Interesting re: baseball attendance and records

[patdog]

why-10k-looks-the-same-as-15k

 

[57stratdawg]

Makes sense.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

When did we start counting paid attendance?

I know we have now for a while, but we haven't done that forever. I remember a point in time where everyone else did (including LSU, who would claim attendance titles), but we didn't.

I say that to say, I think this statement is wrong:

Take the 2007 Super Regional vs. Clemson. THAT crowd is the record for most people in attendance at Dudy Noble Field: 13,715.

The 14,991 vs Florida in 1989 holds that record.

 

[121Josey]

Will the new park increase capacity?

 

[Mjoelner]

I know we have now for a while, but we haven't done that forever. I remember a point in time where everyone else did (including LSU, who would claim attendance titles), but we didn't.

I say that to say, I think this statement is wrong:



The 14,991 vs Florida in 1989 holds that record.

^^^THIS^^^ Back in those days we only counted butts in the seats.

 

[CuzDawg]

Yea, that article is just wrong

 

[00Dawg]

It's been during the Stricklin era, although we still don't always do it, otherwise all our early midweek/poor-weather games would list extremely similar attendance numbers, and they don't.
Meanwhile, he's going with the assumption that we reported the correct number in 2007. We didn't. As people said, the fire marshal's presence hampered a correct counting.

I had this discussion with Greg Byrne back in the day, but it wasn't even a blip on his radar.

 

[Dawgzilla]

Back in the day, we counted everyone who was even milling around. Before the stadium expansion, you could watch the game from the ramp over on the Hump, and they would count those people as part of the attendance.