UWBadgers insider Andy Baggot wrote today that 85 percent of Badger football season ticket holders renewed their tickets for this season’s six-game home schedule.
“For a program that’s had a renewal rate of 93 percent or better every year since the late 1990s, that number would typically qualify as a disappointment,” the article reads. “But when you consider the extraordinary circumstances affecting this process, the number is enough to coax superlatives from the normally understated [Paul] Chryst.”
Baggot continues to quote head coach Paul Chryst‘s comment of “that’s amazing” when referring to the recently-released renewal rate.
After seeing the Major League Baseball season struggle to start–yet alone start with fans,–the NBA season recently release their plan to continue their season in late July without fans and European soccer leagues resume play in empty stadiums, this news is great for those thinking about fan attendance in the fall and about whether they will be able to attend Badger football games.
Even Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez chimed in, saying “Our culture that we have throughout our athletic department runs through our fans…There’s a trust and a loyalty and a belief.”
Assistant athletic director for ticket operations Brian Moore did tell UWBadgers.com, additionally, that if the Badgers are unable to play games in Camp Randall this season–or if spectators aren’t allowed to attend the games–that tickets will be refunded in full, saying “We’re not in the business of losing people, so we wanted to be as flexible as we could.”
More and more will become clear as September approaches, but news coming out now is pointing towards a high likelihood of football in Madison this fall.