I was going to put this in the Royal Blue discussion but I think it's a separate discussion unto itself.

 

The ever-changing re-design of sports uniforms is mostly marketing towards the youth market.  Not really sure how much that demographic comes into play in the CFL marketing as I suspect the average CFL fan is 30-50 and up and doesn't appreciate change as they once did.  Sometime it's hard for mid-life white guys to think that the world revolves around anybody else but themselves and those like them so an outside perspective is needed. 

 

The youth market is important to the CFL because the very young fans are the future season ticket purchasers and should not be ignored.  Any of you have a view of how the CFL is working to attract the next generation of fans and whether they're meeting with any success?

Put butts in those seats for $15 a pop, have those people match that investment on concessions and you've got found money basically, doesn't cost more to have more people in the stadium because it is staffed for 33000.

 

yeah empty seats do nothing for you unless you consistently have so few people you just close off parts of the stadium, but that's not what happens in IGF. So even if you're basically giving those unsold tickets away you get asses in the seats chances are they'll buy a drink, maybe a hot dog or something as well and you're making more than not having anyone sit there. 

Who won the Super Bowl? A team with neon in their uni colours. Just saying.

At least it's not like MLB teams. The Cubs by the end of this year will have played in approximately 15 different uniforms.

In terms of making the actual CFL games accessible for young fans, the Bombers would be smart to bring back the Safeway style cheap seats using the several thousand seats in the endzones that never sell. Can't speak to what other teams are doing in that regard.

I used to buy the Salisbury house endzone tickets as they were all my friends and I could afford. I'd like to see the Bombers bring that back in some way to allow the folks with less disposable income to attend some games. A student section with discounted tickets would be great too. Get the younger folks in the stands and some will become lifelong fans to fill up the expensive seats.

Bombers do partner with Co-op on 2 P5 tickets (End zone) for $60 or 4 tickets and a parking pass for $125. I believe that's about $10-15 off the regular price for those tickets.

All these points are super important for the Bombers to continue building the underlying base for future years.

It's not possible to have a Salisbury section with the new stadium configuration but maybe colour coded sections to highlight support would help.

And now would be a great time to have that Superstore down the road get more heavily involved with tickets in their own SuperSection.

Good on Co-Op for a unique approach in their support for the club.

Why not? There are at least 4 sections that are consistently empty in each corner, probably more. That means there are few season ticket holders in those sections if any. They could easily give dozens of blocks of tickets to an interested partner (most likely a grocery store or restaurant) to sell for cheap.

I used to ***** up the safeway tickets with my friends when they sold endzone and.upperdeck ones at reduced rate... Still kinda surprised they havent got around to blowing out the non-sellers... Maybe next year they will see the "trend" data and sell em to schools or wutever else to at least get something from them..

Change the P4's in lower bowl to P6's or P7's and the P5's to P7's IMO, that should fill up those sections in no time.

Eliminate the P5 pricing and continue on with just 6.

At least it's not like MLB teams. The Cubs by the end of this year will have played in approximately 15 different uniforms.

 

Only 15? With all the combinations I'd expect that number to be even higher. 

 

I'd take the upper corners in all CFL stadiums and make them $15 tickets but only available 2 hours before the game. Make people show up to get the "deal" or buy them in advance for $25. Create a buzz and give the college crowd a chance to get involved (wear school shirts to get a coupon for a free hot dog or popcorn).

Need to get to IGF. That would be really under valued they are great seats. I was talking just jerseys with the Cubs with all the variations with pants and hats I am sure it's 40-30.

I live in the states and have a lot of exposure to new NCAA unis that come out for different colleges.  Now obviously the Oregon Ducks colors are fine, those kinda tend to reflect the identity of the school and since their colors for quite a while have been green and yellow, most of the new sigs they come out with don't detract from the overall value.  But I seen other schools go out and try to experiment with new colors in the unis and most of their fans hate it.  I definitely know if the Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears, Miami Dolphins, or Dallas Cowboys tried such a thing they would get about as negative a reaction as you could imagine.  With the Seattle Seachickens, the Tennessee Titans, the 49ers, or even the Houston Texans, the reaction probably wouldn't be that negative.

 

That being said, I actually like the Argos new sig unis when they're wearing the white away jerseys.  Maybe that's partially due to some of the unis I've seen over the years with the UNC Tarheels and some of the old Houston/Tennessee Oiler jerseys, but to me those aren't a bad jersey.  I think the Bombers could modify the ones they got and just put more gold in them as opposed to the blue camo they got.  That imo, would fix some issues.

I am sure the students section at Oregon was up in arms with no green or yellow on these jerseys

I live in the states and have a lot of exposure to new NCAA unis that come out for different colleges.  Now obviously the Oregon Ducks colors are fine, those kinda tend to reflect the identity of the school and since their colors for quite a while have been green and yellow, most of the new sigs they come out with don't detract from the overall value.  But I seen other schools go out and try to experiment with new colors in the unis and most of their fans hate it.  I definitely know if the Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears, Miami Dolphins, or Dallas Cowboys tried such a thing they would get about as negative a reaction as you could imagine.  With the Seattle Seachickens, the Tennessee Titans, the 49ers, or even the Houston Texans, the reaction probably wouldn't be that negative.

 

That being said, I actually like the Argos new sig unis when they're wearing the white away jerseys.  Maybe that's partially due to some of the unis I've seen over the years with the UNC Tarheels and some of the old Houston/Tennessee Oiler jerseys, but to me those aren't a bad jersey.  I think the Bombers could modify the ones they got and just put more gold in them as opposed to the blue camo they got.  That imo, would fix some issues.

 

You guys are like a bunch of women arguing over clothes.    Please take your discussion on fashion over to the uniform thread, you're killing the theme.

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Hire the guys that designed these helmets