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UCweCONN said:
I come from Danbury and have never cared about the longer drive to Gampel. The college atmosphere is so much better. In the past, I could never get tickets for games at Gampel. I've said that all games this year should have been at Gampel since there wouldn't be a postseason and attendance would be bad. I know there was a storm yesterday but seeing the crowd on tv for the Washington game, I was embarrassed for the kids and university. Not many recruits want to play in an arena that's so empty they can have a conversation with someone sitting in the rafters.
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Do you honestly believe that Gampel would have looked any better yesterday figuring it was the hardest hit part of the state and no students on campus to help fill the seats as they did during the infamous PITT game 7 years ago.?

Also...the crowd that was there yesterday was loud and supportive. I've had season tix for 24 years but I'll always remember that game because of the snow, coach Ollie and the true team win.
 
alexd. said:
Do you honestly believe that Gampel would have looked any better yesterday figuring it was the hardest hit part of the state and no students on campus to help fill the seats as they did during the infamous PITT game 7 years ago.?

Also...the crowd that was there yesterday was loud and supportive. I've had season tix for 24 years but I'll always remember that game because of the snow, coach Ollie and the true team win.
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Ok, yesterday was probably a bad example. Did the announcers at least credit the storm for the poor crowd? Anyway, the crowds at XL have been awful all season. Even $10 and $15 promos can't come close to packing the place. At least a small crowd would pack Gampel, at XL it just looks bad.
 
Attendance was 12,720. Tickets sold. Around 6000 attended because of the snow.
 
UCweCONN said:
Ok, yesterday was probably a bad example. Did the announcers at least credit the storm for the poor crowd? Anyway, the crowds at XL have been awful all season. Even $10 and $15 promos can't come close to packing the place. At least a small crowd would pack Gampel, at XL it just looks bad.
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Andy Katz mentioned it in his article about KO's new contract.
 
UCweCONN said:
I come from Danbury and have never cared about the longer drive to Gampel. The college atmosphere is so much better. In the past, I could never get tickets for games at Gampel. I've said that all games this year should have been at Gampel since there wouldn't be a postseason and attendance would be bad. I know there was a storm yesterday but seeing the crowd on tv for the Washington game, I was embarrassed for the kids and university. Not many recruits want to play in an arena that's so empty they can have a conversation with someone sitting in the rafters.
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Apparently you weren't embarrassed enough to put your fanny in a seat. But I understand talk is cheap. How is the college atmosphere at Gampel so much better? Don't the students sit behind a basket just like the XL. Am I missing something here?
 
UCweCONN said:
I come from Danbury and have never cared about the longer drive to Gampel. The college atmosphere is so much better. In the past, I could never get tickets for games at Gampel. I've said that all games this year should have been at Gampel since there wouldn't be a postseason and attendance would be bad. I know there was a storm yesterday but seeing the crowd on tv for the Washington game, I was embarrassed for the kids and university. Not many recruits want to play in an arena that's so empty they can have a conversation with someone sitting in the rafters.
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Thanks for showing up yesterday
 
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UCweCONN said:
I've been to four games this season and was at a fund raiser for Sandy Hook yesterday.....
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My apologies, you were clearly doing something way more important than me. I just get frustrated when people bitch about the XL but don't attend the games. In your case, that fundraiser was 10000x more important
 
JIM WHITTAKER said:
Apparently you weren't embarrassed enough to put your fanny in a seat. But I understand talk is cheap. How is the college atmosphere at Gampel so much better? Don't the students sit behind a basket just like the XL. Am I missing something here?
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Arena was built for basketball, seating that's more on top of the court, especially student section. Not that XL doesn't get loud for big games, but atmosphere's like Syracuse game last year, or the Texas game a few years ago don't happen at XL.

That said, it is what it is, they have reasons to play at XL and they aren't going to change. It's not like Gampel gets packed for the cupcake games anymore either.
 
You think it is bad now, just you wait until 2014-15 and see how many show up for Tulane, Central Florida, Houston and SMU, and those will be conference games!...Is the field house still available to play in? Or maybe we can turn Gampel into an Imax theater or a concert hall or something and share EO Smith's gym with that power house schedule.
 
freescooter said:
You think it is bad now, just you wait until 2014-15 and see how many show up for Tulane, Central Florida, Houston and SMU, and those will be conference games!...
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that's a huge concern - the looming excitement of the Big East portion of the schedule is what gets me through the cupcakes - I'm sure I'm not alone
 
alexd. said:
Do you honestly believe that Gampel would have looked any better yesterday figuring it was the hardest hit part of the state and no students on campus to help fill the seats as they did during the infamous PITT game 7 years ago.?

Also...the crowd that was there yesterday was loud and supportive. I've had season tix for 24 years but I'll always remember that game because of the snow, coach Ollie and the true team win.
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they even mentioned during the broadcast about the snow-storm...
are we really b--- about the crowd during snowstorms now?
 
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Marty Jackson said:
they even mentioned during the broadcast about the snow-storm...
are we really b--- about the crowd during snowstorms now?
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Yes, yes we are. Let's see how it goes next Tuesday. A rare Gampel game during the semester break.
 
Waquoit said:
Yes, yes we are. Let's see how it goes next Tuesday. A rare Gampel game during the semester break.
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Do you think it's possible to go up there and grab fix.......if my son doesn't have a game I'll bring a crew for next Tuesday.....who else??? I am going to support KO as much as possible
 
mauconnfan said:
Do you think it's possible to go up there and grab fix.......if my son doesn't have a game I'll bring a crew for next Tuesday.....who else??? I am going to support KO as much as possible
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I'm sure there will be tix available, there are a couple of guys you see every game. And I'm also pretty sure there will be a tickets on sale email coming out before then.
 
The problem is not the venue (or venues) the problem is that the athletic department hasn't figured out how to balance attendance with revenue optimization. The latter is the only thing that the AD cared about and it shows.

I have seen the XL Center absolutely packed and loud. I have seen Gampel empty and quiet. Until pricing and revenue are given equal priority this discussion will go one forever.
 
freescooter said:
You think it is bad now, just you wait until 2014-15 and see how many show up for Tulane, Central Florida, Houston and SMU, and those will be conference games!...Is the field house still available to play in? Or maybe we can turn Gampel into an Imax theater or a concert hall or something and share EO Smith's gym with that power house schedule.
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So what is your personal prohibition after a win, where you typically are invisible, until you feel comfortable coming on the board and posting this kind of BS? Just wondering.
 
whaler11 said:
For Washington I just punched in 8 tickets and they came together for $15 a head on ticketmaster. Where does this insanity come from?

Fordham the entire row of 215 T is available for $15.

Yep so little availability.
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Who wants to sit in 215 T?!
 
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