FAU Football near bottom in attendance
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If Willie can work with the student and Greek leaders to get more kids coming in and a fuller stadium for at least a half, that would at least be a huge start.
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When we were in Lockhart, it was always "build a beautiful on campus stadium and they will come". Hasn't worked.The97Revolution said
This has been a question that has been on everyone minds since FAU stadium open. This has also been a question that I've poured into answering for 6+ years, as a student, alumnus, and FAU staff member. I think the answer start with us. If we're willing to talk to Athletics from our perspective as fans and diehards as people who care about the program, I think that could lead to making some of the changes we need so that our fans can be #WinningInParadise too.
Posted On: Apr 24th 2021, 6:25 PM #401840
Then it was "build a winning team and they will come". We won 2 CUSA championships, a RB with Heisman mentions, nationally recognized HC and had double digit wins in dominant fashion in conference. Hasn't worked.
Bring bands, local breweries, jump houses for kids, etc. Hasn't worked.
What has worked - opponent. Be interesting experiment to have our exact schedule copied by UF and see what happens to their attendance. As we've all discussed, we are not desirable for conference advancement and therefore will continue to play Fordham and have our most desirable game be Marshall at home.
It is painful, but I literally probably couldn't pay most of my friends/business associates outside of the FAU grads $100 to come to a game on this schedule with me. There is literally no interest. Trust me, I've tried. Free tickets, drinks on me, tailgate setup with TV's just show up. Nope.
Continued Winning - to me this is the only variable we haven't yet seen play out. We simply cannot be as bad as we were last season (spare me the bowl game, the 2nd half of the season was some of the absolute worst football I've seen FAU play. Offensively we were completely anemic.) and definitely cannot have 3-9 seasons. We have to get to a place where 10-2 is a little bit of a let down, year in year out. Then maybe things change.
Until then…it will be minor league baseball gimmicks to get fans to the game.
Teambeer is the most knowledgeable FAU sports fan I know, way smarter than me.
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Wise Owl
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Bringing up attendance at UCF is not useful. They’re a college town with not many great options of things to do. It’s not like they can go to the beach for instance.
I absolutely despise the college town atmosphere. It creeps me out and is a disgrace. I’m not upset we don’t have tens of thousands of kids getting really drunk and being disrespectful at games.
I’m very glad that I went to a college that didn’t have the whole college town go to football games and get drunk atmosphere. I actually like that we don’t have that.
Again, it’s useful to actually do some RESEARCH on how programs are built. It’s certainly different that it was in the 80’s for instance, but there are ways you can notice when there’s growth in a fan base. I honestly feel that if a team like, for example UCLA, a somewhat decent P5 team came here the place would be packed with Owls fans.
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jgf2017 said
You have to look at the history of how programs are built. The overwhelmingly positive thing is that we’re at the point where attendance would be great if we had some teams to play. I never once have had any problem with fans not coming to UAB or Wofford.
Bringing up attendance at UCF is not useful. They’re a college town with not many great options of things to do. It’s not like they can go to the beach for instance.
I absolutely despise the college town atmosphere. It creeps me out and is a disgrace. I’m not upset we don’t have tens of thousands of kids getting really drunk and being disrespectful at games.
I’m very glad that I went to a college that didn’t have the whole college town go to football games and get drunk atmosphere. I actually like that we don’t have that.
Again, it’s useful to actually do some RESEARCH on how programs are built. It’s certainly different that it was in the 80’s for instance, but there are ways you can notice when there’s growth in a fan base. I honestly feel that if a team like, for example UCLA, a somewhat decent P5 team came here the place would be packed with Owls fans.Posted On: Apr 26th 2021, 2:06 PM #401867
UCF can't be a commuter school and a college town. By the way, IMO the definition of a college town is where college is the only activity a student can do and thus there is a ton of pride. College towns are where the majority of the population is college students/employees. That's not the case of UCF.
UCF feels like a college town due to high pride in the surrounding area due to a ton of off-campus housing right off-campus. Both FAU/FIU needs to put focus on improving student engagement, scanning IDs, social media focus on being at the game is the cool thing to do. We both are so focused on getting people in stadium we don't try to improve the experience when in the stadium. The energy of an FAU vs UCF game is totally different and it is all about student/young adult engagement.
Students will get drunk, that's what they do, you just want a fun lively atmosphere that keeps them coming back. If FAU focuses on student experience they will graduate and want to live out their college years. It will take a decade but its still possible at FAU.
