The Griner Effect

[CamrnCrz1974]

• Phoenix's full season ticket sales are up 39 percent over 2012, and ticket package revenue is already above what it was in 2010, the season after the Mercury won their second title.

• All of the front-row sideline and press-row courtside seats are sold out.

• Group ticket sales are 33 percent ahead of last year.

• Single-game tickets for the season opener produced the largest revenue for a regular-season game since 1998.

• On the Web, during the week of the WNBA draft, traffic on PhoenixMercury.com was greater than 10 NBA teams and the highest since the 2007 WNBA Finals.

• In the 36 hours after the draft, time spent on the team website was equivalent to one person being on the site for 24 hours for 72 straight days.

• The season opener versus Chicago had the highest viewership for a WNBA regular-season game on ESPN2 since July 11, 2004.

• The week of the draft, the Mercury and Griner totaled more than 250 million media impressions.

• On the day of the season opener, the team issued more media credentials than it had since the 2009 WNBA Finals.

http://espn.go.com/wnba/story/_/id/...y-brittney-griner-popularity-reeling-new-fans

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

And, while we didn't purchase our "4 pack" BECAUSE of Griner, I'm not sure we would have been as interested without the Griner effect - i.e. the opportunity to (possibly) see a special season.

 

[easttexastrash]

I hope she gets to play tonight. The Griner effect was evident when all teams, except Phoenix, voted to implement the defensive 3-second rule.

It will be interesting if she boosts ticket sales for teams that host Phoenix like she did in college. I believe she increased attendance by about 3,700 in college.

 

[EricLA]

Good for her. Great info Cam. thanks for sharing. Griner had an average stat line tonite, but I think she's really terrific for Phx and exactly what they needed. Big win for them vs. LA. In fact, it was a blowout.

 

[easttexastrash]

Good for her. Great info Cam. thanks for sharing. Griner had an average stat line tonite, but I think she's really terrific for Phx and exactly what they needed. Big win for them vs. LA. In fact, it was a blowout.

It was average because she has a sprained knee. 10 pts, 6 rebs and 4 blocks in 15 minutes is pretty darn efficient. Had she not been limited in minutes she could have been flirting with a triple double.

 

[EricLA]

It was average because she has a sprained knee. 10 pts, 6 rebs and 4 blocks in 15 minutes is pretty darn efficient. Had she not been limited in minutes she could have been flirting with a triple double.

Oh did not know that. Well I hope she gets well soon.

 

[easttexastrash]

Friday night Phoenix had an attendance of 13,065. The other three games drew an average of 5,359.