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Empty Dome: Why aren't you going to games!?

I've got a contact whose Dad is close to Pickard....basically he called in alot of favours to make Adelaide Utd successful. He also has muchos corporate power! One example:

They were driving home and he called up the flag place to put in an order of Adelaide Utd flags at about 11am, for the game that night. They told him it would probably take a week they could get them to him the next, by the Friday. He told them it was Gordan Pickard and someone would be picking them up at 3:30 that afternoon - they were ready at 2pm.

Basketball just needs someone with the corporate sponsors and business know how.....Rob Gerrard was that man, but obviously can't provide anymore, right? Who owns Distinctive Homes? ;)

Yeah sorry about that Panther. Just wanted to be thorough :)

A lot of people aren't even aware that basketball can be as exciting as it is. If free tickets are given out by the club and they are not used, then its an education issue. Find a way to get people there for the first time and many will come back. I have introduced several new people to the sport both here and interstate. These are people who have never been and were very pleasantly surprised at how much fun it was. I have no doubt that these people will go again. When the atmosphere is great with the crowd cheering and making a lot of noise, it is very contagious and even people going for the first time will get caught up in that excitement. Getting them there is the first hurdle to overcome. If the club is giving away so many free tickets, why not give them to people who want to go. From the posts on this topic and other topics regarding ticket prices, it is obvious that many would take advantage of them. They should advertise on the official website that there are so many free tickets up for grabs for the next game and first come, first serve. They could be tickets for the upper perimeter that now looks quite empty.

Think about it - 20/20 Cricket - which goes for 2 hours longer then a basketball match would - highest ticket price is $11.70 for a one-off, for a GA adult and members (ie season ticket holders) are in for FREE.

Adelaide Utd, I know I go about it, but cheap!! AFL is cheaper, National Netball is cheaper, Cricket I can get a $60 (I think cant remember researched a month ago) ticket for 5 DAYS action....

Is the BASA debt THAT big of a liability!?! Surely corporate sponsorship can't do SOMETHING about it!?

I have to admit that my days of basketball don't quite go back that far so I can't compare then to now. The sock giveaways and lousy half time entertainment however dont bother me as I am only there for one reason and I get that every time. I wish I had discovered basketball back in that era as a lot of good comments have been made about the quality and excitement of those games.

I haven't been to a game for a long time.
I have great memories of the stadium atmosphere during finals in the past, one particular final springs to mind when Rob Rose was playing (think he scored 49, we either lost the game or the series but the atmosphere was huge), however in the regular season since those days, I got bored with the same ol crap music and sock giveaways....they need to do something different to create more hype....kinda like the old chicago stadium in the early nineties (not that i was there, referring to video footage).

If anyone has spare tickets that they can't give away, Anonymous is always on the scrounge. Let him have it as I'm sure it will be put to good use. And no I am not from South.

My situation is the opposite to the above posts. I did not miss a single game last season, nor have I missed any this season. To take it further, I went to 6 away games last season and 1 this season with another to come at the end of the year. I guess either the passion is there or is not there. You hear a lot of excuses about the price of tickets, but people will still spend money on other things such as smoking, gambling, a night at the pub, the movies, other sports etc. I do not drink nor smoke nor gamble nor follow other sports so I guess the price of a season ticket is not an issue. The shortage of money is not always a problem, but the way you spend it is. I cannot understand how people can regularly show an interest in reading and posting on this website and yet are not enticed into going to a game. These people are also very well educated in the sport and know whats going on with the team. You would think that this in itself would encourage them to go to games. For those on a limited income, ie students, when you have a birthday party and people ask you what you want, ask for a ticket to the basketball. If you have 16 people at your party and each buy you a ticket, you can see every game. Same goes for Christmas presents. Just a thought.

we have done the same with the entertainment book, and luckily my hubbie gets the occasional freebies fromhis work too, so we too have made it to every game and only had to buy 2 tickets (and price of tickets is an issue for us as a family) as for a comment about perths awesome cheersquad, what has happened to the adelaide squad. we sat about 3 rows behind the "squad" which appeared to consist of about 10 people who was joined by the trumpeter who played the national anthem the 4 or 5 girls that were in front of us were trying their hardest to start up the cheers, but people just don't seem to catch their enthusiasm (possibly because so few inthe squad don't make enough noise to be heard throughout the stadium. the squad last year was huge from memory, what has happened?

I rarely go anymore, the price for a concession ticket is reachable but not something I could afford to add in with all my other expenses - plus I always compare prices to the CHEAP CHEAP tickets at Adelaide United games.