The University of New Hampshire announced in August that the annual Homecoming Weekend would be moved to the weekend of October 28th. The change happened due to a scheduling conflict with home football games. The move allows spectators to attend the UNH vs. Villanova home football game.
UNH Homecoming has a long standing tradition of being a great even on campus. Many students attend the football game and other such happening around campus. This year however, homecoming will co-inside with Halloween.
Halloween on the UNH campus is another popular weekend for students. UNH sophomore Quinn Desiderio feels that, “they have robbed us of two fun weekends. Halloween and Homecoming are something that students look forward to. Those weekends are the main weekends that people in college look forward to. By combining those weekends you’re taking away our fun. Instead of two fun weekends we just have one this year.”
The UNH vs. Villanova football game is one that usually draws a big crowd for the football team. Athletics Ticketing Intern Marissa Smalley is “concerned that with all of these events happening on one weekend you take away a lot of the ticket sales for other games that might have had a decent turn out”. The homecoming game always draws a large crowd with alumni, current students, parents and other fans out to the game.
Villanova a long standing rival of UNH, usually comes and packs the stadium just because of the hype that surrounds the game. “I’m a little worried that the ticket sales will suffer this year due to all the hype being on one weekend and one game instead of being spread out between two weekends” explained Marissa.
Although athletics is simply looking at their ticket revenue, what most UNH students are worried about is their partying. Senior, Michele Venezio says “It kind of stinks that this happened our senior year. I liked when homecoming was one weekend, Halloween another, and the big football game another weekend. It gave us three weekends to party”.
Students are expected be their rowdy selves on homecoming. With no announcement yet from Scope about a fall concert students are starting to wonder if their will even be one. Students have been writing on Scope’s facebook wall which is the main way they announce their shows. However Scope has not commented back on when they will be releasing who is coming or if there will be a show.
Alumni will still show up to the game although it’s not sure if numbers will be done due to the Halloween weekend. “I’m not sure if I’ll go this year, I usually do Halloween weekend in Boston with co-worker and friends so now I feel like I have to pick” explained UNH Alumni Erin Strahan. UNH is confident that alumni will still show but is worried that some may miss out due to the Halloween festivities that they and their families may partake in.
It’s sure to still be a great time but students, alumni, and athletics alike are all a little worried that maybe this wasn’t the best decision. Due to poor planning of the football home schedule which is made about five year in advance, students, alumni and fans will pack into Cowell Stadium to tailgate and watch some Wildcat football.
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