NRF sell-out?

[cats1967]

New Trier (7-1) plays Evanston (5-3) on Friday at NRF and it is either a sell-out or close to it. There were some upper level corner seats available as of yesterday. Game was scheduled months ago as, I assume, a way to generate local interest in NRF. NT QB is headed to Purdue.

 

[Deeringfish]

Will all of the venues be open for this game? will it be televised?

 

[cats1967]

Don’t know about clubs although I am in the Loft Club for NU and could not buy tickets there. I would imagine that at least some concessions would be open but have not seen anything saying so.
It looks as if the game is on Hudl:

New Trier High School • Schedule

Located in Winnetka, IL. Find scheduled events, watch livestreams and explore rosters.

fan.hudl.com

 

[jne381]

They are two local schools, but if they sold anything close to 35,000 tickets to a HS football game, I am amazed.

 

[Deeringfish]

Don’t know about clubs although I am in the Loft Club for NU and could not buy tickets there. I would imagine that at least some concessions would be open but have not seen anything saying so.
It looks as if the game is on Hudl:

New Trier High School • Schedule

Located in Winnetka, IL. Find scheduled events, watch livestreams and explore rosters.

fan.hudl.com

The reason I asked is if the venues with the TVs are closed it might be an interesting comparison fir how fun the stands look.

 

[NJcatsfan2]

they're saying nearly 25K tickets sold

 

[mickbula]

they're saying nearly 25K tickets sold

Does nu get some of revenue generated by this game?

 

[zeek55]

Does nu get some of revenue generated by this game?

It'd depend on the contract specifics, but generally yes Northwestern's AD should be making money on any event that takes place at the stadium (which would include something like this).

For a game like this, I'd venture that the two schools get a good split of the ticket revenue while Northwestern is probably going to reap profit off concessions/parking.

The new stadium is probably going to generate around triple (maybe higher) the revenues of the old stadium over time (especially once concerts are added in). It's going to be a much bigger 2nd economic engine for the AD compared to old RF (first is always going to be the Big Ten conference share).

 

[Deeringfish]

Does nu get some of revenue generated by this game?

Even if they don't get a ton of revenue, getting that many locals into the stadium is a real plus. It is an audience that lives close enough to decide to go to any game even at the last minute. Word of mouth would be great too.

 

[KKAT]

Who gets the Wildcat Wall?

 

[its_the_sauce]

Who gets the Wildcat Wall?

ETHS students

 

[prez77]

They are two local schools, but if they sold anything close to 35,000 tickets to a HS football game, I am amazed.

It's interesting. My kid went through Evanston schools and it's an authentic grudge match with a lot of socio-economic implications that the kids on both sides understand and some adults are not real happy with. Combine that with a lot of people wanting to get a look at the new wonder of world and I think you've got quite a night.