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Beat VT and they will come........ ** -- me chuckles 09/23/2022 4:58PM Culture. Gamecocks can fill up 75k stadium for any game... -- HiltonHeadHoo 09/23/2022 4:50PM Lousy product since Welsh left, awful parking/bus ridership, students -- UV Won 09/23/2022 4:33PM Well sucking for almost 20 years hasnt helped ** -- ftwuva 09/23/2022 3:39PM Scott looks like a H.S. crowd compared to Lane. ** -- Hoogle.com 09/23/2022 3:03PM Nearly 300,000 living alumni & VAF can’t get to -- HOOGATORB 09/23/2022 6:17PM Take out the non-alums and VAF number drops even lower ** -- Mg234 09/23/2022 6:35PM Clemson has nearly 22,000 students this academic year. -- Birddog 09/23/2022 6:21PM Get Woke, Go Broke. ** -- varinacavs 09/23/2022 3:03PM That's very catchy with a nice ring to it though ** -- Charleston Cav 09/23/2022 3:44PM Does that really apply to the athletic department? ** -- Birddog 09/23/2022 3:26PM It does not. some people just see their greivances in everything ** -- ftwuva 09/23/2022 3:40PM Bad take ** -- Mg234 09/23/2022 3:20PM Is there a reason for not selling “HoosontheHill” season tickets for youth? -- RoanokeHoo 09/23/2022 2:25PM People abused it for halftime tickets and with scanners -- Mg234 09/23/2022 6:36PM Were $30 per season when they started and we were -- hoos bad 09/23/2022 6:31PM He/she went to the games and still went there?** -- dsr 09/23/2022 4:12PM Nothing about the product is attractive to a critical mass of people. -- Faz d. Hoo 09/23/2022 2:03PM Honestly, what better things do people have to do then -- socaluva 09/23/2022 2:57PM Easy. stay on my comfortable couch and watch UVA and a TON of other better -- ftwuva 09/23/2022 3:42PM Whole lot and lot to do within an hour too especially -- Mg234 09/23/2022 3:20PM Plenty if you have a well-balanced life. I don't, so I'm there. ** -- G-Len Portier 09/23/2022 3:16PM This. but if we were clemson good id be at every game. and i have season -- ftwuva 09/23/2022 3:43PM Key word you used - mediocre ** -- QCHoofan 09/23/2022 2:51PM They did back in my years at UVA, especially 90-91 -- hooincarolina 09/23/2022 1:49PM Filled it up plus the hill through 1998 ** -- Wembley 09/23/2022 2:20PM When was the last time we filled Scott? ** -- Hoogle.com 09/23/2022 3:04PM 2008 against USC I think. ** -- s-hoo 09/23/2022 3:38PM With a capacity of 42,000 ** -- Mg234 09/23/2022 1:54PM When did the expansion occur? I thought it occurred back in my days. ** -- hooincarolina 09/23/2022 2:21PM There were two expansions. One added the upper decks (early 80s?) the -- Jim C 09/23/2022 4:11PM 2000ish ** -- Mg234 09/23/2022 2:37PM Was it really that low? I thought it was closer to 50. But that also raises -- HooBear 09/23/2022 2:14PM It was the listed capacity ** -- Mg234 09/23/2022 2:37PM With the hill pretty full, it could get around 45K ** -- 007 Hoo 09/23/2022 2:16PM Article about the '90 Clem game said it was 46,800 but mg is right: 42k -- HooBear 09/23/2022 2:18PM I was at that game too. ** -- hooincarolina 09/23/2022 4:40PM Filled the current capacity regularly through the mid aughts ** -- 007 Hoo 09/23/2022 2:11PM Dear Carla, Are you reading this stream? ** -- QCHoofan 09/23/2022 1:39PM Give it 10-15 years and ya will have your answer when the -- Mg234 09/23/2022 1:52PM LOL....yea right..... ** -- me chuckles 09/23/2022 4:59PM Yep, yes right ** -- Mg234 09/23/2022 5:29PM We used to fill it pretty well when I was a student '04-'07 ** -- ThatDadgumBiscuit 09/23/2022 1:15PM Was every game on tv then with all the timeouts? Nope ** -- Mg234 09/23/2022 1:25PM Our weekly attendance in 2004 for home games -- ThatDadgumBiscuit 09/23/2022 