Here are the schedules and attendence for five home games for the Conf. USA school in Dallas and the
SunBelt school in Denton. That is a difference of less than 3,000(2,733) fans per game.
UTEP 26,691
Northwestern State 20,083
UCF 22,932
Tulane 20,106
Navy 21,080
average--22,178
Houston 28,075
Indiana 21,181
FAU 13,142
ULM 17,815
WKU 17,011
average--19,445
difference--2,733
I'm not sure what Apogee holds, but I know it's around 30,000. If NT gets into CUSA, it should average
around 22,000, which is what SMU averages. Take away 5,000 for the students, that is 17,000 available
tickets. Figuring $15 per ticket that is $255,000 NT would make off ticket sales alone. This doesn't
include any parking money, concession money or merchandise money.
I believe there are only 5 home games scheduled for 2012. That would generate $1,275,000 from the gate
for the season. I would think it takes at least $1,000,000 per year for the athletic department to meet
its budget. Sellout 30,000 seats, that's $1,875,000 per game.
These are just raw numbers, discuss.