Nashville Attendance

[kcatz]

Tons of tickets left on the Bobcat side. Prices are dropping.

Do you still need tickets? I tried but can't PM you.

I have a lead on tickets.

Pm me of you still need tickets

[TomCat88]

My realistic guess is 7,000-10,000 ISU fans since Normal Illinois is only 6.5 hours away, and 13,000-16,000 MSU Fans. So anywhere from 20,000 to 26,000. That would be a solid turnout for MSU against a non -DSU school!

Ow way. They only average 4000 fans for home games. Now way that will double with a 7 hour drive.

My prediction; 2000 ISU fans. 20,000 bobcat fans.

4000? Where are you seeing this? I saw 10,000 for ndsu, 10,000 for Youngstown, 7,700 for N. Iowa, 7,000 for SIU.

[kwcat]

Tons of tickets left on the Bobcat side. Prices are dropping.

Counted around 500 open on MSU's side on the official NCAA website. Another 1000 or so on the secondary market via SeatGeek, StubHub, and VividSeats. Looks like we should have a good turnout on both sides as of right now! Just hope we can fill in the empty spaces lower towards the sidelines and have everyone move down to fill the empty pockets as the game goes on. I think we might actually be realistically seeing 25,000 plus in attendance for this game. Should be a good atmosphere

The stadium holds 35k. I have seen darn few seats for sale in either endzone. If your calculations are correct and there are approximately 1500 tickets left, does attendance break 30k?

The end zone seats I think are only or primarily available through the Commodore club. Where are you seeing on the NCAA site the number of tickets available?

I am hopeful for high 20,000 range

I got end zone seats with club access from the NCAA website in section L. They were $25 more than the sideline tix that were still available.

[catatac]

Tons of tickets left on the Bobcat side. Prices are dropping.

Counted around 500 open on MSU's side on the official NCAA website. Another 1000 or so on the secondary market via SeatGeek, StubHub, and VividSeats. Looks like we should have a good turnout on both sides as of right now! Just hope we can fill in the empty spaces lower towards the sidelines and have everyone move down to fill the empty pockets as the game goes on. I think we might actually be realistically seeing 25,000 plus in attendance for this game. Should be a good atmosphere

The stadium holds 35k. I have seen darn few seats for sale in either endzone. If your calculations are correct and there are approximately 1500 tickets left, does attendance break 30k?

The end zone seats I think are only or primarily available through the Commodore club. Where are you seeing on the NCAA site the number of tickets available?

I am hopeful for high 20,000 range

That would be super cool, and I really hope we see that kind of a turnout. I'm still skeptical though, just looking at the history. Below is the attendance for the past 25 years. Cracked 23,000 once. Average is 18,000. These were all played in Chattanooga and Frisco, which I think are similar capacity. For the people predicting 20,000 Cat fans, and\or 30,000 total, are you thinking that moving to a bigger stadium will drastically spike the # of Cats fans that made the trip in 2021 or 2024... because a lot of people stayed home the past two times thinking they wouldn't be able to get tickets due to limited seating capacity? I don't think this FCS title game usually sells out?

20,052
17,156
12,698
12,360
14,281
15,599
19,219
22,808
23,010
17,823
14,328
13,027
20,586
21,411
19,802
20,918
21,836
14,423
19,090
17,802
17,866
18,942
18,023
19,512
18,005

[Montanabob]

Tons of tickets left on the Bobcat side. Prices are dropping.

Counted around 500 open on MSU's side on the official NCAA website. Another 1000 or so on the secondary market via SeatGeek, StubHub, and VividSeats. Looks like we should have a good turnout on both sides as of right now! Just hope we can fill in the empty spaces lower towards the sidelines and have everyone move down to fill the empty pockets as the game goes on. I think we might actually be realistically seeing 25,000 plus in attendance for this game. Should be a good atmosphere

The stadium holds 35k. I have seen darn few seats for sale in either endzone. If your calculations are correct and there are approximately 1500 tickets left, does attendance break 30k?

The end zone seats I think are only or primarily available through the Commodore club. Where are you seeing on the NCAA site the number of tickets available?

I am hopeful for high 20,000 range

I got end zone seats with club access from the NCAA website in section L. They were $25 more than the sideline tix that were still available.

not near as many tickets available on seatgeek for resale as in any of the last 3 games. I was watching.

