I was at that game too. Had a few friends, from when I lived in Boston, come down. I was pretty disappointed for them because they were looking forward to seeing Death Valley in full force that night. They still had a great time though, as they've become pretty big Tiger fans dispite having all graduated from Boston University (in fact, one of them ACTUALLY purchased a brick near Mikes new habbitat!!!) But, even though the actual attendance wasn't over 40,000, attendance figures are calculated by PAID attendance.
I'd like to know how someone can have 10% over capacity. Where does Texas put the extra 8,000 fans? I know LSU could not fit an extra 9,000 people in Tiger Stadium.
They count everybody in the stadium including ushers, consessioneers, cops, electricians, reporters in the press box, etc. I think some schools play games with these figures.
Agree Red and it seems to me that if a programs has let's say 110,000 showing up for every game then that should be their listed capacity, not 100,000. They want to be above that 100% though so they aren't going to change it.
It also includes the marching band, cheerleaders, etc. That's why cross town rivalries have such a high attendance. Aside from the fact that the game probably has a lot on the line, the opposing team usually has the opportunity to bring their band with them, adding to the attendance. Michigan's listed attendance is 107,000, but they usually fit around 110,000 for the big games.
DandyDon says you will get your wish. It was also announced Friday the LSU ranked sixth in the nation in home attendance in 2006. LSU averaged 92,212 fans per game for eight home games. This is a new all-time season record at LSU. Michigan led the nation averaging 110,026, followed by Penn State with 107,567, Tennessee 105,789, Ohio State 105,096 and Georgia 92,746. I understand that there are plan to enlarge Tiger Stadium in the next three or four years. http://tigerforums.com/showthread.php?t=47412&highlight=East+West
No. The trend for schools with big stadiums (90,000+) has been to add more premium sideline seats, not to add capacity. Some schools, like Oregon, have actualy reduced capacity because there were too many empty seats at games. Even LSU has many paid-for but empty seats in the end zones and upper decks for many games. The students have been particularly bad about not showing up and will probably have their allocation reduced soon because of it.
