2023 Big Sky Conf. Attendance

[HelenaHandBasket]

I just don't understand their method of counting. Announcer at the game said 9th straight game at capacity yet stated attendance was 1000 less than ISU, not to mention Cat etc games in the past. I was in the stadium and there were sections of rows empty on all four sides of the stadium. On Saturday there were seats open on my direct side (allowing us extra room to not be smashed I add) and in the row directly in front of us and and two rows behind. NO WAY are that many people crashing boxes, in beer garden ALL GAME LONG. These were not late comers or early leavers they NEVER CAME. I suspect they want to inflate attendance by using paid tickets to get a better standing in the nation attendance wise. I'm sure PAID attendance is near or at capacity, but not even close to butts in seats.

It would seem that you do understand. NCAA attendance is tickets sold.

 

['68griz]

I just don't understand their method of counting. Announcer at the game said 9th straight game at capacity yet stated attendance was 1000 less than ISU, not to mention Cat etc games in the past. I was in the stadium and there were sections of rows empty on all four sides of the stadium. On Saturday there were seats open on my direct side (allowing us extra room to not be smashed I add) and in the row directly in front of us and and two rows behind. NO WAY are that many people crashing boxes, in beer garden ALL GAME LONG. These were not late comers or early leavers they NEVER CAME. I suspect they want to inflate attendance by using paid tickets to get a better standing in the nation attendance wise. I'm sure PAID attendance is near or at capacity, but not even close to butts in seats.

It would seem that you do understand. NCAA attendance is tickets sold.

This! How many times do people need to be told that it is NOT 'butts in the seats' that are counted!!

 

[Richard8]

It would seem that you do understand. NCAA attendance is tickets sold.

This! How many times do people need to be told that it is NOT 'butts in the seats' that are counted!!

The same amount of times where individuals ask what time is the GRIZ game or what TV channel they can watch the game. Morons!

 

[Da Boyz Mom]

Attendance has been this way FOREVER. I don't see why people are getting their panties in a wad over it now. A lot of season ticket holders are older and don't come to the games once the weather gets cold. Some season ticket holders have extra tickets in order to bring guests, sometimes those tickets go unused especially for colder weather games. These two things are true of my Missoula family. But the University still got paid for the tickets so they count. The end.

 

[EverettGriz]

Attendance has been this way FOREVER. I don't see why people are getting their panties in a wad over it now. A lot of season ticket holders are older and don't come to the games once the weather gets cold. Some season ticket holders have extra tickets in order to bring guests, sometimes those tickets go unused especially for colder weather games. These two things are true of my Missoula family. But the University still got paid for the tickets so they count. The end.

Good post. We have season tickets in the NEZ, and obviously are unable to make it over from Seattle every home game. We do our best to ensure there are butts (cold and loud) in our seats, but one or two games a year that may not happen.

 

[mtgriz]

Think of it this way. A paid-for ticket is attendance the same way an absentee ballot is a vote.

 

[Da Boyz Mom]

Attendance has been this way FOREVER. I don't see why people are getting their panties in a wad over it now. A lot of season ticket holders are older and don't come to the games once the weather gets cold. Some season ticket holders have extra tickets in order to bring guests, sometimes those tickets go unused especially for colder weather games. These two things are true of my Missoula family. But the University still got paid for the tickets so they count. The end.

Good post. We have season tickets in the NEZ, and obviously are unable to make it over from Seattle every home game. We do our best to ensure there are butts (cold and loud) in our seats, but one or two games a year that may not happen.

My family also tries to give away their unused tickets but sometimes there are no takers. It is what it is.

 

[3-7-77]

Then, quite a few fans are 'voting' absentee lately.
I do have a question, an honest one. WGS seats 25,200+, right? How can they 'sell' 26,686 'seats'? Isn't that fraud, selling some seats twice? Bugsy Seagal got killed for that kind of racket.

 

[Ursus1]

I just don't understand their method of counting. Announcer at the game said 9th straight game at capacity yet stated attendance was 1000 less than ISU, not to mention Cat etc games in the past. I was in the stadium and there were sections of rows empty on all four sides of the stadium. On Saturday there were seats open on my direct side (allowing us extra room to not be smashed I add) and in the row directly in front of us and and two rows behind. NO WAY are that many people crashing boxes, in beer garden ALL GAME LONG. These were not late comers or early leavers they NEVER CAME. I suspect they want to inflate attendance by using paid tickets to get a better standing in the nation attendance wise. I'm sure PAID attendance is near or at capacity, but not even close to butts in seats.

