Couldn't agree more. I think a more important issue here is that all demographics of college football fans are rapidly. The sport is unsure of how to cater to these "new" fans of all ages, not just young people.

Fans from all age groups are changing their desired expectations for a fall Saturday on campus. Arkansas and everyone else is caught playing catch up. Tenner just released a similar plan to ours

My fear is we are making a big investment that is seeking to catch a short term trend rather than really planning our stadium for the optimal fan experience

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Posted by Porker Face

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Posted on 4/23/16 at 8:32 pm to Porker Face

Personally, I am the person who shows up and wants to do our traditional cheers, heckle the opponents, and see a Razorbacks win. My gameday experience is better in 2008 then now, and no amount of loge boxes will change that. I socialize from 6:30 am until kickoff, then after. But during the game I want to do traditional shite and see us actually win.

Are people like me declining in numbers? Are people like me changing and only going to games if they get tickets in a loge box? Are people like me staying home due to rising ticket prices? Who knows.

How about the more casual fan? Where are they trending? Is catering to the most casual fans prudent? To what extent?

These are the subjects our expansion and others seek to answer. I don't have answers, if you do you could probably make a lot of money by working at Populous or whatever consulting firm the CFB playoff retains. But these are the questions I evaluate our plans against, and I'm not sure they measure up in my opinion.

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