Comments on: Heat do not sell out Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia

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[...] were a little surprised the other day that the Heat did not sell out the building in Philadelphia (although it looked pretty close), but this one is a bit of a [...]

By: 11hawkinst

11hawkinst — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:46:03 +0000

Trust me, the economy has nothing to do with why the Wells Fargo Center isn’t sold out. Just look across the street. The Phillies have sold out 120+ straight games over the past two seasons, Eagles games are always sold out, and the Flyers have average/above average attendance (although, that mostly has to do with the fact that Flyers’ tickets are on the expensive side).

In Philly, we don’t buy tickets to go see a crappy team. If a team doesn’t perform, then we won’t go see them. It’s as simple as that. Ever since Iverson left (the first time), this team has slowly gone towards the way-side. We won’t blindly follow a team that has no playoff aspirations for this year (or, to be honest, the near future).

Although, I think that the same can be said for most cities and in most sports.

By: zblott

zblott — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:56:53 +0000

Here’s a write-up of some note-worthy happenings and box score items from Wednesday, including Evan Turner’s debut and LeBron’s continue turnover issues.

http://www.hoopskarma.com/hk/2010/10/28/opening-night-part-two.html

By: flyerscup2010

flyerscup2010 — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:13:34 +0000

It’s not the economy as much as it’s the fact that the Sixers just haven’t been something worth watching while the other three teams have been contenders. Eagles will always be the top team in Philly no matter how good or bad they are. The Phillies won the World Series in 08, returned in 09, and had the top record in the MLB in 10. The Flyers are contenders virtually every year and went to the Stanley Cup Final last season. The Sixers have done nothing since 2000. People just aren’t willing to pay money for the unsuccessful team when there are three others that are significantly better teams.

If the Sixers end up being an exciting team to watch this year, they’ll start pulling more fans. There’s nothing Philly fans like more than a contender.

As far as there not being a sellout goes, there was indeed an announced sellout last night and the building looked pretty full during the game. If it wasn’t a sellout, there were still a good 19-20,000 fans or so at the game.

By: jmclarkent

jmclarkent — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:18:42 +0000

I think that this may be part of the reason:

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/100603999.html

After the garbage that they have put on the floor during the last few seasons, way to annoy the few folks who still care (though I did see progress on the court last night)!