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Stephen230
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I don’t know if this has already been discussed but has it been mentioned the prospect of concerts at the new arena and matches being held on the same night?
Maybe for most weekend games it would be feasible but I’m thinking more midweek games.
I’m struggling to see how it would be logistically anything but an unworkable nightmare. But it’s also hard to see how it can be avoided. With concerts normally planned a year plus in advance and cup games in particular having to be played on specific evenings or at best within a two day window and very short notice.
It’s got to have been something that’s been considered building an arena so close to a football ground but what provisions are they talking about?
Maybe for most weekend games it would be feasible but I’m thinking more midweek games.
I’m struggling to see how it would be logistically anything but an unworkable nightmare. But it’s also hard to see how it can be avoided. With concerts normally planned a year plus in advance and cup games in particular having to be played on specific evenings or at best within a two day window and very short notice.
It’s got to have been something that’s been considered building an arena so close to a football ground but what provisions are they talking about?
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We had our 3rd highest attendance of the season so far on Sunday:I feel like the club should be able to get 5-6,000 people to go to WSL games, even if it's giving tickets away. Run promotions, target young children and their parents, win over the next generation etc.
Recently it seems like the Women's team has been relegated to a very minor topic at the club.
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We had our 3rd highest attendance of the season so far on Sunday:
Go back to playing in the summer the crowds will increase I guarantee it, that Academy Stadium is like Siberia in the winter months.
Go back to playing in the summer the crowds will increase I guarantee it, that Academy Stadium is like Siberia in the winter months.
I agree with that. I sort of follow the women’s game but it isn’t the same product as the men. IMO only a few fans have enough time to regularly attend both.
I’ve been to two women’s games but I’m sure I’d get to more if it were in the summer.
Started noticing a lot of sky adverts for some netball league. Maybe people are getting more interested in sport in general. Surely mens basketball would do a lot better than ladies netballNot sure the timing is great for that.
There was a time in the 90s when Manchester Giants were playing some home games at what was then called The Nynex Arena and getting crowds upto about 15,000.
These days I think it’s a big crowd if they scrape more than a few hundred.
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Started noticing a lot of sky adverts for some netball league. Maybe people are getting more interested in sport in general. Surely mens basketball would do a lot better than ladies netball
I’m not claiming to be a big netball fan but they are pushing it a lot on Sky and from my limited knowledge the England team and presumably the English league is about as good as it gets. Maybe Australia are better, I’m not sure.
I think an awful lot of people are in to basketball. But maybe just watching the NBA. I’ve not seen a British match for decades. But traditionally it’s always been very much the Vauxhall Conference of basketball if the NBA is the Premier League.
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Obviously not everyone likes it.Each to his own I find it a total turn off.
But people like NFL and that's full of adverts and I find it very stop start.
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Not keen on the way Americans present sport. They stop Ice Hockey matches to do TV advertising. I went to a NY Yankees baseball match and enjoyed that even though I had to leave before the end.Obviously not everyone likes it.
But people like NFL and that's full of adverts and I find it very stop start.
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On a few occasions they had both Basketball and Ice Hockey played on the same day at the Nynex/M.E.N.
Not sure the timing is great for that.
There was a time in the 90s when Manchester Giants were playing some home games at what was then called The Nynex Arena and getting crowds upto about 15,000.
These days I think it’s a big crowd if they scrape more than a few hundred.
On a few occasions they had both Basketball and Ice Hockey played on the same day at the Nynex/M.E.N.