Bison in Minneapolis Saturday

[MadBird]

Here's link to a good story (if a story about the Bison can be considered good) about the Bison hosting Drake Saturday at Target Field (the Twins stadium) Saturday in Minneapolis. They are expecting 35K. I attended a DIII game there a couple years ago, St. John's vs. St. Thomas, and they had 35K, so it can be done.

Interesting side stats cited in the story about Gopher attendance, tickets sold vs. fannies in the seats, etc.

http://shamasportsheadliners.com/gophers-bison-in-box-office-matchup/

The football capacity at Target Field is about 35,000 but the 2017 game exceeded that figure because obstructed view and standing room only tickets were sold. St. Peter is predicting a turnstile count of 33,000 to 35,000 paid admissions for Saturday’s game. As of late last week the ticket total was about 32,000, with St. Peter saying “any of the good seats are going for significant dollars on the secondary market.”
Bison Nation travels in large numbers to watch its teams that have won seven of the last eight Division I FCS national championships, a remarkable achievement. St. Peter estimates 99 percent of the tickets sold are to NDSU fans, with perhaps 80 percent of customers living outside of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.