Eight days after the announcement that N.C. State would play in the Champs Sports Bowl, the school’s ticket office had sold more than 8,500 tickets for the game, senior associate athletic director Chris Kingston said Monday.
The game is Dec. 28 in Orlando, Fla., where the Wolfpack (8-4) will meet No. 22-ranked West Virginia (9-3). Kingston said N.C. State currently is averaging 500 ticket sales a day.
“I think we’re doing really well,” Kingston said. “The sales have been strong.”
N.C. State’s ticket allotment for the game is 13,500.
Kingston said 37 percent of the tickets sold directly through the bowl or Ticketmaster have been sold to North Carolina addresses. He said that has given North Carolina the largest percentage of sales through those venues of any state.
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North Carolina is the turd floating in the punch bowl
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 18:16 — chaswolfThat's what North Carolina deserves. That's what college football deserves, too. We deserve to not have that program, currently in the middle of two enormous and distinctly unrelated scandals, foisted upon us. The college football season is a three-month-long celebration of sport. It's confetti, strobe lights and a kazoo. It's a party. It's a punch bowl. North Carolina is the turd floating in there.
Ever heard the song by 311
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 20:02 — gvillegatr"Come Original"
The turd in the punch bowl is so old.
Caddyshack
Wed, 12/15/2010 - 01:33 — JPDOhioWhy am I reminded of that classic film and how did Bill Murray not win an Oscar for his timeless performance?
No idea
Wed, 12/15/2010 - 11:36 — gvillegatrI liked how he lived out in the maintenance dept behind Bushwood CC !
I think another factor
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 17:54 — ABCfanI think another factor people are overlooking for any lack in attendance that might occur, is the timing of the game. The game is on Tuesday Dec 28...a work day between Christmas and New Years. UNC's game is on Thursday Dec 30, a much easier day to get off work especially in relation to the New Year. I think when everything is said and done NC State will have a larger attendance at their game, despite the timing, than UNC will. Plus it's in my biased opinion that NC State actually has a chance to win. It's basically a homegame for Tenn and UNC will be playing without Carter and Pelc along with the other suspensions from over the course of the season.
Wrong on every acct
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 19:58 — gvillegatrNot even going to bother writing this one out.
I don't know g'ville
Wed, 12/15/2010 - 17:16 — SurferTuesday is Dec. 28th and Thursday is Dec. 30th.
Lol
Wed, 12/15/2010 - 21:17 — gvillegatrYou are correct, Surfer. Hang Ten Howlie !
Oops, us UNC fans should be
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 16:05 — GoHeels1984Oops, us UNC fans should be quiet ragging the Wuffies on their poor enthusiasm of their bowl game. They might get mad, mortgage the farms, and start buying up tickets!
Shhhhhhh......
apparently this is all a bit
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 15:23 — bppackapparently this is all a bit confusing to some unc-ch fans - I guess their tutors aren't nearby to explain it to them.
State has sold 8500 tickets to the bowl game THROUGH THE NC STATE TICKET OFFICE so far and is averaging selling 500/day. In other words, sales THROUGH THE TICKET OFFICE will far exceed 8500.
IN ADDITION, Ticketmaster has sold 37% of their tickets to NC residents, presumably the vast majority of which are NC State fans. Although they don't say how many have been sold through Ticketmaster, State fans - being experienced bowl-attendees - know that the better seats can be bought through Ticketmaster. So clearly far more than a total of 8500 tickets have been sold so far and State will, as always, have strong support at this game - which is why State is there and not MD or unc-ch.
Now that has to be the
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 15:59 — GoHeels1984Now that has to be the funniest response I have ever seen....
14 more days of selling tickets, oops, 13 more if you exclude Christmas, ooops, really only 12 more selling days at 500 tickets per day. My calculator says that is 6000 tickets. If we add that to 8500, that is only 14500. I think that was included in the 8500 however according to the story. If not, that is still VERY low. Again, that is all assuming that all of those NC addresses are State fans too which we know there will be a large # of WVU fans with NC addresses. lol
Mickey Mouse Stadium seats 72,000. Looks like another half empty stadium for NC State at a bowl game. That would make their 3rd bowl game in a row with less than a half filled stadium. Pretty shameful! I recall the Pizza bowl stadium being mostly empty and the Tire bowl before, the TV showed 1 or 2 people in the upper deck. lol
not sure where the tarhole
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 15:01 — dar456not sure where the tarhole above is getting his info, but the 09 tire bowl in charlotte did not sell out. in fact it had the lowest attendence in the history of the tire bowl.
