It would be great for media attention, attendance, and incoming recruits to play our championship game in the sticks, so that hillbillies don't have to deal with how uncomfortable the city makes them. Wahhh!
That's just it though...we shouldn't be concluding that. It is not and hasn't been a 9,000-10,000 event. In recent years there's been a couple 12,000+ numbers. I think everyone on here would agree that the economy has been a factor in the lower numbers. Isn't 12,000 bigger than Providence and Manchester? Plus, if/when the economy comes back, that 12,000 will turn into 15,000, etc.
Who said move the game to the sticks?
The sites most talked about all have hosted NCAA regionals.
Alot of these posts can be summed up as "We like it this way so leave it alone"
Or, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Yep, these folks in Portland are really economically strapped. Who ta phk do you think it was that made that showing in Boston last year? But you're right, if those folks could save the $25 parking fee, the $250 hotel bill and the $100 for meals, they wouldnt be able to shell out 25 bucks more for a ticket. Good thinking.
Anyone from Maine who criticizes the city of Boston should automatically be sent to a mental asylum. Your whole state smells like a cross between dead fish and farmland and "Culture" for someone from Maine is feeding a llama at the York Beach Animal Farm.
No one in their right mind would put a tournament like the Hockey East championships in Portland.
if you decide to keep doing the same things over and over again, guess what....you get the same old things. Yaughn.
Go ahead and send me, but please dont send me on ur T. Those stations are too dank and dirty (much like dungeons) for me. Thanks
Alot of these posts can be summed up as "We like it this way so leave it alone"
Go ahead and send me, but please dont send me on ur T. Those stations are too dank and dirty (much like dungeons) for me. Thanks
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As far as the comments about big 4 driving the event. This is partially true. However as UVM, UML, NU, and UMASS gain more success they will be able to bring in large crowds as well. Each of those schools has a large enrollment and large alumni base in the Boston area. With more success they will gain more of a following and have more fans travel to HE. I would not be surprised that the next time one of those schools makes it to the HE championship they end up having the most fans there.
I agree about UVM, NU, and UMass, but Lowell? On a great day, they would maybe have 1,000 fans at the Garden. I can see UMass having a bunch if they were to make the finals again.
you have all the right ingredients for them to show up in force.
Lowell is starting to turn around the fan base. They had some decent attendance numbers last year. They are turning more into a college that people live at and less into a commuting school.
They also have had a D-1 Mens team longer than Amherst. This is also there only D-1 Sport. Throw in the fact that there a short train ride away from North Station and you have all the right ingredients for them to show up in force. I'm pretty sure they brought more than 1000 fans last time at the Garden.
I think we'll see the model for many events move to smaller arenas that are sold out and increase demand such that ticket prices can be increased. More revenue, lower cost structure, perception that it is a hard ticket to get - sounds like a winner
I think you can fit the entire UML fanbase in a school bus. There is no way they could have a significant number at the Garden. They have some diehards, but whenever I go to Tsongas, there are more BC fans than Lowell fans.
You are all assuming that the HE tourney sells out.....it does not and the concessions is where the money is made
