If the Laramie city council were serious about fixing the housing shortage they wouldn't have passed a rental housing act that makes it more expensive for renters. They would cut red tape and make it easier to build . Screw the city council and the county commissioners. A bunch of leftist idiots
Edit: I typed alot here. Main previous point - Laramie needs an elected mayor to keep the wolves out of the hen house. I apologize this post came out like hell.
Edit: I typed alot here too. The forum signed me out. Probably for the best. That post is gone. I'll paraphrase:quote lost.
I don't care for lizzo's music. Looked for concert tickets nearby as its an interesting comparison being a niche entertainment venue like Wyoming football.
Stumbled upon Snoop Dogg in Casper on 12/21/22. Okay interesting, now we can compare what a typical cowboy fan in casper has to go through to get to laramie as I would to go from Laramie to Casper to see snoop dogg.
- Travel/hotel/food/time off is about the same. Probably around $450 bucks for two people. Its a weekday concert, need at least 4 hours off in the afternoon and 4 hours to return in the AM. Cowboy football doesn't have alot of weekday games, but when they do, time is another problem.
- Ticket costs - snoop ranges from $40-$1200. Wyo football is probably $50-$5000. Maybe $10-20 more a ticket for CSU or Boise. Wash
- The niche experience. Snoop is going to be there for about 1.5 hours. Football is around 3, but when you pull tv breaks out your probably getting an hour of more time for your buck. Snoop's not going to stop and advertise something though, so its a more consistent experience, and your probably less likely to see ads tucked into every corner of existence (unless its for his product)
- And - how I think I've gotten jekyl and hyde and jaded. Held season tickets for 11 years. Used to go to the practices when they were open under glenn (and read names on jersey's until 2013). New some of the coaches, was able to participate in alot more. Now they moved all that away from me and shut it down. And then they just ask for more money constantly while bombarding me with more ads, a far less experience than I had 15-20 years ago. Never saw a live college football game until I as adult being in the middle of Wyo. That sort of experience is long gone.
- The last thing, anyone that is traveling from out of Laramie needs a decent level of respect. They spent alot of money and dedicated alot of time. They probably get more out of it than I do at this point. I'm not going to go to 6 snoop dogg concerts in wyo this year (or 1 even - it was an example). Athletics is getting their levels of support right now, and if they want to keep it and increase it, they need to really rethink the niche experience they provide. You can listen to Lizzo everywhere if you chose to do so. You can do the same with Snoop. You chose that listening. Now to get your butt up and drive to one - where you will get an experience that you won't forget? That's far different than what our football side of the house has become.