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40k seems very realistic.

I have 2 season tickets but now my son wants to come bad. Anyone have an extra one they aren't using? Worse case I will by a GA for his

(09-27-2021 12:05 PM)UABOG85 Wrote:  I know a lot of people who say they are going that have yet to purchase a ticket. They are not UAB fans and the perception is they can just get them at the gate like at Legion field. I have tried to tell them that may not be possible and try to get them before hand.

There are a lot of people who still think we are in Legion Field.

(09-27-2021 12:11 PM)BlazintheAtl1 Wrote:  40k seems very realistic.

I think it will be close to 44-45k. Very close to a hard sellout.

I will have SIXTEEN family members there. Almost had to sell a kidney to buy the tickets, but we’ve been waiting on this their whole lives.

Why does everyone think it's going to be close to a sell out? I see a lot of tickets remaining on the ticketing website.

Top 3 attended games:
45212 The Return
44669 Ruben
36104 Misstake

(09-27-2021 12:35 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  Why does everyone think it's going to be close to a sell out? I see a lot of tickets remaining on the ticketing website.

I've been all over the country for sporting events. Birmingham is probably the most notoriously "walk up" event city I have ever been to. I know we say that and eye roll sometimes, but it's true. Maybe its the southern in us, maybe it's the way events have been here due to oversized facilities, where you could literally get away with showing up and hour before start and get a seat. I expect there's gonna be a ton of people who try to buy last minute. Especially with good weather and the buzz that will build this week.

I know a bunch of people who are season ticket holders who are getting hit up now with the "can you get me a ticket" like we used to be able to do at Legion. No, no we cannot. And even if we do, good luck, enjoy the end zone but you won't be able to squeeze in next to us like at Legion. You should have committed back in April like I asked, lol.

The Return game was the same way -- crowd just kept getting bigger. Honestly, it overwhelmed the gates. We had a couple grand more than the posted 45K but the game was already started and the ticket people just waved people through. We actually had more than 47K there, maybe even more than that at peak.

Bottom line is UAB Football as a hot ticket is gonna be a new experience for everyone and folks are gonna have to adjust.

(09-27-2021 12:20 PM)C-Finder Wrote:  

(09-27-2021 12:05 PM)UABOG85 Wrote:  I know a lot of people who say they are going that have yet to purchase a ticket. They are not UAB fans and the perception is they can just get them at the gate like at Legion field. I have tried to tell them that may not be possible and try to get them before hand.

There are a lot of people who still think we are in Legion Field.

The worst of that may be the belief that one can still buy a GA tix (or get a free one) and sit anywhere at midfield like they were able to do at Legion Field. It may take a retraining session to enforce that a section and seat number actually means what the ticket says.

(09-27-2021 12:38 PM)UABGrad Wrote:  Top 3 attended games:
45212 The Return
44669 Ruben
36104 Misstake

Ruben was like Elvis/Michael Jackson at the time

I'm guessing that the Misstake game was about Miss. State

We aren't used on only have 7k or 8k open seats....we were Legion field where the crowd we are talking about still looked half full

(09-27-2021 12:45 PM)DuelingDragon Wrote:  

(09-27-2021 12:35 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  Why does everyone think it's going to be close to a sell out? I see a lot of tickets remaining on the ticketing website.

I've been all over the country for sporting events. Birmingham is probably the most notoriously "walk up" event city I have ever been to. I know we say that and eye roll sometimes, but it's true. Maybe its the southern in us, maybe it's the way events have been here due to oversized facilities, where you could literally get away with showing up and hour before start and get a seat. I expect there's gonna be a ton of people who try to buy last minute. Especially with good weather and the buzz that will build this week.

I know a bunch of people who are season ticket holders who are getting hit up now with the "can you get me a ticket" like we used to be able to do at Legion. No, no we cannot. And even if we do, good luck, enjoy the end zone but you won't be able to squeeze in next to us like at Legion. You should have committed back in April like I asked, lol.

The Return game was the same way -- crowd just kept getting bigger. Honestly, it overwhelmed the gates. We had a couple grand more than the posted 45K but the game was already started and the ticket people just waved people through. We actually had more than 47K there, maybe even more than that at peak.

Bottom line is UAB Football as a hot ticket is gonna be a new experience for everyone and folks are gonna have to adjust.

I’ve also had people ask if I had any spare tickets for Saturday. Nope.

I know I am captain obvious for saying this, but man it will be weird to see UAB football playing somewhere else than Legion Field.

On the weekends I don't have my boys, i will have a spare ticket. Is the ticket facebook group from basketball still best place to put it there?

Sucks that folks now wanted tickets when the game is near.

(09-27-2021 12:57 PM)C-Finder Wrote:  Sucks that folks now wanted tickets when the game is near.

Why does that suck? it isn't a sell out, we need those tickets gone

Just from the rate Blazerjay posted over the last 4.5 days we will reach 39,548. Thing is the buzz is getting louder every day so I bet that rate increases.

(09-27-2021 12:38 PM)UABGrad Wrote:  Top 3 attended games:
45212 The Return
44669 Ruben
36104 Misstake

1 - 45,212 vs. Alabama A&M
2 - 44,669 vs. Southern Miss
3 - 39,165 vs. Alabama State
4 - 36,104 vs. Mississippi State
5 - 33,280 vs. TCU
6 - 32,818 vs. Troy
7 - 31,363 vs. Southern Miss
8 - 29,604 vs. Alabama A&M
9 - 28,612 vs. Troy
10 - 28,355 vs. #18 Marshal

Don't forget the A State game.

I swear to this day that USM crowd of 44669 was well over 50,000 a LOT of folks were not counted in that game. People were herded through grates with no turnstiles by the Park Board. I would even say compare the USM photo with the A&M photos. That crowd (A&M) was an actual turnstile count. No question the USM crowd is larger.

Oh well let's break a record Saturday shall we?

(09-27-2021 01:21 PM)UABGrad Wrote:  Just from the rate Blazerjay posted over the last 4.5 days we will reach 39,548. Thing is the buzz is getting louder every day so I bet that rate increases.

I bet we have 1000+ show up Saturday thinking they can just walk in.

(09-27-2021 01:24 PM)DuelingDragon Wrote:  

(09-27-2021 01:21 PM)UABGrad Wrote:  Just from the rate Blazerjay posted over the last 4.5 days we will reach 39,548. Thing is the buzz is getting louder every day so I bet that rate increases.

I bet we have 1000+ show up Saturday thinking they can just walk in.

Lol probably. We will have a tremendous opportunity to engage and hook fans that have never experienced the thrill of being a Blazer before. I can’t wait to hear how loud it gets.