PULLMAN – As Washington State prepares for a football season unlike any other in program history, a quasi-independent schedule before the rebuilt Pac-12 launches next year, program brass are exploring ways to improve fans’ gameday experience at Gesa Field.
That’s the word from WSU Athletic Director Anne McCoy, who said in a Zoom news conference Tuesday afternoon that she and other athletics officials are working to act on “great feedback” they’ve received since the end of last season.
“I think it’s gonna be wide-reaching, I really do,” McCoy said of the updgrades, “because we need to make it easier and enjoyable for people to come to the games.”
Perhaps the most interesting development McCoy hinted at involved lodging, which has long been a snag in Pullman, a small town with only so many hotels for fans to stay during football game weekends.
Because the town’s hotels can rake in serious revenue off the six or seven home games per year, they often drive up prices for those weekends, which in turn repels some would-be patrons, decreasing the amount of tickets sold at football games.
McCoy said any announcements on gameday experiences would have to wait until “the next couple weeks,” but she offered a clue to what WSU is doing for lodging improvements.
“We’re trying to be as creative as we can,” McCoy said. “One thing I will say is that while we may have a finite number of hotels, we do have a fair amount of land. So that’s as much as a hint as I’ll give you.”
Because of Pullman’s limited lodging options, fans from the surrounding areas often choose to stay in nearby Moscow, Lewiston or even Spokane, a 90-minute trek.
Especially as the Cougars’ home opponents become less recognizable than traditional Pac-12 opponents like Oregon or Arizona, the…
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