Illinois and Michigan now sold out!
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According to the Rutgers ticket site, the following games are sold out:
Nebraska (Sat Jan 25)
Illinois (Sat Feb 15)
Michigan (Wed Feb 19)
There are still a few hundred seats left for next week's Purdue game, the Feb 9 Northwestern game, and the March 3 Maryland game. As the RACpass seats get allocated, I would expect these games to sell out.
If you are thinking about buying tickets to any of the 3 available games, don't wait, or there may not be any available.
Nebraska (Sat Jan 25)
Illinois (Sat Feb 15)
Michigan (Wed Feb 19)
There are still a few hundred seats left for next week's Purdue game, the Feb 9 Northwestern game, and the March 3 Maryland game. As the RACpass seats get allocated, I would expect these games to sell out.
If you are thinking about buying tickets to any of the 3 available games, don't wait, or there may not be any available.
The reference is to the home game at the RAC against the Wolverines on 2/19, not the game next weekend at MSG.
They actually are opening sections in the second tier for the first time in the 7 year history of Big Ten Super Saturday
I love that we are selling out well in advance. And the great thing is that 95% of the fans in the building are wearing (the right shade of) red. If you sell out all of your Big Ten games (or close to it), Pat Hobbs will have to start thinking about how to add seats in the coming years.
Let’s get the concessions, parking, Section 118, and lavatory situations squared away first.
Illinois and Michigan were announced as sellouts last Thursday, sir.
https://scarletknights.com/news/202...s-against-illinois-and-michigan-sold-out.aspx
https://scarletknights.com/news/202...s-against-illinois-and-michigan-sold-out.aspx
Sell out non conference games first in November for a few consecutive years and revisit.
That's not how it works if you want to add revenue. You don't want to miss selling a bunch,more $15 to 25 seats in 300 because you want to sell more 12 tickets first.
So invest in a renovation without sustained success and attendance. Don't see how that feasible.
Well the place 43 years old and all they've done is shrink the footprint of seats. . Plenty of discussion, ideas, and suggestion round here to get 750 to 1k more seats without much of a fiscal commit. Plus you have to invest when you can. Partly why coaches get extensions with 2 years left on contracts. Timing is right. Schiano got what, a 100mil expansion from 42 to 52 off off 1 season.
And...its time for bball to get some of the 40 to 50 mil of the B1G love.
Most important point? It wouldn't take a ton of cash to add 1k seats and they'd help pay for themselves. Probably $500k to 600k more rev. Per season. Not a ton but something.
I hope Pike learns from Greg and requires a seating upgrade from Rutgers when other teams come calling .
It only feeds recruiting and helps the prospect of future success. Look at what RU BBall is doing right now? Publicity and excitement. We need to invest in this stock.
Ok, done lol.
I've seen this story before a few times. Rutgers just has to be "good" and the fans come out of the woodwork. They are having a very good year so far and are being rewarded with 8,000+ a night (I'm guessing that on a number of those games you could have sold another 1000 tickets or added some students to the 300s). I think converting the offices into luxury box space is a no-brainer. There may be space for another 75 people by building a short balcony with a few rows. They would also be paying a significant amount of money per game. The student section can be moved closer to the court and might add another 50 ot 75 kids. Beyond that would require a lot more money to restructure the lower bowl or open up the front and add more seating around the handicapped space. The good thing is that Pat Hobbs can spend the offseason getting ideas and an estimate on the long term cost. He'll be able to show Pike some concepts as he's hopefully a second straight successful year. It would then soon be time to update the Trapezoid of Terror.
I thought the handicapped on bungie cords had some merit but why not do standing room only up in the walkways of the rafters? While there they could straiten out the banners on the one side that are all drooping in the middle vs. Other side perfectly straight across lol.
I'm not so sure that dangling handicapped fans from bungie cords will go over well in certain circles, lol...
Wasn't my idea. I think you could sell those seats up there. Charge by the pound.
I forgot about that option! I've never heard of a bungie cord failing, so I'm sure that would be perfectly safe. LOL
Of course guy just guarding Garza gets his 4th with 12 left. And again the announcers call it out. "If you can't just guard like that he's unstoppable"
Dana O’Neil from the Athletic has a story about RU hoops. One of the items in it is Hobbs saying he hired a company to improve the fan experience at the RAC, even if it means LOSING SEATS. This is code for more club seating and less capacity.
The first thing that's going to happen is that there will be less $15 single game seats to begin with.
Hobbs needs to strike while the iron is hot. You don't wait for multiple years of sellouts when it takes so much time to plan, design, approve, build.
Use the momentum (that he loves to talk about) and find a way to add some seats in this baby in a way that makes sense and makes it even more difficult for the opponent.
Use the momentum (that he loves to talk about) and find a way to add some seats in this baby in a way that makes sense and makes it even more difficult for the opponent.
