Given the historical financial, sales, and development information, the initiation of a new seating donation program for football, the previous football seasons success, and other factors, what should the ticketing income line of athletics revenue 2018-2019 budget be?
For this case, you are the director of athletics at the University of Nowhere (UN). The UN Greyhounds are located in Nowheresville, Pennsylvania, and compete at the NCAA Division I level. The football team plays in a 20,000-seat stadium that was built in 1950. UN is a public institution with 15,000 undergraduate students and 3,000 graduate students for a total enrollment of 18,000. Nowheresville is a relatively small city with a population of 50,000 located about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The UN Greyhound football team is very popular, primarily due to a history of on-field success. In the last 20 years, it has qualified for the playoffs six times and advanced to the championship game three times. It won the national championship in 2009 and 2017, and currently has five players in the NFL, including one of league's top running backs. Due to this success, the football team has an average attendance of 18,500 and a season ticket holder base of 10,250. The athletic program offers 18 sports overall-10 women's and 8 men'sbut the football team is the largest revenue generator for the athletic department. It competes in the Colonial Athletic Association along with schools like James Madison, Towson University, and the University of Delaware. Year Season ticket holders Average attendance Donations 2014 8,750 15,980 2015 8,800 16,742 $980,000 $1,090,000 $997,000 2016 9,120 16,435 2017 9,435 18,350 $1,039,000 $1,987,000 2018 10,250 18,500 112 words Year Season ticket holders Average attendance Donations 2014 8,750 15,980 2015 8,800 16,742 $980,000 $1,090,000 $997,000 2016 9,120 16,435 Year Revenue 2014 2015 2016 $1,934,000 $2,007,000 $2,123,000 $2,564,000 $2,680,000 2017 2018 For this case, you are the director of athletics at the University of Nowhere (UN). The UN Greyhounds are located in Nowheresville, Pennsylvania, and compete at the NCAA Division I level. The football team plays in a 20,000-seat stadium that was built in 1950. UN is a public institution with 15,000 undergraduate students and 3,000 graduate students for a total enrollment of 18,000. Nowheresville is a relatively small city with a population of 50,000 located about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The UN Greyhound football team is very popular, primarily due to a history of on-field success. In the last 20 years, it has qualified for the playoffs six times and advanced to the championship game three times. It won the national championship in 2009 and 2017, and currently has five players in the NFL, including one of league's top running backs. Due to this success, the football team has an average attendance of 18,500 and a season ticket holder base of 10,250. The athletic program offers 18 sports overall-10 women's and 8 men'sbut the football team is the largest revenue generator for the athletic department. It competes in the Colonial Athletic Association along with schools like James Madison, Towson University, and the University of Delaware. For this case, you are the director of athletics at the University of Nowhere (UN). The UN Greyhounds are located in Nowheresville, Pennsylvania, and compete at the NCAA Division I level. The football team plays in a 20,000-seat stadium that was built in 1950. UN is a public institution with 15,000 undergraduate students and 3,000 graduate students for a total enrollment of 18,000. Nowheresville is a relatively small city with a population of 50,000 located about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The UN Greyhound football team is very popular, primarily due to a history of on-field success. In the last 20 years, it has qualified for the playoffs six times and advanced to the championship game three times. It won the national championship in 2009 and 2017, and currently has five players in the NFL, including one of league's top running backs. Due to this success, the football team has an average attendance of 18,500 and a season ticket holder base of 10,250. The athletic program offers 18 sports overall-10 women's and 8 men'sbut the football team is the largest revenue generator for the athletic department. It competes in the Colonial Athletic Association along with schools like James Madison, Towson University, and the University of Delaware. Year Season ticket holders Average attendance Donations 2014 8,750 15,980 2015 8,800 16,742 $980,000 $1,090,000 $997,000 2016 9,120 16,435 2017 9,435 18,350 $1,039,000 $1,987,000 2018 10,250 18,500 112 words Year Season ticket holders Average attendance Donations 2014 8,750 15,980 2015 8,800 16,742 $980,000 $1,090,000 $997,000 2016 9,120 16,435 Year Revenue 2014 2015 2016 $1,934,000 $2,007,000 $2,123,000 $2,564,000 $2,680,000 2017 2018 For this case, you are the director of athletics at the University of Nowhere (UN). The UN Greyhounds are located in Nowheresville, Pennsylvania, and compete at the NCAA Division I level. The football team plays in a 20,000-seat stadium that was built in 1950. UN is a public institution with 15,000 undergraduate students and 3,000 graduate students for a total enrollment of 18,000. Nowheresville is a relatively small city with a population of 50,000 located about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The UN Greyhound football team is very popular, primarily due to a history of on-field success. In the last 20 years, it has qualified for the playoffs six times and advanced to the championship game three times. It won the national championship in 2009 and 2017, and currently has five players in the NFL, including one of league's top running backs. Due to this success, the football team has an average attendance of 18,500 and a season ticket holder base of 10,250. The athletic program offers 18 sports overall-10 women's and 8 men'sbut the football team is the largest revenue generator for the athletic department. It competes in the Colonial Athletic Association along with schools like James Madison, Towson University, and the University of Delaware
