Well, I can create the barcodes, but unless someone can hack UF's database, that's about all I can do. :-)
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 3:36 PM, mail.bobparks.com <[email protected]>wrote: > Yay!! Sandy sells the ticket scanning equipment!! That means you know > how to circumvent the system and get us all free admission! Right, Sandy? > Sandy for president of Gatortalk!! > Hooray!! > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI, SFR > Real Estate Broker > Bob Parks, LLC > 145 Maple Row Blvd > Hendersonville TN 37075 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > Office: 615-826-4040 > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 24, 2014, at 1:51 PM, Sandy Alonso <[email protected]> wrote: > > That seems to be a high number in general for "do not scans". Even if the > ticket doesn't scan, there's a human-readable number underneath that they > should punch in to make sure the ticket is valid (the whole point of the > barcodes & number encoded is to prevent counterfeits and people using the > same ticket to get multiple people into the venue). Any barcode system > should give you about 98% accuracy (and that's accounting for bad scans, > unreadable barcodes, etc.). > > (I sell the kind of mobile computing/scanning equipment UF uses at the > gates, by the way.) > > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 2:30 PM, C.Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I hate to nitpick but according to this article they automatically add >> between 5 and 10% to the student attendance for tickets that "do not scan" >> that's between 1000 and 2000 bodies that may or not be there. That sure >> seems like a generous number to arbitrarily add. >> Charlie >> >> On 2/24/2014 8:21 AM, Shane Ford wrote: >> >> Student attendance a concern for Gators >> >> >> Unfilled seats dot the east stands at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium during >> Florida’s 26-20 loss to Georgia Southern on Nov. 23, 2013. >> *Doug Finger/Staff photographer/FILE* >> By Robbie Andreu <http://www.gatorsports.com/personalia/robbieandreu> >> GAINESVILLE SUN Staff writer >> Published: Monday, February 24, 2014 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, >> February 23, 2014 at 9:56 p.m. >> >> >> A growing and troubling trend in college football became obvious at >> Florida games last fall in The Swamp. >> The evidence was out there in plain sight, on the east side of the >> stadium, where large portions of the student section would remain vacant or >> only partially filled just before kickoff. >> In some games, a portion of those empty seats would eventually be filled. >> In others, thousands would remain vacant. >> It is a trend that school officials are hoping to prevent from >> mushrooming into a student tradition at Florida. >> “This is an issue that is on everyone's agenda in the SEC,” said Mike >> Hill, UF's executive associate athletics director for external affairs. >> “It's not unique to Florida or anywhere else. >> “College football is at a bit of a crossroads in terms of connecting with >> students and engaging them in a way that gets them to the stadium. They're >> still into college football, without a doubt. Getting them to the stadium >> is a different matter, even for the teams that are at their peak right now.” >> Selling student tickets has not been, and is still not, a problem at UF, >> where the school traditionally sells out its allotment of 21,500 tickets >> every season, including last year. Hill said student tickets have sold out >> every season for the 21 years he's been at Florida, and he expects that to >> be the case again in 2014. >> Selling the tickets isn't the problem. Getting some students to use them >> and show up at games is. >> The ticket scan rate for students this past season was only 70 percent, >> according to UF ticket office. With a five to 10-percent adjustment for >> tickets that do not scan, it comes out to 75-80 percent of student tickets >> being used. That adds up to an average of somewhere in the neighborhood of >> 5,000 empty seats per game in the student section. >> In 2012, the percentages were 71 percent and 76-81 percent. >> The dwindling numbers are a big concern at Florida (and in college >> football in general) for at least two significant reasons: >> ■ An unfilled student section takes away from the atmosphere of the game >> and puts a potential dent in the Gators' home-field advantage. (Can you >> imagine a Florida basketball game with hundreds of empty seats in the Rowdy >> Reptiles section?) >> ■ It may not bode well for future attendance when thousands of potential >> future season-ticket purchasers are electing not to attend games while they >> are students. >> “Absolutely it's a concern,” Hill said. “The vast majority of our >> season-ticket holders went to the University of Florida. It's really >> important for us to connect to current students who are future alumni. >> Granted, they may be watching games they're not attending at a party or >> local establishment. >> “But if it doesn't become part of their experience here on campus, then >> there may not be the same pull to come back and be a season-ticket holder >> in the future. >> “It's absolutely crucial to sustain our fan base. Our average >> season-ticket holder is just under 60 years old. That's evidence right >> there that it's crucial for us to cultivate that young fan base.” >> The way to do it is to win more games and better connect with the >> students, Hill said. >> One thing UF officials have learned from student feedback is the students >> do not like the early kickoffs (noon and 12:20), something that was evident >> last season with all those empty seats in the student section for early >> games. >> “Our students in some ways are a lot like our entire fan base in that >> they enjoy night games,” Hill said. “That Arkansas game (at night) last >> year had a tremendous crowd. Our students do not care for the early >> kickoffs. They're just rolling out of bed.” >> Hill said UF is having discussions with the SEC and its television >> partners about scheduling Gator games later in the day or at night, >> especially early in the season. >> “We have made it clear to the conference that the early season games, we >> need those to begin in the evening or late in the day. The heat is so >> oppressive,” Hill said. “That's not just for our students but our entire >> fan base. >> “We're communicating that to our television partners as well. If we can >> come out of the gate with later kickoffs, we think that will contribute to >> bigger crowds and better attended games by our students.” >> Hill said UF officials also are discussing other possible methods for >> better connecting with the students, including possibly opening some >> practices and re-establishing town hall meetings between students and >> coaches. >> UF also is exploring the possibility of establishing WiFi capability in >> The Swamp, Hill said. >> “It's a huge investment. You're talking a significant seven-figure >> investment,” Hill said. “It's something we're looking at right now. >> “We recognize the students, the younger fans, have an interest in >> interacting on social media throughout the course of the game, whether >> uploading pictures or downloading videos. >> “We feel better with where we are with basic mobile phone use and texting >> and calling. The other applications, we're not there yet, but we are >> striving to get there.” >> Of course, the best way to connect with the fans — young and old — is to >> win games and put an entertaining product on the field. UF did not seem to >> have a problem with students showing up when the Gators went 11-1 in the >> regular season in 2012. >> It was a problem during the 4-8 season last fall. >> The changes Will Muschamp has made on his coaching staff, especially the >> hiring of new offensive coordinator Kurt Roper, seems to have created a >> positive buzz, Hill said. >> “There is an extremely positive vibe that we are getting in interaction >> with fans in person, over the phone and at the ticket window,” Hill said. >> “We're optimistic about the start of our season-ticket sales.” >> There is little or no doubt that the students will purchase the 21,500 >> allotted to them, like they do every season. >> But will they come? >> *Contact Robbie Andreu at 352-374-5022 <352-374-5022> or >> [email protected]. 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