header pic

Perhaps the BEST B1G Forum anywhere, here at College Football Fan Site, CFB51!!!

The 'Old' CFN/Scout Crowd- Enjoy Civil discussion, game analytics, in depth player and coaching 'takes' and discussing topics surrounding the game. You can even have your own free board, all you have to do is ask!!!

Anyone is welcomed and encouraged to join our FREE site and to take part in our community- a community with you- the user, the fan, -and the person- will be protected from intrusive actions and with a clean place to interact.


« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Down
Author

Topic: Basketball Arenas

 (Read 1730 times)

utee94

  • Global Moderator
  • Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 17641
  • Liked:
Re: Basketball Arenas
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2023, 06:52:45 PM »
Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on June 01, 2023, 02:56:59 PM
@utee94 , thank you for that correction. The website I grabbed that from was apparently out of date.

I'm surprised that Austin couldn't fill a larger arena. Austin and Columbus are similar in population and have a similar situation wrt pro teams (nearby but not in town) so I would have figured that they could put ~20k buttons in seats for a decent CBB team which Texas usually has.
Quote from: bayareabadger on June 01, 2023, 04:49:52 PM
I think each school is lacking a bit of basketball vibe, historically. Even if they were good.

The O dome in Florida is a nice size.

Yup.  It's Texas.  Football is king, and everything else takes a pretty distant back seat.
Logged

OrangeAfroMan

  • Stats Porn
  • Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 18835
  • Liked:
Re: Basketball Arenas
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2023, 06:54:41 PM »
Quote from: bayareabadger on June 01, 2023, 04:49:52 PM
I think each school is lacking a bit of basketball vibe, historically. Even if they were good.

The O dome in Florida is a nice size.
Yup, lower rung, upper rung.
2 notes:
In HS, we had an old PE teacher who had season tickets on the baseline and anytime we'd go to a game, we had to find him.  He wore a hat with a teddy bear attached and would waive a pair of panties for every opponent free throw attempt.  
.
My HS's graduation was always held there, but for mine it was having some roof renovations, so we held it at our shared football stadium across town.  Not a big deal, but kinda sucked at the time.
Logged
“The Swamp is where Gators live.  We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative. A swamp is hot and sticky and can be dangerous." - Steve Spurrier

medinabuckeye1

  • Legend
  • ****
  • Default Avatar
  • Posts: 8906
  • Liked:
Re: Basketball Arenas
« Reply #16 on: June 06, 2023, 12:13:02 PM »
What I think Ohio State should do:

The lower section of the arena should be split into two parts:

Student Section: approximately 2/3 -3/4 of the lower section should be benches with the seats only available to students. These tickets should require a current student ID (scanned) to use.

If not enough students are buying then lower the price and/or giveaway t-shirts, whatever it takes, fill up the Student Section. 

The students serve three main purposes:

  • They provide the rocking atmosphere. 
  • They provide energy that (hopefully) helps build a home court advantage. 
  • Getting them to go as students will (hopefully) make lifetime fans out of them which contributes to future ratings/ticket sales, etc.
The rest of the lower section should be wider, nicer, comfy seats with armrests and these should be "exclusive", expensive seats. 

Logged

847badgerfan

  • Administrator
  • Hall of Fame
  • *****
  • Posts: 25152
  • Liked:
Re: Basketball Arenas
« Reply #17 on: June 07, 2023, 08:02:46 AM »
I prefer the second balcony be the premium seats. They were in the old Chicago Stadium. In newer stadia, there is not much overhang of the balconies, which pushes people far away from the action. Bad design in my opinion. I liked it like this:

Logged
U RAH RAH! WIS CON SIN!

MarqHusker

  • Team Captain
  • *******
  • Default Avatar
  • Posts: 5501
  • Liked:
Re: Basketball Arenas
« Reply #18 on: June 07, 2023, 05:50:54 PM »
Tiger Stadium was genius for that.  Of course trade offs if you're buried far back under the balcony.
Logged
Pages: 1 [2]   Go Up
« previous next »
 
Support the Site!
Purchase of every item listed here DIRECTLY supports the site.
Liberty Model RFID Safe Clock
Liberty RFID Safe Wall Clock

Dock Signs-WeatherPROOF