Sun Belt Football Stadiums

[SayYesToTheRock]

I decided to take a look at the seating capacity for current & potential Belt members to see where we stand. 30K seems to be the magic number.

South Alabama 50,000

UL-Lafayette 31,000

Ark St 31,000

UL-Monroe 30,427

Texas St 30,000

Troy 30,000

New Mexico St 30,000

Georgia St 28,155 (lower bowl of Georgia dome)

JMU: 24,877

Georgia Southern 24,300

App St 24,050

Missouri St: 16,300

Idaho 16,000

[AppAttack]

Had no idea S. Alabama was that big. The Stink either, that must be after their rennovations.

[DoubleA]

USA plays at Mobile's Ladd Pebbles Stadium, home of the Senior Bowl. Listed capacity per media guide is 33,471

[SayYesToTheRock]

Apologies if the number is in error, although the Wikipedia page gives 2 different numbers: 50K and 40K.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Al ... es_Stadium

[HkyMtneer]

Apologies if the number is in error, although the Wikipedia page gives 2 different numbers: 50K and 40K.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Al ... es_Stadium

Ladd Peebles did seat over 40K for football, prior to the recent renovations, which reduced capacity to the current number. I'm looking forward to visiting Ladd Peebles in 2015, even if the area is a little "rough around the edges". I've passed through Mobile, but never spent any time there...and it looks like I'll find enough things to my liking to have a pretty enjoyable 3-day weekend.

[GoApps70]

So App State has the smallest football stadium in the Sun Belt.
Missouri State has not become a member, nor do we know if they will.
And we found out this week that Idaho is just a temporary member
for 2 years, but SBC might give them 4 years if we renew.
Having the smallest football stadium normally hurts recruiting.
Hope setting overcomes that.

[WVAPPeer]

So App State has the smallest football stadium in the Sun Belt.
Missouri State has not become a member, nor do we know if they will.
And we found out this week that Idaho is just a temporary member
for 2 years, but SBC might give them 4 years if we renew.
Having the smallest football stadium normally hurts recruiting.
Hope setting overcomes that.

Well at this point I would think attendance more important than total number of seats
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[TheMoody1]

I look forward to the day that every fan that buys a ticket also gets a real seat.

[EastHallApp]

So App State has the smallest football stadium in the Sun Belt.
Missouri State has not become a member, nor do we know if they will.
And we found out this week that Idaho is just a temporary member
for 2 years, but SBC might give them 4 years if we renew.
Having the smallest football stadium normally hurts recruiting.
Hope setting overcomes that.

Well at this point I would think attendance more important than total number of seats
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Exactly, I'd be interested to see how that list looks if sorted by attendance figures. Our attendance figures are near the stadium capacities for all of those but USA.

[Saint3333]

Season tickets are under 10K. 24k seat stadium is enough until that number increases. Either that or we see an in erase in facility donations. Simple economics.

[WVAPPeer]

I look forward to the day that every fan that buys a ticket also gets a real seat.

I have talked to several people who actually have season tickets but still prefer to still on the bank - most have smaller children ---

[Dmanuhone]

Season tickets are under 10K. 24k seat stadium is enough until that number increases. Either that or we see an in erase in facility donations. Simple economics.

Thousands sitting on grass, maybe not that simple. Plus to get big names to come to KBS need more real seats.

[TheMoody1]

I look forward to the day that every fan that buys a ticket also gets a real seat.

I have talked to several people who actually have season tickets but still prefer to still on the bank - most have smaller children ---

Fine for those that prefer it, but it would be better for everone that wants a real seat to have the option. I know I have seen people bust their rear ends trying to maneuver that hill on a wet day. I remember sitting on the hill many times back when I still had a little one, and I am glad it was an option, but I would hate to have to pay full price to sit there now.

[AtlantaMountaineer]

Georgia Southern always listed its stadium capacity at 18,000 when it actually only seated 14,000. I wonder how many grass seats are included in the new capacity number since most of the grass seating has been eliminated by the new endzone building. Never understood how they could include grass seating in official capacity when App did not.

[Gonzo]

I took my first trip to Paulson in 2012 for our game against the Eagles. If that place had 22k that day as reported, Kidd Brewer averages 40k.

[Saint3333]

Season tickets are under 10K. 24k seat stadium is enough until that number increases. Either that or we see an in erase in facility donations. Simple economics.

