Stadium upgrades would probably be an easier sell, if we could fill the stadium we have to capacity on a more regular basis. One way to do this would be to get greater penetration in the Spokane market.
How can we do that?
I'm certain this is not the first time this has been discussed, and I know historically we've played some games at Joe Albi to attempt this. However, now more than ever, I'm a big believer we want to bring Spokane to the campus, not the games to Spokane.
Here's one trial balloon to shoot at. I'll admit up front that this is probably not thought through all the way. It may not pan out under scruntiny, but I feel compelled to make an attempt.
Initially, I'm thinking revenue nuetral. In otherwords increase attendendance, and just cover costs, not necessarily raise revenue. I think that comes later when you've established a larger fan base. Of course more fans would mean more consessions and EWU gear sales.
I'm thinking all of the 11 GSL high schools are pretty close to within 25 miles of Cheney. So what if we offer $20 best available seats on the goeags web site that includes the right to ride a shuttle to and from the games for free. At the time you buy the tickets you get the best available seat, any section. We'd have two shuttle runs. One from the east, and one from the north. Both shuttles start about 2 or 2 1/2 hours before kick off and have 5 or 6 stops at each of the high schools on the way to the game. You show your ticket to the driver when you board, and that's all you need. After the game the buses make the same return route. I'm guessing we'd need to charge about double that for the Montana game, because of ticket demand.
Would we need to charge more than $20? Would this increase interest in Spokane?
How can we do that?
I'm certain this is not the first time this has been discussed, and I know historically we've played some games at Joe Albi to attempt this. However, now more than ever, I'm a big believer we want to bring Spokane to the campus, not the games to Spokane.
Here's one trial balloon to shoot at. I'll admit up front that this is probably not thought through all the way. It may not pan out under scruntiny, but I feel compelled to make an attempt.
Initially, I'm thinking revenue nuetral. In otherwords increase attendendance, and just cover costs, not necessarily raise revenue. I think that comes later when you've established a larger fan base. Of course more fans would mean more consessions and EWU gear sales.
I'm thinking all of the 11 GSL high schools are pretty close to within 25 miles of Cheney. So what if we offer $20 best available seats on the goeags web site that includes the right to ride a shuttle to and from the games for free. At the time you buy the tickets you get the best available seat, any section. We'd have two shuttle runs. One from the east, and one from the north. Both shuttles start about 2 or 2 1/2 hours before kick off and have 5 or 6 stops at each of the high schools on the way to the game. You show your ticket to the driver when you board, and that's all you need. After the game the buses make the same return route. I'm guessing we'd need to charge about double that for the Montana game, because of ticket demand.
Would we need to charge more than $20? Would this increase interest in Spokane?