[RICO CAT]

Tons of tickets left on the Bobcat side. Prices are dropping.

Counted around 500 open on MSU's side on the official NCAA website. Another 1000 or so on the secondary market via SeatGeek, StubHub, and VividSeats. Looks like we should have a good turnout on both sides as of right now! Just hope we can fill in the empty spaces lower towards the sidelines and have everyone move down to fill the empty pockets as the game goes on. I think we might actually be realistically seeing 25,000 plus in attendance for this game. Should be a good atmosphere

The stadium holds 35k. I have seen darn few seats for sale in either endzone. If your calculations are correct and there are approximately 1500 tickets left, does attendance break 30k?

The end zone seats I think are only or primarily available through the Commodore club. Where are you seeing on the NCAA site the number of tickets available?

I am hopeful for high 20,000 range

I got end zone seats with club access from the NCAA website in section L. They were $25 more than the sideline tix that were still available.

not near as many tickets available on seatgeek for resale as in any of the last 3 games. I was watching.

I’ve noticed on Seat Geek the ticket prices are cheaper on the Red Bird side as compared to the Bobcat side.

[Montanabob]

Tons of tickets left on the Bobcat side. Prices are dropping.

Counted around 500 open on MSU's side on the official NCAA website. Another 1000 or so on the secondary market via SeatGeek, StubHub, and VividSeats. Looks like we should have a good turnout on both sides as of right now! Just hope we can fill in the empty spaces lower towards the sidelines and have everyone move down to fill the empty pockets as the game goes on. I think we might actually be realistically seeing 25,000 plus in attendance for this game. Should be a good atmosphere

The stadium holds 35k. I have seen darn few seats for sale in either endzone. If your calculations are correct and there are approximately 1500 tickets left, does attendance break 30k?

The end zone seats I think are only or primarily available through the Commodore club. Where are you seeing on the NCAA site the number of tickets available?

I am hopeful for high 20,000 range

I got end zone seats with club access from the NCAA website in section L. They were $25 more than the sideline tix that were still available.

not near as many tickets available on seatgeek for resale as in any of the last 3 games. I was watching.

I’ve noticed on Seat Geek the ticket prices are cheaper on the Red Bird side as compared to the Bobcat side.

yeah, the redheaded step children had less seats to sell and returned 550

[TomCat88]

Tons of tickets left on the Bobcat side. Prices are dropping.

Counted around 500 open on MSU's side on the official NCAA website. Another 1000 or so on the secondary market via SeatGeek, StubHub, and VividSeats. Looks like we should have a good turnout on both sides as of right now! Just hope we can fill in the empty spaces lower towards the sidelines and have everyone move down to fill the empty pockets as the game goes on. I think we might actually be realistically seeing 25,000 plus in attendance for this game. Should be a good atmosphere

The stadium holds 35k. I have seen darn few seats for sale in either endzone. If your calculations are correct and there are approximately 1500 tickets left, does attendance break 30k?

The end zone seats I think are only or primarily available through the Commodore club. Where are you seeing on the NCAA site the number of tickets available?

I am hopeful for high 20,000 range

That would be super cool, and I really hope we see that kind of a turnout. I'm still skeptical though, just looking at the history. Below is the attendance for the past 25 years. Cracked 23,000 once. Average is 18,000. These were all played in Chattanooga and Frisco, which I think are similar capacity. For the people predicting 20,000 Cat fans, and\or 30,000 total, are you thinking that moving to a bigger stadium will drastically spike the # of Cats fans that made the trip in 2021 or 2024... because a lot of people stayed home the past two times thinking they wouldn't be able to get tickets due to limited seating capacity? I don't think this FCS title game usually sells out?

20,052
17,156
12,698
12,360
14,281
15,599
19,219
22,808
23,010
17,823
14,328
13,027
20,586
21,411
19,802
20,918
21,836
14,423
19,090
17,802
17,866
18,942
18,023
19,512
18,005

You don’t think people are more apt to go to Nashville than Chattanooga or Frisco? Seems like the more casual fans and fans on the fence might be swayed to go due to it being in Nashville.

[Bobcat Sig]

Tons of tickets left on the Bobcat side. Prices are dropping.

