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flymanhokie

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The bottom line to Blacksburg


Empty seats are the least impactful to the economy of Blacksburg.
For example my wife and I attended the Pitt game and only paid 160 for two tickets but
my total cost for the weekend was over 800.00.
Room, dining, trips to the bookstore make up the total costs.
I feel bad for the merchants (even though the hotels really stick it you) for the lost revenue.

I will not be traveling to BB in the near future.



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Posted: 11/06/2021 at 08:04AM


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  With a projection of 20,000+ empty seats for 6 home games in 2022 -- TheNuke 11/06/2021 12:01AM
  Moot point, as we're clearly getting rid of Fuente now -- Zanderhokie 11/06/2021 07:31AM
  I was just pointing out the cost of keeping Fuente -- TheNuke 11/06/2021 08:10AM
  BTW, I think he will move on from Fuente at the end of the season. -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 12:25AM
  Then you tell me your guess on attendance if Fuente stays. ** -- TheNuke 11/06/2021 12:30AM
  Something less than a third of all tickets. Lol. -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 12:38AM
  Do the math of 1/3 of 65,000 seats and tell me if that is near 20,0000 ** -- TheNuke 11/06/2021 12:48AM
  Yeah, not far off. -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 12:58AM
  Where did you get 20,000 empty seats per game? ** -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 12:02AM
  It was an assumption. Math problems sometimes require that ** -- Tombo 11/06/2021 12:10AM
  Ok, so at 10k fewer a game is over $5m. Is that unreasonable to assume? ** -- TheNuke 11/06/2021 12:28AM
  Yeah, because the $85 is too low. It's more like $125+ when you -- UEMcGill 11/06/2021 12:41AM
  I dont know where that other revenue goes. -- TheNuke 11/06/2021 12:45AM
  I think you meant to reply to Mr. Contrary ** -- Tombo 11/06/2021 12:29AM
  I tend to disagree with people when they’re wrong. ** -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 12:46AM
  Correction: you think they are wrong. No one knows the answer -- Tombo 11/06/2021 12:49AM
  You need a break. So I’ll give you one. ** -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 12:52AM
  As do you. Wish you were right half the time you think you are ** -- Tombo 11/06/2021 12:55AM
  Lol. It really bothers you, doesn’t it? ** -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 12:59AM
  Your dismissive way and that no one can be right but you? -- Tombo 11/06/2021 01:00AM
  Some people can’t handle disagreement or debate. -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 01:09AM
  Just curious the basis for the assumption. -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 12:12AM
  Wait and see the Duke game attendance and respond back to me** -- TheNuke 11/06/2021 12:05AM
  So poor attendance versus Duke in a 4-5 season -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 12:10AM
  YES ** -- TheNuke 11/06/2021 12:18AM
  Lol. You’re funny. ** -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 12:21AM
  There is no upside to this program as it sits today. -- TheNuke 11/06/2021 12:27AM
  No vt got caught flat -- Mercury 11/06/2021 12:59AM
  I said this elsewhere. Frank should have stepped aside after 2014. ** -- Snape 11/06/2021 12:34AM
  For what he did for this program, he should have never been forced out -- TheNuke 11/06/2021 12:42AM
  I saw what happened. 2011 was the beginning of the end. -- Snape 11/06/2021 12:51AM
  The program was slidding long... -- HokiePail 11/06/2021 03:20AM
  Bingo! -- culpmania 11/06/2021 06:04AM
  What? -- JoWood07 11/06/2021 06:00AM
  I didn't start giving Fu sideways glances until year 4 -- Snape 11/06/2021 03:58AM
  Ruthless! ** -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 12:47AM
  I didn’t say THIS is funny. I said YOU are funny. ** -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 12:29AM
  So you tell me what you expect attendance to be if Fuente stays? ** -- TheNuke 11/06/2021 12:39AM
  When did we switch to talking about attendance? ** -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 12:42AM
  Never, that was the basis of my original post -- TheNuke 11/06/2021 12:46AM
  Why would you assume an empty seat costs the -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 12:51AM
  My assumption is that those seats wont be bought in the first place -- TheNuke 11/06/2021 01:02AM
  Aren't tickets..... -- 2hhoop3 11/06/2021 01:12AM
  Geez, then WRITE that. -- Pride_and_Joy 11/06/2021 01:07AM
  The bottom line to Blacksburg -- flymanhokie 11/06/2021 08:04AM

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