Regionals attendance

[LTsatch]

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Surprisingly better turnout today in Bridgeport 6,655 attendance, looked like alot of Union and Providence fans made the one day trek, because there were not many yellow or green jerseys in the house today.

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6522 reported in Worcester and 9232 reported in St. Paul. In Worcester, the third tier on the side and the upper seats on the end were curtained off. I think that helped with the appearance. So at least we've seen that the Regionals can draw 5000 in the west with a reasonable pricing structure. We'll see if that satisfies the NCAA and if Cincinnati managed to be profitable with the lower prices.

[J.D.]

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so it ended up being 5,000+ at each regional on day one? that's a success but this may have been the perfect storm in terms of what teams went where.

[French99]

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Ticket prices are too high. Not many kids there. Been my biggest complaint. Just gonna wait for my trip to frozen four. Don't think I'm the only one.

[Goon]

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Given the distances to Cincinnati, I'm surprised at how good the attendance was.
* Big Rapids (Ferris) 420 miles
* Madison 450 miles
* Hamilton (Colgate) 620 miles
* Grand Forks (ND) 1010 miles

Wow! No one even close to that regional site. 5,000+ is a major accomplishment then.

[Hux]

Wow! No one even close to that regional site. 5,000+ is a major accomplishment then.

Love to see a breakdown by zip/area code. See what percentage were local, and how many travelled from afar for each of the regionals.

[Stauber1]

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Historically speaking, and especially considering the distance from participating schools, Cinci has to be seen as a success.

This is great news for those of us who feel prices are too high and a contributing factor to previous poor attendance. Hopefully the NCAA and future venues take notice. We shall see.

[Goon]

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Yeah, good point, that would be nice to see.

[Biddco]

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Historically speaking, and especially considering the distance from participating schools, Cinci has to be seen as a success.

This is great news for those of us who feel prices are too high and a contributing factor to previous poor attendance. Hopefully the NCAA and future venues take notice. We shall see.

Very encouraging weekend for attendance. Nice to see.

[DLG]

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attendance today in Worcester was a big disappointment with only 5500
Local teams and less than yesterday and less than Bridgeport
I know the arena is a disaster but close to both schools

[LTsatch]

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attendance today in Worcester was a big disappointment with only 5500
Local teams and less than yesterday and less than Bridgeport
I know the arena is a disaster but close to both schools

That is pretty sad with those two teams playing each other, were the Celtics or Bruins home today?

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attendance today in Worcester was a big disappointment with only 5500
Local teams and less than yesterday and less than Bridgeport
I know the arena is a disaster but close to both schools

To me though, it looked like there were more people in the stands than there were for either of the games yesterday.

[The Zlax45]

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To me though, it looked like there were more people in the stands than there were for either of the games yesterday.

I would consider Bridgeport to be drivable for PC and Union fans...

[Hux]

That is pretty sad with those two teams playing each other, were the Celtics or Bruins home today?

Bruins on national tv, and Red Sox had a game also. BC doesn't fill their barn for a home game, let alone for a road game. Did they have their band there?

[J.D.]

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bc has best attendance in hockey east. if prices were cheaper and the final was yesterday instead of on a sunday, would have done better. both schools were still well represented. even sunday at noon would have been better. it is what it is.