Hmmmm I don't think old Supersonics fans will follow up with the new team even tho most of their roster is the same, the question is... how will the new team at oklahoma manage to acquire fans for the team?
Hmmmm I don't think old Supersonics fans will follow up with the new team even tho most of their roster is the same, the question is... how will the new team at oklahoma manage to acquire fans for the team?
Maybe the people in Oklahoma will want to cheer for the Oklahoma City team.
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UNC plays the Sacramento Kings 10 times. How many times would UNC win on your planet?
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UNC vs Sacramento? UNC in more than 5 games. Definitely.
Attendance for OKC NBA games shuld be very good, especially if the team plays competitively. They don't need to win allot of games at this point, just show improvement through the course of the season, build excitement among the local fanbase, and demonstrate that the owners really want to invest in long-term success by building a team for the future. The owners should make sure that they have good radio, newspaper and television coverage of the games.
OKC will have no problem getting fans. The hard part is keeping the fans after they realize the team is terrible.
Exactly. Alot of people will support the team in the beginning, just becuz they're new.......But 3-5 years down the line, if the team still sucks, i can easily see them having one of the lower attendances in the league.
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The bottom line is that when a team moves from a city with metropolitan area population of 4.04 mil to a city with metro area pop of 1.26 mil, they are eventually going to have trouble filling the seats.
The bottom line is that when a team moves from a city with metropolitan area population of 4.04 mil to a city with metro area pop of 1.26 mil, they are eventually going to have trouble filling the seats.
I understand that is the usual trend in a lot of areas, but people here have no trouble driving 2 hours to go somewhere. Because of our rural nature people will come in to OKC on day trips, to shop and go to events. Some people will even drive to Dallas for the day.
When the hornet were playing here people drove in from Kansas to see games on a week night. Now the first think I'm sure your going to say, "can they keep that up", well there are people here that a big NBA fans, so I say "yes". Time will tell.
I understand that is the usual trend in a lot of areas, but people here have no trouble driving 2 hours to go somewhere. Because of our rural nature people will come in to OKC on day trips, to shop and go to events. Some people will even drive to Dallas for the day.
When the hornet were playing here people drove in from Kansas to see games on a week night. Now the first think I'm sure your going to say, "can they keep that up", well there are people here that a big NBA fans, so I say "yes". Time will tell.
They'll have to get creative. They will need to offer shuttle buses from different cities and discount tickets packages (10-game, 15-game plans) for people outside the immediate metropolitan area. It's possible, but it would be a whole lot easier if they can start winning some games soon.
They'll have to get creative. They will need to offer shuttle buses from different cities and discount tickets packages (10-game, 15-game plans) for people outside the immediate metropolitan area. It's possible, but it would be a whole lot easier if they can start winning some games soon.
Said they would come out with game packages. Buses from Wichita, Kansas might work, people within OK will just drive, not much for buses. If gas gets over $4 here, that might start to change. Like said in OK driving is not a problem, every thing is so spread out, we don't mind the drive.
The bottom line is that when a team moves from a city with metropolitan area population of 4.04 mil to a city with metro area pop of 1.26 mil, they are eventually going to have trouble filling the seats.
The bottom line is that when a team moves from a city with metropolitan area population of 4.04 mil to a city with metro area pop of 1.26 mil, they are eventually going to have trouble filling the seats.
Metro, maybe. However, Oklahoma City's fan base is around six million. You must include the entire state of Oklahoma, plus areas a bit north of Wichita, around Springfield, Mo, East of Ft. Smith, into New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, and possibly most of the "panhandle" (it's not really a panhandle, only Oklahoma and Florida have true "panhandles") of Texas.:smoothcriminal:
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