>At Michigan, single game hockey tickets are priced at $9 for the general >public, although tickets are hard to come by especially for the big games. >Season tickets for the general public are roughly $160. Yost was routinely >filled to capacity of 7200 this year with increased season ticket sales to >both students and general public accounting for approx. 70% of the total. I assume there is a discount for students, but I will figure it on $9 anyway: $9 * 7200 = $64800/game * 20games/year = $1,296,000 year >As for hockey as compared to other sports, single game basketball tickets >are $12-15 and in spite of the fact that Michigan was in the Top 25 in >basketball for part of the year, several games were not a sell-out - >capacity at Crisler is 13,500. $13.50 * 13500 = $182250/game * 15 games/year = $2,733,750/year >capacity at Crisler is 13,500. On the other hand, football is king - single >game tickets are $30 however the entire stadium, capacity 106,000 is sold >out on a season basis and has been for 25 years. Yikes. $30 * 106000 = $3.18 Mil/Game * 6 Games = $19.08 Million/Year! Do we know now why ESPN doesn't show more college hockey? Now at UMD: Hockey: $3 * 500 students = $ 1500 $5 * 500 children = $ 2500 $9 * 4500 Gen. Pub. = $40500 Total $44500/game * 20 games/year = $890,000/year Basketball Students free = $ 0 $2 * 250 (maybe) Gen. Pub. = $500 Total $500/game * 20 games/year = $10,000/year Football Students free = $ 0 $2 * 500 (maybe) Gen. Pub. = $1000 Total $1000/game * 6 games/year = $6,000/year So Michigan makes more in it's third highest sport than UMD makes in its top three combined. Of course, you never hear about UMD going on probation like D-I schools. (NO, I am not saying Michigan, just other D-I schools.) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony J. Frolik University of Minnesota Duluth Go Bulldogs! 16-15-1 WCHA, 20-17-1 Overall My views are not representative of the University. Home Page: http://www.d.umn.edu:80/~afrolik/ PFFL Home Page: http://www.d.umn.edu:80/~afrolik/pffl.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.