Tech averaged 4,095 more fans than last season
Tech fans greet the team as it arrives for a game in 2009
We had a short in Tuesday’s paper that Georgia Tech averaged 51,584 fans last season, which was 40th in the NCAA among Division I-A schools. The entire report can be read here: http://bit.ly/avjbrd
The Yellow Jackets, though, were 12th in Division I-A in increased attendance year-over-year, averaging 4,095 more fans in 2009 than in 2008. Tech averaged a bit more than 26,000 in season ticket sales last year. Tech also took steps during the summer to improve its ticket revenue by contracting with the Aspire Group to outsource some sales. Previously, Tech handled all season-ticket sales in-house. Packages for the 2010 season are now on sale.
In athletics director Dan Radakovich’s state of the athletics association address, he spent some time discussing how Tech hopes to increase attendance in the 2010 season, including steps to get more faculty at games. The video can be watched here: http://bit.ly/cHEFFi
Overall, the ACC ranked fifth among the conferences with an average of 51,249 fans per game, a decrease of 1,488 per game.
Here are the ACC attendance leaders.
1. Clemson 75,793
2. Florida State 74,345
3. Virginia Tech 66,233
4. North Carolina 56,607
5. N.C. State 56,422
6. Georgia Tech 51,584
7. Virginia 47,986
8. Miami 47,551
9. Maryland 44,452
10. Boston College 35,716
11. Wake Forest 31,791
12. Duke 26,314
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93 comments Add your comment
dawgfan
February 23rd, 2010
1:03 pm
“…including steps to get more faculty at games.”
LMAO. I bet that would be a wild tailgate.
Best season in 19 years, but:
2nd in the state.
40th in the nation in attendance.
Another unremarkable recruiting class
Forced to beg faculty to come to their games.
Simply pathetic.
Hotdogs
February 23rd, 2010
1:33 pm
Oh the humanity!
gdawginkalamazoo
February 23rd, 2010
1:34 pm
You increased the attendance and you still have room to punch somebody in the face. Excellent!
Paul in RDU
February 23rd, 2010
2:00 pm
Rembrandt
Kenan Stadium is a nice place to view a football game and Chapel Hill is a beautiful location. Parking close to the stadium can be a pain – park in one of the off-campus lots, tail gate there and take the shuttle to the stadium. If you are coming up here for the game try to get tickets through UNC – the visitors section sucks.
In 2011 GT plays at Duke and at NCSU. Duke has a nicely laid out, horseshoe shaped stadium (even held the Rose Bowl in 1942) and you can get tickets on the 50 with no problem. NCSU stadium is not as good as the other 2 but has easy access and excellent parking. When GT played there a few years ago they gave passes at half time so that you could go back to the parking lot in case you wanted a couple of “beverages”.
Paul in RDU
February 23rd, 2010
2:03 pm
Let me see – in 2009 GT was coming off a good year and the home schedule included Clemson, VT, UNC and UGA.
This is an easy call – attendance in 2010 will be better than 2008 but worse than 2009.
highschoolhoops
February 23rd, 2010
2:12 pm
discuss The Road to the Ga Final four http://norcrosshighbasketball.blogspot.com/
UGA is so 3 DECADES AGO
February 23rd, 2010
2:25 pm
Yes, the statistic we (or Doug) should be looking at is SEASON TICKET sales. I expect they will be DOWN versus 2010 based on the awful home schedule and coach’s inability to beat UGA at home last year (when we were favored) and also look responsible in a bowl game. Verdict is still out on Johnson irregardless of what GT fans say in here. He is 1-1 vs UGA and 0-2 in bowls. Chan was 1-6 vs UGA, I think. Johnson could just as well end up there too. The fact that his 2009 Team Goal placard didn’t mention beating UGA seemed extremely odd to me.
Spike
February 23rd, 2010
2:36 pm
Well we all know what dogs eat.
HugoStiglitz
February 23rd, 2010
2:41 pm
UGA is so 3 DECADES AGO
Chan Gailey was 0-6 against UGA. Not one win. He also had 7 wins 5 out of 6 years with no ACC Championships. Paul Johnson has accomplished more in 2 seasons then Chan did in 6. And no, beating UGA should not go on any goal card. Its not important enough to be a season goal.
