sj-roc wrote:David wrote:sj-roc wrote:Are we sure that the current configuration has 40k seats? Or would they have to open things up some more? Not sure if there's enough lead time for the logistics this would entail; they would have to act quickly.
I believe they already have opened up new sections, sjroc. They would be foolish to cap this game. Sell as many seats as you can and increase sections one-by-one as and when needed.
The club just needs to continually spread the word of this 40,000 number that was mentioned on the broadcast by Cuthbert and picked up by Moj on the postgame. Whether it's true or not, if enough people believe it, it will become reality.
DH
I had a look at the TM map before I posted the above last night (and again just now) and it didn't (still doesn't) look any different to me from when they issued the Sep 19 press release that some extra sections were opened,
i.e., 431 through 452, which is what we started the season with plus three extra sections beyond each of the two economy sections (to be more precise it's technically 432-451 plus the halves of 431 and 452 flanking this continuum).
Don't get me wrong, though — I fully agree it's great that this number is getting bandied about as a way to build fan interest. I'm just skeptical whether it's mathematically possible under what TM says is the currently available seating format (lower bowl plus 431-452).
It definitely looks like there are 3 more sections as opposed to the previous home game. Maybe it started the year like that but I'm not sure if they've been always available.
With single seat tickets only available, how many tickets could be left in the lower bowl I guess we have to ask out of the 27,000 seats?
Then I would figure from the TM map how many of those are sold. I'm assuming its a 100% scale meaning 25-50% must be sold in the Upper Bowl that its the next shade of blue down from an empty section, or 0-25% sold section. Then going on that there are usually like 3,000 walkup on bigger games I figure at least, that we are probably already at 35,000. The one upper section is now a lighter shade of blue meaning it must be at least 75% sold and it looks like it when you look at whats left. So you have that much being sold in at least one upper bowl section a week prior to the game.
I would figure that at this exact moment if the game was tomorrow we would have 35,000. Will we sell more over the week? Many times in history have proven both ways, but most of the time we sell a lot more in the week coming up to the games date of play. I think 38-40,000 is realistic and higher than 40,000 might not be as much of a stretch as we think for this game, but I could really see a 40,000 for this game. 35,000 plus will of course be great if nothing else sells.
Either or, its going to be really loud as the endzones are full in the lower bowl or just about.