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What will make attendance better?

LittleBrave said:
Well said DC, and I am very grateful for the older generation for supporting the Braves thick and thin, while tolerating a lot of the newer generation entertainment that must not be too appealing for you all.

Lower the ticket prices and I'll bring a friend or 2 to Carver for a couple games next year...just too high to make the 3-hr trip there from Chicago, though I love going to games every chance I get.
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What kind of seats do you need to have? I've gotten good lower bowl tickets at $10 a pop this season and upper bowl tickets for $5 a pop. Yes mid court lower bowl might be $65 or something, but there are plenty of decent to good seats for cheap imo.
 
Bradley "students have been coming out in waves this season"-
https://twitter.com/BradleyUMBB/stat...45237538066432

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Bradley's average attendance is now up to 4,564 after a season-high attendance for the Murray State game of 6,213.

Bradley ranks a close 4th among MVC schools in average attendance-
1) Murray State.....5,187
2) Evansville.........4,586
3) SIU...................4,569
4) Bradley.............4,564
5) Indiana State....3,594
6) Illinois State......3,543
7) UNI...................3,307
8 ) Drake...............3,297
9) Missouri State...3,209
10) Belmont...........2,032
11) UIC..................1,691
12) Valparaiso.......1,625
 
Stryker said:
What kind of seats do you need to have? I've gotten good lower bowl tickets at $10 a pop this season and upper bowl tickets for $5 a pop. Yes mid court lower bowl might be $65 or something, but there are plenty of decent to good seats for cheap imo.
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Lower bowl tickets are $75, $65, and $35 as you move from center sections out.

lower bowl tickets are $15 if do t mind sitting partially behind the band or the daycare center, I mean Braves club.

I still hate having the Braves club there, the second half it turns into a tumbling center/daycare for children.

Almost every game. I’ve watch kids sword fighting, doing cartwheels, crawling on\around adverstisement signs on the court during play. Kids running full speed into adults who are carrying beer/soda/popcorn… I dont get it.. it looks like amateur hour. I don’t even go down there anymore as it’s more trouble than it’s worth. And we took out a lot of seats to have it. I’m amazed the fans who sit next to the railing of it put up with that stuff right in front of them during the game.

oh well that’s my rant.
 
Interesting reading this thread. I was there in the early/mid nineties. I was in the band for a year so I was there for all the games. Later years, we always had free tickets and brought a huge group from our fraternity. Beer was two bucks and the team was decent. Times have changed for sure.
 
Drake game ticket sales are ramping up quickly. BU ticket office should do a flash sale on tickets in Section 112. $65/ticket is absurd. If we win at Valpo, do a $22 flash sale for remaining tickets in the lower center bowl. $7 for all other tickets to celebrate a successful February and a successful season.

Let’s surpass the attendance at Loyola 2020!

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I mentioned this in the jersey thread, but also thought it might be appropriate here when talking about building fans for the future:

I was thinking about the conversations centering around engaging young fans on this board. What if Bradley did a Peoria area jersey design contest using Underarmour's site every year for one alternate jersey that would be used at some point during the year. It could be open to kids up to 18 and whomever wins the contest would get a free jersey and their homeroom class would get free tickets to a game where Bradley would wear them (20-30 kids). This might make lifelong fans out of some kids in the area, and engage them in the product. They could even be introduced pregame, and the players could vote on and announce the winner on social media. There could be a vote on social media too to narrow it down to a couple. Kids love jerseys and such things. I don't know how feasible this is with tickets and jersey ordering (each year's contest might have to be for the following year), but I think it would be a good idea if so. The site is available for anyone to mess around with: https://underarmourteamuniforms.com/builder

I attached the examples I made in a few minutes tonight (I posted a few similar ones last year). It is easy to do.

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Nice job, and great suggestions. I hope the people at Bradley look into doing something like that. I'm not sure the "experts" at Under Armour would want to take suggestions from amateur designers, but I like your designs and color alternatives better than some of what we've had in recent years.


