Is it working? I’m not sure. I know it will be needed in the future if we ever get into the big 12 or another conference. But right now, we only fill this thing a third full and even when we’re out in force, it’s pathetic.
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I don’t know… was thinking about this today. In most college towns they shut down, no other events or activities, no kids sports are being played during that time so everyone can go to it or at least watch the game. My kids both have sporting events today and I’m at work. So there are 4 of us who are regular attendees who can’t go today. I think Vegas has moved on from UNLV and we are just hanging on. They needed to be at the top of their game 10-15 years ago to have the momentum and interest when pro sports arrived.
There are a lot of empty seats disappointing that a team potentially in CFP running can’t draw. It might not matter if we extend Odom.
I feel really good about the turnout. No upper sections opened, but really full in the lower level. Good crowd
At the game it looks like a lot of the empty seats are season ticket holder areas. Corners and end zone are mostly full.
If we were in the right conference, that upper deck would cost as much as Gucci row back in the early 90's.
I'm a UNLV basketball fan like most of us. This is just as enjoyable as our 90, 91 season.
PAY THESE COACHES!
Wish the casinos would buy tickets and just give them away. A away to support the school
Just keep winning. That's it. Home attendance for cuse and BSU will be strong. Just keep winning.
Attendance: 24,638
Need a little over 5000 more just to fill the lower bowl.
IMO, we would have been so much better off had the Raiders footed 1/2 the cost of a 35000 (expandable to 45000) outdoor stadium and we financed the rest over 50 years. It would be big enough but not so big we could never fill it. It would have been all ours and we would be playing Saturday nights instead of bowing to the Raiders.
Need a little over 5000 more just to fill the lower bowl.
IMO, we would have been so much better off had the Raiders footed 1/2 the cost of a 35000 (expandable to 45000) outdoor stadium and we financed the rest over 50 years. It would be big enough but not so big we could never fill it. It would have been all ours and we would be playing Saturday nights instead of bowing to the Raiders.
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If we beat Syracuse and then Utah St I bet they top 30000 for the BSu game. Probably be the preview of the MWC championship game. Plus the winner will probably be the host of that game
We just won 59-14. I don’t care if it’s in front of 11 people. There were a lot of high school invitees there today. I can’t imagine them saying, DAMN, I’d love to be a part of this team, but I’m surprised a college team in Vegas can’t fill a 65k pro stadium.
They're probably complaining about the burger and hotdogs prices. They're definitely not complaining about what they saw on the field today. That was a message. How do you even prepare for that if you're Syracuse? You seriously can't.
I could hear the Rebels chant on the TV. Were there a lot of FSU fans there?
Not very many. You could see which fans in red were the FSU fans, since those sections sat the entire game without much of a chance to cheer. Almost all of their fans had already left with 5-10 minutes left in the game.
That's good then glad to hear mostly UNLV fans. I bet next week's game has good attendance I bet Syracuse brings some fans.
If UNLV keeps winning the fans will come.
It took decades of bad football to destroy the fan base, unfortunately it will take time to build up and surpass the old fan based and then work towards 40K. The good thing is being ranked and winning is a cure for anything. Every game they win will bring more new fans to UNLV games.
Nah..this town is brain dead.
I’ve heard all sorts of excuses formula 1 traffic etc.
It will take time, but the crowds will grow. I think some of the areas they need to go after are to get the casinos to buy in bulk and hand out tickets to employees, get different groups sponsorship with the names on the board like they did in the past, give discounted tickets to kids from the school districts or free for good grades, and let there parent pay to also come. The idea is to build up a younger crowd interested in UNLV football! I also hope to start seeing more people using their luxury boxes.
I was happy to see the Rebellion back. Large group of students covered by that large cloth banner was pretty cool.
Friday night games aren’t traditional in CFB and traditionalists (Odom) don’t like taking the spotlight away from HS football, but there’s not much competition for eyeballs on TV Friday night. Gotta think it doesn’t hurt in terms of program exposure.
The crowd did the wave, and it went around the circle 4 times before the fresno side gave up on it. It seemed like good crowd for a 12:30 kick off. Hoping an evening kickoff will mean more people next week.
It, was hard to tell if they were a Rebel fan or a Bulldogs fan from the back.
We, were all wearing red.
