kappy96 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Saw this in the Sports Business Daily and thought it was interesting and relevant enough to share. Lot of similar topics/concerns have been discussed on this board frequently. Univ. Of Kentucky Continues To See Decline In Attendance For Men's Basketball Published December 13, 2013 Attendance at Rupp Arena for the Univ. of Kentucky men's basketball team's first seven games has dropped for "the fourth consecutive year," according to John Clay of the LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. Average attendance has "gone from 23,868 through the first seven home games" of '09, John Calipari's first season as the UK coach, "to 21,799 this season." Most of the empty seats this year are "upper-level seats reserved for students," and the team has played a "weak home schedule." UK's "three most interesting matchups this season have been neutral-site games -- Michigan State in Chicago; Providence in Brooklyn and Baylor in Dallas." The prevalence of these "made-for-TV, big-ticket affairs has all but turned the home-and-home series into an antique."Also UK and Indiana "canceled their home-and-home series." Additionally, there may be "a creeping one-and-done fatigue" among UK fans "wistful for the good old days when you got to know players over an extended period." Also, the Rupp Arena experience has "turned stale," with the introductions video "the only noticeable in-game change." The venue's lower level "has always lacked enthusiasm, while the upper level remains cramped and uncomfortable with a poor view of the action" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Its not related to UK per se, but attendance seems to be down most places. I caught parts of Xavier squeaking out wins over Bowling Green and Evansville this past week and their arena was half empty for each game. Just looked it up and the box scores report that there were 9k+ for each game. No freaking way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 It's hard work being a Kentucky fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 parking lots too far away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 "It's the economy stupid". as they used to say. but really ever since the crash few years back I've noticed shitload of seats empty at everything. NASCAR is dropping, college football and basketball at most of the mid and lower levels schools have ton of empty seats. Wait till you see all the seat colored fans when the meaningless bowl games are upon us. Perfect storm of rising ticket prices, economy and ability to see on the tube or pc is causing dramatic drop in sport ticket sales. As is human nature fingers pointing everywhere but fact is the main reason attendance is dropping is lack of disposable income. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 At the DePaul game last night I don't think the had 1000 people there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Altman is right - attendance is down in many sports and places - the Post had an article about the Blues being behind so far this year. The economy has something to do with it but then again Missouri football had a big year at the gate. Winning or not winning has to be factored in along with weak schedules adding to the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 parking lots too far away If we think parking here is bad, Lexington Center is probably worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolka Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Myron Medcalf interview with Crews for the ESPN NCAAM Blog........!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Myron Medcalf interview with Crews for the ESPN NCAAM Blog........!!!!!!!!!!!! ?? is this a head's up to listen/watch something that's coming up/already posted? link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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