MU finishes 19th in attendance last year

[#UnleashSean]

How many bat colonies?

One davante running in fear. One Wilson trying to kill the bat's with a towel.

[EaglesNest]

Story is full of it.
Bradley Center has 11,000 upper bowl seats.
New Arena will seats 17,500. About 6,000 in the upper deck.

Any idea why overall capacity is gonna be the smaller than the Bradley Center? Most NBA arenas hold 20,000+ now

[Herman Cain]

Any idea why overall capacity is gonna be the smaller than the Bradley Center? Most NBA arenas hold 20,000+ now

NBA gave specs of what they wanted in terms of overall configuration .

[EaglesNest]

How come the NBA would want an arena basically the size of the Kohl Center.  Confuses me

[warriorchick]

How come the NBA would want an arena basically the size of the Kohl Center.  Confuses me

Methinks they are going for quality over quantity.  How many times have the Bucks sold out the BC?  It makes more sense to spend the money on a nicer, smaller stadium where they can charge more per ticket than a mediocre larger one that always has empty seats.

It's the same reason why Miller Park is significantly smaller than County Stadium.

[B. McBannerson]

How come the NBA would want an arena basically the size of the Kohl Center.  Confuses me

Baseball downsized parks over the last 15 to 20 years.  Better experience, site lines, creates a better market for scarcity of tickets.


http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=53766.msg908323#msg908323

[muwarrior69]

How come the NBA would want an arena basically the size of the Kohl Center.  Confuses me

Why would anyone want to watch the final four in a football stadium if your seats were in the nosebleed section behind either basket? I would rather watch on TV. At least the students have seats close to the court.

[muwarrior69]

Baseball downsized parks over the last 15 to 20 years.  Better experience, site lines, creates a better market for scarcity of tickets.


http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=53766.msg908323#msg908323

I agree, but in some parks the seats are actually larger thus reducing the amount of seating. The new Yankee stadium could hold about 10k more fans if they had the same seat densions as the old stadium. As Chick stated it was to create a better experience for the fans.

[bradley center bat]

Any idea why overall capacity is gonna be the smaller than the Bradley Center? Most NBA arenas hold 20,000+ now

To be picky the only NBA Arena's that seats over 20,000 is the Bulls and Cavs arena. There is about seven in the NBA that seats in the 19,000 range. The Bucks have said most of the ticket money is made in the first 10 to 15 rows for NBA arena's.

[EaglesNest]

I was thinking there are a couple other arenas over 20,000 in the NBA. I swear I heard a tv announcer during a Villanova game say that it was a capacity crowd of 21,000.

I was talking with a Bucks ticket rep who told me that he thinks every game in the new arena will be sold out. Not sure how much of this is wishful thinking on his part.

I was hoping for an arena with a capacity between 19,000 and 20,000. Maybe the new arena will have some sort of standing room only spot that can add to the 17,500 on games that are sold out.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_arenas

Don't know how accurate this is but according to this there are 4 arenas that seat over 20,000 (Bulls, Cavs, Wizards, and 76ers). There are an additional 12 that hold 19,000 or more.

If the new stadium is 17,500 as advertised, it will be the second smallest ahead of only the Pelicans' Smoothie King Center.

The only three stadiums to be built in the past 12 years (Kings, Nets, Magic) are all under 19,000 capacity. The two most recent (Kings and Nets) are the smallest stadiums besides the Pelicans.

Of the eight stadiums to be built in the last 15 years, only one (Hornets) is above 19,000 and it was barely over (19,077).

It seems like the trend in basketball, like other sports, is to start building smaller stadiums. Why waste money on an extra 2,000 to 3,000 seats when you aren't going to be able to fill them 95% of the time? Spend that money on making a nicer stadium an charge a little more per ticket.

[warriorchick]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_arenas



It seems like the trend in basketball, like other sports, is to start building smaller stadiums. Why waste money on an extra 2,000 to 3,000 seats when you aren't going to be able to fill them 95% of the time? Spend that money on making a nicer stadium an charge a little more per ticket.

Couldn't have said it better myself.   

[Herman Cain]

I was thinking there are a couple other arenas over 20,000 in the NBA. I swear I heard a tv announcer during a Villanova game say that it was a capacity crowd of 21,000.

I was talking with a Bucks ticket rep who told me that he thinks every game in the new arena will be sold out. Not sure how much of this is wishful thinking on his part.

I was hoping for an arena with a capacity between 19,000 and 20,000. Maybe the new arena will have some sort of standing room only spot that can add to the 17,500 on games that are sold out.

It is very rare that every single seat of a sold out game is actually filled. I think the Fire Marshall has a say on what the standing room can fill. Just a guess , but maybe there may be up to another 500 standing room . I think the new bowl configuration will drive attendance up. Also depending on the game It could be possible that they drape off the upper bowl. I have seen that done in the Barclays Center and Prudential Center, which changes the dynamic of a low actual turnout game . A better environment for the cupcakes is worth something.

[Dr. Blackheart]

So Wojo has one last season to coach a game before "the largest crowd in Wisconsin college basketball history". Perhaps MU should theme the last BMOBC home game as a "drink 'em dry" promotion?

[MUfan12]

I was talking with a Bucks ticket rep who told me that he thinks every game in the new arena will be sold out. Not sure how much of this is wishful thinking on his part.

Maybe the first season, but even then I'd say there's some wishful thinking there.

[jsglow]

Interestingly, the Wiki is estimating the new arena at 17,500.  I had always heard it was going to be slightly smaller than the BMO BC.

Here's one thing you can be sure of.  The NBA was fully consulted and gave its blessing.

[bradley center bat]

It's been said tons of times by media members that the new downtown arena will be 17,500.