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Post by alarmclock on Dec 17, 2015 23:03:50 GMT -5
Everyone keeps saying "Hawaii this" and "Nebraska that". Well...the truth is that those fanbases are loyal only to those specific programs and nothing else. Case in point. The U.S. Women's National teams have played exhibition matches in both markets, with national team members on the active roster who were alumni of both the Hawaii and Nebraska programs. And those events were sparsely attended. So the theory that a huge collegiate fanbase in a geographical area will translate to a huge fanbase for a professional team is not proven. I went to a USA - Brazil game at the SSC in Hawaii and it was sold out so I don't really know what you're talking about You should check your facts before you post. Both USA/Brazil matches at the SSC in 2014 were not sold out:
www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/USA-Teams/Indoor-Volleyball/Women/Schedule-and-Results/2014-Results
A sellout at the SSC is 10,225.
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Post by luckydawg on Dec 17, 2015 23:26:31 GMT -5
I wonder what percentage of ticket buying fans at schools with good attendance are there to watch good volleyball vs. they love their university's sports? Fans of school programs likely would not buy tickets to the pros, even if it were across the street. It depends. Most people like to follow teams that win. So does your hypothetical pro volleyball team win as often as the college team does? Does it cost five or ten times as much for tickets? How often does the roster turn over? Well, half the teams will have losing records, so that would also hurt ticket sales.
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Post by juswatchin on Dec 18, 2015 0:49:36 GMT -5
Before we can have Pro Volleyball in the US, we have to grow the popularity of the audience, imo.. Many of us REALLY like to watch and it is a pain in the neck to find the broadcast! They hide it away, and/or poorly advertise that it will be shown.. On a Thursday night, I would think the Final Four could have been advertised a bit and broadcast on ESPN.. not ESPN2, kinda hard to find? IDK.. just thinking out loud. Was it on regular TV ESPN2? I watched on Watch ESPN on my computer so I wasn't sure..
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Post by rogero1 on Dec 18, 2015 0:58:18 GMT -5
Tonight's new record attendance was over 17,500. Anyone catch the exact figure?
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