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Only 53,000 tickets sold so far for the University of Washington opening game

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As of last night only 53,000 tickets have been sold so far for the Opening Game at the University of Washington game vs. Rutgers on Sept. 3rd. All one has to is go on Ticket Resale sites like Vivid , Stub Hub, etc. and you will see literally thousands of seats for sale by season ticketholders. Labor Day weekend and the lack of big name opponent make this a low interest game. Like I said a few weeks ago if they draw 50,000 fans they will be lucky.
 
I'm pretty sure you say there's "no chance" they'd draw 50K - and gave us (me, lol...) a laundry list of reasons - but whatever. All good!

53K sold + 1 week of sales + walk-up + students = 50,000+ in house

Not really sure why you're giving their fans such a hard time, anyway. If we were playing, let's say, New Mexico at 11AM on Labor Day Weekend we'd come nowhere close to selling, let along drawing, 53,000 fans.
 
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Gee maybe their fans don't get stoked over RU...I hate to break it to you...we're not a "name" program...!!

It does say something if a top 20 team can't sell out its stadium on opening day, though
 
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Meh. Students are not on campus until the end of September and everybody is in Summer mode. 11:00AM start on a beautiful Saturday morning and early afternoon in Seattle. Folks taking advantage of the non-rainy season. Pac12 land is not the deep south only game in town land
 
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That number is consistent with UW attendance of late for early season non-conference opponents. With their higher pre-season ratings and expectations, the walk up sales maybe more significant and the totals come closer to 60K.
 
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MozRU said:
Besides the maniacs at PSU, Mich, OSU and Bama, why do I think 50k+ for the remaining Div I clubs, is a fantastic number?
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Interesting. Just did a quick search here's what I'd expect based on LDW home openers:

10K or less - "Dah' U"
50K+ a whole bunch
60K+ Mich St, VT, Iowa, Arkansas, UNC, FSU, BYU, Wash
80K+ Wiscy, Florida, Nebraska, Auburn
100K+ Tenn, OSU, Mich, TAMU, PSU, 'Bama, Texas
 
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RU#1fan said:
As of last night only 53,000 tickets have been sold so far for the Opening Game at the University of Washington game vs. Rutgers on Sept. 3rd. All one has to is go on Ticket Resale sites like Vivid , Stub Hub, etc. and you will see literally thousands of seats for sale by season ticketholders. Labor Day weekend and the lack of big name opponent make this a low interest game. Like I said a few weeks ago if they draw 50,000 fans they will be lucky.
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Actually you said there is no way they draw 50K.
 
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Weather is in the 90's in Seattle atm, Labor Day weekend, Bumbershoot festival, no students per say and the Seahawks being right down the road from Husky Stadium doesn't help matters. With that said I was hoping for at least 60,000. Husky Stadium was downsized a few years back with the renovation from 75,000 seats to just over 70,000 and you'd think it would sell out for opening day. It goes to show how far Washington has fallen.
 
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Then 50-60K for your home opener against a nonconference unimportant opponent with weather in the 90s, Seahawks down the road, students doing other summer things, etc., is not too bad then if the stadium holds 70K. Can't imagine it looking too empty on the PAC network.
 
AreYouNUTS said:
I'm pretty sure you say there's "no chance" they'd draw 50K - and gave us (me, lol...) a laundry list of reasons - but whatever. All good!

53K sold + 1 week of sales + walk-up + students = 50,000+ in house

Not really sure why you're giving their fans such a hard time, anyway. If we were playing, let's say, New Mexico at 11AM on Labor Day Weekend we'd come nowhere close to selling, let along drawing, 53,000 fans.
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Somehow I knew you would be the first to comment on this.... Only kidding.
Hey, I going to the game and leaving New Jersey on Wenesday. I am more than happy if there are some 15,000 or 20,000 empty seats in the 70,000 seat Husky Stadium on Sept. 3rd. Less impact of the noise / hostile environment factor on our RU team.
And I am not comparing our Home crowd vs. a Howard or a New Mexico.
Rutgers is a Power 5 Conference team and the only one the University of Washington Huskies is playing in their first 3 home games of the Season ( 3 straight home games to open the season). Idaho and Portland St. up next. Please .
 
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Scoutnmayo said:
Then 50-60K for your home opener against a nonconference unimportant opponent with weather in the 90s, Seahawks down the road, students doing other summer things, etc., is not too bad then if the stadium holds 70K. Can't imagine it looking too empty on the PAC network.
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The 90 degree weather forecast is a BS issue on Ticket Sales.
Temps this week were in the 80's and low 90's this week.
The Forecast goes back to Seattle "normal" next week with a high of 72 degrees.
Perfect game day temps.
 
