JT made a mention in an earlier post, but the students down there are there more for socialization purposes and convenience really. It's hard getting room for a big group of you don't get there early.yosef13 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 4:38 pmAnd we wonder why our students leave early. The student section looks like a can of sardines. We need to work on this. I'm not sure how much more proof is needed.Yosef10 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 4:34 pmIt's mostly students on the hill for all the games I went to while at App. I stood there probably every game because the student section was full by the time we got in there.
Actually, the one time (Liberty, yikes) our group sat on the East side we were told to sit down and not be so loud by the old folks (apologies to the cool old folks) behind us. App games can be a strange football environment sometimes...
And to your point about students leaving at half - I know it's not up to App but I guarantee you if there was a beer garden somewhere in that stadium with views of the field you could solve a very large chunk of the problem of people leaving at half. Some may worry that with beer being sold in stadium that will lead to all sorts of foolishness with college students. So far at Ohio State the numbers are proving otherwise: https://www.thelantern.com/2017/09/ohio ... hol-sales/
On top of keeping people at the games that could provide some much needed cash for the Athletic Department.
In today's attention economy every business, and that's what the athletic department is, is competing that commodity. You have to a give most 18-22 year olds a reason to be there other than just football. Just how it is.