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HoldenV8

Years ago

NBL Attendance - Round 20

The Bullets moved from the BEC to the BCC because of costs. I think (though I may be wrong) but they moved for the same reason Melbourne aren't playing at either Rod Laver Arena or Hisense Arena any more, they couldn't justify the costs of the venue hire.

Besides, as it stands I doubt they could get close to filling the Brisbane Ent Cent for an NBL team, even if it was a Brisbane based team playing and even if they have it in the configuration (7,000 capacity) they used for the Bullets last championship win 2007.

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HoldenV8

Years ago

No argument from me about Brisbane, the people there are more likely to support a team of their own more than they ever would the Blaze. The problem the league is going to have there (and places like Newcastle, Canberra, Hobart etc) is that the fans there have been burnt by their team folding. Winning back fans and getting new ones isn't an easy task.

Anon (#351388), you mention a crowd of at least 5,000 but the Brisbane Convention Centre only holds 4K. I think right now the NBL would like to fill the BCC before trying a bigger (and more expensive) venue that can hold that many, such as the 13,500 seat Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

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Natwhereyouat

Years ago

The thing is with Brisbane.. It's like getting the Kings to play against someone else in Wollongong. Sure they're close to each other (about an hour or two) but you're only going to attract hardcore basketball fans. None of the "community" goers that come out to support THEIR team. So that figure in Brisbane is actually pretty good, I would say that figure is good to measure a base crowd, if the Bullets came back I would expect that number + another thousand that come out to support their home team.

If that made sense.

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HoldenV8

Years ago

Newman's looking good...
from Herald Sun

Newman shines at NBA camp

Grantley Bernard
June 06, 2007 12:00am

YOUNG Boomer Brad Newley is about to embark on the next stage of his quest to be picked in this month's NBA draft, after finishing pre-draft camp in Orlando.

Having impressed at the just-finished pre-draft camp in Orlando, Newley is preparing for individual workouts with at least 10 NBA teams, hoping to convince them to spend a first or second-round pick on him in New York on June 29.

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