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Vaught-Hemingway Stadium and the Game Day experience
by parrishalford
 Inside Ole Miss Sports
Jul 02, 2012 | 2203 views | 7 7 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend | print | permalink

Ole Miss on June 20 released results of its survey of season ticket holders asking their opinions of game day at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium and generally got good reviews for efforts made to enhance the experience.

The experience scored well on video presentation if not always on music selection. Concessions got nice reviews, and there were plenty of suggestions for improvement in the 26-page report of survey results.

The news release said surveys were sent to season ticket holders on Nov. 22, and they had until Dec. 15 to respond. A total of 15,637 surveys were sent, 3,484 completed, a 22.3 percent response rate.

There's a whole lot of the stadium experience that I do not see or hear, because I'm working, and most of the sound does not penetrate the press box.

I do, however, like what I've seen in terms of video on the big board.

Question: How do you rate the experience, and what would it take to make it better?

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spartacus1085
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July 26, 2012
Love the bear - keep it. It's time to move on from symbols of the confederacy.
duece
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July 03, 2012
Heres an idea... stop trying to be like any other bland school on gameday....that lock the vault or whatever the heck it was last year??? ingenious.. Stop trying to be something your not, Bring back the Col or at the very least kill that stupid bear.
Churn
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July 03, 2012
When will Ole Miss Black Bears( guess is the name in which they prefer) be playing the Gators again?

JB
olemissforlife
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July 02, 2012
Music, videos, and a stupid bear are just window dressing for a horrible team. The best stadium experience in the past decade was LSU 2003. Why? Ole Miss was relevant. Get competitive every year and Vaught will be rocking. Nothing else really matters.
turfguy
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July 02, 2012
seeing 50,000 fans waving rebel flags, with col Reb walking the sidelines would be a great experience for the Turfguy. I loved it when the game was in Jackson and one side of the stadium was red and the other side was maroon. The Community College of Oxfart should bring back the Colonel and all the tradition that comes with him, back. It only represents a school's tradition. At least show old clips of col reb on the video board. huh?
rebelchris
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July 02, 2012
winning games ALWAYS makes for a better atmosphere. and get rid of that bear.
gotohell-lsu
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July 02, 2012
Seeing a bowled-in North end zone instead of bleachers.

Seeing the whole stadium wearing red (and some blue)

Seeing some low 4th quarter scores from the opponents would be the best view.