i know this is a crazy idea but what if the Hornets played half the games in Oklahoma and half in New Orleans for say, 10 years. what if this worked? what if more teams could play in two cities (especially those with smaller markets)? would this result in higher attendance? what if say, 10 Rockets game could be played in Austin? They could probably sell out all games in Austin and somehow increase attendance rates at the Toyota Center . If this doesn't work, maybe an expansion team could enter the market without a designated city. This team could play in three cities, i.e. Las Vegas, St. Louis, El Paso. At the end of two or three years, the most attractive city, the one with higher attendance rates, investments, etc. would be chosen. Yes, this is a crazy idea but why not?
that's actually an interesting idea. as far as the families are concerend, the players are on the road all season anyway.
Actually that might work well for us.. Meaning the Toyota Center would like there was a crowd when the game was in town ..
do you think the oppurtunity for higher revinues would make up for the fact that most teams seem to demand new and state of the art facilities? also, i wouldnt want to have to hear crap from fans of teams who don't have to play in different cities (lakers, utah, kings, knicks) bc they have no trouble selling out a majority of their home games.
ah, yes, the logics of revenues. actually, i would have to say yes to your question. but help me out here: what's the obsession with state of the art facilities? any person who has been to soccer games outside the US, think Brazil, E. Europe, knows its not about the arena! it's what's in the arenas, the fans in their seats who make the arena, the ambiance. would you prefer sitting in the latest state of the art arena or the loudest arena?!?!?! frankly, i get nothing out of the newness of a place; it's about the history of the arena, tradition, the fans.
State of the art arenas have a ton of luxury boxes that are sold for extremely high prices and they also tend to have other things like restaurants (not the foodcourt stuff, but $$) and clubs that bring in a lot of cash too. Owners can make millions more each year with a good facility. Straight attendance numbers don't mean as much in terms of the success of a facility as the ability for longterm deals with the high money luxury box crowd. And fans, well, some of them like those things and some of them just like new shiny things (and some don't care about any of it but the game).
and this makes it even worse. you're essentially adding on an additional 20 "away" games. away from home. all other things being equal....potential free agents will avoid it like the plague.