1:32PM Yes, bc that was the only way to see the game and btw -- Mg234 09/23/2022 1:33PM I dont recall specifically how many games were on TV but i seem to remember -- ftwuva 09/23/2022 3:45PM Not every one though ** -- Mg234 09/23/2022 3:53PM We got up to #10 that season. People want to watch winners. Inflated or -- ThatDadgumBiscuit 09/23/2022 1:34PM Where did we end the season? That is more important. People do want to -- Mg234 09/23/2022 1:38PM What? ** -- ThatDadgumBiscuit 09/23/2022 1:26PM Was every game on tv during that time? No it wasnt -- Mg234 09/23/2022 1:32PM I don't entirely disagree (although those people are wimps), but that's not -- ThatDadgumBiscuit 09/23/2022 1:33PM That isnt a wimp ** -- Mg234 09/23/2022 1:36PM I mean yeah... why put in the effort of going to a game if you aren't going -- ThatDadgumBiscuit 09/23/2022 1:37PM I am speaking of the people that say it takes too much time and do not -- Mg234 09/23/2022 1:39PM The action is either Lane or Walmart in Blacksburg. ** -- Hoosalltheway 09/23/2022 1:14PM Very underlooked reason for fan attendance there ** -- ftwuva 09/23/2022 3:48PM Because the seats are too small or fans need to gain weight. ** -- Hoosalltheway 09/23/2022 1:12PM A lot of good points made below. I'd add bad luck timing with covid -- PWillis52 09/23/2022 1:11PM Reseating had nothing to do with it, but the Covid timing might have a bit -- 007 Hoo 09/23/2022 2:15PM It's about a unified passion between fans, alums and a community in general -- Mo Better Hoos 09/23/2022 1:07PM Agreed that was disheartening to see - but they will see a severe dropoff -- HooCola 09/23/2022 1:02PM Maybe, but I dont think it will drop severely....football means a lot to -- Mo Better Hoos 09/23/2022 1:15PM Agreed. I've always grudgingly respected VT football fans' passion for them -- UVa 2002 09/23/2022 1:53PM While there is of course similarity.... -- T Room Cav 09/23/2022 4:58PM Dead horse post: In early 2000s, Scott was pretty full.... -- HooWa 09/23/2022 12:58PM That's not what did it -- 007 Hoo 09/23/2022 2:18PM You might be unaware that avg attendance remained into the low to mid… -- Mikeysurf 09/23/2022 1:21PM And reseating has been studied as you have referenced before -- Mg234 09/23/2022 1:26PM Looks are deceptive. A lot of those seats are simply filled with dummies. ** -- alleyoop hoo 09/23/2022 12:47PM I see what you did there. . . ** -- HoosForward 09/23/2022 2:59PM Primarily on Thanksgiving weekend in odd-numbered years. ** -- HowieT3 09/23/2022 1:53PM Program and Game Day Experience both suck in big scheme of things -- jdubforwahoowa 09/23/2022 12:45PM A multitude of reasons. -- HTrain90 09/23/2022 12:43PM I think the lost decade is 1-10 and the others mentioned are on the margin -- JKHooing 09/23/2022 1:09PM I was a student right in the middle of this period and we were still -- ThatDadgumBiscuit 09/23/2022 1:25PM Agree lost decade is huge -- hoodeyo 09/23/2022 1:02PM He is right and now have you for 2/3 of Virginia Campaign, which some like -- Mg234 09/23/2022 1:05PM #3 seems to be bigger than non-alumni fans know and understand -- HooCola 09/23/2022 12:59PM As an alum, when I read that point it seemed the least plausible to me -- HooBear 09/23/2022 2:10PM Simple on #3 it is not an interest of theirs and will not be. It is an -- Mg234 09/23/2022 1:04PM Yep. FB has received significant funding over past 22 years… -- Mikeysurf 09/23/2022 1:42PM You said they look down bc football is too violent and then same reasons -- Mg234 09/23/2022 12:54PM THIS - section 301 in JPJ isn’t full outside of the marquee games -- jackethoo 09/23/2022 2:01PM Yep. Great post. Truth. ** -- uvandy 09/23/2022 