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Post by explorer88 on Oct 9, 2023 15:25:05 GMT -5
I thought they said 2800-3200 during the announcement, but that it wasn't finalized yet. For the St. Joe's game which is usually one of our biggest draws other than Homecoming, reported attendance was 2134. I guess I just don't see us getting to 3000 on a regular basis. If 2500 seats meant extra/nicer concessions and maybe a few high tops on a standing level to congregate and have a beer while still being able to see the game, then I'd be all for having fewer seats. ? If we were a better program we would need more than 2,500 capacity. I believe the A-10 has a minimum capacity as well. 2,500 probably doesn't fit that requirement. We are too focused on what La Salle has been rather than how we can be better. Everyone in that building should be saying the past few years has not been good enough. The renovation, the product, the experience, and about 25 other things should be better than they have been.
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Post by diehardexplorer on Oct 9, 2023 21:17:41 GMT -5
I thought they said 2800-3200 during the announcement, but that it wasn't finalized yet. For the St. Joe's game which is usually one of our biggest draws other than Homecoming, reported attendance was 2134. I guess I just don't see us getting to 3000 on a regular basis. If 2500 seats meant extra/nicer concessions and maybe a few high tops on a standing level to congregate and have a beer while still being able to see the game, then I'd be all for having fewer seats. all i heard at the event (when ashwin answered a question from the audience) was 3,000 but i could have missed what you heard. around a week later, i was told by someone who would know that they were trying to get the number closer to the current capacity so that 3,200 number makes sense. my feeling is that even if you can't get 3,000 to 3,200 in the building for every game, you can get the average attendance within range of those numbers by being able to sell out the big games (villanova will always draw, temple, penn and st joe's pa will if they and la salle have good teams). add the homecoming game, a couple of quality ooc opponents, and games against the top tier of the a10 and maybe it can work. i'm pretty sure that's ashwin's vision. i don't think he wants to settle for 2500 and like 88 said, the a10 most likely wants no part of that. i guess we'll find out soon enough.
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Post by jetstorm on Oct 11, 2023 10:49:39 GMT -5
Does anybody know what the A10 minimum arena size is?
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Post by explorer88 on Oct 11, 2023 12:27:55 GMT -5
Does anybody know what the A10 minimum arena size is? Don't know for sure but Fordham plays in the smallest venue at 3,200. I would think the minimum is that or 3,000.
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Post by explorerguy on Oct 11, 2023 13:23:43 GMT -5
Saint Bonaventure has an arena that seats 5480.
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Post by calsufan on Oct 11, 2023 16:17:18 GMT -5
Saint Bonaventure has an arena that seats 5480. Not much else to do in the winter in Olean.
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Oct 11, 2023 18:14:40 GMT -5
The problem with using the current attendance numbers to construct an appropriate capacity for an arena is three fold...it assumes that it's going to stay at a 65/35 female to male. It assumes that the team is going to remain bad and thus attendance will remain poor. Lastly, it doesn't take into account the A10 seating capacity requirements (I have no clue either).
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Post by giveansk1 on Oct 12, 2023 5:26:02 GMT -5
Do we know if there is even seating capacity requirements in the A-10? I have only ever seen that in power conferences but maybe it just doesn't get reported. Bottom line is the A-10 members will be happy La Salle is making improvements to the building even if La Salle loses some seating. I also assume the seating capacity has been discussed with league members.
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Post by hoopsguest on Oct 12, 2023 7:15:37 GMT -5
When they rebuilt Gola, my understanding was that the women couldn’t continue to play at Hayman because at the time D1 schools had to have both teams play in a minimum 2500 capacity arena
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Oct 12, 2023 7:29:40 GMT -5
When they rebuilt Gola, my understanding was that the women couldn’t continue to play at Hayman because at the time D1 schools had to have both teams play in a minimum 2500 capacity arena I really don't think this is true. Charleston Southern has a capacity of less than 1000. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buccaneer_Field_HouseThere are about 30 arenas less than 2500. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_arenasI have a hard time believing that the A10 has a hard rule on capacity due to the size disparities of their schools.
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Post by explorer88 on Oct 12, 2023 9:54:09 GMT -5
When they rebuilt Gola, my understanding was that the women couldn’t continue to play at Hayman because at the time D1 schools had to have both teams play in a minimum 2500 capacity arena I really don't think this is true. Charleston Southern has a capacity of less than 1000. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buccaneer_Field_HouseThere are about 30 arenas less than 2500. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_basketball_arenasI have a hard time believing that the A10 has a hard rule on capacity due to the size disparities of their schools. That was in place at the time the 1997 Hayman Center was renovated. That is a fact and confirmed by a bunch of different people. I am not sure if it is still in play in play today but I would tend to think it is more likely than not that rule still exists. What does Charleston Southern have to do with the A-10 rule?
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Post by MisterD on Oct 12, 2023 10:08:15 GMT -5
Any chance it was less conference rule and more mandate for acceptance?
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Oct 12, 2023 12:01:59 GMT -5
ChatGPT says the A10 has does not have a minimum number on seating requirements or for concessions stands, so we're good. Only stipulation is the temperature in the stands must be below 127 degrees which I think we may have violated a few times
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Oct 12, 2023 12:24:49 GMT -5
What does Charleston Southern have to do with the A-10 rule? Dude literally said "D1". Would love some evidence of this:
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Post by explorer88 on Oct 12, 2023 12:42:40 GMT -5
What does Charleston Southern have to do with the A-10 rule? Dude literally said "D1". Would love some evidence of this: Ahh got it. I missed he tied all of D-1 to the rule. My mistake.
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Post by hoopsguest on Oct 12, 2023 13:14:25 GMT -5
I could be wrong on whether it was a D1 or A10 rule. My understanding then was it was a D1 rule. And maybe it was at the time. Maybe it wasn’t. But that was what was floated back then if my memory serves me correctly
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Post by coachd on Oct 17, 2023 13:28:17 GMT -5
It's a waste. See what it did for SJU. Expect the same. You either build a state of the art multi use facility (minimum 5k) or invest in recruiting students, especially males. The improvements aren't going to move the needle. 3k is not even making the Indiana HS Top 50, it's a HS auditorium. And wait to you see where your ticket prices go. As long as they have cheesesteaks and hoagies at the new concession stands the alum will be happy for the next few years.
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Post by coachd on Oct 17, 2023 15:08:44 GMT -5
We do need male students. We need a few good men... at least 5 for our basketball program!
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