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Re: BYU vs SMC

2018-01-05T20:47:44-06:00

And then stuck the student section in the corner.

If BYU was killing it in basketball, I get the changes. But we can't even win the WCC.

Honestly, when it comes to ticket prices and treating fans, I haven't been impressed with Holmoe.

Statistics: Posted by Gunk — Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:47 pm

Re: BYU vs SMC

2018-01-05T16:34:27-06:00

We dropped our season tickets that our family held for 20+ years previously because of the price increases. They've basically nudged out all of the good family fans out of the arena (or forced them to the crappy benches above) and replaced them with older/rich people who either don't show up or won't stand up and go crazy with the crowd.

Statistics: Posted by Sammich — Fri Jan 05, 2018 4:34 pm

Re: BYU vs SMC

2018-01-05T14:44:22-06:00

ticket prices? lack of interest?

Combined.

It was over the holidays, so a lot of season ticket holders would have been out-of-town or had scheduling conflicts (2pm tip probably hurt that too). Normally, they would have sold them online and pretty much filled the lower bowl.

However, demand for the game would have been down for the same reasons, and then on top of all of that, BYU sold all the upper bowl tickets for $5, so a lot of would-be-lower-bowl-buyers took the cheaper route of buying the upper level seats.

Just a tough time of year to sell a game out anymore.

Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Fri Jan 05, 2018 2:44 pm

Re: BYU vs SMC

2018-01-05T12:16:03-06:00

ticket prices? lack of interest?

Statistics: Posted by BroncoBot — Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:16 pm

Re: BYU vs SMC

2018-01-05T12:09:49-06:00

You also have the student section at one of the court instead of along an entire side of the court. Opposing teams basically get a reprieve from the student section every other trip down the court.
I still think this was a mistake.
Same. In more ways than one. The atmosphere really changed.
I was shocked to hear from my brothers that attended the utah game that the MC had empty seats. Never would have happened during my time at BYU.

Upper level bench seat were full. Lower bowl padded/backed seats were 20%+ empty.

Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:09 pm

Re: BYU vs SMC

2018-01-05T11:03:55-06:00

You also have the student section at one of the court instead of along an entire side of the court. Opposing teams basically get a reprieve from the student section every other trip down the court.
I still think this was a mistake.
Same. In more ways than one. The atmosphere really changed.

I was shocked to hear from my brothers that attended the utah game that the MC had empty seats. Never would have happened during my time at BYU.

Statistics: Posted by BroncoBot — Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:03 am

Re: BYU vs SMC

2018-01-04T14:02:43-06:00

You also have the student section at one of the court instead of along an entire side of the court. Opposing teams basically get a reprieve from the student section every other trip down the court.
I still think this was a mistake.

Same. In more ways than one. The atmosphere really changed.

Statistics: Posted by Gunk — Thu Jan 04, 2018 2:02 pm

Re: BYU vs SMC

2018-01-04T11:38:05-06:00

You also have the student section at one of the court instead of along an entire side of the court. Opposing teams basically get a reprieve from the student section every other trip down the court.

I still think this was a mistake.

Statistics: Posted by BroncoBot — Thu Jan 04, 2018 11:38 am

Re: BYU vs SMC

2018-01-03T17:52:09-06:00

You also have the student section at one of the court instead of along an entire side of the court. Opposing teams basically get a reprieve from the student section every other trip down the court.

Statistics: Posted by Gunk — Wed Jan 03, 2018 5:52 pm

Re: BYU vs SMC

2018-01-03T17:40:43-06:00

We used to own our home court. Teams used to fear coming to Provo. Now...not so much.
This is what I was referring to. Not sure what changed but BYU hasn't been as dominant at home the last 5 years or so. This needs to change.

The crowd noise is noticeably reduced from pre-renovaton levels.

Part of that is smaller crowds, but I think the padded seats dampen the noise as well.

Statistics: Posted by snoscythe — Wed Jan 03, 2018 5:40 pm