houstonbrave
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But the Civic Center and Peoria need all - its not either or….
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Good news - Bradley University's incoming Freshman Enrollment
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Bradley and Rivermen games produce quite a few hotel night rooms from just visiting teams alone. The folks that come to Bradley and Rivermen games spend a lot of money at the concession stands. Hell, there is even a ton of money left on the table in concessions by the poor staffing at any Rivermen or Bradley game over about 4000 in attendance.
Historically the Rivermen games had a higher per cap concession number than the Bradley games. I'd assume thats partly because the Rivermen are always playing on the weekends versus Bradley playing about half their games on weekday nights. Bradley pays A LOT more than the Rivermen in catering/hospitality bills as well.
In the grand scheme of things, there are very few concerts in the arena over the course of the year. The vast majority are not close to sell outs.
$0.00 rent for Bradley basketball!
Amen
and for the record....
The Rivermen set their all time home attendance record LAST YEAR in 2024-25 - at 123,173 fans total
How the Peoria Rivermen went from near-exit to breaking attendance record
“It’s been an amazing transformation over at least the last four years since I’ve been here.”
www.25newsnow.com
Their average attendance was slightly DOWN this past season, 2025-26, 4,399 --> 4,253
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I was looking at the year before. The 144, 000 included the playoffs this year.Amen
and for the record....
The Rivermen set their all time home attendance record LAST YEAR in 2024-25 - at 123,173 fans total
How the Peoria Rivermen went from near-exit to breaking attendance record
“It’s been an amazing transformation over at least the last four years since I’ve been here.”
Their average attendance was slightly DOWN this past season, 2025-26, 4,399 --> 4,253
Forbes just revealed their ratings for colleges and universities (private)....
Bradley University made an enormous jump from the last rating - thanks to the initiatives of President Shadid
and the improved enrollment.
Better than Drake, the other MVC private schools, Marquette, Georgetown and a lot of other top Universities.
www.forbes.com
www.25newsnow.com
Bradley University made an enormous jump from the last rating - thanks to the initiatives of President Shadid
and the improved enrollment.
Better than Drake, the other MVC private schools, Marquette, Georgetown and a lot of other top Universities.
Forbes College Financial Grades 2026
Forbes annual College Financial Grades assesses the financial health of more than 900 private not-for-profit colleges with enrollment of more than 500 students.
www.forbes.com
Forbes gives Bradley University a higher financial grade this year
Forbes has released their 2026 report card for the financial state of private colleges.
www.25newsnow.com
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update....President Shadid is coming through with his promises....
indeed new student enrollment is up by almost 30%,
600 new freshmen moved in on the Saturday move-in day plus there's locals who don't move in on campus and other new students with off-campus housing. The total of new students is expected to be well above 1,000.
We will know the exact numbers in a couple weeks -
"the university plans to release its official incoming class enrollment figure in mid-September following completion of the third-week census."
Note that Forbes increased their financial ratings of Bradley from a "C" to an "A-" - LINK
Bradley is rated a TOP 40 Value among all Universities nationally - LINK
Princeton Review rates Bradley even higher- LINK
Wall Street Journal likewise- LINK
Did anyone here live in Harper Hall? - LINK
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Stryker
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Shadid taught a business class I was in at Bradley almost 20 years ago. While I'm not politically aligned with him in some regards, I was confident he would do a great job as President of the school. Hoping he can weather the upcoming AI storm and other challenges facing colleges.
To be fair, last year, ISU's 2025 enrollment was the highest in at least the last 15 years. The 2026 enrollment did drop by 417, but it is still their second-highest enrollment in that time period.
ISU enrollment falls for first time in 5 years as enrollment cliff arrives; IWU headcount nears 1,700
Leaders at both Bloomington-Normal universities say they're pleased with their fall enrollment numbers as they confront the long-dreaded "demographic cliff."
www.wglt.org
The trend among the state Universities in Illinois over the last 20+ years has been mostly down, as it has for many private schools.
This graph shows enrollment trends at the 12 state universities in Illinois since 2005-
Sir, this is a Bradley fan site - being fair to ISU is not allowed.