Comments on: Rolo’s year in review

By: Stephen Tsai

Stephen Tsai — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 21:57:25 +0000

New post: http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=40885

By: Slugger

Slugger — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 20:39:16 +0000

Aloha! Hau’oli Makahiki Hou!

It was wonderful to catch up with some of you at the Bowl game T-Gate, CC and Karaoke get together! See you on the mainland at a game!

I came home a sick puppy with an awful cold. Boo!

Could someone send me Mrs. A-House’s email contact (maybe on FB) so I can get her some info on the question she asked my psychic friend, please.

Take care of yourselves!

By: H-Man

H-Man — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 19:00:15 +0000

Tom, if the parking was inadequate from the get-go, the Stadium Authority has further amplified the shortage simply by designating more than 50% of the available parking for VIP reserved parking. This situation is made worse when the rail project took over the Kam Lot. What’s left for general public parking amounts to perhaps 30-35% of what was available during the heyday years from the ’70s thru the ’90s when stadium attendance averaged around the 40K range. Today, the Stadium Authority has created a restrictive parking scheme that is a deterrent to increasing or discouraging more fans to attend games at the stadium. But this can be fixed with the Stadium Authority working jointly with UH Athletics to make attending UH football games a pleasant experience.

By: A-House

A-House — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:57:25 +0000

add my 2 cents — like the 6pm start time so we can sleep by midnight — old “farts” need sleep time –

remember the 70s and 80s — those of us who were 40 or 50 are now into the 70s and eighties — so easy to forget, now, how it was to attend games/tailgate at age 40 or 50 — perhaps many are now enjoying PPV at home or have passed on

would this group account for 15-20,000 fans?

like the Boyd Gaming Group in Vegas who catered to the younger middle age group in the late 60s and 70s, they are discovering that time has reduced that number into their hotel/casino — they failed to find “younger” Hawaii residents to replace the now aging super seniors — many may use Vacations Hawaii, but seldom stay “downtown” to gamble — walk into The Cal on any given weekend and its nearly deserted compared to Golden Nugget

perhaps UHAD needs to do the same — create a marketing plan to attract younger fans now with reduced ticket prices for the “yellow” sections and ask Aloha Stadium to lower concession prices

unfortunately, the State failed to seek multiple uses plan for Aloha Stadium during non-football season — with the reduced number of home games for UH it further lowers income — it sits dark and empty!!!

Hawaii Convention Center started with the guideline of minimum of 25,000 people, but has changed and “use” have increased.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:55:16 +0000

GOOD MORNING, HAWAII!

H-MAN #46. When the Stadium was built, the powers-that-be knew and publicly said that parking was inadequate. They were hoping for neighborhood parking and buses to handle the crowds.

By: Annoddah Dave

Annoddah Dave — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:40:13 +0000

ST & Tsaiko Blog Dogs:
All the best to you and yours for 2017. Sorry could not wish you earlier as I was having some medical issues during Christmas and the New Year. Since Coach Rolo doesn’t read blogs I will need to give best wishes via attendance at practices and games for the upcoming spring and fall season.

By: slenzi

slenzi — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 16:58:53 +0000

Love to watch the games online from NWest Florida. During the Colt Brennan era (we still lived in Hawaii) the traffic and parking situations improved consistently thru stadium authority being accountable, interagency govt/police/UH cooperation (traffic, road construction, competing events, etc) and innovative thinking. It can be done again. People are willing to absorb more inconvenience when they see a resolve and effort to mitigate things that detract from the fan & game experience. There will be glitches, but the fan experience can get better every game – just like the team. We all saw it done before; identify obstacles to making it happen again.

By: Imua808

Imua808 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 16:31:34 +0000

Did you already pay for the items in the shopping cart that was taken from you inside the store? If not, it was not stolen from you.

By: H-Man

H-Man — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 08:10:24 +0000

The significant limiting factor to achieving even 25,000 fans is the limited parking available for general admission public parking. For the Hawaii Bowl, I parked at the Kam Drive-In lot and took the free shuttle to the stadium. While the bus was in line to enter the stadium, the police working the traffic at the intersection were turning cars away. I presume they were the ones expecting to park in the general admission lot which was already full. That situation was with only 19,000 fans. So if UH expects 25-30,000+ fans, where are the other 6-11,000 additional fans going to park? Talk about a deterrent, this is a self-imposed limiting factor designed to make more money for the stadium from VIP parking. Very short-sighted thinking.

By: papajoe2

papajoe2 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 06:34:03 +0000

I agree about the 7/7:30 start time. It’s more fan friendly, although I’ve grown accustomed to PPV. Can buy food at the store and eat/cook what you like for less money. No hassle with parking. The lua clean and right there with no line. And no need drive then walk to your seat.
I also agree that our mainland friends/fans should be able to watch the games by either live streeming or a minimal PPV for the season if possible.