It would seem that you do understand. NCAA attendance is tickets sold.

Why then is at "capacity" as stated by announcer at Sac game was a thousand less than the total at the ISU game? Seems to me capacity defined as the maximum amount that something can contain can't be a thousand less unless they removed 1000seats/tickets for sale for the Sac Game thus lowering the "capacity". And by the way there were still tickets for sale on Griz tix at game time. I guess we will see the true "capacity" in two weeks and it will be much higher than "capacity" against Sac.

 

[HelenaHandBasket]

It would seem that you do understand. NCAA attendance is tickets sold.

Why then is at "capacity" as stated by announcer at Sac game was a thousand less than the total at the ISU game? Seems to me capacity defined as the maximum amount that something can contain can't be a thousand less unless they removed 1000seats/tickets for sale for the Sac Game thus lowering the "capacity". And by the way there were still tickets for sale on Griz tix at game time. I guess we will see the true "capacity" in two weeks and it will be much higher than "capacity" against Sac.

My understanding is that for homecoming and the Brawl, there are increased SRO and/or temp seating tix. I understand that rocket science can be difficult.

 

[grizzlyjournal]

Attendance – Big Sky Conference
2023 Football

ATTENDANCE: Week 8: (November 11)
20,897 at MSU 57 –- EWU 14
8,741 at Weber State 31 – Idaho 29
6,003 at NAU 28 – UNC 7
12,022 at SAC 41 – Cal Poly 30
7,001 at ISU 14 – UC Davis 21
4,578 at PSU 10 – Montana 34

ATTENDANCE: Week 7 (November 4)
21,297 at MSU 45 – NAU 21
3,608 at UNC 13 – Idaho 27
4345 at EWU 48 – Cal Poly 13
8,233 at ISU 21 – WSU 33
8,945 at UC Davis 37 – PSU 23
25,888 at Montana 34 – SAC 7

ATTENDANCE: Week 6: (October 28)
25,463 at Montana 40 – UNC 0
13,073 at Idaho 24 – MSU 21
3,189 at PSU 47 – EWU 35
6931 at NAU 38 – UC Davis 21
13,733at SAC 51 – ISU 16

ATTENDANCE: Week 5 (October 21)
2,174 at PSU 24 - ISU 38
7,514 at EWU 32 – WSU 23
9,263 at Cal Poly 24 – UNC 17
16,122 at SAC St 30 – MSU 42,

ATTENDANCE: Week 4 (October 14)
4,783 at UNC 13 – SAC St. 21
9,713 at NAU 21 – PSU 45
6,763 at ISU 42 – EWU 41
21,997 at MSU 59 – Cal Poly 19
7,121 at WSU 16 – Cal Davis 17
14,218 at Idaho 21 – Montana 23

ATTENDANCE: WEEK 3 (October 7)
9,576 at Cal Davis 23 – Montana 31
7,694 at Weber State 10 - NAU 27
6,028 at Cal Poly 14 – Idaho 42

ATTENDANCE: WEEK 2 (September 30)
3,375 at UNC 21 – WSU 28
8,347 at EWU 36 – Idaho 44
26,678 at Montana 28 – ISU 20
22,017 at MSU 38 – PSU 22
8,744 at Cal Poly 13 – Cal Davis 31
12,549 at SAC 31 – NAU 30

ATTENDANCE: WEEK 1 (September 23)
1,672 at PSU 59 -- Cal Poly 21
9,433 at Idaho 36 – Sac St. 27
6,428 at NAU 28 – Montana 14
8,012 at ISU 35 – UNC 21
10,905 at WSU 0 – MSU 40
14,724 at Cal Davis 24 – EWU 27

 

[kemajic]

It would seem that you do understand. NCAA attendance is tickets sold.

Why then is at "capacity" as stated by announcer at Sac game was a thousand less than the total at the ISU game? Seems to me capacity defined as the maximum amount that something can contain can't be a thousand less unless they removed 1000seats/tickets for sale for the Sac Game thus lowering the "capacity". And by the way there were still tickets for sale on Griz tix at game time. I guess we will see the true "capacity" in two weeks and it will be much higher than "capacity" against Sac.

You should channel that energy toward something important.