Stadium Attendance and Reality

#27
#27
Going to a game use to be fun. TV especially ESPN has taken the excitement out of the experience. Nobody is hated more than the fat guy with the red shirt holding up the game for at least three minutes while ESPN sells beer and soap. 4 hour games is ludicrous. Add in official reviews and 11am and 9pm starts makes the game a nightmare to be there live. Miss the old days when going to Neyland was an experience. I’ll always have the memories of what it use to be.
 
#28
#28
WoodsmanVol said:
Been discussed more than once, but it's the offseason, and folks who love CFB will discuss/talk about almost anything. Anything, even Uncle Jerry losing his toe. That being grossly said, this post is really about game attendance. As rabid as Vols fans are about our team, we're not immune to declining attendance. Electronic access such as big screen TVs, wireless, high resolution projectors paired with 7ftX7ft (or larger) screens for viewing indoors or outdoors, the penalties of increasing travel costs, dealing with poor seating, and so on has more folks staying home. Then you add streaming, and better food than what you get at stadium concession stands. We will see increased declines as time goes on.

Tennessee could maybe combat this with bold unorthodox in stadium moves such as:
1. Establishing tailgate style concession booths run by genuine BBQ chefs
2. Phoned-in card paid orders, delivered to you. I'd suggest adding delivery only elevators to expediate deliveries.
3. For the enclosed upper deck folks, drone delivery of $pecial order meals.
4. Raised and underground Monorail service between nearby hotels and parking lots to and from the stadium.
5. Sell limited specially marked or digital chipped tickets that allows the lucky person(s) to join the team in their Vol Walk.

Of course, the logistics and money to make this possible isn't simple. And as usual, I throw crazy ideas out because I am crazy after all.
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I would add in 1 free seat dance.
 
#29
#29
Bigorangedan23 said:
Going to a game use to be fun. TV especially ESPN has taken the excitement out of the experience. Nobody is hated more than the fat guy with the red shirt holding up the game for at least three minutes while ESPN sells beer and soap. 4 hour games is ludicrous. Add in official reviews and 11am and 9pm starts makes the game a nightmare to be there live. Miss the old days when going to Neyland was an experience. I’ll always have the memories of what it use to be.
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Yep and even with all the goodies mentioned by woodsman, it comes down to the product on the field. Get that humming and things might pick up.
 
#30
#30
WoodsmanVol said:
Been discussed more than once, but it's the offseason, and folks who love CFB will discuss/talk about almost anything. Anything, even Uncle Jerry losing his toe. That being grossly said, this post is really about game attendance. As rabid as Vols fans are about our team, we're not immune to declining attendance. Electronic access such as big screen TVs, wireless, high resolution projectors paired with 7ftX7ft (or larger) screens for viewing indoors or outdoors, the penalties of increasing travel costs, dealing with poor seating, and so on has more folks staying home. Then you add streaming, and better food than what you get at stadium concession stands. We will see increased declines as time goes on.

Tennessee could maybe combat this with bold unorthodox in stadium moves such as:
1. Establishing tailgate style concession booths run by genuine BBQ chefs
2. Phoned-in card paid orders, delivered to you. I'd suggest adding delivery only elevators to expediate deliveries.
3. For the enclosed upper deck folks, drone delivery of $pecial order meals.
4. Raised and underground Monorail service between nearby hotels and parking lots to and from the stadium.
5. Sell limited specially marked or digital chipped tickets that allows the lucky person(s) to join the team in their Vol Walk.

Of course, the logistics and money to make this possible isn't simple. And as usual, I throw crazy ideas out because I am crazy after all.
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Send this to Danny White. He’s solicited fan ideas in the past.
 
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GregAmsler said:
Send this to Danny White. He’s solicited fan ideas in the past.
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Nice thought. I doubt the guy even reads his own email, it probably gets spam dumped, or filtered through some barely out of her teens aide who requires 12 levels of permission to even read it. Another 12 levels to bury it in a junk folder. But a nice thought just the same.
 
#34
#34
WoodsmanVol said:
Been discussed more than once, but it's the offseason, and folks who love CFB will discuss/talk about almost anything. Anything, even Uncle Jerry losing his toe. That being grossly said, this post is really about game attendance. As rabid as Vols fans are about our team, we're not immune to declining attendance. Electronic access such as big screen TVs, wireless, high resolution projectors paired with 7ftX7ft (or larger) screens for viewing indoors or outdoors, the penalties of increasing travel costs, dealing with poor seating, and so on has more folks staying home. Then you add streaming, and better food than what you get at stadium concession stands. We will see increased declines as time goes on.

Tennessee could maybe combat this with bold unorthodox in stadium moves such as:
1. Establishing tailgate style concession booths run by genuine BBQ chefs
2. Phoned-in card paid orders, delivered to you. I'd suggest adding delivery only elevators to expediate deliveries.
3. For the enclosed upper deck folks, drone delivery of $pecial order meals.
4. Raised and underground Monorail service between nearby hotels and parking lots to and from the stadium.
5. Sell limited specially marked or digital chipped tickets that allows the lucky person(s) to join the team in their Vol Walk.

Of course, the logistics and money to make this possible isn't simple. And as usual, I throw crazy ideas out because I am crazy after all.
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I was really hoping for another beaten to death topic mixed with unfunny irrelevant “humor”
 
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