XL Center?

[formerlurker]

Any idea why a game like this is being played at XL?

 

[huskiesnyc]

To make us look bad?

 

[mets1090]

Students are home for winter break. Easier for everyone else to get to XL. There are usually only 1 or 2 games at Gampel over the next 4 or 5 weeks

 

[fortebleedsblue]

Students are home for winter break. Easier for everyone else to get to XL. There are usually only 1 or 2 games at Gampel over the next 4 or 5 weeks

'everyone' ..??

 

[mets1090]

'everyone' ..??

Generalization. More central location.

 

[RMoore1999]

Generalization. More central location.

Sitting here, It's a bad crowd. I don't want to hear bad opponent / holiday nonsense. I didn't see crowds like this in early 2000's, let alone in 90's.

 

[mets1090]

Sitting here, It's a bad crowd. I don't want to hear bad opponent / holiday nonsense. I didn't see crowds like this in early 2000's, let alone in 90's.

Sure is. I wasn't saying it was a good crowd, I was just answering the question in the OP. They play most of the winter intercession games at the XL center because the students aren't around and the XL Center is closer to a larger chunk of the CT population.

 

[RMoore1999]

Sure is. I wasn't saying it was a good crowd, I was just answering the question in the OP. They play most of the winter intercession games at the XL center because the students aren't around and the XL Center is closer to a larger chunk of the CT population.

Didnt mean to reply to your post or call you out. I just wish politics didn't require we play games in Hartford.

 

[fortebleedsblue]

Bad crowd is an understatement... Blame the economy.... People in ct can't afford college sports tickets like say people in West Virginia and Alabama ...

 

[ctchamps]

Bad crowd is an understatement... Blame the economy.... People in ct can't afford college sports tickets like say people in West Virginia and Alabama ...

Those people buy tickets cause they have gals like RMoore1999's avatar getting funds for them.

 

[mets1090]

Didnt mean to reply to your post or call you out. I just wish politics didn't require we play games in Hartford.

No worries. I wish they never had to play in Hartford as well so we agree there.

 

[mets1090]

Bad crowd is an understatement... Blame the economy.... People in ct can't afford college sports tickets like say people in West Virginia and Alabama ...

Probably because people in CT have money tied up in investments that don't require you to scratch off a small piece of paper and match 3 symbols with a 5X multiplier to win the grand prize.

 

[mets1090]

I agree with the general premise that blaming the economy is silly. If people in CT wanted to get to a game, they could afford it. The general priorities of people in the Northeast just aren't the same as people in southern states.

 

[formerlurker]

I'd prefer XL only be used for major, nationally televised games.

Tonight's game, at a full Gampel, would have been a much better atmosphere for any type of SH memorial. IMO.

 

[fortebleedsblue]

No worries. I wish they never had to play in Hartford as well so we agree there.

I'd rather them play their 'away-home' games somewhere near new haven to draw NYC attention and southern ct has a solid fan base.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Sitting here, It's a bad crowd. I don't want to hear bad opponent / holiday nonsense. I didn't see crowds like this in early 2000's, let alone in 90's.

Not in the 80's either. Pathetic.

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[formerlurker]

I just caught a glimpse of Donny Marshall about 15 rows deep. He must need a new batch of negative soundbites.

 

[Gurleyman]

We'd have a light crowd anyway, but I wonder if there's a bit of a Newtown effect making it even worse. Some people across the state, even those not directly affected, might still be sort of in a post-tragedy emotionally-drained fog and just not feel up for a long night out for a bad game. I'm out in California, and didn't put much thought into this game.

Maybe it's negligible - I don't know. It would be impossible to quantify. Some of the first sporting events post 9/11 were big for healing and a small return to normalcy.

 

[RMoore1999]

I agree with the general premise that blaming the economy is silly. If people in CT wanted to get to a game, they could afford it. The general priorities of people in the Northeast just aren't the same as people in southern states.

So true, unfortunately.

 

[formerlurker]

Not in the 80's either. Pathetic.

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As I sit here and read the comments to my OP, I realize I'm part of the problem and don't know why.

My Dad started taking us to UConn games starting in the 80's when JC got hired. I missed one home game in my 4 years on campus 88-92'. I moved away after graduation but came back to CT and settled in Ridgefield in 1999. I've had season tickets to Football since Day 1 atThe Rent and have missed only a handful of games because of work commitments. I've also been to the ND, Michigan, N. Carolina and Virginia away games as well as three bowl games. I haven't been to a UConn BB game since I saw the BE tourney a few years ago.

The weird part is that I don't know why. I don't have a financial excuse and the XL games are closer than the ones at The Rent. The only thing I can think of is I remember when tickets were nearly impossible to come by and I've grown accustom to spending cold Winter days and nights watching these games on the big screen with free beer and immediate bathroom access. Still a lame excuse on my part, no doubt.

 

[ASweet3781]

So true, unfortunately.

You mean like the UCLA-Texas game in Houston which was at Reliant Stadium and attended by about 1,000 fans?

Perhaps the problem is college football in the last several years has made college basketball look and feel as important in the grand scheme of things as women's golf.

 

[whaler11]

Yes, move all the games to Gampel. Sure it only costs you a lot of the money that people donate for XL seats, you can sell many fewer tickets and it cuts off the program from the population base. But 5k at Gampel is so much better than 8k at the XL Center for Maryland Eastern Shore.

These games are garbage - there is too much competition for people's attention to think you can get people to pay to watch Maryland Eastern Shore play basketball. This game is terrible.

 

[RMoore1999]

Those people buy tickets cause they have gals like RMoore1999's avatar getting funds for them.

Fair point. My girl works very hard for her $$.

 

[mets1090]

As I sit here and read the comments to my OP, I realize I'm part of the problem and don't know why.

My Dad started taking us to UConn games starting in the 80's when JC got hired. I missed one home game in my 4 years on campus 88-92'. I moved away after graduation but came back to CT and settled in Ridgefield in 1999. I've had season tickets to Football since Day 1 atThe Rent and have missed only a handful of games because of work commitments. I've also been to the ND, Michigan, N. Carolina and Virginia away games as well as three bowl games. I haven't been to a UConn BB game since I saw the BE tourney a few years ago.

The weird part is that I don't know why. I don't have a financial excuse and the XL games are closer than the ones at The Rent. The only thing I can think of is I remember when tickets were nearly impossible to come by and I've grown accustom to spending cold Winter days and nights watching these games on the big screen with free beer and immediate bathroom access. Still a lame excuse on my part, no doubt.

Easy answer as to why you go to all the FB games and very few BB games. Attending a football game is much more of an experience than a BB game. Every game means more with the shorter season. It can be an all day thing if you want it to be. And the ticket prices are virtually the same.

 

[uconNYC]

UConn basketball isn't fashionable anymore. It'll take the right mix of players, results and story lines to get the sellout crowds back.

The alternative is marketing, but that is an area the UConn Athletic Department refuses to go.