12:51PM Excellent post ** -- alleyoop hoo 09/23/2022 12:49PM Your #4 is a big one for me -- rdy7p 09/23/2022 12:47PM You're not alone. -- HTrain90 09/23/2022 12:50PM Not much else to do down there, to be honest ** -- GtownHoo 09/23/2022 12:42PM Most of the non-students drove from 2+ hours away. -- HTrain90 09/23/2022 12:44PM They didn’t stay around very long -- HooWorldOrder 09/23/2022 12:38PM Exit right… ** -- hooshouse 09/23/2022 1:52PM Because all the games are on TV and UVA fans are into lots of stuff also... -- Thurston1743 09/23/2022 12:37PM …** -- HooWorldOrder 09/23/2022 12:35PM For one they will have 120,000 more undergrads graduate in -- Mg234 09/23/2022 12:32PM Yes, the math is a big deal- that and the fact a ... -- T Room Cav 09/23/2022 3:12PM I would be so, so, so happy if UVA would reduce capacity. -- HTrain90 09/23/2022 12:54PM Cutting the number of actually good seats would exacerbate the problems. -- Faz d. Hoo 09/23/2022 1:58PM Yep and UNC was not hurt by doing so. Add chairbacks throughout is my -- Mg234 09/23/2022 12:57PM Just replace bleachers with seats with cup holders. That'd probably reduce -- Jim C 09/23/2022 3:54PM Would be a lot less than 55,000 by doing that actually -- Mg234 09/23/2022 4:11PM Maybe. Those $10-12 deals aren't very well publicized. -- Jim C 09/23/2022 4:17PM 50,500-50,800 is what consultants said prior to pandemic -- Mg234 09/23/2022 4:29PM Honestly it feels like so much of Scott needs to be tarped off -- rdy7p 09/23/2022 12:44PM Seatbacks, a party lounge area, a VIP Box area. Reduce it to 50,000 and -- Mg234 09/23/2022 12:45PM 45000 would do! -- uvandy 09/23/2022 12:55PM IOW turn it into Dolphins stadium -- rdy7p 09/23/2022 12:48PM Ummmmm is this real? There were at least 2500 empties in the student -- hooman#1 09/23/2022 12:31PM Oh come on. That place easily had 60k in it last night. -- HTrain90 09/23/2022 12:45PM They have 30k enrollment compared to what 18k. VT has -- hooman#1 09/23/2022 2:04PM Their alumni base is much bigger, but no argument: they care more about -- ThatDadgumBiscuit 09/23/2022 1:18PM Their non-alumni football base is also much bigger -- HooWorldOrder 09/23/2022 1:25PM UVA has had 2 decades of mediocrity. Hard to build a non- -- HoosWillWin 09/23/2022 1:32PM Pretty much a history of. -- HooWorldOrder 09/23/2022 1:35PM Good point. Even during the Welsh years (which were great) -- HoosWillWin 09/23/2022 1:40PM The OP was one of those comparative ones (that I love so much - ha). I'd -- WAYoVerraTed 09/23/2022 1:14PM And always will be ** -- Mg234 09/23/2022 12:58PM Okay I get it... -- Hoos203 09/23/2022 12:34PM We have had those, in the past -- hooman#1 09/23/2022 2:00PM Oh, please. they're bandwagoners like most every fanbase in the country. -- WAYoVerraTed 09/23/2022 12:44PM Bandwagoners? They have sucked for the last 5+ years. ** -- HTrain90 09/23/2022 12:45PM Only 2 sellouts last year - UNC and ND. (For the whatabouters, yes, better -- WAYoVerraTed 09/23/2022 12:53PM Look at their attendance over that period. -- WAYoVerraTed 09/23/2022 12:48PM I would bet they go over 50k more often than not. -- HTrain90 09/23/2022 12:52PM Was responding above when you posted this. -- WAYoVerraTed 09/23/2022 12:56PM Got it. My bad. ** -- HTrain90 09/23/2022 1:01PM More data... 2019: only sold out UNC and WF. 2018 was more like the myth -- WAYoVerraTed 09/23/2022 1:10PM Love it when you data drop ** -- Mg234 09/23/2022 1:14PM Easier to do it in a 14,000 arena and the empties are less -- Mg234 09/23/2022 12:35PM We are front-runners. -- HTrain90 09/23/2022 12:49PM Lol. That’s every fan base. Winners fill stadiums, losers don’t. -- Hoodlum 09/23/2022 2:23PM