* (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 12/26). In Charlotte, Ken Tysiac noted UNC did not sellout Saturday's game despite playing in the “largest city in their home state.” Tysiac: “In terms of play on the field and fan support, the Tar Heels are not an elite football program” (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 12/26).
i love that jab about fan support
not surprising that tarholes make up lies to support their case. after all if they actually went to UNC they learned to lie and cheat from some of the best liars and cheaters in the country.
also, with regards to our attendence in the papa johns bowl, we took as many fans to birmingham as any other team that has played in the papa johns bowl...
If that is true, still
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 16:11 — GoHeels1984If that is true, still probably twice as many as your Tire bowl attendance which was putrid at best for South Florida.
Surprising
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 13:09 — SurferI am really surprised that these tickets are not going faster: Great location, nearby entertainment, only the second bowl for TOB, and his first winning season, at NCSU (i.e. it is not like there has been an opportunity to go see NCSU play in a bowl game every year). Also, initial season "undefeated" hype, RW heisman hype, end of season chance to win Atlantic Division and chance to play in ACCCC game. All in all it all adds up to "sellout", which I am sure it will eventually, but kind of surprising that it hasn't happened yet.
Obsessed Tarheel Fans
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 12:41 — chodge2...are coming up with some ridiculous arguments about our fandom. If Maryland was even remotely close to NC State in fan support, they might have been chosen for the Champs Bowl. This, from the Washington Post:
"But the reality is, as a fan base, we did not support our football team as we should have. This season, we carried a sub-par 72.5% attendance rate at Byrd. For comparisons sake, N.C. State blew us away, averaging a whopping 98.7% attendance rate"
But I hope you guys enjoy your road game against 6-6 Tennessee. Not that's compelling football.
Maryland
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 16:44 — SurferOne minor oversight, Maryland already played WVU this year, so a rematch would not have been a favorable bowl matchup.
Rematch
Wed, 12/15/2010 - 10:53 — YAR8packThough I wish it did, that notion doesn't always hold true. Nebraska and Washington are playing each other in a bowl this year after having played each other during the regular season.
No options
Wed, 12/15/2010 - 11:29 — gvillegatrIn the Holiday Bowl, there are no other options for outsiders or within one win of another in your league.
Well,
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 19:01 — chodge2the Champs bowl got to pick both teams, not just the ACC school. If Maryland was an attractive candidate (and they weren't), they could have chosen another Big East school (or ND).
Seriously
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 11:06 — gvillegatrnc state has only sold 8,500 tickets to date? Personally, I would have thought as rabid and crazed this fan base is culminated in a trip to Orlando (Disney World), this would have been an easy sell.
Maybe the Univ of Maryland should have gotten the bid ...
you realize
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 11:14 — izzykareemHe's only talking about one channel of sales, the univ. ticket office right? Then he mentioned the strong sales thru the bowl and thru ticketmaster.
smack talk FAIL
And how exactly is that
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 11:36 — GoHeels1984And how exactly is that smack talk fail? Did you read the entire article? You probably missed this part....
"Kingston said 37 percent of the tickets sold directly through the bowl or Ticketmaster have been sold to North Carolina addresses. He said that has given North Carolina the largest percentage of sales through those venues of any state."
First of all, 37% of what total #? I imagine that they wont' give that # as ticket sales are sluggish and they don't want to give folks a reason to not attend because of lack of interest. Also, 37% of addresses from NC is pretty low. Consider how many WVU fans have NC addresses, probably quite a bit. So in reality, IF all of the 37% were NCSU fans, which they aren't, then they will have about 1/3rd of the tickets that have been sold so far which is probably not that many. The sad part is that out of the 13K NCSU was alloted to its best fans, that only 8500 have been sold so far. Perhaps the NCSU boosters and alums for the most part don't care enough to go?
Pretty poor for a fan base who "prides" itself on being such good fans that show up to their events. Then again, all the bowl committees had to do was to look at NCSU's attendance in its last 2 bowl games and they should have seen this coming....