Stinger Envy
February 23rd, 2010
2:51 pm
We could get our numbers up even higher if the Red Ladies of gt would embrace our football program as much as they embrace their family’s Dairy Queen.
UGA is so 3 DECADES AGO
February 23rd, 2010
2:51 pm
Sure it is. It should be the # 1 goal. All others pale in comparison – even the ACC Championship.
Your right Stinger Envy
February 23rd, 2010
3:00 pm
Rember when you see the Dot …. you save a lot!
HugoStiglitz
February 23rd, 2010
3:25 pm
If you truly believe that beating UGA is that important then you are a little too obsessed with the rivalry. No one game defines a season regardless of who you are playing. You would consider it a good season if we went 1-11 but beat UGA?
uradork...actually urahugedork
February 23rd, 2010
3:30 pm
Of course beating UGA defines your season; running through the ACC takes minimum effort and you know you’re going to get blown up in the bowl game.
Kudos, UGA is 3 decades; good decision to bet on that game.
Dawghouse
February 23rd, 2010
3:54 pm
what’s up with all these gay tech nicknames like “Bay Bay” and “Gaybo” and “Gladiator?”
“Timmy, you ever watch movies about Gladiators?”
You guys should just stick with the given names, you know, gems like I-Perfection Harris. What kind of engineer was he again?
droberson
February 23rd, 2010
3:57 pm
I’ll look at the season-ticket sales as we travel down the road.
nickj0321
February 23rd, 2010
3:58 pm
rednecks…
REALIST
February 23rd, 2010
4:00 pm
It’s great to be the biggest chihuahua in town!!
HugoStiglitz
February 23rd, 2010
4:00 pm
uradork,
Thats great that UGA fans value the game so much. It gives you guys something to hang your hat on after a disappointing season. But most Tech fans are not like 3 decades. He has some issues he needs to work out. He probably has a bunch of UGA friends who rag him alot and hes not handling it well.
Dawghouse
February 23rd, 2010
4:02 pm
REALIST – speaking of Chihuahuas, I saw Gaybo Shaw walking one in Piedmont Park the other day.
dawgy
February 23rd, 2010
4:03 pm
hugo, not to get too personal, but “3 decades” doesn’t strike me as a guy who has a lot of friends, much less “a bunch of UGA friends.”
Just sayin.
Coach Paul Johnson
February 23rd, 2010
4:05 pm
I’m a fat redneck hillbilly. Now that Gomer Gailey’s best recruits are gone, I plan on running my silly high school offense with some silly
D-II talent. And…I say we’re going to be better? How does that jeehaw tech fans? well, I’m off to check muh still.
dawgstradamus
February 23rd, 2010
4:07 pm
hey nick – what are you doing on this forum? Who’s watching the fries? Get back to work. And shine my shoes while you’re at it, you techie wannabee.
gooseby
February 23rd, 2010
4:09 pm
what’s Godsey up to these days? Kind of funny the last game he played in VanGorder’s boys totally beat his @ss. That was hilarious to watch.
SLAP EM
February 23rd, 2010
4:11 pm
Why if UGA folks make fun of us cool looking tech men with jowls and man boobs, slap em, slap em in their 1980 faces.
CPJ is so urbane and cool. AAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA
He IS A HICK.
UGA will own his hide like they have owned ALL of the Tech coaches, including Dodd in his past few years and his pint of Jack Daniels. AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHA
GameTime
February 23rd, 2010
5:11 pm
Suggest you consider changing your terminology. I believe attendance is a better word than fans. I would guess the number of Tech fans(not just those who attend games) is up considerably the last year or two.
d1reality
February 23rd, 2010
6:03 pm
I sense much uga angst here. I guess a lot of pent up frustration since 1980. (And the GT National Championship in 1990) Mythical 1980 national championship victory over a Notre Dame squad that coudn’t even beat the 1-9-1 Yellowjackets that year. ND completely dominated uga statistically that day and blundered the game away. GT had a more impressive showing against the leprechans that year. How did the Irish even get the right to play on New Years day after that train wreck?
Opinion
February 23rd, 2010
6:15 pm
UGA is so 1980…………………who’s turn is it this week to dust her off ?
What do UG and GT fans have in common?
February 23rd, 2010
6:47 pm
They both love talking GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKET FOOTBALL in THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY.
