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RamblinWreck27 said:
Drove 750 miles this weekend to be there. East stands was better than that at kickoff, but still not great. Thinking about the stands for some of the Clemson/VT night games of ~10 years ago. Gotta find a way to get back to that.
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Not sure if that's 750 each way, or round trip (it's 1300 miles round trip for me), but I think it's great that you drove there. For a long time I made the drive once a year. I used to go to every Maryland game back in the day. The 1990 game at College Park is one of my all-time favorites. And when they were at UVA or VT, I drove there. And when they made the ACC Championship game or the Orange Bowl, I was there. Brought my family, too. The win over South Carolina Cow College in Tampa in particular was a lot of fun. The subsequent Orange Bowl game against Iowa wasn't (my daughter got so cold . . . in Miami Gardens . . . that we eventually had to leave). But my health is not great now, and it's hard to travel these days. Even for work. So coit can eat me.
 
1982Jacket said:
My heart sinks. Even assuming the crowd was a lot bigger on the side that we can't see, that can't even be near 20000. But that was still a few minutes before kickoff. Please tell me that everyone was still at the concessions.
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The club seats were reasonably full - nowhere near as bad as that pic. It was a small crowd but not an empty stadium. BC even brought a few fans.

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That was pregame. Here is in game view. Not a big crowd, but more than that picture. South student section was barren.
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1982Jacket said:
Not sure if that's 750 each way, or round trip (it's 1300 miles round trip for me), but I think it's great that you drove there. For a long time I made the drive once a year. I used to go to every Maryland game back in the day. The 1990 game at College Park is one of my all-time favorites. And when they were at UVA or VT, I drove there. And when they made the ACC Championship game or the Orange Bowl, I was there. Brought my family, too. The win over South Carolina Cow College in Tampa in particular was a lot of fun. The subsequent Orange Bowl game against Iowa wasn't (my daughter got so cold . . . in Miami Gardens . . . that we eventually had to leave). But my health is not great now, and it's hard to travel these days. Even for work. So coit can eat me.
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Round trip, relocated from GA to Chapel Hill in 2018. Kept the season tickets, but the home games attended has dropped from all to 2-3 a year, the I85 south ride is rough. It is nice to have a “home” game with either duke or UNC every year. Charlottesville is a great trip too, couldn’t make it this year but already planning for 2 years from now.
 
The crowds are down in many places, but the decline at BDS is dramatic. There is still a demand for internet conversation about GT football. But, the demand for tickets is in clear, obvious decline. That is not all the fault of this staff - you can blame TV, GT marketing, traffic and parking, COVID concerns and resistance to protocols, etc. But, three wins a season in a mediocre conference is not helping. The numbers of fans who want to attend Tech football is in sharp decline.
 
I was sitting in cl 1 and the lower bowl was full but the upper decks were pretty much empty.
 
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