NCSU should look at UNC for inspiration. You see, UNC has a fan base who cares enough about its team to sell out their bowl game in less than 4 days. Actually, UNC has sold out its past 4 bowl games including the last 3 Charlotte bowls and the Peach bowl before that. Not bad considering all of the so called "turmoil" going on this year. Also, UNC's allotment of tickets for the Music City Bowl was only allowed through purchase through the rams club and alumni assn and were all purchased. Those not members of either organizations purchased directly through the bowl's website which is what I, along with many of my friends did. So, State fans, if you plan to see a full stadium during a bowl game this season, my advice is to watch the UNC vs Tenn game on TV!
Go Heels! Smack talk successful!
University of No Class
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 11:55 — hdog007University of No Class mis-information at its finest. Tennessee fans will outnumber Cheaters at least 4-1. Most Walmart fans simply cannot afford a bowl game.
If the Cheaters were the draw you think they are, they wouldn't have ended up in such a lame bowl.
BTW - Most fans of any team don't buy their tickets through the University. NC State is only selling the most expensive tickets through the Wolfpack Club. Everyone that I know that is going bought tix thru ticketmaster.
Now get back to working the drive-thru.
ticketmaster
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 14:07 — JPDOhioI think it's true about fans buying tickets thru Ticketmaster. I offered to buy tickets for my son (who lives in Tampa) through the Wolfpack Club. He declined, knowing that he could get tickets cheaper through other sources. He will be at the game with friends and I believe Wolfpack Nation will be well represented in Tampa.
Tampa?
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 14:52 — SurferI guess you mean that your son's tribe (smaller gathering of the whole Nation) in Tampa will be well represented in Orlando? or that the "Nation" will be well represented in Orlando. I just to make sure that some of these other yahoos on this blog don't end up in the wrong city, etc...
OOPS
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 18:14 — JPDOhioThanks for the catch. Didn't proof that one very well. Too late to fix.
University of No Class
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 12:14 — GoHeels1984University of No Class huh?
Go back and read your comments above hdog007. Talk about classless....
Again, read your comments to see no class.
Your comments below:
"Most Walmart fans simply cannot afford a bowl game." Then, you said "NC State is only selling the most expensive tickets through the Wolfpack Club. Everyone that I know that is going bought tix thru ticketmaster." So, what your saying is that UNC can't afford tickets but that NCSU can't either? Such a hypocrit you are!
You also said: "If the Cheaters were the draw you think they are, they wouldn't have ended up in such a lame bowl." Personally, along with UNC, its players, and fans, they are excited about this bowl game. Unless you are going to the Orange or Chick Fil A bowl, this is the best, most fun game for UNC to go to this year. I wouldn't call it a lame bowl at all. Perhaps the advantage to the Mickey Mouse bowl is warmer weather and more $$? That's about it. Well, maybe if you want to visit the magic kingdom too. UNC is excited because they are playing an SEC and not a Big Least team. They are excited to be playing in a fun town also on the eve of New year's eve with all that downtown Nashville has to offer. Will make for a fun long weekend and New year's eve. So, what exactly is your definition of "lame bowl"?
Come on back with your lame comments......
Go Heels!
Classless is coming into a
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 12:38 — hdog007Classless is coming into a thread about another school and talking smack and mis-information that you cannot back up. You are a textbook example of Classless, hence the reference.
Perhaps you should look up the meaning (and spelling) of "hypocrite"
Hotdiggitydog
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 14:11 — gvillegatrLet me go at it this way.
Lets say you and I are sitting at a bar or talking at work and I brought up that state had only sold 8,500 tickets for their bowl game and that I was surprised it was that low. Defenses down, would you agree or disagree with the amt of tickets sold being a low #?
If you go by 8,500 I think
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 14:51 — hdog007If you go by 8,500 I think it's a low number. But, I also think it's not the whole story. There are other (less expensive) ways to get tickets than thru the WC.
I'll wait to see the attendance at the game. It surely won't be gator bowlesque, because many NC State fans were let down by the MD game, but I think it will still be a good turn out.
6 mins apart
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 11:39 — gvillegatrAnd yet we shoot down little Izzy with the same points. Game. Set. Match.
No smack talk
Tue, 12/14/2010 - 11:30 — gvillegatrJust what I think.
Unless there are three teams playing on the same field, 37% is not greater than 50%. Also, there are way more WVa alums/fans living in NC than nc state alums/fans living in WVa. So those "mailed tickets to NC" negatively support your case.
As thirsty a bunch as you all claim to be. The "SEC fans base of the ACC" is not living up to a lay-up of a bowl game to go watch and have fun.