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[QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 3832590, member: 1559"]
Of course a game in Boston with PC would attract fans, but UConn men's basketball has to rebuild the fan base and taking away attractive home games is not going to help.  Have you looked at the attendance at UConn basketball games over the past 10 years?  Last 4 years, the average attendance has been 8,546.  The 6 previous years, the average attendance was 11,029.  Attendance has declined ~23% and you think it's a good idea to move a home game that would probably sell out?  In case you haven't noticed, UConn athletics could really use the revenue.

I have been to almost every UConn basketball and football game in Boston and Providence over the past 25+ years.  I even was at the UConn/BC basketball game in the Garden in 1987 when UConn lost Robinson and Gamble to academics yet beat BC with 5 scholarship players and started a walk-on.  Even the UConn soccer goalie dressed for the game.  Boston is convenient for me, but I would rather go to a sold out game at Gampel or the XL Center or tailgate at the Rent.
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