(08-31-2011 11:12 AM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  

(08-31-2011 10:39 AM)OwlFamily Wrote:  Upon further questioning, a BIT of good news.

Comment From OwlFamily OwlFamily:

Disturbing news about the season ticket sales, Do you know if that is an increase over what used to be sold at Lockhart? Also have the Suites sold out as the Loge boxes have?
Wednesday August 31, 2011 11:33 OwlFamily

11:34 That is an increase over Lockhart, where they sold about 1,500. The good news is that they have sold most of the luxury boxes, suites, etc.
Again, I think once fans get inside the stadium, sales should get better.
Winning will also be important, though. And FAU could take advantage of the mess the Hurricanes have become

I took a look at the Ted's live blog that should be about FAU @ UF, however there seems to be more talk about FIU than UF, why is that?

Remember FIU is their #1 topic of discussion, no matter what they are talking about. And it starts from that beatwriter...

(08-31-2011 05:15 PM)FIUFanatic Wrote:  

(08-31-2011 11:12 AM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  

(08-31-2011 10:39 AM)OwlFamily Wrote:  Upon further questioning, a BIT of good news.

Comment From OwlFamily OwlFamily:

Disturbing news about the season ticket sales, Do you know if that is an increase over what used to be sold at Lockhart? Also have the Suites sold out as the Loge boxes have?
Wednesday August 31, 2011 11:33 OwlFamily

11:34 That is an increase over Lockhart, where they sold about 1,500. The good news is that they have sold most of the luxury boxes, suites, etc.
Again, I think once fans get inside the stadium, sales should get better.
Winning will also be important, though. And FAU could take advantage of the mess the Hurricanes have become

I took a look at the Ted's live blog that should be about FAU @ UF, however there seems to be more talk about FIU than UF, why is that?

Remember FIU is their #1 topic of discussion, no matter what they are talking about. And it starts from that beatwriter...

Oh please. Like any rivalry, this goes both ways. Why else was an FIU fan following Ted's live chat this afternoon? I also noticed a 4 page thread on your board about getting coverage from the Palm Beach Post. Sure I pay attention to what you guys are doing, but I do the same with every team in this conference.

It should be noted that as soon as FAU was mentioned in this thread, an FIU fan hijacked it and threw FIU into the conversation, even though it had nothing to do with the topic. You like to talk about how obsessed we are with you, but that seems to happen quite often.

Come on. Accept it and move on, and I see you understand the obsession with FIU as you brought it up. (jk.) BTW, I do follow every team as well, and it does include your team as a rival and member of the SBC.

Not that I'm defending my fellow Panther here, but you have to understand that your fellow FAU fan brought up the Ted Hutton blog today as his point of reference. Therefore, anyone can go to that blog to read what owlfamily stated in terms of season tickets, and, as expected, many references to FIU are included there. Why get so upset with this fact?

The most important thing is that.....2011 Football Season is upon us! So, let's move on this petty differences and focus on having a successful season for ALL SBC teams.

A Miami Herald blog update from 8/16 stated our season ticket sales numbered over 10,000 and that FIU has already surpassed last year's total. Anxious to see what the final numbers are.

(08-31-2011 09:07 PM)pantherondeck Wrote:  A Miami Herald blog update from 8/16 stated our season ticket sales numbered over 10,000 and that FIU has already surpassed last year's total. Anxious to see what the final numbers are.

10,000? That doesn't seem right. No offense it just seems a bit high.

FIU is making UCF and Duke fans buy season tickets to buy tickets to the game. Kinda smart

(08-31-2011 09:33 PM)marlonfield Wrote:  FIU is making UCF and Duke fans buy season tickets to buy tickets to the game. Kinda smart

I agree. I hope FAU does something similar once we get the scheduleing in place better.

Its a fairly common practice I belive.

(08-31-2011 09:18 PM)troy4ever21 Wrote:  

(08-31-2011 09:07 PM)pantherondeck Wrote:  A Miami Herald blog update from 8/16 stated our season ticket sales numbered over 10,000 and that FIU has already surpassed last year's total. Anxious to see what the final numbers are.

10,000? That doesn't seem right. No offense it just seems a bit high.

Those numbers should go much higher as the UCF and Duke games approach (esp. if UCF is in the top-25 for the game).

Also, as far as I can recall, our schedule looks fairly similar to this year's going out 4 to 5 years.

OK FIU fans...

I'm trying to understand this concept, so I'm going to throw out some made up numbers in an example and hopefully you guys can answer.

So the stadium seats around 23k. Lets say that fans of UCF and Duke combined buy something like 10k (may be high but just an example) season tickets to see their team. For the sake of the example lets assume that none of them come back for a game. Does that then mean that at most, 13k FIU fans would be at a game, but it would be reported as a sell-out?

I know the numbers are made up, but is that really what you guys are doing?

(09-01-2011 02:59 PM)Mean Green Matt Wrote:  OK FIU fans...

I'm trying to understand this concept, so I'm going to throw out some made up numbers in an example and hopefully you guys can answer.

So the stadium seats around 23k. Lets say that fans of UCF and Duke combined buy something like 10k (may be high but just an example) season tickets to see their team. For the sake of the example lets assume that none of them come back for a game. Does that then mean that at most, 13k FIU fans would be at a game, but it would be reported as a sell-out?

I know the numbers are made up, but is that really what you guys are doing?

