Rich: How AAC final attendance stacked up vs. other major conferences

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[EricLA]

That's not bad at all. I went to the AAC tourney at the Mohegan Sun. Had a long thread on it a while ago and overall really liked it there - better than Hartford, and no "ooooooooooooone shot" the entire tourney, nor did i have to hear about my "chocolate meeting your peanut butter...Reeeeseeees" (he pronounced Reese's strangely)...

 

[HGN]

Not a bad start for the New-Kid-On-The-Block.

 

[CamrnCrz1974]

That's not bad at all. I went to the AAC tourney at the Mohegan Sun. Had a long thread on it a while ago and overall really liked it there - better than Hartford, and no "ooooooooooooone shot" the entire tourney, nor did i have to hear about my "chocolate meeting your peanut butter...Reeeeseeees" (he pronounced Reese's strangely)...

Actually, it is much better than "not bad at all."

As an exampe, these are the raw numbers:

ACC: Notre Dame vs. Duke in Greensboro, N.C. March 9 drew 8,190
AAC: UConn vs. Louisville in Uncasville, CT March 10 drew 8,034

These are the capacity numbers:

ACC: 23,000
AAC: approximately 10,000

Look at the percentage filled relative to capacity. The AAC cleaned up.

 

[CTyankee]

Hmmm..

AAC next year... UConn vs perhaps USF??? I suspect the attendance for this might not be anywhere near a UConn -Louisville final...

 

[DICKG]

The AAC number would be a lot lower if not held in CT.

 

[ChicagoGG]

The AAC number would be a lot lower if not held in CT.

The member schools are pretty far flung. It would be hard to find a venue where any school outside of the state of Florida (which has three member schools) would get a large fan attendance for the Tournament. Except UConn, for obvious reasons. The new conference will take time to build a tourney following.

 

[triaddukefan]

Actually, it is much better than "not bad at all."

As an exampe, these are the raw numbers:

ACC: Notre Dame vs. Duke in Greensboro, N.C. March 9 drew 8,190
AAC: UConn vs. Louisville in Uncasville, CT March 10 drew 8,034

These are the capacity numbers:

ACC: 23,000
AAC: approximately 10,000

Look at the percentage filled relative to capacity. The AAC cleaned up.

Actually for the Women they drop the black curtain down (thank goodness) and reduce the capacity to around 11,500 or so..... here is a pic i took at this years tourney. Its actually a fairly intimate setting, and there isnt a bad seat in the house. I was in the upper deck for the first time since 2008... but those seats are still good ones.... plus they installed a big HD scoreboard last year.

 

[sawxfan23]

The AAC number would be a lot lower if not held in CT.

The number would be a lot lower if held in Hartford instead of Mohegan Sun.