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Yes, college football is insanely popular. I live in a county of 200k people that has absolutely no trouble filling up a stadium of 90k people for home games. T
by arockwell 18y ago
Yes, college football is insanely popular. I live in a county of 200k people that has absolutely no trouble filling up a stadium of 90k people for home games. The skyboxes sell in the millions, and the best seats in the stands require a 10k/year donation for the right to purchase them. TV deals are also very lucrative, and I would assume so is merchandise.
- brentr 18y agoThis sounds a lot like what I experienced at the University of Florida.
- arockwell 18y agoThis is not a coincidence :P I don't think UF is really very different than a lot of the other major football schools. Most of them are in pretty moderately sized cities, especially in comparison to cities with professional teams. Green Bay is the only NFL city that's college town sized.
- brentr 18y agoWhat's your major?
- alnayyir 18y agoWhere are you? I'm in Columbus and can't escape the Buckeyes.
- arockwell 18y agoI mentioned this below, but I am at UF. I remember when pg wrote his essay about what messages cities send, the only message I could I think of that Gainesville sends to me is something along the lines of "You should watch gator football." It was a harsh realization, because I do like it here, and now I really wonder if this the right place for me.