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<blockquote data-quote="Fighter of the Nightman" data-source="post: 1938546" data-attributes="member: 590800"><p>I am MOSTLY just providing conjecture here, as I have no idea how the ticket sales/making tickets available goes behind the scenes ... but it seems the Horseshoe is literally always (at least almost) full way before anywhere in the upper deck. I don't know if day-of sales are disproportionately channeled to the top couple rows of the Horseshoe, but that never seems to be where our problems lie in getting the seats sold. It's always the East Balcony.</p><p></p><p>As I posted before (also total conjecture!), I think there are two magic numbers to hit to make a nice impression on TV:</p><p></p><p>1. 53,000 likely means that everywhere in the (visible) stadium is packed, and the upper deck is at least full enough that it doesn't look embarrassing.</p><p>2. Over 55,000 makes it "look like a sellout" since we have so many seats underneath the East Balcony overhang. Last year, we didn't even hit 57,000 for the MSU game, but on TV it looked like a completely full stadium.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fighter of the Nightman, post: 1938546, member: 590800"] I am MOSTLY just providing conjecture here, as I have no idea how the ticket sales/making tickets available goes behind the scenes ... but it seems the Horseshoe is literally always (at least almost) full way before anywhere in the upper deck. I don't know if day-of sales are disproportionately channeled to the top couple rows of the Horseshoe, but that never seems to be where our problems lie in getting the seats sold. It's always the East Balcony. As I posted before (also total conjecture!), I think there are two magic numbers to hit to make a nice impression on TV: 1. 53,000 likely means that everywhere in the (visible) stadium is packed, and the upper deck is at least full enough that it doesn't look embarrassing. 2. Over 55,000 makes it "look like a sellout" since we have so many seats underneath the East Balcony overhang. Last year, we didn't even hit 57,000 for the MSU game, but on TV it looked like a completely full stadium. [/QUOTE]
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