That still a 10,00 seat set up, is it not?
Theyâll need all 10,000 when the Coogs come to town next year.
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10k for basketball, 15k for events.
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Then theyâll need all 15,000 when the Coogs come to town next year.
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10,000 was around what the orginal Hoff compacity was. You mentioned events. My point has been by not getting closer to the 10,000 seat compacity it is leaving UH out of extra events like concerts and such when basketball is not being played. 7,000 might work for basketball but the FC woud stll be loud and seats would be sold at the 10,000 compacity especially in the Big12, plus that seat number is more in that wheel house that events companies and bands would pay UH for hosting events. Houston really doest not have a 10-15000 indoor venue for events and FC could of been that. I just think UH missed an opportunity to have an arena that could generate revenue outside of UH sports. If noticed besides a couple of events FC is dormant when UH sports are not in season. That is such a wasted revenue source but most event holders are going to want to book an arena at 10,000 +
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Missed an opportunity, how could FC have seated 10k? Taking away all the luxuries?
Good architects know how to make it happen. But, yeah, it would take a pretty penny.
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This mindset was a small part of what put us in the hinterlands for many, many years. Competitive advantage (both during games and recruiting) is priority 1. Any other objective is after that. If a facility can generate extra revenue, thatâs gravy.
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Exactly. We have the capacity to seat almost all of our interested fans. We donât need to add seats for others to join the party.
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Exactly. Toyota center hold all the big artist. And NRG even more people. Theyve held the bull riding competition and the Wrestling thing. I think weâre ok. Some other big name people have been to Cullen performance hall and NRG center i donât think itâs the venue but with basketball being from Nov to March. Makes it difficult go around practices and football.
Why spend money on something that is already in place (FC), when you need money for something that doesnât exist (football only facility)?
I am sure UH has many capital improvement projects current and in the works. Expansion of FC would be, in my opinion, at or near the bottom. Funding for expansion would need to come from private sources.
In the meantime, I would consider renting FC for other, non-UH events to generate some revenue. I am not sure about the acoustics at FC. Would it be good enough to hold a concert?
Of course, if money were no object almost anything could be done. But what could be done is not always what should be done. BTW, at UH money is an object, one we done have a lot of.
https://twitter.com/UHpres/status/1619416512476971009?t=3GDpNB-E3SirmgvgdlPSzA&s=19.
The FC is selling out all games and UH sold all season tickets with many many UH fans wanting to buy especially going into the Big12 but cant because lack of seats. With scenes like this becoming the regular it might be legit to start thinking expanding FC to 10,000 seats. I know so many of you have came out against this but the demand is there and if add in a couple luxury suites along with the regular seats could be a money maker. If the demand is shown to be there which it has and looks like it going to continue then that means UH could be losing out on lost revenue by not expanding FC.
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No. Queue up buy season tickets or go through after market. They will probably raise prices next season so everyone needs to get on it. Prefer smaller venue. Screw that large crap, been there done that.
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You are more worried about other teams and scalpers then growing a fan base who is showing they want to buy season tickets but there are none left. If we built TDECU with the mindset of growing the fanbase with season tickets sales and larger crowds by besigning a football stadium with expansion in mind we should have the same mindset for basketball and the demand is there for basketball. I get raising prices but UH needs to be really careful because you are going to get where some alumni who have had season tickets for 10+ years are going to start letting go of number of seats or worse have to choose between cutting out season tickets from either football or basketball all together. If you are worried about revenue then add some luxury suites in any FC expansion and I get Fertitta paid for the overhaul for the arena, but if do expand and need the funds just might have to sell naming rights to the arena. Fertitta just got his family name put on the new medical building so he doesnt need his name on multiple buildings. No other program in the Big 12 is saying we are not going to expand because we fear other teams fans buying tickets and scalpers over our own fanbase growing.
Our offense might need to go back to how it was last year with Fabian and Carlton. Run it through Jarace and Roberts. Sasser start shooting a lot of 3s like kyler. Jamal facilitate. mark flash like Taze.
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SMUâs Moody Coliseum is the same size. It filled up with Larry Brown and they did a reseat campaign to squeeze more money out. Larry Brown left and tickets sold are half of capacity.
If CKS is happy, Iâm happy. Letâs start with conference tournament attendance like the Hogs used to bring.
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I agree. Sitting in a large venue sucks. You would have a better view sitting at home and watching on TV. UH has never needed a huge FB stadium or BB arena because of our relatively smaller fan base.
If and when thereâs a 1,000+ person waiting list of folks willing to pay $1,000.00+/year for each season ticket then it might be worthy of consideration. At this point in time however, we seem to have folks worried about the inevitable & requisite price increases for season tickets for our first year in the Big12.
And we still seem to be struggling to get our students to fill up their sections. At least we are bringing a really large pep band and cheer squads.
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This is an important point. Our ticket demand is fragile. Raise prices by the percentage of extra seats people are proposing and watch the demand plummet. We would still have decent crowds, but they wouldnât be consistent or full.
There may come a time where our fan base is deep and dedicated enough to pack the house because thatâs what theyâve always done, but that time isnât anytime soon.
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