Counted around 500 open on MSU's side on the official NCAA website. Another 1000 or so on the secondary market via SeatGeek, StubHub, and VividSeats. Looks like we should have a good turnout on both sides as of right now! Just hope we can fill in the empty spaces lower towards the sidelines and have everyone move down to fill the empty pockets as the game goes on. I think we might actually be realistically seeing 25,000 plus in attendance for this game. Should be a good atmosphere

That was my thought. Frisco was …. Fine. Nashville is so much better on nearly all levels, save for airfare. DFW and Dallas Love have Nashville beat there by a large margin.
The stadium holds 35k. I have seen darn few seats for sale in either endzone. If your calculations are correct and there are approximately 1500 tickets left, does attendance break 30k?

The end zone seats I think are only or primarily available through the Commodore club. Where are you seeing on the NCAA site the number of tickets available?

I am hopeful for high 20,000 range

That would be super cool, and I really hope we see that kind of a turnout. I'm still skeptical though, just looking at the history. Below is the attendance for the past 25 years. Cracked 23,000 once. Average is 18,000. These were all played in Chattanooga and Frisco, which I think are similar capacity. For the people predicting 20,000 Cat fans, and\or 30,000 total, are you thinking that moving to a bigger stadium will drastically spike the # of Cats fans that made the trip in 2021 or 2024... because a lot of people stayed home the past two times thinking they wouldn't be able to get tickets due to limited seating capacity? I don't think this FCS title game usually sells out?

20,052
17,156
12,698
12,360
14,281
15,599
19,219
22,808
23,010
17,823
14,328
13,027
20,586
21,411
19,802
20,918
21,836
14,423
19,090
17,802
17,866
18,942
18,023
19,512
18,005

You don’t think people are more apt to go to Nashville than Chattanooga or Frisco? Seems like the more casual fans and fans on the fence might be swayed to go due to it being in Nashville.

[catatac]

Tons of tickets left on the Bobcat side. Prices are dropping.

Counted around 500 open on MSU's side on the official NCAA website. Another 1000 or so on the secondary market via SeatGeek, StubHub, and VividSeats. Looks like we should have a good turnout on both sides as of right now! Just hope we can fill in the empty spaces lower towards the sidelines and have everyone move down to fill the empty pockets as the game goes on. I think we might actually be realistically seeing 25,000 plus in attendance for this game. Should be a good atmosphere

The stadium holds 35k. I have seen darn few seats for sale in either endzone. If your calculations are correct and there are approximately 1500 tickets left, does attendance break 30k?

The end zone seats I think are only or primarily available through the Commodore club. Where are you seeing on the NCAA site the number of tickets available?

I am hopeful for high 20,000 range

That would be super cool, and I really hope we see that kind of a turnout. I'm still skeptical though, just looking at the history. Below is the attendance for the past 25 years. Cracked 23,000 once. Average is 18,000. These were all played in Chattanooga and Frisco, which I think are similar capacity. For the people predicting 20,000 Cat fans, and\or 30,000 total, are you thinking that moving to a bigger stadium will drastically spike the # of Cats fans that made the trip in 2021 or 2024... because a lot of people stayed home the past two times thinking they wouldn't be able to get tickets due to limited seating capacity? I don't think this FCS title game usually sells out?

20,052
17,156
12,698
12,360
14,281
15,599
19,219
22,808
23,010
17,823
14,328
13,027
20,586
21,411
19,802
20,918
21,836
14,423
19,090
17,802
17,866
18,942
18,023
19,512
18,005

You don’t think people are more apt to go to Nashville than Chattanooga or Frisco? Seems like the more casual fans and fans on the fence might be swayed to go due to it being in Nashville.

I hope so! I remember being blown away by the number of Cats that showed up in 2021, first time making it there in forever. Then last year when it was "Our Year", and many of us felt it was destiny, 40th anniversary from last one, Tommy and all the other insane talent, undefeated, etc. Again, I really hope we get even more at this one, but I know several people that went to the last two, and aren't going this year. Maybe the big surprise will be huge # fans coming from the Midwest and Eastern US, etc. Tougher to get to Nashville than Frisco, from MT at least. I just don't think it's realistic to think there will be 20,000 Cat fans here. I also don't think Ill St. will travel as well as NDSU, SDSU, or UM. Again, I'm hoping I'm wrong and the Cats get 15,000 to 20,000 fans there, Ill St. gets under 10,000, and we all shatter the record for all time attendance for the FCS Chipper!

