run2win;733870 said:
Agree with you that the attendance will not be that of an SEC school but the issue for me is that you have to try and create that atmosphere. Cal should at least try to establish this as an "event." The Pac-12 Network might just force their hand on this issue.
I agree. They should try and make an event out of it. Some ideas:
Make it part of Cal Day when you have a lot of people on campus for events anyway.
Give out free food
Allow people to meet players and get autographs.
Get Cal spirit groups to attend and maybe even have other sports teams show up too.
Have some other activities for families - interactive games and contests, maybe a bounce house for little ones, fun things like poster making and fan photos in Cal uniforms. They could even have more activities that would be announced at another time.
They should also have people on hand to answer questions about tickets and such.
Of course, if they did all this this year, since the stadium is being constructed, they would probably have to have this event, oh...I don't know...maybe they could have it at Edwards instead.
And, give that it is Cal day and there will be a lot of people on campus, they will probably want to warn people to get there early or take public transportation - I'd say downtown BART is a good option. I hope they'd provide a link to directions and parking options.
If only they had the foresight, they could do this on Cal day this year on April 21. Maybe open the gates at 10 am and start the thing at 11 am.
I'm sure if they did, lots of people would attend. Alas.