Paid attendance was 12159. Isn't that near full? I realize that includes tickets paid for not redeemed.
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 9, 2014, at 1:26 PM, Sandy Alonso <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- -- 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.
