They tried a lot of different ideas before they came up with a tasty way to get more people to buy sports tickets: giving away free food at the concession stand.
Next football season, football fans at Brooks Stadium will be able to order as many hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, and drinks as they can handle.
The goal of the promotion is to get more football fans to the games next season. It is based on a program run by the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons that gives cheap food to fans sitting in certain areas of their stadium, according to Ryan Koslen, a spokesman for Coastal Carolina Athletics.
“We want to do something for the fans and sell more tickets at the same time,” Koslen said Tuesday.
Getting tickets People who come to the concession stand can order four free things each time, and they can come back as often as they want. But they will have to use a university app that will be released soon to track each trip.
Koslen said he thinks Coastal Carolina is the only university in the country that offers this deal. However, the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball offer free refills on soda bought from their “Birdland Value Menu.”
He said, “We’re looking for ways to set ourselves apart.” “A lot of ideas were thrown at the wall.”
As part of another offer, the school would have refunded basketball season ticket holders if the men’s and women’s teams had won all 36 games. However, they didn’t. They won 33 games between them.
Our fans are what keeps Teal Nation going, and we’re always looking for ways to make their game day experience better, said Chance Miller, vice president of intercollegiate sports.
The number of students at Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina, is about 10,300. It’s in the Sun Belt Conference, and over 18,622 people watched each game last year. The stadium has 20,000 seats.
University officials say that season passes for seats at the 50-year line will go up by $30 this year after being $200 for the last two seasons.
Koslen said that they hope that fans who buy pizza, chicken tenders, burgers, alcoholic drinks, and the free stuff from food trucks and other sellers will help make up for some of the money that was lost last year.
He said, “We want to get more fans.” “A lot of people are interested in this and want to know how it will work.”
The free food will be given to fans for the first time at the spring show on April 5.
Kolsen told them, “Just come out for one game. It will be fun.”
