Notwithstanding some folks' criticism, Skip's players graduated and he could flat fill a gym.
I wonder how much in actual ticket sales Coach Bzzz is costing Wake now, and how much of a continuing cash loss the AD, the President, or the Board of Trustees (depending on whoever finally mans up) is able and willing to take. Any ACC-Big East game ought to draw some serious basketball fans, even if they are not big Wake fans, but there sure weren't many in the Joel last night. I would guess there were 9,000-10,000 empty seats there last night.
I do not know what the ticket pricing has been for the non-conference games to date. The Wake ticket site says you can still get a Furman ticket but you can't get a ticket for any other remaining home games (presumably being the ACC games) unless you buy a package. Unfortunately that will change by the day of the first ACC game, but right now the ACC packages appear to be five games for $155-$250 depending on seating and the package.
10,000 empty seats in the Joel roughly costs Wake somewhere between $310,000 and $500,000 cash per game in lost ticket sales. That does not include any of the other associated lost receipts from parking and vendors, but those would be even rougher guesses. That does not include the absence or loss of the increase in student applications that we know from past experience results from a successful basketball program.
I don't expect there to be 10,000 empty seats when State comes to the Joel, but we are still talking serious dollars here in any event. I don't know how much we still owe on Dino's contract (although it should be about over, if it isn't yet), and I don't know how much we're going to owe Coach Bzzz, but I think we do know that somewhere between $310,000 to $500,000 per game is what 10,000 empty seats in the Joel is costing us today, in addition to Dino's contract and to Bzzz.
I am just wondering how many more games of $310,000-$500,000 in lost ticket sales are enough for the AD, or the President, or the Board of Trustees to say we believe that is enough.
I wonder how much in actual ticket sales Coach Bzzz is costing Wake now, and how much of a continuing cash loss the AD, the President, or the Board of Trustees (depending on whoever finally mans up) is able and willing to take. Any ACC-Big East game ought to draw some serious basketball fans, even if they are not big Wake fans, but there sure weren't many in the Joel last night. I would guess there were 9,000-10,000 empty seats there last night.
I do not know what the ticket pricing has been for the non-conference games to date. The Wake ticket site says you can still get a Furman ticket but you can't get a ticket for any other remaining home games (presumably being the ACC games) unless you buy a package. Unfortunately that will change by the day of the first ACC game, but right now the ACC packages appear to be five games for $155-$250 depending on seating and the package.
10,000 empty seats in the Joel roughly costs Wake somewhere between $310,000 and $500,000 cash per game in lost ticket sales. That does not include any of the other associated lost receipts from parking and vendors, but those would be even rougher guesses. That does not include the absence or loss of the increase in student applications that we know from past experience results from a successful basketball program.
I don't expect there to be 10,000 empty seats when State comes to the Joel, but we are still talking serious dollars here in any event. I don't know how much we still owe on Dino's contract (although it should be about over, if it isn't yet), and I don't know how much we're going to owe Coach Bzzz, but I think we do know that somewhere between $310,000 to $500,000 per game is what 10,000 empty seats in the Joel is costing us today, in addition to Dino's contract and to Bzzz.
I am just wondering how many more games of $310,000-$500,000 in lost ticket sales are enough for the AD, or the President, or the Board of Trustees to say we believe that is enough.
