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Re: vs Eastern Illinois
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 7:42 pm
by wiu712
Long-time Western fans will remember that games with Eastern Illinois would fill Western Hall. Fans would be lined-up going down University Drive waiting to get in.
Times have certainly changed.
On Saturday night, a very small crowd of only 522 were at the game. That has to be considered a very disappointing turnout.
Re: vs Eastern Illinois
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:04 am
by sealhall74
wiu712 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 09, 2018 7:42 pm
Long-time Western fans will remember that games with Eastern Illinois would fill Western Hall. Fans would be lined-up going down University Drive waiting to get in.
Times have certainly changed.
On Saturday night, a very small crowd of only 522 were at the game. That has to be considered a very disappointing turnout.
Yes, some things have changed.
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Re: vs Eastern Illinois
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 5:05 pm
by vatusay
How cool would that be....they got close with cc/tp but I think they only drew 2500-4500. I can’t remember for sure. I remember a SDST game people up in the top bleachers.
Re: vs Eastern Illinois
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 9:08 am
by beauspencer
they got close with cc/tp but I think they only drew 2500-4500. I can’t remember for sure. I remember a SDST game people up in the top bleachers.
The 2012-13 season was when the top bleachers were opened up. Attendance was "4,163" for SDSU and "3,973" for NDSU. That season we played EIU in Charleston. The following season at Western Hall attendance for EIU game was announced as 1,585.
Re: vs Eastern Illinois
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 11:39 am
by wiu712
The crowd at Western Hall was 5,021 on November 26, 2005, when the Indiana Hooisers were in town.
That game came during Thanksgiving break. If it had been played when school was in session, the crowd would have been even larger.
Re: vs Eastern Illinois
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 1:14 pm
by beauspencer
*The crowd at Western Hall was 5,021
The era of heavily inflated attendance figures.
Re: vs Eastern Illinois
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 2:16 pm
by ST_Lawson
beauspencer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 11, 2018 1:14 pm
*The crowd at Western Hall was 5,021
The era of heavily inflated attendance figures.
True, but there weren't many empty seats in the house that day...that much I know.