osu plans to set record 4/19/08

[jimotis4heisman]

4/19/08 the lacrosse team is going to try and set an attendance record
osu lax game 11am vs denver
spring game 1:30pm
tickets $5, 6 and under FREE
ohiostatebuckeyes.com
or
1 800 GO BUCKS

[MililaniBuckeye]

What is the single game attendance record (Google pointed me to an article on www.collegelax.us, but the site wouldn't come up).

[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

What is the single game attendance record (Google pointed me to an article on CollegeLAX.us - Where The Season Starts Now, but the site wouldn't come up).

i think the college lax championships had 52k (somewhere about that) last year and has been around 50k since they moved the games to the ravens stadium. with good weather that should be pretty easily smashed...

[buckeyes_rock]

Here's the press release from the official website.

Sounds like a really cool idea.

Men?s Lacrosse: Buckeyes to Play in Ohio Stadium - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by buckeyes_rock

Here's the press release from the official website.

Sounds like a really cool idea.

Men?s Lacrosse: Buckeyes to Play in Ohio Stadium - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

its kinda agains the rules here but
ill toss the whole release out

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s lacrosse team will face off against Denver in Ohio Stadium April 19, Joe Breschi, Buckeye head coach, announced Monday. The lacrosse game precedes the Buckeye football team’s annual spring game, with the lacrosse game beginning at 11 a.m., followed by football at 1:30 p.m.
The lacrosse team looks to break national attendance records for Division I men’s lacrosse. The all-time record is 52,004, set at the NCAA championship semifinals May 26 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. The regular-season attendance record also was set last year, when 20,180 watched a doubleheader with Johns Hopkins/Princeton and Virginia/Syracuse March 3, also at M&T Bank Stadium. The on-campus record is 19,850, set when Maryland hosted Johns Hopkins at Byrd Stadium in College Park, Md., April 18, 1987.
The Ohio State 2007 football spring game drew 75,301 fans, surpassing the 63,000 that attended the event in 2006.
Gene Smith, director of athletics at Ohio State, said fans will have the opportunity to enjoy two Ohio State competitions without leaving their seats.
“We’re excited to have our lacrosse team get the opportunity to play in front of what should be a record crowd in Ohio Stadium,” Smith said. “It will give Buckeye fans the opportunity to cheer on two of our teams in the same stadium. It is a great chance for our student-athletes to play in an amazing setting, with tens of thousands cheering for the Scarlet and Gray.”
Breschi said his student-athletes will get an opportunity to play in the ’Shoe, something a select few Buckeyes can say.
“I want to thank Gene Smith and Coach (Jim) Tressel for making this game happen for our student-athletes and program,” Breschi said. “It will be an amazing experience for these young men and the Ohio State lacrosse family to play in the Horseshoe this spring with more than 70,000 people cheering them on. This will be an event our guys will remember forever. I’m extremely grateful to Coach Tressel for his continued support of men’s lacrosse throughout the years.”
Jim Tressel, head coach of the football Buckeyes, said his team, along with what he hopes will be a record-setting crowd, will be on hand for the lacrosse game.
“April 19 will be a great day in Ohio Stadium,” Tressel said. “I’m hoping we’ll set a lacrosse single-game attendance record and have an all-time high for the Buckeye spring football game as well. Our team will be there watching part of the lacrosse game before taking the field for the annual Scarlet and Gray game.”
Tickets will be $5 and include both games, with children 6 and under admitted free. One dollar from every ticket is used to support the National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) which is held at Ohio State each summer. Tickets will go on sale at a later date. They can be purchased before the game by calling the Ohio State athletics ticket office at 1 800 GO BUCKS or online at ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Tickets also will be available day-of-game at the stadium.
The Ohio State Marching Band will attend the lacrosse game and is expected to perform Script Ohio at halftime. TBDBITL will remain in the stadium for the football spring game.
The men’s lacrosse team kicks off its season against Navy at home Feb. 16. The team will host three other games in addition to Navy and Denver, facing Penn State March 8, Bellarmine April 2 and Air Force April 6.

[MililaniBuckeye]

They're pulling out all the stops to destroy the attendance record...playing just before the spring game, having TBDBITL do Script Ohio at halftime. With the excitement of this year's football team I was thinking the 75,000 mark for the spring game would be in jeopardy, but with the addition of a Buckeye lacrosse game for very little cost, I'm betting 80k+ show up for the lacrosse game and hang around for the spring game.