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Post by valporun on Mar 3, 2010 11:57:54 GMT -5
I was reading Pat Forde's article paying homage to basketball arenas around the country. It was interesting to see how much smaller some of the smaller mid-major arenas really were, in terms of seating capacity. The worst arenas are all about 4 times smaller by seating capacity than the ARC. We're definitely spoiled at Valpo under these regards, even if we do have some seating improvement we want done, at least we don't have thousands of seats that sit empty for decades because no one wants to go to our games. Forde Minutes for 3/2/10: sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4958649 |
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Post by rlh on Mar 4, 2010 10:10:40 GMT -5
I love having the bleachers at both ends of the court. Gives it a better feel....unfortunately, they would no doubt be empty much of the time if left up
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Post by valporun on Mar 4, 2010 16:24:08 GMT -5
I love having the bleachers at both ends of the court. Gives it a better feel....unfortunately, they would no doubt be empty much of the time if left up I agree with you that the bleachers on the East end of the ARC would be empty 90% of the season, especially when we don't have many November/December home games with opponents that would bring in a crowd, or playing Youngstown St, or a few of the "position jockeying" teams of the Horizon League. These bleachers would definitely get used for Butler, Purdue, and if we could get a team like Marquette, maybe Michigan, Gonzaga, and some of these teams that people would travel for to come to the ARC. Unless the Horizon League became equal to the Missouri Valley, we wouldn't get the fan base to sell the extra seats. |
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Post by stlvufan on Mar 5, 2010 0:39:17 GMT -5
I was reading Pat Forde's article paying homage to basketball arenas around the country. It was interesting to see how much smaller some of the smaller mid-major arenas really were, in terms of seating capacity. The worst arenas are all about 4 times smaller by seating capacity than the ARC. We're definitely spoiled at Valpo under these regards, even if we do have some seating improvement we want done, at least we don't have thousands of seats that sit empty for decades because no one wants to go to our games. Forde Minutes for 3/2/10: sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4958649He missed The Jungle  |
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