ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Uh, note this in the attendance discussion: there is not currently a hotel room to be had in Champaign-Urbana on Saturday night.
Pregame: Illinois vs Iowa, Saturday, October 8th, 6:30pm CT, BTN
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That’s because the DIA didn’t build enough hotel rooms!
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
the national
- the Front Range
I will attest to that. My wife, kids and I plus in-laws are now looking in Peoria and Springfield for hotel rooms…. Both amazing and annoyed
This is sort of true in the annoying sense that there are no rooms Saturday night but a bunch of you arrive Friday and book two nights...
All the more reason to ensure the DIA gives out tickets to students, knowing that the demand is there after today's free giveaway.
Yet another problem with our program/"city". I would think it would be in the U's best interest to reach out to the hotel chains in the area and come to some sort of deal to entice them to drop the ridiculous 2 night stay requirement. How many people decide that the additional cost of an extra night just is not worth buying a ticket? Makes no sense. Pure greed on the part of the hotels.
Edit: would be interesting to estimate how much this has cost the program in ticket/concession revenue. The number has to be very high.
Ryllini
- Lombard
Danville or D-Vegas if you will is wonderful this time of year. I make swing in a revisit all of my old haunts.I will attest to that. My wife, kids and I plus in-laws are now looking in Peoria and Springfield for hotel rooms…. Both amazing and annoyed
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
This is true, which is very unclear on these booking sites. Thanks!
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Well and forget the price deterring people in the abstract. For an 11AM or 2:30PM game, selling a hotel room for both nights basically doubles the number of fans that can come from out of town.
I'm curious how all of this works at Penn State btw, which has all the dynamics we have at an even higher level (State College is a smaller town than C-U, further from the population centers sending all the fans than Chicago is to C-U, and the attendance is even higher)
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
We have to draw the line though on the zombie Illini fans ........the line snafu would only get worse with the plodding zombie's clogging up the turnstiles .....
and all those body parts that fall off when they are waiting in line.....that's a mess we can do without.....We really really can......................wow...
Illini in OC
In. The. Alley.
1983 Twist and Shout!!! The absolute peak of Illini football over the past 40 years.
I was a college JR in 1983.
Road trip to Miznoz was spoiled by Illini failure to show up in an ugly loss. All in all, still a good trip - a la Pruman
The 5 wins in Oct -starting with the 33-0 blowout of Chuck Long's #4 Iowa on Oct 1, later beating #6 tOSU and ending with the Oct 29 victory over #8 ScUM shortly followed by the bacchanalian Halloween celebration in Campus Town - unforgettable... even after excessive PruMan behavior.
9-0 in the Big Ten. 10-1 overall. #4 ranking headed to forgettable Rose Bowl... with or without PruMan behavior.
The interim years have been dominated by hoops, Tennis and golf.
I am a believer in BB putting Illini football back on the map.
Check Clinton, IL along R51I will attest to that. My wife, kids and I plus in-laws are now looking in Peoria and Springfield for hotel rooms…. Both amazing and annoyed
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Road trips are sooo much fun......Went on many and I am lucky to be alive today.........420 was just one of the many mood enhancers that i was introduced to and enjoyed.......I really really did.....................1983 Twist and Shout!!! The absolute peak of Illini football over the past 40 years.
I was a college JR in 1983.
Road trip to Miznoz was spoiled by Illini failure to show up in an ugly loss. All in all, still a good trip - a la Pruman
The 5 wins in Oct -starting with the 33-0 blowout of Chuck Long's #4 Iowa on Oct 1, later beating #6 tOSU and ending with the Oct 29 victory over #8 ScUM shortly followed by the bacchanalian Halloween celebration in Campus Town - unforgettable... even after excessive PruMan behavior.
9-0 in the Big Ten. 10-1 overall. #4 ranking headed to forgettable Rose Bowl... with or without PruMan behavior.
The interim years have been dominated by hoops, Tennis and golf.
I am a believer in BB putting Illini football back on the map.
I always had the Illini on my mind whenever I was on a trip........................
Illini cheerleaders
Illini sororities
Illini pom pom girls
etc etc etc..........
They need to shut down the TEs. I think Illini offense more diverse with more options.
The state wresting tournment did the same thing. Just not a lot of hotel rooms beyond normal demand at campus town.
Illinir1
- Camdenton, MO
I went to the Illinois @ Penn State game on Oct. 29th, 2011, in what turned out to be Joe Paterno's last game (I have flashbacks remembering how we Illini fans in the visitors section and the team on the field were continuously the target of Penn St. fan snowballs). Hotel rooms in Happy Valley were a 2 night minimum at over $300/night in 2011. We stayed 40 miles away in Altoona.
hopefully noon announcement ends some of the debate. so I'll get in another comment before then. DIA should have thought any number of things through (differentiated pricing, ie, volume and lower price points, financial model, risk analysis, ...). This isn't just about the IA game. Lets say 30-35K were going to sold anyway for most games/season. DIA likely thought: we'll be lucky to ever sell 10K and price won't matter and anyway (depending on year) we'll get IA, W, N fans to come and pay. But we are stuck at selling 5-10K. Lets consider 0-25K additonal sales all at $75 price and alternative.
sale price rev rev at 75 "lost rev" (is it really lost?)
25K $25 625k 1.8 mil 1.2 mil
20K $30 600k 1.5 mil 0.9
15K $50 750K 1.1 mil 0.38
10K $75 750K 750k 0
5K $75 375K 375k 0
This doesn't include parking (20-25 for ?average 3/vehicle), concessions (5-15/person) or boosts for local economy hotel, restauraunts, gas, sponsors, NIL or future fans/donors and attracting current and future students. The ticket revenue is a lower percent of total given TV deals. They made a non-existent effort to reach out to student clubs, faculty, locals.
Also: if price didn't matter - student season = 85, single game = 15-18ish. Free got several thousand for Chat. Today, free got a line for 1000 with more turned away. but somehow they wouldn't pay $15.
sale price rev rev at 75 "lost rev" (is it really lost?)
25K $25 625k 1.8 mil 1.2 mil
20K $30 600k 1.5 mil 0.9
15K $50 750K 1.1 mil 0.38
10K $75 750K 750k 0
5K $75 375K 375k 0
This doesn't include parking (20-25 for ?average 3/vehicle), concessions (5-15/person) or boosts for local economy hotel, restauraunts, gas, sponsors, NIL or future fans/donors and attracting current and future students. The ticket revenue is a lower percent of total given TV deals. They made a non-existent effort to reach out to student clubs, faculty, locals.
Also: if price didn't matter - student season = 85, single game = 15-18ish. Free got several thousand for Chat. Today, free got a line for 1000 with more turned away. but somehow they wouldn't pay $15.
Check Forsyth. Closer than both of those. Residence Inn or the Hampton Inn.I will attest to that. My wife, kids and I plus in-laws are now looking in Peoria and Springfield for hotel rooms…. Both amazing and annoyed
You can run an optimization model to solve this. Just depends on what your priorities are
It appears DIA wanted to have fans buy season tickets. Single game tickets cost more to get money out of fans who go to one game or opposing team fans
Depending on your view this is either good or bad. Going forward season tickets might be the best value and if you can’t make all the games sell them on the secondary market
I think we will have a sea of orange
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Only at Illinois can a potential program-changing win turn into a week of anguish over attendance and ticket pricing.
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