Bradley actually does have 3 official team colors, similar to your alternative uniforms.
https://teamcolorcodes.com/bradley-braves-color-codes/

When Bradley changed their logo in 2012, they apparently set definitions for the precise color codes to be used for the official team colors.
But in addition to "Bradley Red" and "White", there is a third official color- "Kaboom Gray".
So there no reason not to have an alternate uniform with the Kaboom Gray color!

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With the last game of the season it looks like we found the answer to " What will make attendance better?"

IMO these are the answer to this question in order of importance:

1. Be a winning team
2. Lower ticket prices and give promotions through the community ($5 tickets are a great idea, need more of this)
3. Play games that matter

I know a lot of people thought that Peoria has forgotten about Bradley basketball, but this Drake game shows that the interest is still there.
 
BUfan17 said:
With the last game of the season it looks like we found the answer to " What will make attendance better?"

IMO these are the answer to this question in order of importance:

1. Be a winning team
2. Lower ticket prices and give promotions through the community ($5 tickets are a great idea, need more of this)
3. Play games that matter

I know a lot of people thought that Peoria has forgotten about Bradley basketball, but this Drake game shows that the interest is still there.
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I couldn't agree more and I am so excited for tomorrow's game it's making me sick to my stomach!
 
I started this thread 6 weeks ago and we went from drawing 3,900 in a game to winning ten games in a row, taking a conference championship and drawing 10,458 people in the finale.

This, is why we love sports. It makes the improbable possible.
 
To answer the question:

I think attendance will improve if we can go on a 10 game win streak and win the conference championship at home. :wink:
 
Winning the Valley and getting in a post season tournament will help. But for a lot of people right now money is a little tight. $65 for a Bradley basketball ticket is a joke. This is Bradley not Duke. Cut ticket prices by 50% and keep the upper bowl tickets at $10.
 
elmerb said:
Winning the Valley and getting in a post season tournament will help. But for a lot of people right now money is a little tight. $65 for a Bradley basketball ticket is a joke. This is Bradley not Duke. Cut ticket prices by 50% and keep the upper bowl tickets at $10.
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$65 for a lower bowl ticket is pretty hard to stomach. $30 seems way more reasonable, but again, I don't know the historical prices. I paid $1 as a student and over the past 15+ years I just pick up upper bowl tickets on the cheap.
 
I’ve talked to multiple people that received a text message yesterday, that if they put $50 down toward next year’s season tickets, they’d be able to keep this season’s price. Why would BU even think of raising ticket prices for next year? It makes more sense to keep prices where they’re at and increase revenue with increased sales. I don’t believe their civic center rate is based on attendance.
 
Bball31 said:
I’ve talked to multiple people that received a text message yesterday, that if they put $50 down toward next year’s season tickets, they’d be able to keep this season’s price. Why would BU even think of raising ticket prices for next year? It makes more sense to keep prices where they’re at and increase revenue with increased sales. I don’t believe their civic center rate is based on attendance.
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Does the cost of renting the Civic center go up every year?
 
No. Bradley has a 5 year contract with the Civic Center. I believe that one or possibly 2 years are left on the contract and the agreement of payment is fixed. Bradley receives no revenue from parking and concessions. I believe that Bradley has to pay for security.
 
braves16 said:
Does the cost of renting the Civic center go up every year?
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Bradley and the Civic Center management renegotiate a contract every few years. It looks like the last contract was agreed on in November, 2020, just prior to the Covid year when no spectators were allowed for the entire 2020-21 season.-
https://bradleybraves.com/news/2020/...x?path=general

I have no knowledge of the details, but I do not believe there is a built-in price rise each year. However, the terms and financial details probably do change with each new contract.
 
Da Coach said:
Bradley and the Civic Center management renegotiate a contract every few years. It looks like the last contract was agreed on in November, 2020, just prior to the Covid year when no spectators were allowed for the entire 2020-21 season.-
https://bradleybraves.com/news/2020/...x?path=general

I have no knowledge of the details, but I do not believe there is a built-in price rise each year. However, the terms and financial details probably do change with each new contract.
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I'm sure there price increases year over year built into the contract, even if they are just designed to cover inflation. Most leases like this have at least a 2-3% year over year increase built in.
 
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