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    • #122652
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      Ghost of the HEB
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    • #122653
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      PhiladelphiaUte
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      It seems like such an unnecessary thing to do.

      • #122673
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        Charlie
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        Attendance everywhere is declining, even in the NBA, because the back rows of large arenias have difficulity competing with TV.  Seats built in the 60s and 70s, at distance, competed with radio in most all cases.  And yes, the seats above the concourse have difficulity competing with TV with all but a few games.  TV also is much more efficient developing income.  Nothing to get excited about.  I expect it will settle in still lower as my generation is replaced by the next with ever changing culture and preferences.

        It is a difficult balance to be a fan with high interest in the sport without being ‘that guy’ that is loosing it if your team is in the bottom half of the league.  Focus on the details, focus on the just how things change at the individual level game to game.  No reason for one team to be happy at the end of the season, a couple of teams satisified, and most the teams upset.  We do that to our selves.  I prefer the seasons we are at the top, but I have and will go about enjoying the seasons when it is a struggle.  Possibly, the great seasons are better for those that ride the wave from way out than for those attracted to a successful run.  Find a healthy way to get thru disappointment.  If you try coaching you might find they work much harder in unsuccful years and some of the biggest accomplishments come in those years.  

    • #122654
      Tony (admin)
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      They’ve been doing that for a couple of years now.

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      Ghost of the HEB
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      I agree with this tweet

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      GameForAnyFuss
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      Like I said the other day, we deserve all the embarrassment we can get when it comes to basketball fandom.

      • #122662
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        UteThunder
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        If by “we” you mean LarryK and the mediocre team he puts on the floor year after year, then yes, “we” deserve all the embarrassment.

    • #122665
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      D T
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      U of A has us beat in arena capacity.

      Regarding our curtain, it can always be removed as fan interest increases.

    • #122666
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      EagleMountainUte
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      Attendance to College basketball games has been fading for years. Bad look yes. But Red Rocks pack it in so meh?

    • #122668
      Redblood
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      So will they raise prices to make up for it? If there is a game with more interest will they absolutely not open the curtains?

      • #122669
        UteThunder
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        If they’re smart, the curtains will easily open beginning with the midcourt sections and they can just open one section at a time in the upper bowl as is necessary based on demand.

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      Tony (admin)
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      One thing they haven’t figured out yet is the heating and air conditioning with the curtains closed.  I sit on an aisle and the curtains have an opening where the portal is benind us.  Cold air which feels like it is blosing in from Antarctica blows right down our necks at about 30mph.  It’s awful.  We literally freeze to death. The place was not designed to have those curtains. 

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