Championship game attendance.

[ArcheryUte]

I am hoping Utah and UW fans travel well and make this a well attended game. In a stadium that hold 68,500 people, What are your best guesses to what the actual turn out may be? 

[ironman1315]

30-40k

[UtMtBiker]

35k max.  With the Rosebowl being the winners prize I think a lot of fans (myself included) are saving funds for a trip to Pasadena instread.  

 

[EagleMountainUte]

Which is a hellava lot cheaper than Santa Clara. 

[MineralUte]

If stubhub is any indication, there won’t be many people there. There are 115 tickets available for $20 or less (12 of them just $13.00).

Yeah, I know it helps the school if I buy tickets through the U, but I’ll be saving quite a bit by scalping a ticket just before the game starts.

[PlainsUte]

They are not selling tix in the upper deck, so the capacity is more like 40,000-45,000.

[St George Ute]

I hope it’s closer to 50k than 40k. It would be a good showing for Utah fans to push it higher than the last couple years. Based on historical attendance and location of teams, it will probably be closer to 2016 when Washington played Colorado, 47k.

2011 – 59,376 (Autzen Stadium – Oregon vs UCLA)
2012 – 31,622 (Stanford Stadium – Stanford vs UCLA)
2013 – 69,535 (Sun Devil Stadium – Stanford vs ASU)
2014 – 45,618 (Levi’s Stadium – Oregon vs Arizona)
2015 – 58,476 (Levi’s Stadium – Stanford vs USC)
2016 – 47,118 (Levi’s Stadium – Washington vs Colorado)
2017 – 48,031 (Levi’s Stadium – Stanford vs USC)
2018 – ?????? (Levi’s Stadium – Washington vs Utah)

[HoosierUte]

Interesting that the 2015 matchup drew 10k more fans than the 2017 matchup between the same teams (Stanford/USC – both relatively close)

[St George Ute]

That may have something to do with the days they were played. The 2015 game was played on Dec 5, 2015, a Saturday while the 2017 game was on Dec 1, 2017, a Friday night.

I understand the reasons behind scheduling a Friday night game, better TV viewership. Jon Wilner showed a comparison of TV viewership between CCGs played on Friday vs Saturday and the Friday games had much higher ratings. Hopefully that’s the case tomorrow as well, especially as it’s a Nationwide Fox broadcast.