If all the tickets are sold, then by definition, it is a sell out. And yes, we all know your stadium is newer than ours.

(09-01-2011 03:25 PM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  

(09-01-2011 02:59 PM)Mean Green Matt Wrote:  OK FIU fans...

I'm trying to understand this concept, so I'm going to throw out some made up numbers in an example and hopefully you guys can answer.

So the stadium seats around 23k. Lets say that fans of UCF and Duke combined buy something like 10k (may be high but just an example) season tickets to see their team. For the sake of the example lets assume that none of them come back for a game. Does that then mean that at most, 13k FIU fans would be at a game, but it would be reported as a sell-out?

I know the numbers are made up, but is that really what you guys are doing?

If all the tickets are sold, then by definition, it is a sell out. And yes, we all know your stadium is newer than ours.

No, I'm not trying to trash talk stadiums or "sell-outs" or anything. I'm just trying to understand what you guys are doing. It seems like you are sacrificing FIU fans getting into the stadium later in the year for the sake of inflating season ticket sales. That is just how it seems. Now, if 13k is all you guys ever get, then it makes sense, but surely that is not the case.

(09-01-2011 04:07 PM)Mean Green Matt Wrote:  

(09-01-2011 03:25 PM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  

(09-01-2011 02:59 PM)Mean Green Matt Wrote:  OK FIU fans...

I'm trying to understand this concept, so I'm going to throw out some made up numbers in an example and hopefully you guys can answer.

So the stadium seats around 23k. Lets say that fans of UCF and Duke combined buy something like 10k (may be high but just an example) season tickets to see their team. For the sake of the example lets assume that none of them come back for a game. Does that then mean that at most, 13k FIU fans would be at a game, but it would be reported as a sell-out?

I know the numbers are made up, but is that really what you guys are doing?

If all the tickets are sold, then by definition, it is a sell out. And yes, we all know your stadium is newer than ours.

No, I'm not trying to trash talk stadiums or "sell-outs" or anything. I'm just trying to understand what you guys are doing. It seems like you are sacrificing FIU fans getting into the stadium later in the year for the sake of inflating season ticket sales. That is just how it seems. Now, if 13k is all you guys ever get, then it makes sense, but surely that is not the case.

I'm probably not the right person to be answering this, but all the other FIU fans seem to be tailgating or heading to the game right now (big thumbs up for all of those guys) so I will give you my .02 on it. The way I see it it, there are two issues:
1) Repayment - the department has to meet its requirements for paying off for the stadium. Season ticket sales is one way of ensuring you meet this goal, you get the money upfront and can plan accordingly. One way to boost ticket season ticket sales is to only sell those for your premium games.

2) Reporting - NCAA requires a certain number of ticket sales for their rolling average. Again, for a young program you need to hit those targets while you build you fan base. Season tickets sold for the premium teams again can offset any lower turnouts from less appealing games.

Should FIU have an outstanding season and more people jump on the bandwagon mid season and need tickets for the game, will this mean they will have to be turned away from the game? I don't think so, I have already seen a few FIU game tickets for sale on craig'slist. So if there is a demand for the tickets, those who bought and are unable to make the game will be able to get them out through these avenues.

Eventually I hope we will not need to do this as our fan base grows and can independently support the program in all aspects. Remember we started playing football in 2002, we still have a long way to go to get to where we would ideally like to be.

End of sermon.

You're on the right track but remember that every visiting team gets an allotment of tickets for visiting fans. I believe both UCF and Duke got 3,500 tickets (that does not go into the season ticket calculation) those are single game tickets through the individual school. I think that UCF fans will buy above their allotment (there will probably be 5,000 - 7,500 UCF fans there). That means that they have purchased anywhere from 1,500 - 4,000 "Season Tickets". I don't believe that Duke gets much over their allotment, maybe 4,000 fans which means that's an additional 500 "Season Tickets". In total of the more than 10,000 season tickets sold, you can say that 2,000 - 4,500 are season tickets sold to UCF/Duke fans, the rest were purchased by FIU fans and most of the SBC schools don't bring much over 500 fans (UNT had about 100 tonight) so there is an additional 3,000 tickets (from the 3,500 visiting allotment) that can be sold to individual FIU fans for most games. Go F I U!

(09-01-2011 04:07 PM)Mean Green Matt Wrote:  

(09-01-2011 03:25 PM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  

(09-01-2011 02:59 PM)Mean Green Matt Wrote:  OK FIU fans...

I'm trying to understand this concept, so I'm going to throw out some made up numbers in an example and hopefully you guys can answer.

So the stadium seats around 23k. Lets say that fans of UCF and Duke combined buy something like 10k (may be high but just an example) season tickets to see their team. For the sake of the example lets assume that none of them come back for a game. Does that then mean that at most, 13k FIU fans would be at a game, but it would be reported as a sell-out?

I know the numbers are made up, but is that really what you guys are doing?

If all the tickets are sold, then by definition, it is a sell out. And yes, we all know your stadium is newer than ours.

No, I'm not trying to trash talk stadiums or "sell-outs" or anything. I'm just trying to understand what you guys are doing. It seems like you are sacrificing FIU fans getting into the stadium later in the year for the sake of inflating season ticket sales. That is just how it seems. Now, if 13k is all you guys ever get, then it makes sense, but surely that is not the case.