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Message: [QUOTE="Kemba Time, post: 4210727, member: 2962"] That seems to come down to how much “well north” of 10,000 AD David Benedict means and if that number includes the seat donations that don’t seem to be mentioned in this conversation as an XL revenue or something general. Playing a horrid non-conference schedule during the tail end of a pandemic while fan interest is maybe 75% back from recent AAC/performance issues, XL is going to average 11,638 fans per game this season (going from box scores and adding in my head so +/- on margin of error here). Swap in one decent non-conference game for MD-ES, move 1-2 lower-figure attendance games to Storrs and that number quickly hits 13k or so. Again, playing a loss leader non-conference schedule, coming out of a pandemic, at a time when casual fan interest is back but not actually BACK quite yet. Look, AD David Benedict is clearly choosing his words to put the screws on Hartford/the State to upgrade the arena, sweeten the deal for UConn and likely looking at a split that moves a few games to Storrs, which is exactly what an AD should be doing with an expiring contract and some leverage, but he also lays out a path that isn’t all that difficult to envision from this season alone. [/QUOTE]