[BelgradeBobcat]

The ridiculous ticket prices will keep the casual fans away. I think this is a thing all over college football. Watching the Orange Bowl and there were empty seats all over the place. $160.00 for face value is just nuts.

[catzz]

The ridiculous ticket prices will keep the casual fans away. I think this is a thing all over college football. Watching the Orange Bowl and there were empty seats all over the place. $160.00 for face value is just nuts.

I’d say flights were more difficult this time. Game tickets will be under $50 bucks come game time. Tickets have NEVER been a problem. I agree, $160 tickets by NCAA this year was dumb but that did not prevent anyone from going. I’d be happy if the game broke 20k fans.

[Bobcat Sig]

The ridiculous ticket prices will keep the casual fans away. I think this is a thing all over college football. Watching the Orange Bowl and there were empty seats all over the place. $160.00 for face value is just nuts.

I’d say flights were more difficult this time. Game tickets will be under $50 bucks come game time. Tickets have NEVER been a problem. I agree, $160 tickets by NCAA this year was dumb but that did not prevent anyone from going. I’d be happy if the game broke 20k fans.

Indeed. Airfare from nearly anywhere in the west was surprisingly high

[MSUBobcat04]

NCAA ticket sales has released tickets from ISU and they are now for sale. MSU side hasn't been released to the public yet.
ISU had 3 sections.
MSU has 4 sections, that is why we got the visitor side - more seats to sell to us.

I wouldn't think the NCAA would give preferential treatment to one school over the other, for 1. Second, we got the visitor side because our side of the bracket was the lower seeded half of the bracket if things went chalk.

[MSUBobcat04]

The largest attendance that Illinois state had I believe was around 11,000 in an early season game. Their homecoming was about 7000 in attendance. I am curious how they will travel? Maybe their numbers will be higher with Nashville being a destination and their team in the national championship. Montana State probably had 13,000 or more in Frisco last year. I am hoping we travel better.

I have friends that are lifelong North Dakota State fans that plan on keeping their tickets and going to the game as well

The listed attendance for last year's game is 18,000. If that's accurate, you're saying the Cats had 13,000 and NDSU had 5,000.

Yes, I think 12-13k is accurate. MSU had waaayyyyy more fans than the bison. It shocked me.

I dunno, that doesn't seem accurate to me. I was there as well and while I do agree the Cats outnumbered the Bison, there were more then 5,000 bison fans in that stadium.

I thought it was 60/40 Cats fans. So quick math shows about 7200 bison fans. That’s probably more accurate.

Things are not great in Bisonville. Their attendance has been way down with an abysmal 10,500 at their playoff loss to Illinois State. Not sure what is going on, but they have lost a lot of momentum with fans.

Fans got apathetic with the dynasty they had. Additionally, NDSU's ticket prices are higher than MSU's so many fans are skipping games, saving hundreds of dollars with the expectation they'll be in the chipper. Welp... the Redbirds put them in the chipper all right. Just like in the movie Fargo.

[Catsrgrood]

The ridiculous ticket prices will keep the casual fans away. I think this is a thing all over college football. Watching the Orange Bowl and there were empty seats all over the place. $160.00 for face value is just nuts.

I’d say flights were more difficult this time. Game tickets will be under $50 bucks come game time. Tickets have NEVER been a problem. I agree, $160 tickets by NCAA this year was dumb but that did not prevent anyone from going. I’d be happy if the game broke 20k fans.

I think flights are a much bigger hurdle than the actual game tickets.

Although $50 tickets would be great, I don’t blink twice at paying $150-200 for a National Championship game. It’s paying $1200+ for a flight per person for those that weren’t on top of it and booked early that is the deal breaker for many.

I know of many people going, I know of almost just as many that want to go and would go if flights were more reasonable, but are staying home.

It is what it is, but I would just about guarantee 20k+ Cat fans would make the trip if it was a 6 hr drive or $300-400 flight like it is for Ill St fans.

[MSUBobcat04]

My realistic guess is 7,000-10,000 ISU fans since Normal Illinois is only 6.5 hours away, and 13,000-16,000 MSU Fans. So anywhere from 20,000 to 26,000. That would be a solid turnout for MSU against a non -DSU school!

Ow way. They only average 4000 fans for home games. Now way that will double with a 7 hour drive.

