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Fridav. September 23,1977
University Dally Kansan
Ticket sales sluggish for football
By LEON UNRUH STAFF Writer
STAFF Writer
sportwriters pounded plenty of typewriter ribbons in the last year worrying about the effects of Nolan Cromwell's absence from the KU Jawhawks.
women Cromwell, a quarterback with a shot at the Heisman Trophy, college football's highest award, was injured midway through the season, the Jayhawks lost most of their momentum and stumbled into seventh place in the Big 8.
Cromwell is now gone for good, as all conference halfback Laverne Smith. And their absences are going to be missed beyond the trophy case.
"When you have well-known and great athletes, the anticipation of a good team helps sell tickets," Doug Messler, assistant coach of the athletic department, said yesterday.
Anticipation just isn't what it was before.
Anticipation just isn't what it was forbes
KU STUDENT ticket sales are off 17.5
per cent this year - dropping to 6.25
after just year's total of slightly more
10,000.
SST decision to come today
WASHINGTON (UPI)—After 16 months of Concorde test flights to America and a last-minute flurry of lobbying by friends and foes of the supersonic transport, President Carter has decided the future of the SST in the United States.
Transportation Secretary Brock Adams planned to announce Carter's closely held decision today. Indications were that the controversial SST would get the go-ahead to land at a few U.S. cities if the cities want the plane.
Other Big 8 schools, however, don't seem to have such problems. Two universities, Iowa State and Missouri, boosted their sales by 1,200 and 200 respectively. Most of the other schools' sales remained about the same as in 1976.
Kansas State University figures could not
be obtained yesterday, according to the
White House.
Stadiums at Oklahoma and Nebraska, where trying to get a season ticket is as sporting as watching those championship-caliber cool-out again this season as well.
Each of the other Big 8 schools had at least one question that was sold out. All, that is,
“K-STATE IS pretty close, but it lacks a couple thousand from selling out,” Messer said. “Missouri would be the next closest, and then them to close within another week or two.
K-State and Missouri home games traditionally sell out by mid-September.
Several factors, including a $50 increase in student enrollment fees, might have lowered student interest in Jayhawk football, he said.
"The fact that we played the first two games away and it will be almost a month after school started before we play at home might have had something to do with it," Messer said. "That has a little effect on student enthusiasm."
Also, he said, the fact that KU has lost its first two games might dampen sales.
KU dropped to nationally ranked Texas A & M. B. 28-14 and UCLA, 17-7.
Despite the present star void, Messer said, regular season ticket sales have already broken the all-time high set last year when 14,200 were sold.
A WEEX before the home opener, which is tomorrow, faculty, alumni and other fans had purchased 14,400 season tickets at $1.25 each. The price of a ticket dropped $8.25.
KU student season tickets, at $23, are considerably cheaper than the Nebraska tickets, which cost $29. Student tickets at Missouri are $27 and $24 at Colorado.
from last year because one less game was scheduled at Memorial Stadium this year.
Oklahoma State and Iowa State,
co-champions of the Big 8 with Colorado,
the their tickets for $13 and $14.50 respectively.
Oklahoma perennial national power,
only $13.
At Oklahoma's 71,300 seat stadium, 17,500 students have bought tickets; at Nebraska, 16,000; Missouri, 14,100; Oklahoma State, 10,000; Iowa State, 11,000; and Colorado, 7,500.
Wednesday and Friday. On Thursday, the office will be open until 8:00 p.m. Saturday.
Judy Kroger, director of the association, said yesterday that a downtown office was being opened at 901 Kentucky in about two weeks to ease the office's workload.
The Consumer Affairs Association is doubling its paid staff and its number of office locations to cope with an increased workload.
"I need help," she said.
THE DOWNTOWN office will be directed toward people who cannot or will not come on campus to use the office in the Kansas Union.
The new office will have one full-time employee, she said. Until Oct. 3, the official opening of the office, it will operate at no set time. The office is open 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sunday.
Kroeger said the walk to the Union was too long for some people, while others would not come to it because they felt uneasy on campus.
People will be encouraged to use the association's services, and Kroger plans to offer its services.
Consumer office expands to downtown
The sale will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the District Court Division No. 1 one courtroom in the Douglas County Judicial and Law Department, Eleventh and New Hampton streets.
Property to sell for back taxes
Dan Young, county counselor, said each year the county foreclosures on real estate with delinquent taxes of three years and ten months or more. the county sells this property at a tax sale, with the purchase price set at the amount of back taxes due.
Real estate on which Douglas County has foreclosed because of delinquent taxes will be sold next Wednesday for the amount of taxes due on the property.
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