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Dmills

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Wow, lower bowl practically sold out within 3 hours or less. There were probably a couple hundred available initially. Only single available in lower bowl now. Ticket office has released the upper bowl tickets for $2.30 as part of the promotion.
 
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This is a great way to create excitement for people to come back to games. Most people are likely to come casually where it takes great play or another ticket deal for them to come back. However, it can also lead to interest for fans to check out the team next year. We upset a nationally-ranked team; there was nice news coverage of the win.

This may not generate a lot in ticket revenue, but even if it only raises $1,000 in ticket sales, ISU is going to make much more on concessions and parking.
 
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fdbird83 said:
Interesting article on MSU attendance.
www.news-leader.com

Missouri State basketball games are emptier than ever. What happened, and what's next?

Part 1 of our three-part "Once Proud" series examines how interest in Missouri State men's basketball has reached its lowest point.
www.news-leader.com
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Good research on the article. Sounds virtually the same for ISU. The AD and staff - rarely mixing or talking to anyone outside of a few select donors, and not interested in truely promoting ISU or even worse - not challenging people to makes changes. In other thing I found interesting in the article and do not know much about - how much influence does Learfield marketing have in gameday??? Are they orchestrating when and how Ads/Promotions are run? If so, that is part of the atmosphere killer.

Good article - written by an alum of Normal West High School - Wyatt Wheeler.
 
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Birdswin said:
Good research on the article. Sounds virtually the same for ISU. The AD and staff - rarely mixing or talking to anyone outside of a few select donors, and not interested in truely promoting ISU or even worse - not challenging people to makes changes. In other thing I found interesting in the article and do not know much about - how much influence does Learfield marketing have in gameday??? Are they orchestrating when and how Ads/Promotions are run? If so, that is part of the atmosphere killer.

Good article - written by an alum of Normal West High School - Wyatt Wheeler.
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Just win.
 
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Phantom said:
Boy is that a depressing article...and way too familiar to our situation.
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I used to have season tics. Quality of product was not worth the time. It was what I felt was the wasted time, not so much the money. So, is Learfield the problem??? Does Learfield use a one size fits all, and what works for the mega conferences maybe doesn’t work at an ISU or MSU???
 
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The arena is rocking today. I realize tickets were practically given away with the $2.30 deal but it’s refreshing to be part of this atmosphere today.
 
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like the promo...got to get students to the games (both bball and football) esp for future considerations....meaning future attendance/donations...i would guess that if students are not involved with football/bball games while attending isu then almost certainly not supporting isu athletics in the future
 
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Curious why they announced a sold out lower bowl the day of the promo but the sections behind Evansvilles bench were empty. Surely ISU didnt give those two sections to Evansville to sell…
 
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Curious why they announced a sold out lower bowl the day of the promo but the sections behind Evansvilles bench were empty. Surely ISU didnt give those two sections to Evansville to sell…
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My guess is they were corporate/local biz or faculty seats and just went unused. Or maybe they were reserved for UE family/fans who didn't make the trip.
 
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Curious why they announced a sold out lower bowl the day of the promo but the sections behind Evansvilles bench were empty. Surely ISU didnt give those two sections to Evansville to sell…
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Those two sections are basically butt naked of peeps every home game … GREAT LOCATION FOR STUDENT SECTION(s)
 
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This topic intrigues me and I am enjoying these articles.

I recently was walking out of RBA after a men’s basketball game and heard a few students chatting about the game. They said they would never have considered even coming tonight if they didn’t receive free tickets. It was like, huh, interesting, oh well. Let’s go back to the dorm.

That’s where things are at today. People seem to be surprised and disgusted that today’s students aren’t culturally similar and possess the same passions for Redbird basketball that they did. Some wonder why are they not standing at games. As Jackie Chiles says, “It’s an outrage!”

Honestly, the Missouri experience is illuminating and interesting. I don’t think there is a single or simple answer for increasing Redbird attendance especially amongst students. Many of the beloved season ticket holders that held the fort down throughout the past decades and years are aging, losing interest for various reasons - including the disgust-and-dash response to perceived administration failings and indifference - and dwindling. The sports culture that many have grown up with and embraced as a badge of honor has not been propagated to the younger generation. That’s why some feel so incensed that the younger generation doesn’t value attending basketball games with the same servitude that they have always revered. The times they have been a-changing to the point where you wake up and realize that generational differences and time have eroded or rather replaced previous foundations and cornerstones of life including entertainment and the love and support of the proud tradition of Redbird basketball.

Marketing is a science and art along with a good dose of right-now, right-place luck and Missouri shows what hard work, resources and investment are required for their maintaining any type of continued success. If something is not natural and explosive where that something is carried by the zeal of its constituents then an organic solution is required which is so difficult to launch and get results. Not impossible, says Missouri and others that have embarked on a similar quest.

In my mind, it must be a total university commitment with a plan, accountability and enduring passion to turn something around like this that likewise is trying to instill that same passion, feeling and experience held so dearly by those leading the charge. It is work. It is university leadership. It is a reclamation project of reinvesting in the culture that fell by the way side. Probably the biggest component is the needed passion to drive something of this magnitude. Does the administration even care? If leadership doesn’t care and are fully committed then it becomes an uphill climb of disappointment.

I think back to the recent 2016-17 outstanding team where the students were so engaged. I even took pictures of the student section craziness as it was entertaining and exciting to me. Winning does cover a multitude of sins but it is not a cure-all for consistent culture- inspired engagement.

At any rate, I still love Redbird sports and will continue being a season ticket holder, overlooking administrative missteps and other gripes, through the good, bad and ugly. I hate the ugly, despise the bad but am hopeful for the good.
 
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