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This should make CSU fans a little happier. I also thought the games were fun @ Invesco, I look fwd to goin back.
Five-year CU-CSU deal to be announced
Game guaranteed to be held at Invesco through 2008
By Kyle Ringo, Camera Sports Writer
February 28, 2006
Colorado and Colorado State athletic department officials will announce Wednesday at Denver's Invesco Field a five-year deal to continue their rivalry on the football field.
Whether they have secured a game sponsor remains unclear.
Athletic directors Mike Bohn and Mark Driscoll reached an agreement back in January but an announcement has been delayed as the two worked with the Denver Metro Sports Commission to line up a sponsor to ease some of the cost of using Invesco Field. The schools pay about $400,000 to use the facility.
As reported in the Daily Camera in January, the deal will cover five years guaranteeing the game will be played in Denver only in each of the next three seasons beginning this fall when CSU will be the home team.
Colorado will retain the right to bring the game back to Boulder in the fourth year of the deal (2009), and if CU chooses to do so, it would give CSU the right to take the game to Fort Collins in the fifth year (2010).
The past two meetings have been in Boulder, and CU has refused to commit to playing each of the next five contests in Denver because many of its fans prefer the game be held at Folsom Field.
Colorado State and many of its fans prefer the contest in Denver because it is a neutral site and provides a financial windfall for the school. The Rams' home field in Fort Collins (Hughes Stadium) seats fewer than 40,000 fans.
Both schools make around $1.5 million per game when the contest is held in Denver. Colorado makes slightly more with the game in Boulder, but CSU would lose about $700,000 if it had to play the Buffs in Fort Collins because it could sell fewer tickets and would have to pay CU at least the customary $500,000 game guarantee.
CU will have six true home games next fall in Boulder. However, it is selling seven-game season-ticket packages on its Web site, with the CSU game included as a mandatory buy even though the Rams are slated to be the home team when the programs meet Sept. 9 in Denver.
The revenue is a 55-45 split in favor of CU because the Buffs are considered the bigger draw statewide, athletic director Mike Bohn said last month during a meeting with reporters.
Game guaranteed to be held at Invesco through 2008
By Kyle Ringo, Camera Sports Writer
February 28, 2006
Colorado and Colorado State athletic department officials will announce Wednesday at Denver's Invesco Field a five-year deal to continue their rivalry on the football field.
Whether they have secured a game sponsor remains unclear.
Athletic directors Mike Bohn and Mark Driscoll reached an agreement back in January but an announcement has been delayed as the two worked with the Denver Metro Sports Commission to line up a sponsor to ease some of the cost of using Invesco Field. The schools pay about $400,000 to use the facility.
As reported in the Daily Camera in January, the deal will cover five years guaranteeing the game will be played in Denver only in each of the next three seasons beginning this fall when CSU will be the home team.
Colorado will retain the right to bring the game back to Boulder in the fourth year of the deal (2009), and if CU chooses to do so, it would give CSU the right to take the game to Fort Collins in the fifth year (2010).
The past two meetings have been in Boulder, and CU has refused to commit to playing each of the next five contests in Denver because many of its fans prefer the game be held at Folsom Field.
Colorado State and many of its fans prefer the contest in Denver because it is a neutral site and provides a financial windfall for the school. The Rams' home field in Fort Collins (Hughes Stadium) seats fewer than 40,000 fans.
Both schools make around $1.5 million per game when the contest is held in Denver. Colorado makes slightly more with the game in Boulder, but CSU would lose about $700,000 if it had to play the Buffs in Fort Collins because it could sell fewer tickets and would have to pay CU at least the customary $500,000 game guarantee.
CU will have six true home games next fall in Boulder. However, it is selling seven-game season-ticket packages on its Web site, with the CSU game included as a mandatory buy even though the Rams are slated to be the home team when the programs meet Sept. 9 in Denver.
The revenue is a 55-45 split in favor of CU because the Buffs are considered the bigger draw statewide, athletic director Mike Bohn said last month during a meeting with reporters.
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