I've never understood people saying parking is difficult with the Jack.
You can park at the east deck... there is always space near Gerdin or East Hall... or at Lied, and each are a 20 minute walk through some tailgating fun to the stadium.
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I've never understood people saying parking is difficult with the Jack.
You can park at the east deck... there is always space near Gerdin or East Hall... or at Lied, and each are a 20 minute walk through some tailgating fun to the stadium.
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I've never understood people saying parking is difficult with the Jack.
You can park at the east deck... there is always space near Gerdin or East Hall... or at Lied, and each are a 20 minute walk through some tailgating fun to the stadium.
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Hell, don't forget Kildee. I park there sometimes when Gerdin lot gets full. Still a short walk to me.I've never understood people saying parking is difficult with the Jack.
You can park at the east deck... there is always space near Gerdin or East Hall... or at Lied, and each are a 20 minute walk through some tailgating fun to the stadium.
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no one should ever, ever complain about our fan support for football.
we'll be lucky to win 10+ games in 4 years and there's debate if the stands should have 48k or 55k. its crazy its so high and has been so strong for so long.
Yeah, seeing the number of empty seats was a little disappointing (because obviously you'd like it to be sold out every game), but I remember thinking how even though there were plenty of empty seats the stadium still looks really impressive and the empty seats don't look nearly as bad as they did before the renovationsIf you've ever been to the stadium, you'll see why the expansion was NOT a head scratcher. If attendance never increases, the stadium still looks more big time and it matters just as much if not more what the stadium looks like empty (when recruits visit) as it does on game day.
ISU averaged 56,519 a game last year with only 8 wins combined the past 3 years. Going to 61,500 was a no brainer, not a head scratcher.
While some people here might not agree with me I think firing Les was the right decision. He won the Natty with Saban's players his coaching was trending down. He was failing to evolve with the game and his offense was terrible.Speaking of winning 10 games in 4 yrs...I did notice that LSU did FIRE Les Miles and all he did is win 77% of his games averaging 9.5 wins per year
Just to Summarize we at ISU win 10 games in four years and LSU fires a coach who wins one natl championship and 9.5 games per year....Where in the H E C K is the justice in that?......
I guess its just real world geography and we got screwed in the process...............
Agree that it was a no brainer. Attendance should increase based on increased population/attendance alone. If ISU can pump out approximately 6000 graduates a year and just a fraction of those go on to attend future games they can't miss. Some of these graduates will go on to have families that will also need tickets to attend. Two of us left Ames and now three of us come back for games. Of course there are also people that stop coming every year, but I would guess that number doesn't offset the amount of new attendees.
Like us, a lot of graduates will attend at least one game a year no matter the team's record or opponent. We base our decision on weather and our family commitments. We want to tailgate and watch football, a win is just a bonus.
Don't get me wrong I agree, but there is a reason that attendance figures are dropping all over the country. While you and I as graduates might buy tickets there are a lot more graduates that don't and won't moving forward. There are just so many other things to do and (I know crazy) some don't view going to a football game as a priority.
Take away students and I think you would be shocked to know the average age of season ticket holders.
All that said I think adding the SEZ was the right decision.
After going 2-10 (and 3-9 the year before), our season ticket sales went up 4,322 last year.
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I think these are attendance numbers, not season ticket sales.
Don't get me wrong I agree, but there is a reason that attendance figures are dropping all over the country. While you and I as graduates might buy tickets there are a lot more graduates that don't and won't moving forward. There are just so many other things to do and (I know crazy) some don't view going to a football game as a priority.
Take away students and I think you would be shocked to know the average age of season ticket holders.
All that said I think adding the SEZ was the right decision.
I'm not sure where people get the idea that Vet Med is so far from the stadium. My sister whines about it when we tailgate there, yet she is also one of those Fitbit disciples. Geez woman, it is at most a seven minute walk from the farthest point in Vet Med.
I think it was somewhere between 9:15 and 9:30 when Vet Med filled up. A little less sedate than normal because more people were there. And they do have that free shuttle that goes up there to take you to and from stadium.
Several of us adopted a family of a SJSU player and shared food and drink. Good times.