NIU athletic director Sean Frazier takes to “Frazier’s Corner” to answer questions regarding the Chi Town Showdown and other questions about Huskie athletics. Frazier explains why the department decided to move a home game away from Huskie Stadium to the White Sox U.S. Cellular Field.
- First, we are looking to engage our alumni base in Chicagoland. NIU has close to 145,000 living alumni in the region and we have heard from many fans who said, `you need to come back and play in Chicago.’
- Second, we want to increase attendance at one of the most important games of 2016; the Toledo game is always one of the biggest games on the schedule and we need more than 8-10,000 people in the stands.
- Third, it is critically important to make sure that we are generating revenue. The ability to have this game in front of fans in Chicago and the relationship with the ISFA and the White Sox will produce needed financial resources for our department and for our football program. The potential net for this game is four to five times what we have seen during a midweek game at Huskie Stadium. That is significant.
- Fourth – exposure. Nothing is better to get the NIU brand in the third largest media market in the country than Huskie Football.
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