Hoops

a second team in perth

This year they've upped their off-court spend rather than rack up a major profit. Full venue hire from what I read on an an urban development forum was approximately $75k full venue hire, plus 17.5% of gate takings.

It was reported by the West Australian in the aftermath of the season, talking up how the move to Perth Arena and what it had done for their bottom line.

Mate, I'm not going to go article hunting for you, it really isn't that important.

@Anon,

Wildcats posted a $1m profit last year.

I would have a hard time seeing how a second team would survive. It couldn't play at the Arena, the expenses are just too high for a start-up. Maybe for its derby games against the Wildcats. You would need to base it out of somewhere with some sort of regionalised identity, a Fremantle, Joondalup or Peel/Cockburn/Rockingham sort of deal.

I have a hard time seeing it happen.

Certainly, this is not something you would want the NBL to try and orchestrate. If someone can come up with a really good business plan and backers and presents a bid, you consider it, but it would have to be pretty convincing.

I suppose you do have to consider if having one massive, dominant Perth Wildcats is better or worse for the league than two middle-of-the-road Perth teams.

"The Wildcats are my team though and I wouldn't suggest something that would cripple them."

Well you just have.

You know what it costs to play at Perth Arena?
Split the crowd between 2 teams, and even if you somehow magically add another 20% (which seems unlikely given there is already a drop-off from last year to this year) and you end up with 2 teams losing money in a hurry, rather than one actually managing to be profitable for the time being.

It's stupid.

Paul understands the market down south and is on the money with his comment, jjb you don't have a handle on how basketball works down here mate...

In time, maybe a second team in Perth (or Freeo maybe), but Brisbane and other markets need to come first I believe...

"I garrantee you would have more success with a second team in Perth than a second team in Melbourne or Sydney and it wouldn't hurt the Wildcats at all."

An explanation might go a long way to convincing people...

What were the Razorback's crowds like?

How about we take one of the few successful teams in the NBL and screw them over. Yeah, that sounds like a smart thing to do.

WTF?

Hell no