So the Dude is not full compacity and Swayze is?

[Rex54]

Either way... we didn't build enough chairbacks.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Either way... we didn't build enough chairbacks.

I see this argument a lot, but we built the chairbacks with the amount of season tickets that were reserved for the new stadium. And we left ourselves room to build more if demand ever got to that point.

[TheLostDawg]

I see this argument a lot, but we built the chairbacks with the amount of season tickets that were reserved for the new stadium. And we left ourselves room to build more if demand ever got to that point.

Demand is there.

[Rex54]

Demand is there.

Indeed especially for the big weekends. Building a stadium for "current demand for season ticket holders" is mind-numbingly short sighted. We should have a venue that can support at least 18,000 fans between chairbacks, lounges, and SRO.

[Homedawg]

I see this argument a lot, but we built the chairbacks with the amount of season tickets that were reserved for the new stadium. And we left ourselves room to build more if demand ever got to that point.

Actually, we built it and hadn't sold ALL of the seats prior to construction. hundreds, in fact. Now it ended up that all were sold before we ever played a game in it. I'm not sure how many are on the waiting list, but its going to take more than just a few hundred for an expansion. I can't see that coming any time in the near future.

So I'm agreeing with you....

[MedDawg]

Actually, we built it and hadn't sold ALL of the seats prior to construction. hundreds, in fact. Now it ended up that all were sold before we ever played a game in it. I'm not sure how many are on the waiting list, but its going to take more than just a few hundred for an expansion. I can't see that coming any time in the near future.

So I'm agreeing with you....

Yeah. The last season tickets weren't sold until a couple weeks before the first game, and the season ticket requests/deposits started 3 years before that. As far as the administration and stadium designers knew, designing 2,000 more chairbacks in the stadium than we have now would have resulted in 2,000 empty unsold seats, except for SBW Saturday and a Super Regional final.

And even now with two CWS in a row and a Top 5 ranking, seats go empty except SBW Saturday and a SR final, if it's on a weekend. If we're still Top 5 in May we still might not have more than 35,000 for the Missouri series.

I'm for expanding the stadium, selling more season tickets, and then making it easier for general admission ticket holders to sit in grandstand seats. Either hold out some chairbacks and/or let GA people sit in the chairbacks after 1 1/2 innings. I say we should let GA people right now sit in chairbacks after 1 1/2 innings, but if we expand you have to at least threaten to take that away or many fans won't buy season tickets because they won't have to to sit in chairbacks.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Yeah. The last season tickets weren't sold until a couple weeks before the first game, and the season ticket requests/deposits started 3 years before that. As far as the administration and stadium designers knew, designing 2,000 more chairbacks in the stadium than we have now would have resulted in 2,000 empty unsold seats, except for SBW Saturday and a Super Regional final.

And even now with two CWS in a row and a Top 5 ranking, seats go empty except SBW Saturday and a SR final, if it's on a weekend. If we're still Top 5 in May we still might not have more than 35,000 for the Missouri series.

I'm for expanding the stadium, selling more season tickets, and then making it easier for general admission ticket holders to sit in grandstand seats. Either hold out some chairbacks and/or let GA people sit in the chairbacks after 1 1/2 innings. I say we should let GA people right now sit in chairbacks after 1 1/2 innings, but if we expand you have to at least threaten to take that away or many fans won't buy season tickets because they won't have to to sit in chairbacks.

I think eventually we'll go back to the rule from the Old Dude where GA could move to an empty grandstand seat after 4 innings. I'm pretty sure this rule applied for every game except Regionals and Supers. Right now there's no need to expand because as you stated outside of a regional/super regional final or SBW there's empty seats. I don't think the demand is there for 2-3K additional chairbacks at the moment because the university isn't going to build addt. grandstand seating to sell it as GA. I imagine they'd lose a good amt. of money doing that.

[basedog]

I think eventually we'll go back to the rule from the Old Dude where GA could move to an empty grandstand seat after 4 innings. I'm pretty sure this rule applied for every game except Regionals and Supers. Right now there's no need to expand because as you stated outside of a regional/super regional final or SBW there's empty seats. I don't think the demand is there for 2-3K additional chairbacks at the moment because the university isn't going to build addt. grandstand seating to sell it as GA. I imagine they'd lose a good amt. of money doing that.

I agree, bigger isn't always the answer, also the weather isn't looking all that good right now. The Dude is just fine right now, Only time out of the year when it's over 10K is only a few times.