Seems like they are trying their best to get the students to come to the game. Hope it works.
Winthrop @ Furman (Dec. 14)(BSWA)
In 2007 we played Davidson (Steph Curry) and College of Charleston in downtown Greenville, listed attendance for those two games was 2,984 and 3,572
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“In a perfect world, we’d have all 2,800 (students) go,” Donnelly said. “We want everyone to be a part of it. Every student has a ticket, and every one of them has guaranteed transportation to this.”
Donnelly envisions Weekends at the Well becoming an annual tradition, with some big-time opponents.
“We may have a chance to get some of the Power 5 schools who will never play in Timmons but will play at the Well,” he said. “So instead of playing Auburn at Auburn, maybe we have a chance to play Auburn (in Greenville) to broaden our national exposure.”
“In a perfect world, we’d have all 2,800 (students) go,” Donnelly said. “We want everyone to be a part of it. Every student has a ticket, and every one of them has guaranteed transportation to this.”
Donnelly envisions Weekends at the Well becoming an annual tradition, with some big-time opponents.
“We may have a chance to get some of the Power 5 schools who will never play in Timmons but will play at the Well,” he said. “So instead of playing Auburn at Auburn, maybe we have a chance to play Auburn (in Greenville) to broaden our national exposure.”
Kudos to channel 4 tonight. Lead story on the sports. Nice piece included scenes at the well and interview with CBR.
My guess is 2,100 to 2,500 absolutely max. Winthrop is not a drawing card even if they are a good team. Xmas season. I suspect it (folks in seats) will look sort of bad.
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Auburn was given by Donnelly as an example. It does NOT have to be an SEC team or an ACC team. I have suggested, on a previous post, many good examples of non-SEC/ACC teams that could be promoted equally well or in many cases better (or more economically).DungeonRealm wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:45 pmhttps://news.furman.edu/2019/12/09/satu ... asketball/
“In a perfect world, we’d have all 2,800 (students) go,” Donnelly said. “We want everyone to be a part of it. Every student has a ticket, and every one of them has guaranteed transportation to this.”
Donnelly envisions Weekends at the Well becoming an annual tradition, with some big-time opponents.
“We may have a chance to get some of the Power 5 schools who will never play in Timmons but will play at the Well,” he said. “So instead of playing Auburn at Auburn, maybe we have a chance to play Auburn (in Greenville) to broaden our national exposure.”
How much smart promotion was there for those 2007 games?DungeonRealm wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:38 pmIn 2007 we played Davidson (Steph Curry) and College of Charleston in downtown Greenville, listed attendance for those two games was 2,984 and 3,572
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What was the weather like?
The Davidson game was a Wednesday night.
The CofC game was a Monday night.
Furman’s W-L record was not very good.
I’m hoping for at least 3,600 for each of this year’s Well games.
I work downtown and am embarrassed by lack of information around about the games at the well. No posters, schedules, flyers or anything. I remember last year the athletic dept. marketing staff was downtown promoting games with the trophy etc. What’s happened?
I think this might be close. Really depends on students. Another thing is how many season ticket holders show up. If you have a Christmas party you could still go after the game. On Turesday I counted 1,969 tickets sold.purplehorse wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:09 amMy guess is 2,100 to 2,500 absolutely max. Winthrop is not a drawing card even if they are a good team. Xmas season. I suspect it (folks in sears) will look sort of bad.
I hear ya but things like posters, flyers etc. are a thing of the past. Everything is electronic now. If you go to either the BSWA site or Furman site its the first thing that pops up.JoeyFreshwater wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:15 pmI work downtown and am embarrassed by lack of information around about the games at the well. No posters, schedules, flyers or anything. I remember last year the athletic dept. marketing staff was downtown promoting games with the trophy etc. What’s happened?
But that’s the problem. If we want to connect with GREENVILLE, we need to market to GREENVILLE. Who’s visiting those sites that don’t already know about Furman basketball playing there?
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apaladin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:59 pmI think this might be close. Really depends on students. Another thing is how many season ticket holders show up. If you have a Christmas party you could still go after the game. On Turesday I counted 1,969 tickets sold.purplehorse wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 3:09 amMy guess is 2,100 to 2,500 absolutely max. Winthrop is not a drawing card even if they are a good team. Xmas season. I suspect it (folks in sears) will look sort of bad.
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So you are counting tickets in sections 101-104 and 112-115?
Students will be sitting on the floor seats, hopefully we can fill those up, then I guess the general admission section will add a few as well, but not possible to view how many of those are sold online.
Also they have just opened part of sections 100, 105, 111 and 116 for sale online as well