1. Develop a forecasting model, justifying its selection over other techniques, and project attendance through 2020.

Southwestern University (SWU), a large state college in Stephenville, Texas, enrolls close to 20,000 students. The school is a dominant force in the small city, with more students during fall and spring than permanent residents.
Always a football powerhouse, SWU is usually in the top 20 in college football rankings. Since the legendary Phil Flamm was hired as its head coach in 2012 (in hopes of reaching the elusive number-one ranking), attendance at the five Saturday home games each year increased. Prior to Flamm’s arrival, attendance generally averaged 25,000 to 29,000 per game. Season ticket sales bumped up by 10,000 just with the announcement of the new coach’s arrival. Stephenville and SWU were ready to move to the big time!
The immediate issue facing SWU, however, was not NCAA ranking. It was capacity. The existing SWU stadium, built in 1953, has seating for 54,000 fans. The table indicates attendance at each game for the past 6 years

Flamm had wanted dormitories solely for his athletes in the stadium as an additional feature of any expansion.

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Southwestern University Football Game Attendance, 2013-2018 2013 2014 2015 GAME ATTENDEES OPPONENT ATTENDEES OPPONENT ATTENDEES OPPONENT 1 34,200 Rice 36,100 Miami 35,900 USC 2a 39,800 Texas 40,200 Nebraska 46,500 Texas Tech min 38,200 Duke 39,100 Ohio State 43,100 Alaska 4b 26,900 Arkansas 25,300 Nevada 27,900 Arizona 35,100 TCU 36,200 Boise State 39,200 Baylor 2016 2017 2018 GAME ATTENDEES OPPONENT ATTENDEES OPPONENT ATTENDEES OPPONENT 1 41,900 Arkansas 42,500 Indiana 46,900 LSU 2a 46,100 Missouri 48,200 North Texas 50,100 Texas 3 43,900 Florida 44,200 Texas A&M 45,900 South Florida 46 30,100 Central 33,900 Southern 36,300 Montana Florida 5 in 40,500 LSU 47,800 Oklahoma 49,900 Arizona State