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Seems they need to incentivize sitting in the Club Seats somehow (unsure how) or move "Lounge" attendance to another price point and/or location. I am a free market guy so this pains me to say and the unintended consequences may be negative for sure, but maybe make a certain portion of seats/locations/tickets non-transferrable or something. No xfer for UGA game for instance. The 3-packs are a good buy, and I get why they sell them, but giving that access to UGA fans is another reason, or so it seems, that our stadium ends up so red for COFH. They pride themselves on travel/taking over a stadium and Atlanta is right here.
 
What we need to offer is some sort of club lounge area that doesn't include actual stadium seating. Likely at a little lower premium than those club seats... Make the lounge area for club "seats" smaller and less TVs, etc., so that the ones that want to come and just hang out in a lounge area can do that without leaving empty stadium seats.
 
GoGATech said:
What we need to offer is some sort of club lounge area that doesn't include actual stadium seating. Likely at a little lower premium than those club seats... Make the lounge area for club "seats" smaller and less TVs, etc., so that the ones that want to come and just hang out in a lounge area can do that without leaving empty stadium seats.
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Wardlaw/Under the South Stands would seem like the easiest place for something like that.

Unrelated observation: I noticed at the game that some stands had been removed in the southeast corner of the stadium and replaced with a car platform. I don't remember seeing this discussed here. Obviously not a big impact with our current attendance but I thought it was a significant decision by the powers-that-be to reduce capacity like that.
 
gtleviathan said:
Wardlaw/Under the South Stands would seem like the easiest place for something like that.

Unrelated observation: I noticed at the game that some stands had been removed in the southeast corner of the stadium and replaced with a car platform. I don't remember seeing this discussed here. Obviously not a big impact with our current attendance but I thought it was a significant decision by the powers-that-be to reduce capacity like that.
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They built some kind of deck down there a few years ago, I don’t think it’s a recent change. Maybe using it for a car is new, though.

JRjr
 
gtleviathan said:
Wardlaw/Under the South Stands would seem like the easiest place for something like that.

Unrelated observation: I noticed at the game that some stands had been removed in the southeast corner of the stadium and replaced with a car platform. I don't remember seeing this discussed here. Obviously not a big impact with our current attendance but I thought it was a significant decision by the powers-that-be to reduce capacity like that.
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Agreed.

The car is part of the Hyundai field sponsorship thing I believe.
 
GT98 said:
Will be difficult to do--it's my understanding that that structure was "Grandfathered in" for OSHA compliance and tinkering with that would significantly add to the cost involved to bring the structure fully up to code. That's one of the reasons that the club seats are in the LE.
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ADA, not OSHA.

JRjr
 
vapspwi said:
They built some kind of deck down there a few years ago, I don’t think it’s a recent change. Maybe using it for a car is new, though.

JRjr
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I sat mostly in Upper East last year so maybe I just missed when it was first removed. I moved to Lower West this year.
 
gtleviathan said:
Wardlaw/Under the South Stands would seem like the easiest place for something like that.
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IIRC TStan floated this idea a few years back.... replacing that lower tier with a field level beer garden (for lack of a better term, kinda like a "Chop House").
 
There’s quite a few people inside in the club sections during the game but it’s not 75% of the empty seats it’s closer to 25-33% maybe. There are maybe 10-20% of the seats that may not have even been sat in this season and I’m not joking. I’ve never seen it so empty. Every game is like we’re playing some 1aa reject or something. There were more for Unc, but damn there were still a lot of empties. Quite a few of those folks do not have friends, family, neighbors or business associates apparently. They also don’t sell aftermarket which tells me they’re expensing these off somehow.

I don’t see what traditionally is viewed as corporate seats where everybody gets a pair every season, but there’s a relatively high percentage of investment, real estate, etc folks that are probably finding ways to expense their tickets.
 
If my north stands seats are done away with and I am moved and end up worse, I will stop buying ST's.
 
My suggestion, redo the bottom rows of the LE to put 10 rows of a student section there between the 40's.
 
Walton said:
Not surprised. Our prime seating is the lower West and the seating and amenities there are awful. It has to be upgrade (likely tore down and rebuilt) to ever move forward and get non-diehard fans in the stadium.
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I would say upgrading the west should be top priority, and I don't even sit there. It is still living with a 1970's vibe. It is crowded. Difficult to navigate or get concessions.

Not sure about the upper west. Last time I sat there was the 2002-ish season? Same season we beat the Julius Peppers UNC team.
 
GTFLETCH said:
  • The diehards - Buy season tickets every year no matter the record. are only around 10k of those. (Geoff Collins effect)
  • Winning streak buyers - If Tech is losing, they have no interest in coming back. (Most CPJ Era Fans that made up 48K)
  • "After a good season" buyers - Winning streak buyers are waiting for CBK to get to a bowl as most think GT should be able to win 6-7 games a year in the ACC "SEE GOL/CCG/CPJ Era" from 1996-2018....
This is why AD TSTAN & Clown Collins were fired. The Problem is that the Boosters & The diehards were all in on CBK. Hopefully he can turn this thing around despite all of Clown's blunders as it is a Mess on the FLATS. Time will tell! Fans will come back once the the team stops looking like a FCS program.
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I guess I am a diehard, unless there is a min of like $50k on donations. I whine and cry and buy anyway.
 
Buzzilla said:
"North endzone stands - There are talks about doing away it and introducing something else in that area - like more luxury seating. There is nothing definitive since this would be the most expensive part of the stadium renovation."

Does this mean the upper north as well? This is confusing. The lower north is the student section no?
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Put students behind the opposing bench.
 
gtleviathan said:
Wardlaw/Under the South Stands would seem like the easiest place for something like that.

Unrelated observation: I noticed at the game that some stands had been removed in the southeast corner of the stadium and replaced with a car platform. I don't remember seeing this discussed here. Obviously not a big impact with our current attendance but I thought it was a significant decision by the powers-that-be to reduce capacity like that.
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I think we should have a season ticket holder only chophouse restaurant setting where the south is now.
 
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