Free concessions at Coastal Carolina home games

[MeanGreenZen]

Very interesting move here. Attendance will skyrocket, especially young families. Can the ticket prices and additional advertising sales (justified from the higher attendance) offset the cost of materials (minimal) and lost concessions sales? 
Really outside the box thinking. I am impressed.
With all the competition for entertainment dollars in DFW, this would be a way to set us apart. Risky, but I bet it would work here. 

[Dannymacfan]

I like the idea!  UNT will never do it though, they are way too cheap!

[NT80]

Wow, that is a great idea.   This would attract students, even non-athletic-interested students!

Just find donors for the food, and maybe scouts to man to concession stands for tips.

[greenminer]

I am skeptical that this is sustainable, but maybe it'll work?

[MCMLXXX]

I believe this is an early April Fools Post.

[MeanGreenZen]

8 hours ago, MCMLXXX said:

I believe this is an early April Fools Post.

It is not a joke. And it is not ALL concession items. Just popcorn, nachos, hotdogs, soda and water. The stuff the school can buy really cheap at quantity. I am guessing that they will still sell alcohol.

Their stands are going to be full this season. And a full stadium makes everything else about a program better. If this works for them, we should do it too. 
 
This is how you beat the pro sports teams for attendance in DFW (and by beating them I mean just significantly increasing our current attendance).

Pay $1,500 to take a family of four to Jerry World or pay $100 to take the family to an all you can eat Mean Green game? The value is there. 

[untjim1995]

1 hour ago, MeanGreenZen said:

It is not a joke. And it is not ALL concession items. Just popcorn, nachos, hotdogs, soda and water. The stuff the school can buy really cheap at quantity. I am guessing that they will still sell alcohol.

Their stands are going to be full this season. And a full stadium makes everything else about a program better. If this works for them, we should do it too. 
 
This is how you beat the pro sports teams for attendance in DFW (and by beating them I mean just significantly increasing our current attendance).

Pay $1,500 to take a family of four to Jerry World or pay $100 to take the family to an all you can eat Mean Green game? The value is there. 

You gotta meet people here where they are. The administration needs to have UNT music and arts have performances and exhibits at games AND market SOLELY about the music and arts. Never mention sports at all. 

[C Rod]

I’m all for it. Our admin should watch how this plays out and implement a similar plan if successful. 

[greenminer]

11 hours ago, MCMLXXX said:

I believe this is an early April Fools Post.

It was announced yesterday, and their AD apparently tried it while at South Carolina
 

 

[Aquila_Viridis]

They’ll have to draw a new version of that Chanticleer logo.

[Big Z]

Hope they have a good plumber

[EAGLE83]

Have one section. The wing and give free wings.

[wardly]

23 minutes ago, EAGLE83 said:

Have one section. The wing and give free wings.

In an effort to attract students just give 'limited" free food to the student section. For example,drinks, popcorn, and a dog, one serving only.

[NM Green]

This really is the version of the All You Can Eat section at Globe Life Field with limitations. You raise the ticket price for this special a few bucks and get the crowds. You could even make the serving boats and boxes smaller and offer smaller drink sizes to gain back costs. It’s smart. 

I still think you have promo days too like Mean Joe Green bobble head game, Mason Fine statue day, DATCU stadium replica day, UNT Music Appreciation day with artists performing on the concourses, Art Major Alley with a walking gallery that changes out art each game. 

We have so much to celebrate about our awesome institution. Just need the creative types on staff to organize the uniquely Denton events. 

Feel free to go really crazy and have Hispanic Heritage Night on a September game and have delicious Latin snack stations around the stadium. I went to the Real Salt Lake vs FC Dallas game in Utah last month, and the Latino snack stations were packed with all kinds of condiment stations, jugs of lime juice to splash onto salty snacks, hot sauces for the chicarrone bags. It was awesome. Have strolling mariachis play on the concourse, on the Hill, during staged sets on the video board and watch the crowd go crazy. Something you won’t see in Ford or Amon Carter. 

I’m telling you the non committed UNT fans in the surrounding area are there for the luring. Are primed for the indoctrination. 

GMG

[Green Mean]

I think it's probably sustainable b/c the markup on these things are usually through the roof. As the previous poster said, it's just a few items and those are exactly what's really cheap to buy and you offset it with slightly higher ticket prices, and people buying more premium items and alcohol and I think more people should show up especially if you have a competitive team.

[MCMLXXX]

Perhaps we should try our own unique promotion. How about a "Ten Cent Beer Night"? 

[untphd]

14 minutes ago, MCMLXXX said:

Perhaps we should try our own unique promotion. How about a "Ten Cent Beer Night"? 

That is funny. UWWhitewater had a bar that offered this every Thursday during the 70's and 80's , it was called World Famous Dime Taps. The taps came in a real glass .

[EAGLE83]

Rangers tried that and in Cleaveland a riot broke out

[NT93]

3 hours ago, Green Mean said:

I think it's probably sustainable b/c the markup on these things are usually through the roof. As the previous poster said, it's just a few items and those are exactly what's really cheap to buy and you offset it with slightly higher ticket prices, and people buying more premium items and alcohol and I think more people should show up especially if you have a competitive team.

Exactly.  You buy a beer or two because the food was free.  You buy the kid an ice cream because the food was free.  Pretty soon you’ve spent as much as you would have spent on the food.

[NT80]

3 hours ago, EAGLE83 said:

Rangers tried that and in Cleaveland a riot broke out

What could possibly go wrong?