ATTENDANCE THREAD FOR WESTERN FINAL

[Lions_Fan_4_Life]

I think 55,000 is realistic with Riders in town.

[Rammer]

I think 55,000 is realistic with Riders in town.

I would be happy to reach 50K, but 47K may be the maximum I think.

[120dB]

Oh come on!!!!!! Get real!!!!!

[almo89]

I think 55,000 is realistic with Riders in town.

I would be happy to reach 50K, but 47K may be the maximum I think.

Hard to say. I mean we are ahead in ticket sales from 04. We'll see if any snowball effect will happen this year

[David]

I would be happy to reach 50K, but 47K may be the maximum I think. .

Same here. Given the slow start and where we all thought we'd be, I'd take 50K in a heartbeat.

If we can hit 40,000 by mid-week, then I'd say that can snowball so that there's a decent chance to hit 50K by game time. We just need the buzz meter turned up. I would like to see the Lions step up as you just can't rely on the media to do your advertising for you. That said, I am glad to see that the Sun will feature a special West Final supplement in Thursday's paper.

DH 8)

[120dB]

Any guesses on what they'll draw in Montreal? They've drawn 60,000 before and a 65,000 for the Grey Cup. I hope they don't outdraw us

[almo89]

Any guesses on what they'll draw in Montreal? They've drawn 60,000 before and a 65,000 for the Grey Cup. I hope they don't outdraw us

they'll probably outdraw us but it doesn't matter does it? I mean our stadium doesn't hold as many seats. Plus it's the game that counts. Who cares how many shows up. Just make sure you show up and cheer loud.

[120dB]

how many does Olympic hold?

[bc49]

Some interesting grains of salt.
I say grains of salt as all following information derived from kicking tires over at ticketmaster.ca
Encouraging nonetheless.

Endzone seating in the lower bowl down to singles only. (save 7-11 sections) If this is indeed true it is great news as the bargain hunters - of which they are many - have 6 days to be filling the many upper deck endzone and corners seats and work on filling in that hoseshoe config.

Also of interest the first sold out section is the high rent lower bowl ($69)

[Joshua]

rf.com has a who's going to Van thread and there are some tickets bought and flights booked already

I hope BC markets the heck out of this one - I know I will be

[SammyGreene]

It will be interesting to see what the ticket number is in the next update. Last year, it was at 32,500 on the Wednesday before game.

With the lower bowl already down to singles and a good number sold upstairs, they have to be pretty close to 35,000 already.

How quick they can hit 40,000 will be key because it's a big number that will get the attention of the very casual fan who will want to be there as much for the atmosphere as the game itself.
That's what it will take to hit 50,000 given it's 14,000 more than the Lions' largest regular season crowd this year.

[Lion Guy]

I'll stand by my 47,000 prediction, but quietly hope for more.

[OrangeShoes99]

rf.com has a who's going to Van thread and there are some tickets bought and flights booked already

I hope BC markets the heck out of this one - I know I will be

Well that's good, but I am not worried about anything happeing in BC like it did in Calgary...for a couple of reasons...

Over 30,000 tickets were sold prior to the Riders advancing...some may be Rider fans but not that many...the lower bowl is basically filled, and the upper bowl has a good start. Unless there is a mover underfoot to buy a big block and bus/fly people out any Rider fans will be spread out like they were in 2004.

The crowd will be deafening and it won't be for the Riders.

[Joshua]

rf.com has a who's going to Van thread and there are some tickets bought and flights booked already

I hope BC markets the heck out of this one - I know I will be

Well that's good, but I am not worried about anything happeing in BC like it did in Calgary...for a couple of reasons...

Over 30,000 tickets were sold prior to the Riders advancing...some may be Rider fans but not that many...the lower bowl is basically filled, and the upper bowl has a good start. Unless there is a mover underfoot to buy a big block and bus/fly people out any Rider fans will be spread out like they were in 2004.

The crowd will be deafening and it won't be for the Riders.

18 hours will keep the guys cramming into vans unable to attend...there wont be 20% of what there was in Calgary

[OrangeShoes99]

rf.com has a who's going to Van thread and there are some tickets bought and flights booked already

I hope BC markets the heck out of this one - I know I will be

Well that's good, but I am not worried about anything happeing in BC like it did in Calgary...for a couple of reasons...

Over 30,000 tickets were sold prior to the Riders advancing...some may be Rider fans but not that many...the lower bowl is basically filled, and the upper bowl has a good start. Unless there is a mover underfoot to buy a big block and bus/fly people out any Rider fans will be spread out like they were in 2004.

The crowd will be deafening and it won't be for the Riders.

18 hours will keep the guys cramming into vans unable to attend...there wont be 20% of what there was in Calgary

Well not only that but some of the comments I am hearing suggest a win is in the bag, so some are going to be saving their cake for a trip to Winnipeg I woud think.