Former Western Asst A.D. Sean McDonough had a successful promotion in 2010 that resulted in a crowd of 8,217 for that final home game on November 20, 2010.
I don't know why we did not give that another try this year.
Former Western Asst A.D. Sean McDonough had a successful promotion in 2010 that resulted in a crowd of 8,217 for that final home game on November 20, 2010.
Yeah. They need to put this in their "to do" file for future reference. The potential for bringing attendance numbers is there, they just need to capitalize on it!ST_Lawson wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:27 am This went out today to all Facilities Management employees:So it sounds like they're doing what they can to get employees to go to the game. I do think that doing a promotion with Amtrak like they did a couple of years ago, and doing something with the local high schools would be good too (it's too late to implement something for this weekend, but for every year that we play at home the weekend before thanksgiving, we should do it).All,
Athletics has been kind enough to offer FREE tickets to the game on Saturday, November 18, to any of our employees and their families that would like to attend. If you would like to have tickets, please let me or your superintendent know by the end of today and we will get tickets for you.
Thank you.
Troy Rhoads & Mary Howe
I'm out of town right now so the long answer will have to wait. Short answer is mostly location. We could do a better job with marketing, but I think it's primarily location and budget that hinder attendance.GV Dad wrote:Just starting following WIU, as my son is a 2018 recruit. So I don't know the history. But WIU has to have one of the worst sports marketing team in the country based on ave attendance for football. With a winning team in the Conf they are in. Mindboggling
Location should help attendance. Nothing else competing for entertainment dollars on a Fall Saturday afternoon. Just seems a shame, such a good product on the field. We really enjoyed ourselves at our game visit. Even with an hour or so weather delay. Gave us time to go eat at Gelsosomo's and still see the end the game.ST_Lawson wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2017 1:09 pmI'm out of town right now so the long answer will have to wait. Short answer is mostly location. We could do a better job with marketing, but I think it's primarily location and budget that hinder attendance.GV Dad wrote:Just starting following WIU, as my son is a 2018 recruit. So I don't know the history. But WIU has to have one of the worst sports marketing team in the country based on ave attendance for football. With a winning team in the Conf they are in. Mindboggling
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The attendance for our 4 home games: