WEEK 1: Other Big East Games 2019-2020

sirthought · 11-10-2019, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by scoscox

Is this a comment on anyone besides seton hall? depaul's attendance has been bad but that's always been the case. everyone else i've seen has been packed. nova, butler, and st. john's all have smaller arenas than us.

No, I meant overall. The expense just to put on a game is substantial. Travel cost, lodging, staff, facilities. If they aren't drawing more ticket sales it must be concerning. Not sure what you'd consider acceptable, but I'd want more than what's being listed. But even beyond the overhead, I'd be concerned about how the brand comes off on TV or to watching recruits. If you know sales are low for a game it's easy enough to give out tickets to a charity or school to fill the stands a bit more.

**scoscox** · 11-10-2019, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by sirthought

No, I meant overall. The expense just to put on a game is substantial. Travel cost, lodging, staff, facilities. If they aren't drawing more ticket sales it must be concerning. Not sure what you'd consider acceptable, but I'd want more than what's being listed. But even beyond the overhead, I'd be concerned about how the brand comes off on TV or to watching recruits. If you know sales are low for a game it's easy enough to give out tickets to a charity or school to fill the stands a bit more.

So you're talking about Depaul? lol. Depaul has to be losing money. Maybe the tv deal is enough to cover it

**noteggs** · 11-10-2019, 09:02 PM

Looks like the tax payers could be losing money as well. My company used part of the McCormick convention center next to Wintrust and rented out arena for an evening function. Talk about a dull area of Chicago.

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/taxpa...e-projections/