UH football had $4.71 mil in ticket sales in 2010, up $200k from 2009 (thank you USC!)

HSA Note: "The Warriors' 10-3 regular-season finish in 2010 attracted $4.71 million from sales of home individual game and season tickets, up from $4.51 million in 2009, UH said. Premium fees were not included.  It was the most since 2007, when the Warriors, who went 12-0 in the regular season, produced $5.84 million in ticket revenue on the way to a Bowl Championship Series loss to Georgia. This year UH averaged 33,835 through the turnstiles, compared with 32,519 in 2009 and 41,325 in 2007."


JD said that UH mad $200k more in ticket sales over 2009 because of:
"the USC game and the fact we had a long losing streak (six games) early in 2009 before rallying back." (HSA)


HSA Note: "The Warriors' season opener with then-nationally ranked Southern California and its new coach, Lane Kiffin, drew 41,766 to Aloha Stadium and produced net revenue of $1.1 million, according to UH.  It was most of any home game in UH's history, helped by the attendance of an estimated 8,000-10,000 Trojans fans."


About how their revenue is down due to the economy, JD said:
"Although we're seeing positive signs (in the economy), it may be a while before we get back to where fans are attending more events." (HSA)


About how they might make a low 5-figure profit from the Hawaii Bowl (UH gets a $375k stipend from the WAC for the bowl and gets a bonus for selling tickets, paying its hotel/food/bonuses and other costs with that money) where they either broke even or lost money on previous non-BCS bowl games, JD said:
"Carl (associate athletic director Clapp) did an excellent job of keeping a handle on expenses for us." (HSA)


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