The question is how many will be in the stadium.

There are currently 1871 tickets available on StubHub and 1228 listed on TicketExchange. So, 3099 available online... at least right now. I'd imagine there are going to be unused season tickets that aren't listed online, too.

I'd imagine 50K "butts in seats" is probably a fair approximation at this point. Honestly, hopefully on the lower side. The higher ratio of RU fans to UW fans, the better.
 
RUChoppin said:
The question is how many will be in the stadium.

There are currently 1871 tickets available on StubHub and 1228 listed on TicketExchange. So, 3099 available online... at least right now. I'd imagine there are going to be unused season tickets that aren't listed online, too.

I'd imagine 50K "butts in seats" is probably a fair approximation at this point. Honestly, hopefully on the lower side. The higher ratio of RU fans to UW fans, the better.
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Even worse is that some season ticket holders never leave their boats. They get so fvkd up before the game that they end up watching it on a TV in between puking sessions off the side of the boat.
 
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Caliknight said:
I wish we could just leave these attendance threads in the trash for the season. Watch the game on tv, in person, whatever. Just enjoy it.
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Wishful thinking. Expect the usual glut of weather, late arriving crowd, sit down/ stand up, stadium music, cell phone reception, lousy concessions , etc posts.

The real public service however would be for the moderators to ban all game threads.
 
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RU Husky said:
Wishful thinking. Expect the usual glut of weather, late arriving crowd, sit down/ stand up, stadium music, cell phone reception, lousy concessions , etc posts.

The real public service however would be for the moderators to ban all game threads.
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Why ban game threads?
 
AreYouNUTS said:
Not really sure why you're giving their fans such a hard time, anyway. If we were playing, let's say, New Mexico at 11AM on Labor Day Weekend we'd come nowhere close to selling, let along drawing, 53,000 fans.
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I don't know about that. If we had the press and hype they've been enjoying, a #17 preseason ranking with a predicted legitimate shot to take the B1G, I'd say we sell out or come damn close to it.
 
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I mean UW is on people's radar as a sleeper CFB Playoff pick ... top 15 AP ranking ... How can you not sell out home opener? And it's against a Big Ten team, not Portland State etc.
 
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koleszar said:
I don't know about that. If we had the press and hype they've been enjoying, a #17 preseason ranking with a predicted legitimate shot to take the B1G, I'd say we sell out or come damn close to it.
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I forgot the part about "students not on campus yet."
 
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Alaska_Dawg said:
Weather is in the 90's in Seattle atm, Labor Day weekend, Bumbershoot festival, no students per say and the Seahawks being right down the road from Husky Stadium doesn't help matters. With that said I was hoping for at least 60,000. Husky Stadium was downsized a few years back with the renovation from 75,000 seats to just over 70,000 and you'd think it would sell out for opening day. It goes to show how far Washington has fallen.
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bet they could sell out if they sold pizza pie there
 
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RUChoppin said:
The question is how many will be in the stadium.

There are currently 1871 tickets available on StubHub and 1228 listed on TicketExchange. So, 3099 available online... at least right now. I'd imagine there are going to be unused season tickets that aren't listed online, too.

I'd imagine 50K "butts in seats" is probably a fair approximation at this point. Honestly, hopefully on the lower side. The higher ratio of RU fans to UW fans, the better.
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This.
All I know is if Rutgers was ranked in the PreSeason Poll at # 17 we would be sold out on the Opening Game.
Not 17,000 unsold seats like the University of Washington.
 
No chance in hell we'd fill 70,000 seats at 11AM on Saturday of LDW with NO STUDENTS on campus against a team that went 4-8 last year? 52,000 with students on campus, and ranked, okay I'm with you - no doubt - but they are battling uphill and will still most likely draw over 50K (IN seats...).

Also sorry but the fact that we're a "B1G" school, for all of 2 seasons now, doesn't mean shit to them. Think "Purdue." Think "Indiana." We're not even them as far as PAC-12 schools are concerned. Think "Maryland."

Really not sure what a few of you are thinking right now but it's all good! [cheers]
 
Honestly who gives a $hit.

I'm headed out there with some buddies and couldn't be more pumped. Doesn't matter whether there's 50K or 70K in the seats.

First weekend of college football is always a great one.
 
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