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Clemson Focuses On Improving Student Attendance On The Hill

Increasing fan attendance in the student section on the Hill at Memorial Stadium has been a "large part of what Clemson's athletic department has been up to this offesason," according to Grace Raynor of the Charleston POST & COURIER. Clemson AD Dan Radakovich said, "When your bosses tell you to fill the Hill, that's kind of what's on your priority list." The Hill is the "area inside Memorial Stadium where Howard's Rock sits and the football team enters the field for games." Located in the stadium's east side, the Hill is "directly behind an end zone and is the quintessential student section area." Because of its location, it is "on national television often -- half of the time a team kicks a field goal or an extra point, the Hill is the backdrop of that camera shot." It "makes sense then, that the university's board was frustrated and likely embarrassed" in '17, when student-Hill attendance was "noticeably low." Students were "accepting tickets and then not showing up for games, which became a bigger issue because of the number of students who wanted tickets but missed out." For Clemson individual home games in '17, there "were 3,000 tickets each allotted to students on the Hill." Radakovich said that the issue has "become a hot-button topic not only for the athletic department, but also for students and alumni." He "expressed confidence that a solution would be found" (Charleston POST & COURIER, 6/25).

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