[stupac2]

Can't recall where I read it, but I read that the 49ers and the Cardinal have an inverse relationship with respect to ticket sales.  But more to the point is that Stanford is a "national" university and ticket sales rest on local interest.  A lot of the old fans can't make it to the games or support other interests.

IIRC Stanford has ~200k living alumni, meaning we'd need 1/4 of them to fill our stadium. It's just not realistic. The stands are going to be pretty empty unless we can draw in locals, which we apparently can't. But I don't know why that's a reflection on us rather than the bay area at large not being interested in college sports.

[stupac2]

Can't recall where I read it, but I read that the 49ers and the Cardinal have an inverse relationship with respect to ticket sales.  But more to the point is that Stanford is a "national" university and ticket sales rest on local interest.  A lot of the old fans can't make it to the games or support other interests.

IIRC Stanford has ~200k living alumni, meaning we'd need 1/4 of them to fill our stadium. It's just not realistic. The stands are going to be pretty empty unless we can draw in locals, which we apparently can't. But I don't know why that's a reflection on us rather than the bay area at large not being interested in college sports.