Just need the $$ to expand… we’ll be spending millions over the next year on some stadium upgrades, lights and a band… all things that will add to the experience. I do agree that we need more seats as I am sure there are a lot of folks that would come out if they knew they could get a ticket…. a season of sellouts kept folks home that would have loved to see the niners live.
[quote=“PARMAN, post:120, topic:28757”]How are we supposed to get new fans when we tell them they are not welcome? I would love for our campus to be the place to be on Saturdays in the Fall. That may be the only chance we have to jump to a better conference. A measley 15,000 a game will do nothing but keep us looking small time. I think Judy feels her job is over with now that she has brought us football.[/quote] Fast Break club had a social last week and Rose was there. I asked her how her summer was going and did she have any free time to relax in the summer. She said she was only working days during the off season, as opposed to days and nights, so you are right. She’s slacking.
Sometimes I come here just to be corrected on my opinion that it was a good day to be a Niner. I thought we finally had a football program, moving into an FBS conference after only 2 years of existence, and what seems to be a decent coaching staff and recruits; only to be educated on how wrong I am.
#mydailydoseofreality
[quote=“49RFootballNow, post:123, topic:28757”]Sometimes I come here just to be corrected on my opinion that it was a good day to be a Niner. I thought we finally had a football program, moving into an FBS conference after only 2 years of existence, and what seems to be a decent coaching staff and recruits; only to be educated on how wrong I am.
#mydailydoseofreality[/quote]
I agree, a negative spin can but put on anything… in very little time we have done amazing things!
I can’t wait for fall 2014.
[quote=“49RFootballNow, post:123, topic:28757”]Sometimes I come here just to be corrected on my opinion that it was a good day to be a Niner. I thought we finally had a football program, moving into an FBS conference after only 2 years of existence, and what seems to be a decent coaching staff and recruits; only to be educated on how wrong I am.
#mydailydoseofreality[/quote]
Yes we have football thanks to Judy. Yes we are moving to FBS. So is App. Yes we have an excellent coaching staff. Yes we will have the smallest stadium in FBS. Your opinion seems to be that small stadium is an acceptable size. My opinion is that it is too small. We disagree. Don’t take it so personal.
Football lights showed up in the Upcoming Capital Projects - July 2014 report. http://facilities.uncc.edu/advertisements/upcoming-capital-projects-information-july-2014
• Football Complex Exterior Lighting – furnish and install a complete Sports Lighting System for the existing Richardson Stadium and Judy W. Rose Football Center. Project includes eight ( 8 ) sports lighting poles, lights, foundations, electrical panels, conduit, conductors, wiring, lightning protection as well as repair/restoration of adjacent areas impacted by the installation of the sports lighting poles
– Project Manager – Tom Bastain, 704-687-0528, tbastian@uncc.edu
– Construction Delivery Method – Single Prime
– Designer – Jenkins-Peer Architects
– Pre-qualified Contractors – prequalification submittals will be accepted until 2:00 PM Thursday, July 10, 2014. Go to http://facilities.uncc.edu/advertisements for additional information and the prequalification form
– Construction Phase – upon completion of the 2015 football season
Wait, I thought we were getting lights after this upcoming season- 2014 season?
Wait, I thought we were getting lights after this upcoming season- 2014 season?[/quote]
That is the same thing I thought. I thought we had been told all along that lights were required by C-USA before our first season in the conference.
I hope it is a typo. I would like to see some night games. If we have three straight years of noon home games…ughh
Lambert said at a recent function they are going in Jan 2015.
Wait, I thought we were getting lights after this upcoming season- 2014 season?[/quote]
That is the same thing I thought. I thought we had been told all along that lights were required by C-USA before our first season in the conference.[/quote]
I think this would be considered the 2014-2015 season.
With the Pre-Qualification meeting in a week, they’re not going to wait over a year to start it. Since all the infrastructure is in place already (supposedly) to install the lights, I can’t imagine it taking them very long to do so.
Did he say if they are being installed on the new upper deck? 
Approximately 350 season tickets remain as of today. Sales have been stagnant the last few weeks. I expect these will still sell out without going to mini-packs. As soon as the August PR behind college football hits these should start rolling again.
That said, I am wondering how realistic stadium expansion is in the near future?
There are a couple of events that will push 49er football attendance in the next couple of years.
2014- Better home schedule and more visiting fans in attendance.
2015- Inaugural C-USA/FBS season. Schedule and visiting fans increase once again
A winning program will certainly help but what else can be done outside of these factors to grow attendance? Increased advertising and promotion would certainly help but what else is it going to take to grow a larger fanbase?
