Sellouts, Really?

[road2march]

we have the money either way, who cares

[AztecSports95]

Are you people really complaining about this? Really? 4 sellouts this year already. That's almost as many as since the arena has been open combined. And you are complaining that some seats were left empty? It's not like they gave away 5000 tickets and hoped some people would show up. The crowds have been phenomenal. If there weren't 12,414 there last night, there weren't fewer than 12,000. That's a pretty darn good crowd. The student section - students are on break now, finals finished - was at about capacity.

It's amazing to me that in what is arguably the best time in SDSU athletics history, people on here have to find something to gripe about. Just enjoy it. Be positive. It's all good.

[fatfreddy]

Dec 19, 2010 15:42:03 GMT -8 @classaztec said:

I feel like I've seen this thread a lot now and I get annoyed every time.

Its very rare that any arena that is completely sold out will look that way at any one glance.

Here are some of the reasons and maybe we can put this to rest.

1.)People have lives, jobs, conflicts, sicknesses, priorities, problems that prevent them from attending even if they have a ticket. Its not like seats are 100 bucks like charger games. You aren't eating that much doh by not going.

2.) Scalpers have tickets they don't sell.

3.) People don't sit in their assigned seats. Either they sit with friends in other places, like GA, or, as has been the case for almost every game, students buy GA seats or they buy guest seats with the student purchase and then they stand in the student section, which doesn't necessarily need a person for every seat.

4.) People arrive late, it gets more full as the game goes on.

5.) People are at concession stands, or in the bathroom, or leading cheers on the concrete without an approved permit from the AD (just kidding)

I don't get why people care so much. Is it harder to enjoy the game if there are 100 empty seats? I don't understand the commotion about this issue every week.

I think if the crowd noise (separate from the show & student section was a little more raucious (spelling), then it wouldn't really matter, would it?

[AztecSports95]

Dec 19, 2010 17:44:25 GMT -8 fatfreddy said:

Dec 19, 2010 15:42:03 GMT -8 @classaztec said:

I feel like I've seen this thread a lot now and I get annoyed every time.

Its very rare that any arena that is completely sold out will look that way at any one glance.

Here are some of the reasons and maybe we can put this to rest.

1.)People have lives, jobs, conflicts, sicknesses, priorities, problems that prevent them from attending even if they have a ticket. Its not like seats are 100 bucks like charger games. You aren't eating that much doh by not going.

2.) Scalpers have tickets they don't sell.

3.) People don't sit in their assigned seats. Either they sit with friends in other places, like GA, or, as has been the case for almost every game, students buy GA seats or they buy guest seats with the student purchase and then they stand in the student section, which doesn't necessarily need a person for every seat.

4.) People arrive late, it gets more full as the game goes on.

5.) People are at concession stands, or in the bathroom, or leading cheers on the concrete without an approved permit from the AD (just kidding)

I don't get why people care so much. Is it harder to enjoy the game if there are 100 empty seats? I don't understand the commotion about this issue every week.

I think if the crowd noise (separate from the show & student section was a little more raucious (spelling), then it wouldn't really matter, would it?

That arena was rocking last night. Not sure what you're talking about. I sit across the arena from the Show and my section was raucus. Just because people are sitting down doesn't mean they aren't into the game. The Show alone does not make Viejas Arena a tough place to play.