Taj79 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 Just back from an off-season trip to the beach. Weather was fantastic. Restaurants not crowded. Kids back at school (mostly). Went out to Coastal Carolina University for some G2 on the MBI. Ended up buying the total tournament package for the advertised $160 per seat. This is for the baseline-to-baseline seats on either side of the court. All seating will be general admission with no assigned seats. The side opposite the benches goes up about 11 rows; the bench side appeared higher but was rolled back as accordion seats usually are. CCU basketball was practicing at the time we were there. According to the ticket office, single sessions seats won't likely be released until the week before the games. Single session seats ran last year from $50 to $75. So if you were buying two cheap seats (as I would have) that would have been $100 per three Billiken sessions. My two total package seats ran me $328 with the tax (only $8 bucks --- refreshing considering what Ticketmaster does to folks!). I'll see if I can make some scalp sales on the ones I don't want to use. The ticket office did warn me that the cheapest seats, those along the baselines behind the baskets, do NOT have seat backs. Bleacher seats, bench-style. All others have seat backs. The HTC Recreation and Convocation Center sells food but no alcohol. It seats 3,600 for basketball. The football stadium has teal-blue turf. Coastal is out about 15 miles from downtown Myrtle Beach in Conway, SC. Took about 30 minutes to get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieBilliken Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 For those of you who have purchased tournament passes, they were emailed out today. Not sure why, but I am irrationally excited about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 1 hour ago, OkieBilliken said: For those of you who have purchased tournament passes, they were emailed out today. Not sure why, but I am irrationally excited about this. im excited to hang out with fellow mbm's many of which i have never met. for example, OkieBilliken. always a dream to get to know Okie. OkieBilliken likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIKNS Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Looked at Coastal website... On November 6th will be able to purchase Session tickets . Doesn't list price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniceMenace Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 At least 2 of the 3 players better be eligible by tourney time!!! David King likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Just read an article in the local paper COFC Sold out season tickets for the year. Expect they will have a sizable fan count there. SLU doesn’t travel well ala Dayton. You can bet if the Flyers were playing you’d have near a 1000 there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 15 minutes ago, slu72 said: Just read an article in the local paper COFC Sold out season tickets for the year. Expect they will have a sizable fan count there. SLU doesn’t travel well ala Dayton. You can bet if the Flyers were playing you’d have near a 1000 there. well we know we will have at least 5 at the tourney. Billikenbooster and David King like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniceMenace Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 2 hours ago, slu72 said: Just read an article in the local paper COFC Sold out season tickets for the year. Expect they will have a sizable fan count there. SLU doesn’t travel well ala Dayton. You can bet if the Flyers were playing you’d have near a 1000 there. SLU doesn’t even travel well to the Fetz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 @VeniceMenace such a sad, sad statement ...... but true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 11 minutes ago, Taj79 said: @VeniceMenace such a sad, sad statement ...... but true. We travelled well to Columbus way back in the Paleozoic Age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimelistenerfirsttimec Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 i guess we will make 7 the real ? is will we out draw Wyoming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compton Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 1 hour ago, VeniceMenace said: SLU doesn’t even travel well to the Fetz. SLU is perennially among the top teams in the A10 for attendance. Although Dayton definitely has the top spot locked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy II Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 24 minutes ago, Compton said: SLU is perennially among the top teams in the A10 for attendance. Although Dayton definitely has the top spot locked up. -how big of an achievement is this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniceMenace Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 22 minutes ago, Compton said: SLU is perennially among the top teams in the A10 for attendance. Although Dayton definitely has the top spot locked up. SLU is among the top for announced attendance….which includes the season ticket holders who don’t show up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimelistenerfirsttimec Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 every sports team reports tickets sold you think every seat at dayton arena is filled every game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniceMenace Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 