Comments on: Hawaii football: Despite attendance lag, Rolovich knows program getting seen

By: Miles Murakoshi UHM Alumnus 1999

Miles Murakoshi UHM Alumnus 1999 — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 20:28:02 +0000

I am season ticket for past three seasons. This season I think will be my last because of the cost of food and beverage has gotten ridiculous. Beers are $8 for domestic, $10 premium domestic and $15 for import AND they have STOPPED SERVING DRAFT BEER. These prices are for 12 ounce aluminum bottles. The Heinken on draft was the best part of the game. Hot dogs cost $7.50 and sodas are $5.50 a hot dog and soda was $13. That sucks the big one and no draft beer.

By: Hawaiian Sooner

Hawaiian Sooner — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:24:13 +0000

H-Man yes. I know this year its against South Dakota and it usually includes Kansas but with Les Miles back maybe not. The rest of the games are on ABC, FOX, FOX Sports 1 and Espn.

By: H-Man

H-Man — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:08:12 +0000

Hawaiian Sooner, but do the fans have a PPV option?

By: H-Man

H-Man — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:03:28 +0000

Casual Observer, the age demographic in my section runs from 2 years old to me (74) and every age in between. I’ve been in this section only a few years, but it’s the same people (loyal ones) year after year. My conclusion is there are fans of all age groups wanting the Warrior experience, live at the stadium. Really can’t beat the thrill with the 20K plus fans yelling and screaming and the Warriors win in stunning fashion.

Traffic and parking. One way to avoid it is to take the Leeward shuttle, $2 round-trip.

Cost of game ticket(s). Cheapest season tickets are north end zone – $99, all levels. Seniors $85. Drawback – can’t see jumbo screen.

UH Students. I guess around 3-400 showed up, but their section was almost empty midway through 4th quarter. I wonder why they left with an exciting game to the finish.

By: Superstar Advertiser

Superstar Advertiser — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:42:37 +0000

The Rams game was a one-time thing, and had NFL-level talent playing full speed.

You can make people pay $16 for parking some of the time, but you can’t make people pay $16 for parking all of the time.

By: Superstar Advertiser

Superstar Advertiser — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:39:58 +0000

Rolo is right, he shouldn’t worry about attendance, that is the Athletic Director’s duty. All comments here are just cribbing from what I was talking about 5 years ago. You guys just missed the part about the hard core fans getting older.

By: CountryKanaka

CountryKanaka — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 19:47:16 +0000

Aloha Warrior Ohana just wanted to share my mana’o, All UH PPV games used to be free for outer islands. As for the cost to attend a game I gotta agree prices have changed from back in the day. Me and my Ohana are long time season ticket holders, we used to have 6 tickets but we sat in the North Endzone, We pay $13.14 per ticket per game, $92 each for the season, being a season ticket holder UH offers a 3 payment plan for season ticket holders which is a great deal. Like many programs across the country there is a premium fee added to each ticket in which Ahahui Koa Anuenue uses to support the sports programs and again our fees are a lot smaller than other schools, Yes parking is high but I am thankful to pay the $8 than the $16 at the Rams game. One area where we can voice our opinions is with our state leaders to lower the rental fee for UH, i find it ridiculous that UH (State operated college) has been renting the stadium for decades, one would think that the fees would be lower not really. I don’t support a smaller stadium for the fact that there are other ways the stadium can increase revenue with other events. One option is to close the upper sections. Just my mana’o #gowarriors

By: Casual Observer

Casual Observer — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:04:57 +0000

Reality is that Hawaii has the #1 or #2 highest cost of living in the nation. When mainlanders were paying $.11/kwh for electricity, Hawaii people were paying $.30/kwh or so. It takes 20 years to save up the downpayment to purchase a home. If you live in a condo, you know about the maintenance fees. There is no doubt we all support Rainbow Warrior football and appreciate the talent and heart of the players and coaches. On an island of maybe 1 million, maybe people are willing to splurge for a few games so the stadium will be more full as fans take turn filling it. And it will be worse if the recession hits.

By: 808Ron

808Ron — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:54:11 +0000

it’s a once (or maybe twice?) in a life time thing…this team is special, they seem to be focused and have a common goal…enjoy the ride…go bow!!!!

By: amela

amela — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:32:07 +0000

Too expensive? Check out the prices for parking and tickets for games on the mainland, we have a pretty good deal over here plus nice weather. If not filling the stadium is a concern and people saying PPV will continue to kill attendance then let’s go for a 30,000 seat stadium and stop complaining.