I also feel like they need to start utilizing WRJ as a concert venue...Just another way to add revenue...
Also during that time were The Carpenters and Olivia Newton-John. They used to bring in some very big name acts. Guess Who was there in I believe 75.Ljacks&Longnecks said:
Back in the day WRJ hosted concerts....Doobie Bros, Boston, Sammy Hagar, Linda Ronstadt, ELP, and others....even Bob Hope was once there.
( Don't worry young guys if none of these names ring a bell....I couldn't tell you any names of current "music" acts)
Those were all between 76-79, don't know if WRJ could draw any big names for shows now...worth asking about though.
Man, you guys are old. I was a toddler.nacluth said:
Cool. I was still in high school. My friend's mom ran the ticket office and we got floor tickets. At one point, I was getting crushed under Eddie Vedder's nose because so many people were pushing me into the front rail. Security had to drag me out. I was pretty happy even though I thought I was going to die.
I've noticed for a while, at least since last season. I never brought it up because it's just another frustration around our overall student support.sfajack05 said:I didn't either. I noticed it at the game Saturday and then saw this on twitter last night.TallTexan said:Was not aware that we stopped.sfajack05 said:Apparently they stopped doing this because Dr. Patillo didn't like it.SFAJack_76 said:
I've said that for some time now. The purple barrier surrounding the court kills the environment. Long past time for a redesign for seating in WRJC.jboy93 said:
I also wished that our stands in WRJ came down that close to the floor!
I don't know if it's fair to say it kills the environment, the WRJ is pretty intimate overall. Especially with our courtside seating now. The majority of basketball arenas still have media tables along the court, where the front row does not have a great view behind them.LUMBERJACK2005 said:I've said that for some time now. The purple barrier surrounding the court kills the environment. Long past time for a redesign for seating in WRJC.jboy93 said:
I also wished that our stands in WRJ came down that close to the floor!
Agreed. We definitely need to do more overall to market to the students, but also to make them sit together.sfajack05 said:
I came across something interesting...well at least to me.
According to a report I found on the SFA website there are 9,213 full time undergraduate students at SFA. 5,900 are females and 3,313 are males.
It was pointed out to me during the game that the majority of purple haze members are females (at least at the basketball games). Where I was sitting there was a group of students a row in front of us and it was 5-6 females and one male. Maybe the department needs to market more towards the female students with giveaways to get them out and then maybe others will follow. Have the players go to the sorority houses during their meetings and invite them out.
With 9,213 full time undergraduate students there is no reason there shouldn't be 2,000-3,000 at each game sitting in a student section.
Just trying to think outside of the box.
cboothe09 said:
If the students aren't going to pass the athletic fee, I really think charging for student athletic passes is the way to make up that revenue...
There's definitely a disconnect between PHA and the general student population. Several years ago I had a conversation with them on Twitter, because they were actually saying that in order to sit in the PHA section...you had to be a PHA member. Which made no sense, and they got really upset that I would even bring up the topic. They've changed that somewhat, but there's still the disconnect. You don't really see them tweeting much other than directed tweets at PHA members, or posts about joining.Buzzsaw11 said:
I remember my freshman year (Kaspar's last year) that there wasn't a huge crowd at games other than sam and NSU and really even Underwood's first few games. It wasn't until mid way through conference play that I started to notice a big crowd. I think a lot of kids are still skeptical since the last few seasons have been so up and down. It also doesn't help (and I hope I don't get killed for this) but the PHA was like 10 kids at games back then and the student section acted on their own as a separate entity and it was a way better feel. I've been to a few games since graduation and even the larger crowds have a pretty boring outlook on how to cheer on the team. It's just not as fun of an environment anymore.
They did. Some decent, though intermitten heckling/cheering as well.PurpleOut said:
I noticed in the clips of the women's game, the few PHA students were standing the entire time. Maybe they actually are trying after all of our suggestions.
Agreed. I don't really remember them using the board for fan engagement during the game, but they should.wahlwesle said:
I feel like we used the big screens, screens on the floor, and screens above each basket to display messages and such during play in the past, but I don't recall seeing any this season. That could help get everyone (cheerlearders, PHA, students, etc.) in sync to do certain cheers and heckle. Our coliseum is small enough that we really don't need live feed to the big screens all the time.