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January 13th, 2011 at 10:40 PM
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OT - Bowl Attendance

So I was looking back over the different bowl games today with a co-worker.  We were discussing which games really caught our interest and which ones were duds.  Seeing that we are in Ft. Worth we bowl paid attention and loved the competitive Rose bowl.  We also thought the OSU/Arkansas game and Florida/PennSt game were worth the watch.

Then we got talking about attendance and this is where we were amazed at how poorly the games were attended.  Below is a graph of the games for this past bowl season (capacity and actual attendance.)  

Interesting fact is that the Texas 5A Div 1 high school championship game had 43,321 in attendance at JerryWorld - which is great than 16 of the 35 bowl games.

I got the list from Helmet Stickers at http://helmetstickers.blogspot.com/2011/01/2010-2011-bowl-attendance-figures.html.

Bowl

Attendance

Capacity

New Mexico Bowl

32,424

38,634

uDrove Humanitarian Bowl

25,449

33,500

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

29,159

72,968

Beef 'O' Bradys Bowl St. Petersburg

20,017

42,735

Maaco Bowl Las Vegas

41,923

36,800

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl

48,049

71,294

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl

43,673

50,000

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

32,431

65,000

AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl

39,362

53,000

Champs Sports Bowl

48,962

70,000

Insight Bowl

53,453

73,379

Military Bowl

38,062

45,596

Texas Bowl

68,211

71,500

Valero Alamo Bowl

57,593

65,000

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl

36,742

32,000

New Era Pinstripe Bowl

38,274

54,251

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl

69,143

69,143

Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl

57,921

71,294

Meineke Car Care Bowl

41,122

73,778

Hyundai Sun Bowl

54,021

51,500

AutoZone Liberty Bowl

51,231

62,380

Chick-fil-A Bowl

72,217

71,228

TicketCity Bowl

40,121

92,100

Capital One Bowl

61,519

70,000

Outback Bowl

60,574

65,857

Progressive Gator Bowl

77,497

84,000

Rose Bowl

94,118

92,542

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl

67,232

72,200

Discover Orange Bowl

65,453

75,192

Allstate Sugar Bowl

73,879

72,968

GoDaddy.com Bowl

38,168

40,646

AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic

83,514

80,000

BBVA Compass Bowl

41,207

71,594

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl

41,063

41,915

Tostitos BCS National Championship Game

78,603

72,200
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January 13th, 2011 at 10:45 PM
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PLAYOFF

OMG

You wouldn't suggest people might attend more at an actual home game right?

edit: inb4 talkin' bout playoffs

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January 13th, 2011 at 10:46 PM
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What are we OMGing?

What are we OMGing?

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January 13th, 2011 at 11:01 PM
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kevin holt
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playoffs

it's possible that bowls might not be as great as home games would be, even money-wise.

Honestly, I don't see why bowl games would even need to be eliminated. Maybe don't do the home games, but just call the semifinals the Sugar and Orange or Fiesta and Rose bowls (rotate maybe?).

Whoever doesn't make these playoffs would still play in bowls, and they would operate like normal. We still would've been in the Gator bowl against NTMSU, and the sponsors would still all get their money.

God, I know this is "for another time, grasshopper," but it just peeves me off

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January 14th, 2011 at 8:25 AM
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Maybe Kevin's boss letter

Maybe Kevin's boss letter jacket?

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January 13th, 2011 at 10:44 PM
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I learned one thing from

I learned one thing from this: Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl takes their attendance numbers very seriously.

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January 13th, 2011 at 10:47 PM
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Not for nothing, but it's

Not for nothing, but it's expensive to dedicate 2-4 days (hotel stays, flights, car rental).  Times are tough, can you blame folks?

Interesting nonetheless.  The Gator Bowl... that's pretty impressive IMO.  I would have gone if I wasn't in Puerto Rico.

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January 13th, 2011 at 10:50 PM
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agree

I agree - really can't blame folks, with the current economy, but I was still surprised to think that there are that many empty seats.

