Kinnick - Game Atmoshphere

[mopkins]

From a financial standpoint, it was still a win. I think there are 40,000 season ticket holders who are paying the same amount as they did last year. That means there were about 26,000 single game tickets sold. Those 26,000 single game tickets were about $20 higher than the typical "big game" avg of $75, so that was an add'l $520k in revenue. Subtract the 4,600 that would probably have paid the previous $75 ticket price and that is $345k. So the athletic dept made about $175k more at $95 than they would have at $75....

From where I stand, though, I'm not sure that $175k is worth not having a sellout....

Looks like the Ohio State game is $95 as well. Will be interesting to see how it does compared to the Penn State game. Especially if Ohio State is during the day vs Penn State at night.

 

[SpiderRico]

Glad to hear it was as loud as I hoped it was. I've been a season ticket holder for 6 years and Kinnick is sacred ground to me. The crowd never disappoints. Not sure if it's the fact I'm pushing 40 or that I'm now starting to take my kids to games, but I get emotional every time the team walks down the tunnel these days. Or hell, maybe it's just the alcohol!

There's nothing like passing down the love of your team to your kids. I get choked up every time I take my boys to a game as well....