• Poll Poll
Sports Attendance Trends Nationally And ISU

Are you more or less likely to attend games these days?

  • More Likely

    Votes: 83 21.2%
  • Same

    Votes: 204 52.0%
  • Less Likely

    Votes: 105 26.8%

There is a lot of talk about this throughout various threads, and it’s a very interesting conversation.

I probably know a dozen people that have stopped getting season tickets in the past 2-4 years because of the time commitment, ability to tailgate in their driveway with a 70+ inch TV, getting to watch other games before/after, and don't have to deal with the traffic or crowds. These are people that have owned tickets from roughly the 90's (give or take). When you add in ever-increasing costs, asks to donate to NIL, realignment impacts to rivalries, etc – it seems like a lot of reasons for people to attend fewer games… unfortunately.

Some observations thus far this season; Florida had ~3K empty seats when they hosted Top 20 Kentucky earlier this season. Auburn had ~8-10K empty seats when hosting Penn State (somewhat understandable given their recent struggles). Washington had ~4-6K empty seats when hosting Top 15 Michigan State. I don't know if those were sold tickets that no-showed or non-sold tickets, but both impact concessions, retail, etc.

Game day is unique and awesome, but there are obvious and increasing reasons to avoid for both the younger and older fans. It's unfortunate, but you see it at programs large and small. Have you witnessed the same and/or in that group opting out? Do you see any ways to change perception or trends?

Last Call - Cheap High Quality KU tix

We have a few in our group going to the KU game so i called the KU ticket office to see about group rate. We don’t have enough people going but I thought maybe some of you would be interested in tickets for $30 which is $26 less than you can get them ion the KU site.
I know that the Gridiron Club is also doing a bus trip that gets you down and back on Saturday( https://www.cyclonegridironclub.com/KUBusTrip ) but does t include tickets so anyone riding down with them may be looking for tickets too.

Obviously I haven’t purchased yet but will if there’s enough interest.

DM me if you’re interested.

Cool Niang Pod with Sage

Loved this Iowa Everywhere podcast of Sage having long talk with Niang about life in the NBA from stop to stop. Been so much fun watching our guys in the league these past few years with so many of them really contributing. Didn't realize he was just at the Ohio game, did they show him on TV? Maybe I got up or didn't notice because I had radio broadcast going.

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