My prediction; 2000 ISU fans. 20,000 bobcat fans.

Numbers are sure all over the place. Last time ISU played in Frisco some of their fans estimate they had around 5000. Doesn’t sound like they sold their ticket allotment of 4000+. But I would guess as close as they are that many will be picking up tickets when they get there. I sure hope they have more than a couple thousand.
I would be very pleasantly surprised if we broke 20,000 fans of our own.
I know quite a few NDSU fans personally that still plan on going. Don’t know if that is reflective of their entire fan base or not. I know several UM fans that are going as well.

I am not expecting a good ISU turnout given they couldn’t even sell their own ticket allotment. I saw a Facebook post where ISU was basically begging fans to purchase tickets. And how many fans actually make travel arrangements without having game tickets lined up? That would seem to be a pretty small number of people.

Many more than you think. When we went in 2022, I bought fantastic seats around the 35 yard line (albeit in the NDSU section) for cheap as we were sitting in the Cody airport waiting for our delayed flight. This was on the recommendation of many Bison fans on the Any Given Saturday FCS forum who obviously had many years of experience. In a stadium the size of FirstBank, game tickets are not the problem; travel is. There's pretty good seats around the 25, Row 14 for under $100 right now. Really kicking myself for getting way-too-expensive suite seats on the way-too-far out forecast showing a high of mid-40s and rainy. Oh well. As long as we kick @$$, it's all worth it!

[MSUBobcat04]

A fervent Redbird poster on the FCS forum that I frequent estimates about 6k for ISU. I think MSU brings 14-15k due to the feeling that this may actually be the year we get over the hump as well as Nashville being a much more desirable location than Frisco. Add in another 1k for Gris and Bizuns that were overly confident, and maybe another 500 for casual fans that snap up last minute cheap tickets to see a championship. It should be pretty well attended compared to other years, but it won't look like it due to the size of the stadium.

[bobcat92]

Craig Hailey, Sam Herder, etc are predicting 25k to 30k. I am headed out Saturday morning for Nashville. This is my first time going to the Natty! Pulled the trigger in August so was able to use points for the airline ticket. This has been on the bucket list with Griz brother to got to the title game together. Glad we are in it not the Griz! He used points to get us the hotel room. I have a feeling Nashville will be blue and gold from Friday till Tuesday. Safe travels everyone!

[RICO CAT]

My realistic guess is 7,000-10,000 ISU fans since Normal Illinois is only 6.5 hours away, and 13,000-16,000 MSU Fans. So anywhere from 20,000 to 26,000. That would be a solid turnout for MSU against a non -DSU school!

Ow way. They only average 4000 fans for home games. Now way that will double with a 7 hour drive.

My prediction; 2000 ISU fans. 20,000 bobcat fans.

Numbers are sure all over the place. Last time ISU played in Frisco some of their fans estimate they had around 5000. Doesn’t sound like they sold their ticket allotment of 4000+. But I would guess as close as they are that many will be picking up tickets when they get there. I sure hope they have more than a couple thousand.
I would be very pleasantly surprised if we broke 20,000 fans of our own.
I know quite a few NDSU fans personally that still plan on going. Don’t know if that is reflective of their entire fan base or not. I know several UM fans that are going as well.

I am not expecting a good ISU turnout given they couldn’t even sell their own ticket allotment. I saw a Facebook post where ISU was basically begging fans to purchase tickets. And how many fans actually make travel arrangements without having game tickets lined up? That would seem to be a pretty small number of people.

Many more than you think. When we went in 2022, I bought fantastic seats around the 35 yard line (albeit in the NDSU section) for cheap as we were sitting in the Cody airport waiting for our delayed flight. This was on the recommendation of many Bison fans on the Any Given Saturday FCS forum who obviously had many years of experience. In a stadium the size of FirstBank, game tickets are not the problem; travel is. There's pretty good seats around the 25, Row 14 for under $100 right now. Really kicking myself for getting way-too-expensive suite seats on the way-too-far out forecast showing a high of mid-40s and rainy. Oh well. As long as we kick @$$, it's all worth it!

I feel you! Waiting for ticket prices to drop though is a risk, especially if you are buying for a group of people wanting to sit together. No guarantee you will find that many together. That’s the situation I found myself in. They aren’t going to make plans until tickets have been secured. On the other hand, if you wait to book a flight prices go up.