I think we should start
Better yet, let's sell out
Better yet, let's sell out Crisler consistently.
This wouldn't work but you
This wouldn't work but you said "we should start selling out Crisler consistently before that becomes a possibility." Basketball is more popular than hockey and hockey got 100,000 people, I'm sure basketball could too. However, like you said, visibility would make this impossible.
Like you say, visability is
Like you say, visability is an issue (a basketball court is 94*50, an Olympic sized rink is 200*98) but also there's something about the experience of playing in the cold. In hockey it's somewhat natural, and people shell out dollars to freeze at Winter Classics and events like the Big Chill; would people pay to watch basketball in a coat and hat? I don't think that's ever been tested before.
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compared to the big chil, i
compared to the big chil, i dont think a basketball court is big enough to be constructed in the middle of the field and then viewed from the regular sitting.
but a nice idea i think.
If they can configure Ford
If they can configure Ford Field for basketball, I'm sure they can configure Michigan Stadium.
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I was there for that one.
Underwhelming.
Ford Field is much smaller.
Ford Field is much smaller. How many people can they fit in there, 40,000-50,000? It is also indoor, which helps with basketball.
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I'm pretty sure Ford Field
I'm pretty sure Ford Field had 61,000 for the Lions MNF game earlier this year.
Interesting, But...
...if I am not mistaken, the regulation court is 94 ft. x 50 ft.
If that is the case, and you're sitting, for example, in row 60 behind the south end zone, the game might as well be in Brighton. It's a problem of scale more than anything.
If you could figure out how they would get risers on the field to accommodate enough people, then it might be worth it just because of the venue. The problem I had with Ford Field is that the views, for the most part, were still bad from the stands themselves.
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solution
double the size of the court, say 188 x 100 feet, double the height and width of the hoops, go ten on ten...oh wait, is that basketball on grass?
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Basketballs don't bounce very
Basketballs don't bounce very well in 30-40 degree weather. Don't think a UTL would be advisable.
You can get some pretty windy
You can get some pretty windy days in the fall so that might derail it as well.
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or really make it
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What about Yost?
One thing I was thinking of when looking around a deserted Crisler at the beginning of the year - Why don't they play the cupcakes at the beginning of the non-conference schedule at Yost? Think about a few thousand Maize Ragers crammed in there...would be a great home court advantage and would bolster the price of non-student tickets.
With McGary and Co. on the way next year, it's probably not a possibility. But a cool idea nonetheless.
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We do something similar at Georgetown - a few of the early season games are played at McDonough Arena, which is a much smaller, but is actually on campus (unlike Verizon center) - makes it easier for students to get to the game and can get noisy when it fills u. For this reason I think games at Yost would be a great idea.
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I think that'd be cool, but
I think that'd be cool, but financially it wouldn't make sense. We probably have more than 6,000 season ticketholders for basketball, so we'd be losing money to play at Yost. Maybe we could do it as a one-time event.
The crowds are starting coming back to Crisler, though. Yesterday's game was a sellout.
granted we were smokin em
but that was a pretty quite sell out
Well, the students were on
Well, the students were on break, and the lower bowl (home of the season-ticketholders) was not entirely full. But the upper deck was 95% full.
Not to sound like a Buckeye
Not to sound like a Buckeye fan or anything, but they do that in Columbus with St. John's Arena and the environment is AWESOME. I would whole-heartedly support this.
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lol so awesome. The fedex
lol so awesome. The fedex one that was aired a few days prior was pretty good too
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Besides a Big 12 game, UM-MSU in the Big House would sell some tickets. Or UM-Duke.
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Hell, why stop there
Which could have a double double header. A Piston-Lakers followed by Michigan-UCLA basketball in the south end odd the stadium. In the north endzone we will have the Redwings-Bruins followed by Michigan-BC. It will be epic.
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temperature???
You can't play a college basketball game outside in Michigan in November. Even this year when it's been extremely warm as compared to an average November.
and, oh, I've
*never* been to an event in the Big House in November with precipitation....
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Didn't we play Illinois in basketball last year at the Big House? 67-65 Right?
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The record for people
The record for people watching a basketball game may be difficult since the NBA had their All-Star game in Cowboy Stadium in 2010
I think we should start sellng out Chrisler consistently before that becomes a possibility. But it might be enough of a novelty to draw a big crowd, who knows. Another issue would be visibility, but if you can play hockey in the big house you can play basketball.
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