What would it take to average a 19,000+ sellout??

[Dakota]

[quote author=Katohtr link=1154060725/60#65 date=1154457451][quote author=m_olslund link=1154060725/60#64 date=1154455316]remove the roof

You're suggesting that removing the roof will get you your sellout?? *You are aware that Fargo is in the state of ND, and that football is played primarily in the coldest months that the great state of ND has to offer? *That being said, I will agree that an outdoor football game IS a lot better...same with baseball. *If North Dakota could just find a way to turn the AC down a little in the winter....

I had to take tickets at football games at the old Memorial Stadium as part of a fundraiser for my program. *My personal opinion on a roof-less football field in ND....no thanks. *I'll stay at home and watch it on the tube (if it were to be televised anyway). *North Dakota just is too windy to have a mild winter, it seems that it always must be in the "sub zero" temperatures throughout the months of November, December, and January.
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I'm not sure if it would help fill 19,000 seats but the people that I talk to at games that are true fans miss being outside and that atmosphere that surrounded games at Dakotah Field. *I think that atmosphere would help create more hype and make it more of an event. *It's not cold like Fargo but not warm either at University of *Montana in November.
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[WYOBISONMAN]

There are Bison fans and Sioux fans that say I am nuts......but I love football outside......even in December.....

[sambini]

With a bottle of Schnapps.

[BisonBacker]

With a bottle of Schnapps.

And a redheaded target ;D ;D ;D

[TransAmBison]

There are Bison fans and Sioux fans that say I am nuts......but I love football outside......even in December.....

If you're playin' in December it's all good...

[broke_back_mnt]

The smallest crowd ever at the FFD was larger than a Dacotah Field sell out. That tells you something. People in Fargo like Indoor football. Why let the weather decide the game?

[Sticks]

The smallest crowd ever at the FFD was larger than a Dacotah Field sell out. *That tells you something. *People in Fargo like Indoor football. *Why let the weather decide the game?

Very good point. *However, wouldn't us 'northern folk' consider outdoor football up here an advantage? *Especially to you guys in I-AA that play a couple of West Coast teams...

[TheBisonator]

The smallest crowd ever at the FFD was larger than a Dacotah Field sell out. *That tells you something. *People in Fargo like Indoor football. *Why let the weather decide the game?

Are you sure about that, JBB?? Dacotah Field had a capacity of 15,500. The smallest crowd I know of that ever attended a Bison game at the Fargodome was in 2002 when Northern Colorado came to town and there was a crowd of around 6,000. But we were a team in the total dumps back then.

Although I will say that all those high attendance marks of 19,000-plus (almost 20,000 for 1989 Homecoming) at Dacotah Field were all crap, and obviously guessed upon.

[broke_back_mnt]

I checked my records and of course your right. *Dacotah Field was 15,000. *

There have been a few games with less than 10,000 at the Fabulous Fargo Dome, *but it is rare. *A crowd of 10,000 plus at Dacotah Field was also rare. *It happened but no way did the best season at Dacotah field equal the worst at the FFD. *

Moving inside really brought out the BISON fans. *Why let the weather be the deciding factor? *Inside football is the best.

[bisongold]

I would attend 1, maybe 2 games a year if it were outside. I made every home game the last 6 years. I must be a fair weather fan....but what the heck. Give me the Dome anyday. Those of you that still want the outdoor stadium are dilusional and living in the past!!