Thousands sitting on grass, maybe not that simple. Plus to get big names to come to KBS need more real seats.

Temporary seating until we get season ticket to 50% of capacity. The money isn't there to do it the right way and I'm not interested in continuing down the path of a piecemeal stadium.

[bcoach]

Season tickets are under 10K. 24k seat stadium is enough until that number increases. Either that or we see an in erase in facility donations. Simple economics.

Thousands sitting on grass, maybe not that simple. Plus to get big names to come to KBS need more real seats.

Temporary seating until we get season ticket to 50% of capacity. The money isn't there to do it the right way and I'm not interested in continuing down the path of a piecemeal stadium.

Thank you.

[asutrnr81]

So App State has the smallest football stadium in the Sun Belt.
Missouri State has not become a member, nor do we know if they will.
And we found out this week that Idaho is just a temporary member
for 2 years, but SBC might give them 4 years if we renew.
Having the smallest football stadium normally hurts recruiting.
Hope setting overcomes that.

Well at this point I would think attendance more important than total number of seats
---

Exactly, I'd be interested to see how that list looks if sorted by attendance figures. Our attendance figures are near the stadium capacities for all of those but USA.

ATTENDANCE Home Avg Away Avg Neutral Avg Total Avg
Arkansas State 6-149477 24913 6-228065 38011 1-36119 36119 13-413661 31820
Georgia State 7-109039 15577 5-204247 40849 0-0 0 12-313286 26107
South Alabama 6-95555 15926 6-194627 32438 0-0 0 12-290182 24182
Texas State 6-108371 18062 6-161138 26856 0-0 0 12-269509 22459
Troy 5-94529 18906 7-224569 32081 0-0 0 12-319098 26592
UL-Lafayette 5-129878 25976 7-213159 30451 1-54728 54728 13-397765 30597
UL-Monroe 5-85177 17035 7-225806 32258 0-0 0 12-310983 25915
WKU 5-91672 18334 6-189360 31560 1-47623 47623 12-328655 27388
Totals 45-863698 19193 50-1640971 32819 3-138470 46157 98-2643139 26971

ASU 6-149366 24894 6-158059 26343--Include Georgia

I can't get this to post right.....

ASU would have been 3rd in home attendance behind Ark State: 24913, and ULL: 25976
Our SoCon brethren really hurt out overall standing as we would have be above only GA St. 26107, Texas St. 22459, ULM 25915,

[AppSt94]

Excellent point about Georgia. Take away that 90k from our away total and we avg about 13k on the road.

[EastHallApp]

So App State has the smallest football stadium in the Sun Belt.
Missouri State has not become a member, nor do we know if they will.
And we found out this week that Idaho is just a temporary member
for 2 years, but SBC might give them 4 years if we renew.
Having the smallest football stadium normally hurts recruiting.
Hope setting overcomes that.

Well at this point I would think attendance more important than total number of seats
---

Exactly, I'd be interested to see how that list looks if sorted by attendance figures. Our attendance figures are near the stadium capacities for all of those but USA.

ATTENDANCE Home Avg Away Avg Neutral Avg Total Avg
Arkansas State 6-149477 24913 6-228065 38011 1-36119 36119 13-413661 31820
Georgia State 7-109039 15577 5-204247 40849 0-0 0 12-313286 26107
South Alabama 6-95555 15926 6-194627 32438 0-0 0 12-290182 24182
Texas State 6-108371 18062 6-161138 26856 0-0 0 12-269509 22459
Troy 5-94529 18906 7-224569 32081 0-0 0 12-319098 26592
UL-Lafayette 5-129878 25976 7-213159 30451 1-54728 54728 13-397765 30597
UL-Monroe 5-85177 17035 7-225806 32258 0-0 0 12-310983 25915
WKU 5-91672 18334 6-189360 31560 1-47623 47623 12-328655 27388
Totals 45-863698 19193 50-1640971 32819 3-138470 46157 98-2643139 26971

ASU 6-149366 24894 6-158059 26343--Include Georgia

I can't get this to post right.....

ASU would have been 3rd in home attendance behind Ark State: 24913, and ULL: 25976
Our SoCon brethren really hurt out overall standing as we would have be above only GA St. 26107, Texas St. 22459, ULM 25915,

Thanks for doing the research.

So in essence, our average home attendance would have tied for second in the Sun Belt, in a disappointing season in which the team had nothing to play for.