Hattie
February 23rd, 2010
9:25 pm
I think we lost too much talent to win as much or attract as many fans this year.
But I hope I’m wrong.
dagtbuzzman
February 23rd, 2010
9:42 pm
Joke of the day: Size matters
UGA & Buzz are discussing size matters. Buzz says ” I”ll show mine if you show me yours. UGA whips out a picture of Sanford Stadium & says look how big mine is. Buzz whips out a different picture & UGA looks & says ” You are right, yours is bigger than mine.
Roger
February 23rd, 2010
11:59 pm
Where was the georgia game fool
Big time?? Not
February 24th, 2010
5:52 am
Because of one sellout. UGA
Four tickets, four hot dogs, four cokes.
indianman
February 24th, 2010
6:13 am
that nothing georgia bulldog avg 90.000 a games every year
CatsFly
February 24th, 2010
8:40 am
Question here: UNC vs UGa. Both schools established roughly same time; both claim to have been established first. Research shows that UGa first to charter, but UNC up and operating several years before UGa. So my question is, why so you think UNC has overshadowed UGa academically over the years? This is a serious question, not a flame.
King of Sandy Springs
February 24th, 2010
10:40 am
Only dog fans will brag about how much it will cost them to watch a football game. Idiots.
Delbert D.
February 24th, 2010
10:56 am
I wonder what the curves would look like for percentage of attendance vs. percentage of weekly income spent on game day for Georgia Tech and Georgia.
Waffle House Executive Board of alumni
February 24th, 2010
11:27 am
The Awful House supports tech ball. They offer free chili ( it IS really good ) and a free waffle IF they can handle UGA three years in a row, like UGA always does. Now, if they win FIVE TIMES in a row like UGA always seems to, techers earn a plate of fried eggs and hash browns, crisp bacon. Free it all is but YOU MUST attend the game for the entire 4 qtrs. You must also BRING A GIRL that is attractive ……….no pencil pockets allowed, either
Coffee is extra. This is the entire marketing program for tech football.
Go Dogs.
Bo Williams
February 24th, 2010
11:52 am
Catsfly, your question is a good one. I could add SCar to the mix. Like UGa, Scar has lagged behind UNC academically. I can only surmise that schools which draw students from outside of the South, like UNC does, simply starts with higher-caliber students. But I’m sure there are other factors as well.
I do know that UNC is highly endowed, and its medical and business school draws outside people as well.
tomkat1
February 24th, 2010
12:31 pm
GT Fan: Your g/f told me that size did matter and that’s why she only uses you for warming her up.
Captain
February 24th, 2010
12:39 pm
You GT supporters are so pathetic. You just don’t get it do you? It’s easy to have a large increase in ticket sales when you aren’t selling out, DUH. What’s amazing is you have a little crackerbox sized stadium with 50,000 seats AND CAN’T SELL OUT!!! If not for Georgia and Clemson on your home schedule, you wouldn’t have had an increase in sales. BTW for the poster who claimed the Joke by Coke had better sight lines than Sanford Stadium, try that North upper deck buddy, from there you can’t see anything from the 5 yd line into the endzone, well that’s not true, you can see the muggings on campus.
If D-Rad really wants to do something special for GT games, a new tradition, here’s a winning idea, this one will rock the house —- Fried Fish at your concession stands, because evidently your Head Coach has an affinity for Fried Fish. Maybe you boys could have a “Big Fish Fry” before one of those Thursday evening traditional games you pride yourself on. Heck, maybe CPJ will make a personal appearance and once again make that now infamous statement “we’ve got bigger fish to fry than Georgia”, PLEASE, show the world those bigger fish with CPJ frying them. ONe more question for you “do you need tartar sauce with your fish, or more Paul Johnson yeller mustard???”
Dokter
February 24th, 2010
12:54 pm
How many of those 51,000 tickets were $25 end zone seats that GT sells for their conference games? For the UGA game they bumped the price to $75.
Everyone I know that has looked at the 2010 GT home schedule is hesitating about committing to season tickets.
messin with sasquatch
February 25th, 2010
11:07 am
glad we have a relevant column on gt stadium seating. is this the ajc uga journalism school newsletter?
ugaggers keep on buying the season ticket packages so you have a mile high seat every other year.