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The students don't suckThe marketing department does suckThe concessions don't suckThe DJ absolutely, positively sucksMilwaukee is scary
Are you people nuts?No seriously, are you nuts.I read about all this supposed "crime" in downtown Milwaukee around the FiServ. From what I read in here, every third woman is raped; no one gets out without being mugged and about one or two people a night get a bodily insertion of lead!C'mon now. No wonder people think we white folk intensely dislike the black folk. When we won't share a good time with our brothers and sisters not like us because we think they'll commit crimes against us, we white folks are the ones who act like as**oles. And, yes, like it or not, this is a racial issue.Last Thanksgiving, some idiot entered the parking lot at Orlando International Airport, drove around and stole gas from people's cars. Do I avoid airports because of gas pirates? Hint: my car is sitting on the roof of MCO as I write this. My house was broken into years ago by some idiots (probably teenagers). Do I suddenly have burglar bars, a massive collection of weapons and four different alarm systems. Hint: I lived there for 28 years and was burglarized once! The answer is a hearty NO!!!!I'm old enough to be, in Brother Newsdreams' words, a "geezer" but I lived on the Marquette campus in the mid-to-late 1970s. You take reasonable safety precautions and assume everyone is your brother and sister and I promise you your attitude changes.Brother TAMU, Knower of Ball, is right: I too choose not to live in fear!
Usually I enjoy picking apart your longer posts to find something i disagree with. Today I just want to slow clap like the end of cool Runnings.
To opine on this matter, MU would be trivin' right now had they moved to the campus Concordia now has. When Concordia was essentially on 33rd and State St., it was dyin' on the vine. At present it has not only added enrollment, but added programs as well (i.e. PA, Pharmacy).For the record, urban campuses had their run 15 years ago. Not so popular now unless you're a highly selective university like UChicago, UPenn, Yale, etc., hey?
Maybe nows the time to talk about the piss poor public transit options in Milwaukee relative to cities its size. I was able to take the L to the wintrust on Saturday, why can't someone do that from Tosa or West Allis or Bayview? MKE leaned wayyy too hard into car infrastructure and now people are mad about what happens.
Why does Creighton draw better than Marquette? I know there’s nothing to do in Omaha but there’s more people in Milwaukee and Marquette is a bigger school with a bigger basketball tradition.
Creighton was drawing 3k per game up until the late 90's. Not much history at all. They have just done a much better job marketing the product to the casual fan in the city / state the last 10 years than Marquette. And postseason success is not the main reason...they have only made one Sweet 16 in their history.
They can take the bus.How many cities the size of Milwaukee have subway/light rail service?
I think if Milwaukee didn't have the Bucks, Marquette's attendance would be A LOT better. I think Creighton benefits from a lot of the corporate dollars that go to the Bucks here.
I think if Milwaukee didn't have the Bucks, Marquette would average 3,700 fans per game.
Why is anyone surprised at the flagging attendance? It is a pain to attend any/all sporting events.Everyone would rather sit on the couch and watch it in 70 inch 4K.
I wouldn't. It's ten times better watching in person. Granted, I have good seats (season tickets), but being there is a whole different, and greater, experience than TV.Now, if we're talking about the last 10 rows of the upper levels, then yes, you have a point.