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Message: [QUOTE="Da_Aisijimo_Gou, post: 2415406, member: 264"] Certainly lower anticipated interest interest to justify moving the game in advance from the world-class, new Mercedes Benz Arena (18K capacity) to an OK, but crappier 11K seat arena opened in 2011. Additionally, Chinese hoops fans are crazy about the over-the-top televised NBA and some about the local CBA games (attendance & TV), but NCAA games have minimal interest at this point. Regardless, the PAC 12 and game sponsor Alibaba certainly must have hoped for far more than 4K. And, in particular related to Alibaba's Singles Day weekend marketing extravaganza ([B][COLOR=#0000ff][I][U][URL='https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-12/alibaba-singles-day-goes-global-with-record-25-billion-in-sales']US$25 billion sales in 1 day[/URL][/U][/I][/COLOR][/B] vs Amazon Prime's est. $1 billion for 2017). For comparison, think Amazon Prime / Black Friday hybrid on 'roids. [/QUOTE]