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2013 Spring Game

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RB07OSU;2281583; said:
I can't say that I have been in Cincy enough to have a real basis for saying so, other than I know a ton of OSU alums in Cincy and when I visit I see plenty of OSU attire. Personal experiences will differ I suppose. And on the opposite end, I always see way more scUM gear when I go to northern Ohio.
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I live in Cincinnati. There are tons of UC, X, UK, ND, and (when they're good) scUM fans around. More than OSU. (Maybe not X, a lot of their fans are also OSU fans)
 
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Mid 50's and partly cloudy forecasted on Saturday. Not too bad.

Sunday is going to be absolutely beautiful, maybe that weather will creep in half a day early and it will be a touch warmer.
 
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Bestbuck36;2326371; said:
Sunday is going to be absolutely beautiful, maybe that weather will creep in half a day early and it will be a touch warmer.
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awesome, should be great driving weather back to columbus while im hungover puking out of the window on 71 N
 
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Ohio State is optimistic that it will break even, and have a little fun, during its unprecedented road show on Saturday.

With Ohio Stadium undergoing a refurbishing of part of the seating area, the Ohio State football team will hold its spring game out of town for the first time, traveling to Cincinnati. More than 30,000 fans are expected in 65,535-seat Paul Brown Stadium.

The Buckeyes played the spring game in 22,555-seat Columbus Crew Stadium in 2000 and 2001 when Ohio Stadium was being renovated, but they opted to take this one not only on the road but also down the highway.

“This justifies taking it to Cincinnati for a couple of reasons because, one, we still had the potential to get up to 60,000, where we wouldn’t have had that potential at Crew Stadium,” said Mike Penner, OSU’s assistant athletic director for event management.

“And we’re also going to a part of the state where there’s 40,000 Ohio State alumni, and where our team hasn’t played since 2002” — a win over Cincinnati in Paul Brown Stadium.

The estimated cost of the spring game, whether at home or on the road, is $250,000 to $300,000, Penner said. It’s why the school started charging for admission years ago.

“To stage it in Cincinnati — everything is estimated costs right now (until all the bills come in), but we’re looking at closer to $300,000,” Penner said.

About 29,000 tickets had been sold by early yesterday afternoon. Adult prices are $18 and $12.

“We knew if we got to 25,000 to 30,000 in tickets sold, we were going to cover our costs,” Penner said. “Again, it’s all based on estimates, but we feel good about where we are at this point. The weather forecast calls for 53 degrees and partly-cloudy conditions, so I’m not sure how much walk-up we’ll get. But if we get about 5,000, that would be good.”

Any walk-up crowd would be seen as a bonus; most of the proceeds will go to the LiFE Sports program, a comprehensive youth-development initiative at Ohio State.

The cost of using the stadium “is estimated to be between $150,000 and $200,000 right now,” Penner said. “And there is a 25-cent surcharge per ticket,” which goes to the Cincinnati Bengals and Hamilton County.

Concession sales will include beer, which is not available at OSU home games, but OSU will not receive any of the proceeds from concessions.
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http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2013/04/12/spring-game-expected-to-break-even.html
 
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I'll be there tomorrow with the father-in-law. It'll be the first time he's seen the Buckeyes live, he's been a life long fan. It'll be a first for me as well. If we can swing it we're going to hit a game in the Horseshoe in the fall. Looking forward to see how this offense is shaping up for the season.
 
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