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78Cyclones said:
Yes, Oreogn has years when they draw more than Iowa State, but Iowa State still fills their stadium well even when they are awful. I looked up 2008 (randomly), and Oregon averaged 59,000, and Iowa State averaged 47.000 (during an awful year). However, part of that was before Iowa State expanded their stadium to their current capacity due to demand and Oregon reduced their capacity. FWIW, I do think that fans in the stands do eventually equate to eyeballs on TV. So, I do think that expanding with a program that averages more fans per game is a positive thing. Time will tell.
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Oregon never reduced their capacity. 59,000 was due to people buying standing room only tickets.
 
michaeljordan_fan said:
I'm curious...where would you rank the Iowa State athletic program amongst the 12 PAC members?
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Overall? Somewhere in the middle. Iowa State has strong football and basketball support (men and women), a historical great wrestling program, cross country and volleyball are strong. Softball has become good. They do not have a baseball program, and the other Olympic sports are not on par. So, they lag in those areas. That being said, Jack Trice Stadium and Hilton Coliseum would be upper level experiences for Pac fans!
 
duckboy33 said:
Oregon never reduced their capacity. 59,000 was due to people buying standing room only tickets.
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Thank You for the correction! My apologies. I assumed they added some sky boxes or something to lead to the lower numbers. Didn't mean it as a negative, and I edited it out.
 
78Cyclones said:
overall? Somewhere in the middle. Iowa State has strong football and basketball support (men and women), a historical great wrestling program, cross country and volleyball are strong. Softball has become good. They do not have a baseball program, and the other Olympic sports are not on par. So, they lag in those areas. That beign said, Jack Trice Stadium and Hilton Coliseum would be upper level experiences for Pac fans!
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I think somewhere around 8 is probably fair.
 
78Cyclones said:
Thank You for the correction! My apologies. I assumed they added some sky boxes or something to lead to the lower numbers. Didn't mean it as a negative, and I edited it out.
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No worries. Between 2007-2014 (?) they sold standing room only tickets. Over time they started to scale those back and just increased the prices for the regular seats.
 
duckboy33 said:
No worries. Between 2007-2014 (?) they sold standing room only tickets. Over time they started to scale those back and just increased the prices for the regular seats.
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A lot of those 59K+ games were fantastic viewing experiences.
 
michaeljordan_fan said:
A lot of those 59K+ games were fantastic viewing experiences.
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Yeah, I've never purchased a SRO ticket so I have no idea what the view is like from the top of the bowl.
 
duckboy33 said:
Yeah, I've never purchased a SRO ticket so I have no idea what the view is like from the top of the bowl.
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Oh me neither. I just meant that a lot of the games I went to that were near-record attendance were electric environments.
 
michaeljordan_fan said:
Oh me neither. I just meant that a lot of the games I went to that were near-record attendance were electric environments.
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Agreed. USC vs. Oregon in 2009 was my favorite.
 
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