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Post by Beavcat on Dec 21, 2015 14:28:09 GMT -8
It was hard to tell from the broadcast, and maybe they announced but I didn't hear it. Any info on the non-OSU games would be of interest as well.
Thanks in advance.
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Post by beaverbeliever71 on Dec 21, 2015 14:45:44 GMT -8
according to the box scores it was 8,032 for Friday and 8,555 for Saturday
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Post by bennyskid on Dec 21, 2015 16:23:37 GMT -8
Those numbers were clearly inflated, but the crowd was plenty loud and enthusiastic. I would guess we had 4-5000, and given that there was no student section I thought it seemed reasonably successful. I certainly didn't expect anything more than that.
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Post by obattack on Dec 21, 2015 17:37:54 GMT -8
We also had 8,000 at the Women's game on Saturday which probably hurt the FWC Saturday attendance
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Post by atownbeaver on Dec 22, 2015 8:15:15 GMT -8
Those numbers were clearly inflated, but the crowd was plenty loud and enthusiastic. I would guess we had 4-5000, and given that there was no student section I thought it seemed reasonably successful. I certainly didn't expect anything more than that. probably not. they simply report he number of tickets sold out of their system. Fans actually in the stands is another matter of course, but I doubt half the ticket holders failed to show up. but don't forget, Moda (Bah.. .ROSE GARDEN!) holds ~20,000. it is double Gill. 8,000 in there can still look, literally, half full. |
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Post by thomasg86 on Dec 22, 2015 9:53:27 GMT -8
Those numbers were clearly inflated, but the crowd was plenty loud and enthusiastic. I would guess we had 4-5000, and given that there was no student section I thought it seemed reasonably successful. I certainly didn't expect anything more than that. probably not. they simply report he number of tickets sold out of their system. Fans actually in the stands is another matter of course, but I doubt half the ticket holders failed to show up. but don't forget, Moda (Bah.. .ROSE GARDEN!) holds ~20,000. it is double Gill. 8,000 in there can still look, literally, half full. They had the 300 level curtained off and I believe the capacity of the lower bowl is 10,800. I'd put the lower bowl at 60% full. Which puts the "real" attendance at 6,480. Highly scientific.  It was less than the announced number but definitely more than 5,000 or less than half full. Somewhere in between. Got surprisingly loud on Saturday. |
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Post by Beavcat on Dec 22, 2015 10:29:29 GMT -8
We also had 8,000 at the Women's game on Saturday which probably hurt the FWC Saturday attendance 8,200+ and the place was rocking (in the second half). And those numbers were not inflated; all but the very upper corners and some spotty reserved seats were full. Second largest for a women's game. I assume the largest was when we clinched the title last year; anyone know? |
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Post by zzufrevaeb on Dec 23, 2015 10:15:32 GMT -8
Saturday crowd showed up later than the Friday crowd. We had a packed suite + 6 on Friday and then couldn't give away tickets on Saturday for some reason...even with Mark Radford in the suite!
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Post by atownbeaver on Dec 23, 2015 10:27:23 GMT -8
probably not. they simply report he number of tickets sold out of their system. Fans actually in the stands is another matter of course, but I doubt half the ticket holders failed to show up. but don't forget, Moda (Bah.. .ROSE GARDEN!) holds ~20,000. it is double Gill. 8,000 in there can still look, literally, half full. They had the 300 level curtained off and I believe the capacity of the lower bowl is 10,800. I'd put the lower bowl at 60% full. Which puts the "real" attendance at 6,480. Highly scientific. It was less than the announced number but definitely more than 5,000 or less than half full. Somewhere in between. Got surprisingly loud on Saturday. Regardless, I would say, given the fast turn around time and the team line up, I would call it a successful relaunch. Lure in a big name in the future and that thing will take off again. |
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Post by bennyskid on Dec 23, 2015 16:13:10 GMT -8
It won't be easy. This year we sold Tulsa on what was effectively a "home-and-home" series, but they weren't willing to trade two games on the road for one at home. That's why it wasn't a true tournament. If we want a true tournament then we will either have to make UP a permanent partner and make it a double home-and-home deal or we'll have to settle for lesser teams that are willing to take a two-for-one deal or simply take a paycheck. Paychecks at this level are $50k+ per game - and paycheck teams won't draw many fans.
Having an actual sponsor would make a big difference, but PDX doesn't have so many potential sponsors like it had 20 years ago. GIJoes is gone, Fred Meyer is part of Kroger now, and we don't have many strong regional retailers anymore. PDX doesn't have a lot of corporate HQs, either.
There were good reasons why the old classic disappeared. It's going to take some real salesmanship and creativity to bring it back. This was a huge step towards that, and everyone involved - especially Wayne Tinkle - deserves some thanks.
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Post by zzufrevaeb on Dec 24, 2015 15:10:47 GMT -8
It won't be easy. This year we sold Tulsa on what was effectively a "home-and-home" series, but they weren't willing to trade two games on the road for one at home. That's why it wasn't a true tournament. If we want a true tournament then we will either have to make UP a permanent partner and make it a double home-and-home deal or we'll have to settle for lesser teams that are willing to take a two-for-one deal or simply take a paycheck. Paychecks at this level are $50k+ per game - and paycheck teams won't draw many fans. Having an actual sponsor would make a big difference, but PDX doesn't have so many potential sponsors like it had 20 years ago. GIJoes is gone, Fred Meyer is part of Kroger now, and we don't have many strong regional retailers anymore. PDX doesn't have a lot of corporate HQs, either. There were good reasons why the old classic disappeared. It's going to take some real salesmanship and creativity to bring it back. This was a huge step towards that, and everyone involved - especially Wayne Tinkle - deserves some thanks. Yep, U of P or PSU as a second host school is what OSU needs to have help with. There's plenty of companies who have boxes at the Moda Center who may be able to chip in on a tourney...doesn't hurt to ask. |
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