50 minutes ago, longtimelistenerfirsttimec said: every sports team reports tickets sold you think every seat at dayton arena is filled every game? Point being SLU has WAY more no shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compton Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Cowboy II said: -how big of an achievement is this? Pretty big. It can take a long time - decades? - to build the kind of support SLU gets. SLU's attendance outperforms schools in bigger metros (Loyola, Fordham, LaSalle, St. Joseph, GW, George Mason), schools with bigger enrollments (UMass, URI, GW, GMU, Fordham, Loyola), schools with more recent NCAA appearances (Loyola, Davidson, Bonnies), or schools with recent exceptional performance and feelgood national media attention (Loyola). It's a testament to all of us - the fans, but also the team/school for building those connections with alumni and the local community. MariaReynolds and CenHudDude like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 1 minute ago, Compton said: Pretty big. It can take a long time - decades? - to build the kind of support SLU gets. SLU's attendance outperforms schools in bigger metros (Loyola, Fordham, LaSalle, St. Joseph, GW, George Mason), schools with bigger enrollments (UMass, URI, GW, GMU, Fordham, Loyola), schools with more recent NCAA appearances (Loyola, Davidson, Bonnies), or schools with recent exceptional performance and feelgood national media attention (Loyola). It's a testament to all of us - the fans, but also the team/school for building those connections with alumni and the local community. that and free ticket giveaways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimelistenerfirsttimec Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 so your point is that dayton has better sports fans no other teams to compete with or once you had your steak at the pineclub (great by the way)there is nothing else to do the two seats i pay for are always filled that is all i can do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compton Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 16 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: that and free ticket giveaways. Free ticket giveaways are part building connections and participation with students/alumni/and locals. I'd think it's a pretty standard practice by most A10 schools . Maybe somewhat less-so Dayton and VCU, but they probably give away and/or donate tickets in some instances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 32 minutes ago, longtimelistenerfirsttimec said: so your point is that dayton has better sports fans no other teams to compete with or once you had your steak at the pineclub (great by the way)there is nothing else to do the two seats i pay for are always filled that is all i can do This reads like an e e Cummings poem. SLU_Lax, JMM28 and Dr Bird like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Compton said: Pretty big. It can take a long time - decades? - to build the kind of support SLU gets. SLU's attendance outperforms schools in bigger metros (Loyola, Fordham, LaSalle, St. Joseph, GW, George Mason), schools with bigger enrollments (UMass, URI, GW, GMU, Fordham, Loyola), schools with more recent NCAA appearances (Loyola, Davidson, Bonnies), or schools with recent exceptional performance and feelgood national media attention (Loyola). It's a testament to all of us - the fans, but also the team/school for building those connections with alumni and the local community. Umass and Rhody are really the only comps that are similar in that there's not another D1 school and an NBA team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbj14 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 3 hours ago, Compton said: SLU is perennially among the top teams in the A10 for attendance. Although Dayton definitely has the top spot locked up. Raw numbers, sure. But we have the second or third largest arena in the league by seats, and are in a major metro area with access to 2 million people. A more fair comparison would be % of seats filled. Last year we averaged 6,694 fans per game, which equates to 63% of what Chaifetz can hold. Sure, we put up good raw attendance numbers, but our fanbase is far from rabid, and Chaifetz feels like a morgue for a lot of games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compton Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 48 minutes ago, johnbj14 said: Raw numbers, sure. But we have the second or third largest arena in the league by seats, and are in a major metro area with access to 2 million people. A more fair comparison would be % of seats filled. Last year we averaged 6,694 fans per game, which equates to 63% of what Chaifetz can hold. Sure, we put up good raw attendance numbers, but our fanbase is far from rabid, and Chaifetz feels like a morgue for a lot of games. In that case, if we just move games into the West Pine gym we'll really be succeeding. MariaReynolds, CenHudDude and Lord Elrond like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 3 hours ago, longtimelistenerfirsttimec said: every sports team reports tickets sold you think every seat at dayton arena is filled every game? Teams/arenas do it different. Some places report tickets sold/printed. Some places report the drop number/tickets redeemed at the gate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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