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January 13th, 2011 at 10:57 PM
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M-Dog
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Always is every year, even in a good economy.

The economics of bowl games are not driven by who actually shows up at the stadium.

That's too bad, cause there are too many of them.

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January 13th, 2011 at 11:02 PM
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vacation?

How was it? We were considering going there for SB, but weren't sure if people would actually be there.

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January 13th, 2011 at 10:54 PM
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Wow, that's a lot of people passing the bowl.

Sorry for the Post-Jack...I needed to humor myself today.  =]

(source: Michael Phelps Smokes the Olympics)

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January 13th, 2011 at 10:52 PM
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hmmmm...

 

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl

36,742

32,000

Were they hanging off the damn things watching the game...I mean there's Ann Arbor shoehorning the fans in but that's 10 percent more crowd...

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January 13th, 2011 at 10:49 PM
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Yea Gator bowl didn't seem

Yea Gator bowl didn't seem that full, I had a least 7 empty seats right next to me in my row and about 7 or 8 in the row in front of me

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January 13th, 2011 at 11:25 PM
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What did you have for dinner

What did you have for dinner the night before?

/rimshot

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January 13th, 2011 at 10:50 PM
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I dunno man....I look at

I dunno man....I look at those attendance figures and see pretty damn good numbers with just a couple of exceptions.  Maybe i'm a glass half full kinda guy but with the exception of the Ticket City Bowl I see pretty good attendance.

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January 13th, 2011 at 10:54 PM
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look harder

 

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

29,159

72,968

Beef 'O' Bradys Bowl St. Petersburg

20,017

42,735

not so hot there.

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January 13th, 2011 at 11:01 PM
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OK you got me.  The epic

OK you got me.  The epic match up of the tradiional rivals and football powers Ohio and Troy didnt draw very well nor did the always popular Louisville and Southern Mississippi.  Normally when any of those four football powers show up it's an instant sell-out so I could see where the OP assumed attendance figures were down.

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January 13th, 2011 at 10:53 PM
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Another thing that is bothersome.

The horrible corporate naming rights.

The Beef A Roni Chick Fil Helicopter Nacho Salsa Frank Heritage Sun Cotton Bowl, who the hell wants to see that? The uDrove With No GD Humanitarian Insurance Bowl? Really?

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January 13th, 2011 at 10:53 PM
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Gator Bowl

Wow, I was there and I would not have guessed that number. There were empty seats as far as the eye could see. And, our fans were severely outnumbered. I'll never get the sound of cowbells out of my head. 

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January 13th, 2011 at 11:00 PM
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Enron-like accounting is used

Enron-like accounting is used for attendance, and includes tickets sold, the bands, the teams, the refs, the ushers, people who strongly considered going, and people who walked by and were curious about what was happening. 

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January 13th, 2011 at 11:04 PM
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agree

wasn't 75% full.

Maybe number are tickets sold.

I had 6-12 seat empty around me on 2nd tier 30 yd line

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January 13th, 2011 at 11:06 PM
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I have heard before that it

I have heard before that it is tickets sold which would make the attendance records even worse.

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January 13th, 2011 at 11:20 PM
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I didn't think we were that outnumbered

Definitely plenty of empties, but if we were outnumbered I didn't think it was by all that much. I feel like we represented Michigan pretty well.

Those cowbells were horrible.

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January 13th, 2011 at 11:47 PM
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I was at the Gator Bowl and

I was at the Gator Bowl and though Michigan had a great turnout considering the game really meant nothing.  I would guess 55% Mississippi and 45% Michigan.

...and the cowbells were like nails on a blackboard.  A Mississippi State fan was trying to get around my son and yelled "Step  aside, partner".  It was at this moment he realized he wasn't in Kansas anymore.

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January 13th, 2011 at 11:05 PM
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Don't they also include the

Don't they also include the tickets that the schools are contractually obligated to purchase and resell through packages?  If a school doesn't sell them all they are still responsible for the tickets but that could lead to empty seats.

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