In 3 weeks it will be too cold!
Attendance
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Lots of people taking breaks on the concourse 91 bright sun in a crowd is no fun.
I thought the place would empty at half but it didn’t. Several older folks sitting in the EMT area with ice bags on their necks.
I would drive three and a half hours each way, battle heavy traffic around Indianapolis and then congestion near the stadium, then pay for parking. There is no way I would just stay in the parking lot and not go inside the stadium.
I have my $9 beers before and after the game….when I can drink 6 of them for the same price.
I saw 3 people in motorized wheelchairs near the front of our entrance stay until the end sweating it out as the able bodied fans filed past them and exit at the start of the 4th.
Some people just are mentally tougher.
7th and fee, probably. Don't worry, it's only a mile and a half of walking, uphill, to the stadium from there.
Same for premium tailgate parking who watch second half from lots.
We had a couple come our tailgate that parked at the church across the bypass on the south side of the complex. They said $30 and there was a police controlled walkway set up for them.
I cannot speak for south of 17th, but there are mobility golf carts swarming the north side lots.Weighing in on attendance and game experience yesterday.
Double IU grad, played some frosh ball. 75ish years old, enough to remember both "rose bowl" games now.
Die hard IU football and basketball (and soccer and volleyball and base/softball) all of which are decent and (if soccer steps up again like I think they will again this season) ... all on the rise.
Live 5 hours away in O$U central (hate 'em).
Bought 2 tickets weeks ahead, $120. Bought parking ahead, and ticket office was less than helpful, have mobility issues, "best available" was in Forest green lot, $35 + another $10. Answer to "Is there handicap drop off?" was "I don't think so." Contacted about seat backs, again less than helpful "must pick them up inside stadium and can't reserve" and "not sure where in the stadium that's at." Hotel $170. And then, the traffic (which is the same for 50+ years) sucks and both city & university incapable/unwilling (or?) to fix it. $450+. And, yes, hotter than hades, with no tailgate to resort to. Great win, but the experience wasn't pretty. Well, pretty embarrassing IMO on the university's part ... have a good team on the field and chaos from start to finish. I don't want to think what three times the attendance will look like!
Love the direction fb is going, but was one of the worst fan/ticket/parking experiences I've seen (and I've seen a lot of Universities/arenas).
Oh, you "don't have to get off my lawn."
Plenty of free street parking with a relatively easy walk in the area north of 10th to the railroad underpass (roughly 13th St) between Dunn and Woodlawn. The railroad tracks make it so there are limited places to get to the other side but not a huge problem if you don't want to pay. Just find someone who tailgates in the reserved grass lots and stop off for a rest on the way into the stadium.
It might just be that there are not all that many IU football fans, yet.
Frankly, despite not being a huge fan of 'IU football fans', I'm confident we'll have a good crowd Saturday. It would be better if it weren't noon, but those are the cards dealt. Now it will be up to the team to perform/win and not shit the bed like we've done so many times before.
FIU and Charlotte were 43-44K tickets sold. MD is at around 47K sold right now with five days to go. Idk I assume they'll sell a 1-2K more.
MD game more people will use their tickets too. I think it will be noticeably improved, but obviously a ways to go before we're a "passable" crowd.
MD game more people will use their tickets too. I think it will be noticeably improved, but obviously a ways to go before we're a "passable" crowd.
That is very disappointing to read. And I do worry about what it will actually be like when we do sell out. They want a packed house, but I don't see them being able to handle it. I feel like forwarding that to my ticket rep.Weighing in on attendance and game experience yesterday.
Double IU grad, played some frosh ball. 75ish years old, enough to remember both "rose bowl" games now.
Die hard IU football and basketball (and soccer and volleyball and base/softball) all of which are decent and (if soccer steps up again like I think they will again this season) ... all on the rise.
Live 5 hours away in O$U central (hate 'em).
Bought 2 tickets weeks ahead, $120. Bought parking ahead, and ticket office was less than helpful, have mobility issues, "best available" was in Forest green lot, $35 + another $10. Answer to "Is there handicap drop off?" was "I don't think so." Contacted about seat backs, again less than helpful "must pick them up inside stadium and can't reserve" and "not sure where in the stadium that's at." Hotel $170. And then, the traffic (which is the same for 50+ years) sucks and both city & university incapable/unwilling (or?) to fix it. $450+. And, yes, hotter than hades, with no tailgate to resort to. Great win, but the experience wasn't pretty. Well, pretty embarrassing IMO on the university's part ... have a good team on the field and chaos from start to finish. I don't want to think what three times the attendance will look like!
Love the direction fb is going, but was one of the worst fan/ticket/parking experiences I've seen (and I've seen a lot of Universities/arenas).
Oh, you "don't have to get off my lawn."
Water is called “the universal solvent” because of its easy bonding configuration, but I don’t think anyone will dissolve in the four hour time frame. We haven’t had rain in over a month. A 41% chance is to be encouraged in these south-central IN parts.
I park for free (game day only rule) in the “student pass only” lots bordering 13th St, between Fee Ln and N Walnut Grove. Students come and go from fraternity row and the McNutt Complex so I usually have to only drive a couple laps before a space opens up. This location allows me to walk diagonally across all three partying tailgate fields to ogle the coeds in varying states of inebriation and dress. By the time I get to the stadium I wish I was young and vibrant again. Instead, I’m slow and old with my nuts gone cold, but by golly, the parking is free, Man! Can you dig it?
They are out there. They’ve just been waiting for the sleeping giant to awake. The non-football fans are all over at SSAH dry humping the side of the building in pre-ejaculatory anticipation for the season. They are a minority but most of them genuinely just don’t like football. They don’t understand basic rules and don’t follow the sport.
They should be encouraged that IU is capable of hiring a serious coach. They might have to wait a few more years for the trustees to allow them for their sport.
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