If you were able to see the game, the stands (for those who pay the non-student price) had empty seats; the Rowdy Reptile section was full to the brim (lower bowl bleachers) as was the General Admission section just above it. I think you are right, Zeb, that they opened more of the normally-reserved seats to students. My guess is that they were made available through the ticket donation/ticket exchange program.
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 2:10 PM, John Vega <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 9, 2014, at 11:52 AM, Kirkley.net wrote: > > I'm shocked and a bit disappointed that this is the record and it > surpassed the previous record by 1,000. It seems to be that on a campus of > 50,000 we should routinely get 10% of them to come watch a basketball game. > > Does the athletic department not provide more student tickets or is it a > demand problem, or cost problem? > > Ken K > MNGator > > > I think that it is weirder than that. In fact, I don't know how this stat > is even kept. > > I attend a lot of UF basketball games and buy tickets from the UAA and > on-line at StubHub. > > The "Rowdy Reptiles" section is student only, not sure if it is discounted > or free like at Duke. Either way, there is enough incentive to camp out. > > All other seats are reserved and the tickets sold at full price. > > So, I don't see how we could ever have more students attending other than > counting the Rowdy Reptile section. When I buy a reserved seat, it is not > as if the website or the ushers know whether I am a student (well, maybe > the ushers). It is not as if the UAA will kick out season ticket holders to > increase the size of the Rowdy Reptile section. > > My only guess is that we had a number of unsold tickets from the UAA and - > to sell them - the UAA discounted them and sold them as student tickets. If > so, it would mean that outside demand for this game was low, not high. > > That makes sense, as we beat USC by 37 last year, and it is tough to road > trip to Gainesville for a Wednesday night game. So, there probably were a > fair number of unsold seats. > > I guaranty that we will have fewer "students" attend the UK game, not > because they don't want to, but because people like me have bought tickets. > > -Zeb > > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
