Grizbeer
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I agree the renovation was too much of a compromise to save money - rows too close together, a condition made worse by having 25 or so seats in the section.twentythreeOh4 said:WILDCATFAN said:Did you guys like it better before, or do you like it better now? The Renovation I mean.
In the old arena, many of the seats were not very good, and very rarely did they get used. It is better now, but I think they were so worried about losing seats that they crammed in as many seats as they possibly could in the new configuration. It would have been even better if they aimed for 6,800 or so really good seats with a little more leg room. We rarely need more than 6,000 seats.
As far as attendance I would expect 5700. However, there is a pre-game tailgate party from 5 - 7 in the East Auxiliary Gym where they will be selling beer and dogs for $1 and free soda and water. I wish they would have tried this last weekend, I think it would have spread some word of mouth advertising for this weekend. Hopefully this will be a success, and they will open a beer garden during the games in the EAG with TV's, or better yet make skyclub open to public with a $5 - $10 cover. Better to have the kids spend their drinking money on campus and supporting the team than downtown or up Deer Creek.
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