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This year's bowl attendance

Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:36 pm
Posted by Serraneaux
South of 30a
Member since Mar 2014
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Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:36 pm
Peach 76k
Music City 68,496
Texas 68,412
Sugar 54k (lowest attendance ever, well since 1939)
Outhouse 51k
Liberty 51k
Citrus 46k (more like 30k)
Belk 46k (LOL, no)
Taxslayer 43k
Bham 31k
Indy 29k
St. Pete 16k

This post was edited on 1/3/17 at 2:40 pm
Posted by CNB
Columbia, SC
Member since Sep 2007
95877 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:37 pm to
So vols embrace mediocrity
Posted by Serraneaux
South of 30a
Member since Mar 2014
19611 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:38 pm to
I think we all know who played in the 2 most well attended bowls. :)
Posted by SamuelClemens
Earth
Member since Feb 2015
11727 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:38 pm to
quote:

St. Pete 16k



quote:

Attendance 15,717[2]


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Eta:
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Capacity 45,369 (1998)[1]
44,027 (1999)[2]
44,445 (2000)[3]
43,772 (2002–2006)
38,437 (2007)
36,048 (2008)[4]
36,973 (2009–2010)[5]
34,078 (2011–2013)
31,042 (2014–present)[6]
42,735 (including tarp-covered seats)


This post was edited on 1/3/17 at 2:45 pm
Posted by RT1941
Member since May 2007
30193 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:39 pm to
quote:

Peach 76k
Music City 68,496
Texas 68,412
Sugar 54k (lowest attendance ever)
Outhouse 51k
Liberty 51k
Citrus 46k (more like 30k)
Belk 46k (LOL, no)
Taxslayer 43k
Bham 31k
Indy 29k
St. Pete 16k

It's sad when the Music City out shines the damn Sugar Bowl in attendance.
Posted by Serraneaux
South of 30a
Member since Mar 2014
19611 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:40 pm to
quote:

It's sad when the Music City out shines the damn Sugar Bowl in attendance.



Ole Gustavo
Posted by TailbackU
ATL
Member since Oct 2005
11081 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:42 pm to
The playoffs have rendered the games meaningless. Plus it's hella expensive just to go see a shitty glorified exhibition game. I'd rather spend my money going skiing and watching games on TV during the holidays.
Posted by nc14
La Jolla
Member since Jan 2012
28193 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:44 pm to
quote:

Sugar 54k (lowest attendance ever, well since 1939)


Quit playing these games on Monday, we're killing college football.
This post was edited on 1/3/17 at 2:45 pm
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
94921 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:44 pm to
quote:

I'd rather spend my money going skiing and watching games on TV during the holidays.
I somewhat question the sanity of anyone who disagrees
Posted by MightyYat
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2009
24364 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:44 pm to
quote:

The playoffs have rendered the games meaningless.


How much did they mean before the playoffs?
Posted by Vandyrone
Nashville, TN
Member since Dec 2012
6954 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:45 pm to
quote:

It's sad when the Music City out shines the damn Sugar Bowl in attendance.


Nashville > New Orleans
Posted by Serraneaux
South of 30a
Member since Mar 2014
19611 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:45 pm to
quote:

I somewhat question the sanity of anyone who disagrees


They really are. I mean I am not taking off from work to go to a bowl game after I have been off all week.
Posted by DollaChoppa
I Simp for ACC
Member since May 2008
84774 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:45 pm to
The weather was shite in New Orleans Monday so the sugar bowl attendance doesnt really surprise me since it probably didnt get help from locals without a rooting interest.

Eta:

So many of these tickets are owned by sponsors and companies and lots of time are given out to people who dont lose anything by deciding not to attend if its inconvenient.
This post was edited on 1/3/17 at 2:47 pm
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
42392 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:46 pm to
You had other bowls with even worse attendance outside SEC.
They will play them in empty stadiums if they have to.
It's all about tv and an infomercial for the bowl host city.
With playoffs fans are not going to shell out the money they used to.
Problem with Sugar, it was on a Monday night, very late. Most people went back to work today. Plus any late local crowd was not going in yesterday's weather.
Posted by Serraneaux
South of 30a
Member since Mar 2014
19611 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:46 pm to
quote:

Nashville > New Orleans


This goes without saying
Posted by tWildcat
Verona, KY
Member since Oct 2014
19296 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:48 pm to
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Taxslayer 43k


Not our fault, we did our part.
Posted by GreyReb
Member since Jun 2010
3897 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:51 pm to
Bowls absolutely seem more meaningless than ever for some reason.

I couldn't care less about the NCAA imposing a bowl ban on Ole Miss, especially when I don't think we have what it takes to win the SEC the next couple of years.

That would be the only reason in not wanting the bowl ban.

Bowls really are pointless and I'm done spending $$$ on them, much like most other fanbases are as well.
This post was edited on 1/3/17 at 2:52 pm
Posted by auisssa
Member since Feb 2010
4161 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:52 pm to
I was at the Birmingham Bowl. I'd say there were 15-18 thousand people there.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86441 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:54 pm to
I've been to Nashville abotu 5 or 6 times for UGa/vandy games, but I've always just gone directly to the stadium area then gone home after.

I had to go to Nashville for a wedding this weekend so it was my first REAL time to actually experience the place. I had a blast, really fun downtown area. It's made me want in the future to spend an extra night when we play vandy over there and take in the sights again.
Posted by stephendomalley
alexandria
Member since Dec 2005
5914 posts
Posted on 1/3/17 at 2:57 pm to
they need to play the damn bowls when you are off for the holiday AND you don't have to go to work the next day. if you have to go to work, they need to be played early. I enjoyed the Saturday games on Friday and Saturday, but didn't have any energy to watch new year's bowls the day after new years. who the hell was going to watch the sugar late at night when the next day is a workday?

they are killing the bowls with the schedules.
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