[quote=“ninermike, post:134, topic:28757”]Approximately 350 season tickets remain as of today. Sales have been stagnant the last few weeks. I expect these will still sell out without going to mini-packs. As soon as the August PR behind college football hits these should start rolling again.
That said, I am wondering how realistic stadium expansion is in the near future?
There are a couple of events that will push 49er football attendance in the next couple of years.
2014- Better home schedule and more visiting fans in attendance.
2015- Inaugural C-USA/FBS season. Schedule and visiting fans increase once again
A winning program will certainly help but what else can be done outside of these factors to grow attendance? Increased advertising and promotion would certainly help but what else is it going to take to grow a larger fanbase?[/quote]I still encounter people that think no tickets are available since they don’t have a seat license.
^ Build dome and take weather out of the equation.
clt says that is a dumb idea. It would kill our grass within weeks.
[quote=“Niner National, post:135, topic:28757”][quote=“ninermike, post:134, topic:28757”]Approximately 350 season tickets remain as of today. Sales have been stagnant the last few weeks. I expect these will still sell out without going to mini-packs. As soon as the August PR behind college football hits these should start rolling again.
That said, I am wondering how realistic stadium expansion is in the near future?
There are a couple of events that will push 49er football attendance in the next couple of years.
2014- Better home schedule and more visiting fans in attendance.
2015- Inaugural C-USA/FBS season. Schedule and visiting fans increase once again
A winning program will certainly help but what else can be done outside of these factors to grow attendance? Increased advertising and promotion would certainly help but what else is it going to take to grow a larger fanbase?[/quote]I still encounter people that think no tickets are available since they don’t have a seat license.[/quote]
Was at a party last weekend and ran into multiple people who thought that as well :).
You can’t get too aggressive about trying to get people to come at the moment, because we don’t have the stadium capacity. I think we’re doing alot of good things though to stay in the minds of the general public, like the Ladies Night out, the TV deal was huge, and getting active in the community (I believe the Down Syndrome Buddy Walk is at the Rich this year).
Conference USA requires 2k tickets for visitors (definitely Marshall and possibly ODU will use them all). Shoot the band will take up another 300 seats, so that’s @2.5 k more we’ll need just to keep the same paying fans we have now.
I think 20k is the absolute minimum we can have, and 25k seems like the more reasonable number. You really need to have some single game tickets available to attract the more casual fans. The AD will need to crank up the marketing department when the expansions occurs, but so far so good. I never in my wildest dreams imagined we’d be so far along after year one. 
[quote=“chidave, post:138, topic:28757”][quote=“Niner National, post:135, topic:28757”][quote=“ninermike, post:134, topic:28757”]Approximately 350 season tickets remain as of today. Sales have been stagnant the last few weeks. I expect these will still sell out without going to mini-packs. As soon as the August PR behind college football hits these should start rolling again.
That said, I am wondering how realistic stadium expansion is in the near future?
There are a couple of events that will push 49er football attendance in the next couple of years.
2014- Better home schedule and more visiting fans in attendance.
2015- Inaugural C-USA/FBS season. Schedule and visiting fans increase once again
A winning program will certainly help but what else can be done outside of these factors to grow attendance? Increased advertising and promotion would certainly help but what else is it going to take to grow a larger fanbase?[/quote]I still encounter people that think no tickets are available since they don’t have a seat license.[/quote]
Was at a party last weekend and ran into multiple people who thought that as well :).
You can’t get too aggressive about trying to get people to come at the moment, because we don’t have the stadium capacity. I think we’re doing alot of good things though to stay in the minds of the general public, like the Ladies Night out, the TV deal was huge, and getting active in the community (I believe the Down Syndrome Buddy Walk is at the Rich this year).
Conference USA requires 2k tickets for visitors (definitely Marshall and possibly ODU will use them all). Shoot the band will take up another 300 seats, so that’s @2.5 k more we’ll need just to keep the same paying fans we have now.
I think 20k is the absolute minimum we can have, and 25k seems like the more reasonable number. You really need to have some single game tickets available to attract the more casual fans. The AD will need to crank up the marketing department when the expansions occurs, but so far so good. I never in my wildest dreams imagined we’d be so far along after year one. :)[/quote]
Same here. Almost all of the people I’ve talked to think no tickets are available without a seat license.
I agree about not being aggressive at the moment to get people to come because we have nowhere to put them. Expanding to 25000 will give us almost an additional 2 million dollars of revenue a year (based on 6 games at $30 a ticket). Once you add concessions, merchandise, and parking it could be greater than 2 million a year in additional revenue.
First time poster and new to the board. This question might have been answered already, but don’t we have to build our stadium to 40K to satisfy what C-USA wants?