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rob2313 said
jgf2017 said
You have to look at the history of how programs are built. The overwhelmingly positive thing is that we’re at the point where attendance would be great if we had some teams to play. I never once have had any problem with fans not coming to UAB or Wofford.
Bringing up attendance at UCF is not useful. They’re a college town with not many great options of things to do. It’s not like they can go to the beach for instance.
I absolutely despise the college town atmosphere. It creeps me out and is a disgrace. I’m not upset we don’t have tens of thousands of kids getting really drunk and being disrespectful at games.
I’m very glad that I went to a college that didn’t have the whole college town go to football games and get drunk atmosphere. I actually like that we don’t have that.
Again, it’s useful to actually do some RESEARCH on how programs are built. It’s certainly different that it was in the 80’s for instance, but there are ways you can notice when there’s growth in a fan base. I honestly feel that if a team like, for example UCLA, a somewhat decent P5 team came here the place would be packed with Owls fans.Posted On: Apr 26th 2021, 2:06 PM #401867
UCF can't be a commuter school and a college town. By the way, IMO the definition of a college town is where college is the only activity a student can do and thus there is a ton of pride. College towns are where the majority of the population is college students/employees. That's not the case of UCF.
UCF feels like a college town due to high pride in the surrounding area due to a ton of off-campus housing right off-campus. Both FAU/FIU needs to put focus on improving student engagement, scanning IDs, social media focus on being at the game is the cool thing to do. We both are so focused on getting people in stadium we don't try to improve the experience when in the stadium. The energy of an FAU vs UCF game is totally different and it is all about student/young adult engagement.
Students will get drunk, that's what they do, you just want a fun lively atmosphere that keeps them coming back. If FAU focuses on student experience they will graduate and want to live out their college years. It will take a decade but its still possible at FAU.Posted On: Apr 26th 2021, 2:42 PM #401869
Agreed.
If someone does not like drunk students you do not have to go anywhere near them
They tailgate behind the stadium have their own entrance and section….I have no idea why that is even considered an issue.
If FAU wants to take a the next step Boca has to offer more for students.
I have been to dozens of college towns and many are amazing.
Madison Wisconsin is one of the most enjoyable places I have ever been to.
You want people to have fun at FAU and want to come back, not spending their weekends at home or seeing buddies at another school. It's what separates pro sports from college.
Students 18-22 year olds not being allowed to do what they do hurts FAU.
People love their experiences at UF and FSU and return to it for a reason.
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walty12 said
When we were in Lockhart, it was always "build a beautiful on campus stadium and they will come". Hasn't worked.The97Revolution said
This has been a question that has been on everyone minds since FAU stadium open. This has also been a question that I've poured into answering for 6+ years, as a student, alumnus, and FAU staff member. I think the answer start with us. If we're willing to talk to Athletics from our perspective as fans and diehards as people who care about the program, I think that could lead to making some of the changes we need so that our fans can be #WinningInParadise too.Posted On: Apr 24th 2021, 6:25 PM #401840
Then it was "build a winning team and they will come". We won 2 CUSA championships, a RB with Heisman mentions, nationally recognized HC and had double digit wins in dominant fashion in conference. Hasn't worked.
Bring bands, local breweries, jump houses for kids, etc. Hasn't worked.
What has worked - opponent. Be interesting experiment to have our exact schedule copied by UF and see what happens to their attendance. As we've all discussed, we are not desirable for conference advancement and therefore will continue to play Fordham and have our most desirable game be Marshall at home.
It is painful, but I literally probably couldn't pay most of my friends/business associates outside of the FAU grads $100 to come to a game on this schedule with me. There is literally no interest. Trust me, I've tried. Free tickets, drinks on me, tailgate setup with TV's just show up. Nope.
Continued Winning - to me this is the only variable we haven't yet seen play out. We simply cannot be as bad as we were last season (spare me the bowl game, the 2nd half of the season was some of the absolute worst football I've seen FAU play. Offensively we were completely anemic.) and definitely cannot have 3-9 seasons. We have to get to a place where 10-2 is a little bit of a let down, year in year out. Then maybe things change.
Until then…it will be minor league baseball gimmicks to get fans to the game.Posted On: Apr 26th 2021, 10:20 AM #401866
- student engagement - its the lifeblood of the energy in the stadium. Energy brings passion which will in time lead to more fans buying tickets.
- Fan engagement - tailgating and speeding time with friends and reliving your youth is what sells tickets.
- Consistent winning - going to bowls every year builds more success.
- Winning conferences and rivalry games helps build passion which brings in more $.
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