STrib: New ticket data another measure of excitement over Gophers' football season

[BleedGopher]

per Joe:

A 10-win season has bolstered Gophers football attendance even more than the team has indicated.

The team’s average announced attendance — the number of tickets sold — was 46,190 this season, up from 37,914 one year earlier.

But the actual number of tickets scanned spiked from 22,656 last season to 37,703 this year, according to data the Star Tribune obtained from the University on Monday.

The year-by-year comparison shows that 81.6% of the tickets the Gophers sold this season were actually used, compared to just 59.8% last season.

New ticket data another measure of excitement over Gophers' football season

Successful season spurs not only more sales, but a higher percentage of those tickets actually being used.

www.startribune.com

Go Gophers!!

 

[BeerFueledFF]

per Joe:

A 10-win season has bolstered Gophers football attendance even more than the team has indicated.

The team’s average announced attendance — the number of tickets sold — was 46,190 this season, up from 37,914 one year earlier.

But the actual number of tickets scanned spiked from 22,656 last season to 37,703 this year, according to data the Star Tribune obtained from the University on Monday.

The year-by-year comparison shows that 81.6% of the tickets the Gophers sold this season were actually used, compared to just 59.8% last season.

New ticket data another measure of excitement over Gophers' football season

Successful season spurs not only more sales, but a higher percentage of those tickets actually being used.

www.startribune.com

Go Gophers!!

Less than 60% bothered to show up in 2018? That's depressing, and I'm glad we were able to turn that around.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Less than 60% bothered to show up in 2018? That's depressing, and I'm glad we were able to turn that around.

Late season last year had some miserable weather games against teams that don't draw anyone. That will do it.

 

[Plato]

Less than 40,000 butts in the seats is not something to gloat about.
One would hope the AD does not take advantage of a ten win season to raise prices like the last AD did and buzz kill momentum.

 

[Veritas]

Less than 60% bothered to show up in 2018? That's depressing, and I'm glad we were able to turn that around.

I understand why people buy tickets to support Gopher football, that is what I have done for decades. However, as the games have moved into late November now, as the weather has then gotten colder for the games, as the commercials have gotten longer and longer, as the games have therefore gotten longer and longer, as the replays that are shown on TV are not shown in the stadium, as the games can now be delayed by hours when a bolt of lightning is seen over Eden Praire, as the pinhead younger fans insist on standing in front of you for every moment of the those four plus hours, is it any surprize that some of those Gopher fans just stay at home and watch the game from the comfort of their own home? Sorry, not to me. There were games last year that I attended that I thought were right on the edge of pure torture.

I get it. Our game is owned by the TV stations who pay a total fortune to have those games. The absolute pitance that we pay for season tickets, therefore, is of virtually no interest to the U in comparison. $50,000,000+ dollars per year, every year speaks loud and clear to the U, my $1,000 per year for three tickets ?hardly squeeks.