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Post by knine99 on Mar 26, 2010 17:38:20 GMT -5
While it would have been nice to play in the FargoDome the Yale Bowl is also impressive. It seats 62,000 people !
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Post by hoyaparents on Mar 27, 2010 9:00:34 GMT -5
Yes, it is an impressive place with a wonderful history.
Don't count on 62,000 showing up, maybe 620 is more like it.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Mar 28, 2010 13:34:20 GMT -5
Yes, it is an impressive place with a wonderful history. Don't count on 62,000 showing up, maybe 620 is more like it. It says something, though, that Yale/Harvard, a rivalry game, can draw north of 52K in the Yale Bowl. That may beat any BE football attendance this year but I am not positive. |
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Post by DFW HOYA on Mar 28, 2010 18:09:55 GMT -5
Don't count on 62,000 showing up, maybe 620 is more like it. To be fair, the last Georgetown game at Yale drew 12,771. If there was any sort of GU-related promotion to alumni in the NY/CT area, that number could have been even better. |
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Post by kchoya on Mar 29, 2010 13:27:36 GMT -5
Yes, it is an impressive place with a wonderful history. Don't count on 62,000 showing up, maybe 620 is more like it. It says something, though, that Yale/Harvard, a rivalry game, can draw north of 52K in the Yale Bowl. That may beat any BE football attendance this year but I am not positive. Seeing as how three schools averaged more than 52K, I thing you're wrong. ON EDIT: WVU had 7 games over 52K, Pitt had three, USF had two, and Rutgers had two. None of the other schools play in a stadium that seated 52K. |
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Post by hoyahopeful on Mar 30, 2010 12:54:14 GMT -5
Don't count on 62,000 showing up, maybe 620 is more like it. To be fair, the last Georgetown game at Yale drew 12,771. If there was any sort of GU-related promotion to alumni in the NY/CT area, that number could have been even better. If the Hoyas offer any reason to believe that they have a good chance of winning, I think a solid number of NYC alumni would take the easy train ride to New Haven. It would take a victory vs. Davidson and a strong showing vs. Lafayette. However, if the team resembles 2009, 2008, etc., I would expect family, friends, and some loyal alumni who simply love football, beautiful early fall weather and their alma mater. |
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Post by 98hoya on Mar 30, 2010 13:22:13 GMT -5
I was at the game at the Yale Bowl a couple of years ago and I'd encourage anyone with the ability to make it. It's a cool experience because they do a lot of the things that I hope we someday start to do at our games - they encourage tailgates, have a local radio station doing live broadcasting outside and, most importantly - they have students and alums who have school spirit who attend! It's really a fun atmosphere.
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Post by hoyaalf on Apr 22, 2010 11:44:59 GMT -5
They might have invented tailgating frolics.
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Post by thebin on Apr 22, 2010 12:38:30 GMT -5
The problem with the Yale Bowl is it looks horrible when even a respectable 20K crowd shows up (unlike Harvard's more intimate but just as historic stadium.) That and it is in New Haven. I doubt it hasn sold out for even the Harvard game in decades...probably the last time was the 100th anniversary game that a little innocent thebin attended in the mid 1980s.
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