell of a promotion for that NW game in 2000.

I'd guess around 41,000 for Saturday. Here are the largest and average attendances for the last 20 years. It's from Gophersports.com. Looks like they didn't mention the 3,000 temporary seats for the two Vikings seasons.

Metrodome Attendance
Capacity: 62,218 (1982-90) / 64,172 (1991-2008)

Year Att. Gm. Largest Crowd Avg.

1996 261,113 6 Iowa (53,349) 43,519
1997 269,385 6 Wisconsin (57,563) 44,898
1998 249,854 6 Iowa (50,640) 41,642
1999 318,086 7 Wisconsin (63,108) 45,441
2000 284,112 6 Northwestern (59,004) 47,352
2001 260,912 6 Wisconsin (55,890) 43,485
2002 292,492 7 Iowa (65,184) 41,785
2003 309,038 7 Michigan (62,374) 44,148
2004 285,438 6 Iowa (64,719) 47,573
2005 294,147 6 Wisconsin (65,089) 49,024
2006 313,239 6 Iowa (64,140) 52,206
2007 362,538 7 North Dakota State (63,088) 51,791
2008 342,705 7 Iowa (64,071) 48,958

http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/attendance-records.html

TCF Bank Stadium Attendance

Capacity: 50,805 (2009-pres.)

Year Att. Gm. Largest Crowd Avg.
2009 355,635 7 Seven Tied (50,805) 50,805
2010 346,593 7 Iowa (50,805) 49,513
2011 333,996 7 Miami (Ohio) (49,950) 47,714
2012 326,456 7 Syracuse (50,805) 46,637
2013 334,581 7 Wisconsin (53,090) 47,797
2014 335,056 7 Purdue (51,241) 47,865
2015 366,484 7 TCU (54,147) 52,355
 

Low average of 41,642
High average of 52,206

2016 44,755 through 6 games.
 

Iceland12 said:
If you take out NE, IA and WI games, pretty much. Must have been one hell of a promotion for that NW game in 2000.
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A lot of tickets were purchased for the NW game after we beat Ohio State.
 








MaxyJR1 said:
Correct. New stadium has worn off a bit. For 20 years our fan base has been pretty consistent in attending games.
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Which is why building TCF at the size it is was such a smart move. I remember lots of people complaining about how small it was, but it's a great fit for the fan base.
 

Ski U Master said:
Which is why building TCF at the size it is was such a smart move. I remember lots of people complaining about how small it was, but it's a great fit for the fan base.
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I have to wonder if anyone who wanted a bigger stadium ever went to games in the Metrodome.....
 


Probably 31k people in seats. It has been terrible with great weather.
 



For $12 you can go watch 5 High School games and check out the new stadium.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
For $12 you can go watch 5 High School games and check out the new stadium.
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Assuming there's an outcry over the MSHSL playing high school football on the sacred Saturday of college football?
 

I usually wait for David Shama to tell me how I'm supposed to feel about attendance.
 


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Predict the attendance

judging by the number of people in the ski-u-blah lot, I don't think we hit 20k in the seats.
 

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