Hornets draw season low 10,866 tonight

[BRHornet45]

sons in other news for games on week nights and other interesting tidbits this season ...

WNBA

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Seattle Storm vs Phoenix Mercury - 13,508

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Women's College Basketball

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Baylor vs UCONN - 12,628

Tennessee Lady Vols Average 2010 Home Attendance - 12,896

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MLS Soccer

Average 2010 League Attendance - 16,037

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NHL Hockey

Average 2009-10 League Attendance 17,072

Lowest 2009-10 Team Attendance (Phoenix Coyotes) - 11,989

[fevertrees]

"but it's football season!!!"

[Killakobe81]

Wow sorry BR that is a shame but at leat you havent lost 4 in a row!!!!

[j.dizzle]

Damn son, Seattle would be happy to cheer for the Hornets IMO.

[Killakobe81]

Lakers turning in to the bball version of my Dallas Cowboys ....LOL

[lil_penny]

Wow sorry BR that is a shame but at leat you havent lost 5 in a row!!!!

[MavFan6488]

wow the hornets have 10,866 fans?! :wow

[rayray2k8]

wow the hornets have 10,866 fans?! :wow

:lol

[jason54858]

The future Seattle Hornets drawing only 10,000 fans in New Orleans :depressed

Damn that sucks

[RoddyBukkake]

they should give away free fried chicken and watermelon

[Agloco]

People pay to see good basketball. They don't get that by watching Paul grab and flop his way through games.

[lefty]

I didnt realize BRhornet45 required so many seats

[Ditty]

they should give away free fried chicken and watermelon

:lol

something actually funny

[Killakobe81]

:lol

something actually funny

No it wasn't you dont know funny ...

[JoeTait75]

The future Seattle Super Sonics drawing only 10,000 fans in New Orleans :depressed

Damn that sucks

fify

[Cry Havoc]

That's sad. You guys have a quality team. =\

[lefty]

Chris Paul IS the Hornets

Chris Paul flops

Therefore, the Hornets are a ....

[redzero]

I did my part and went to all the home games.

The attendance was low in 2007, too. If they keep winning, it might improve.

[lefty]

I did my part and went to all the home games.

The attendance was low in 2007, too. If they keep winning, it might improve.
Nice avy and sig :lol

That Wiki guy is annoying

[MavFan6488]

the 10,866 came in to celebrate pauls' 10,866th career flop..

[Pelicans78]

Seattle ain't getting a team anytime soon. If anything, this team would move to Kansas City where they have an NBA ready arena. Stern ain't letting Seattle get a team until they get a new arena worked out. Kansas City it could be unless Chouest finally takes over the team. Still, a new owner would have to buy out his shares as well as Shinn's shares.

[Slydragon]

Son...........Of a Bitch, Sons

[jason54858]

Seattle ain't getting a team anytime soon. If anything, this team would move to Kansas City where they have an NBA ready arena. Stern ain't letting Seattle get a team until they get a new arena oworked out. Kansas City it could be unless Chouest finally takes over the team. Still, a new owner would have to buy out his shares as well as Shinn's shares.

If the Hornets move from New Orleans to Kansas City. It will be a sad sad day in NBA history. If the Hornets were to relocate I would rather them to atleast find a more attractive market then Kansas City.

[Slydragon]

They should let the female fans flash for beads and show it on the jumbo tron while the on air games are at commercial. I'm sure people would go just for that.

[Pelicans78]

If the Hornets move from New Orleans to Kansas City. It will be a sad sad day in NBA history. If the Hornets were to relocate I would rather them to atleast find a more attractive market then Kansas City.

Honestly, NBA teams themselves aren't really attractive. It takes alot of money to run a team, and most franchises that compete lose money. Not many teams have NBA ready arenas. Thats why NOLA got the team in the first place. They had an arena. Same with Jokelahoma City. KC has an arena and Seattle doesn't. Seattle won't get a team until they get an agreement on an arena and that won't happen any time soon. Probably never until the economy picks up.

[jason54858]

Honestly, NBA teams themselves aren't really attractive. It takes alot of money to run a team, and most franchises that compete lose money. Not many teams have NBA ready arenas. Thats why NOLA got the team in the first place. They had an arena. Same with Jokelahoma City. KC has an arena and Seattle doesn't. Seattle won't get a team until they get an agreement on an arena and that won't happen any time soon. Probably never until the economy picks up.

good point

[Lakers2009champs]

Not surprised. Someone told me that half of the metro area can't even watch the games. BR, is it true that a lot of the games don't ever air in the NO at all lol? What kinda sh*t is that. Bad marketing on the hornets organization.

[Pelicans78]

Not surprised. Someone told me that half of the metro area can't even watch the games. BR, is it true that a lot of the games don't ever air in the NO at all lol? What kinda sh*t is that. Bad marketing on the hornets organization.

It is true. Due to cable company conflicts, areas north of New Orleans can't watch the team on TV. Same thing with people in the mississippi and alabama gulf coast.

[DPG21920]

Spurs lose, but Hornets "fans" (all 6 of them) can't even agree with each other :lol

[BRHornet45]

sons do yall like my new user title below my name in the avatar?

[Pelicans78]

We gonna call you KCHornetfan45

[lefty]

sons do yall like my new user title below my name in the avatar?
Sonics fans have other plans :lol

[BRHornet45]

Sonics fans have other plans :lol

but son Seattle only has a 3rd rate, cheap ass arena that wouldn't even be suitable for arena football right now. Kansas City has a nice, new arena.

[crc21209]

Only a matter of time before they're gone...

[DPG21920]

Sons, I hope they don't relocate. That city needs to be propped up. They need someone they can cheer for (*except on Mon-Sun from 12:00 am - 11:49 pm).

[BRHornet45]

Only a matter of time before they're gone...

son tonight was the first of 13 home games that the attendance benchmark is in place. If the Hornets don't average 14,200ish fans at the end of those 13 games, then they can opt out of their lease with the arena and state in March of 2011. again tonight was the first game and they fell about 3,400 under the minimum ... oh and the Knicks come to town Friday LOL

[The Gemini Method]

You guys can have the Clippers if the Hornets leave. Jesus ver. 2.0 in the halfie Griffin and Eric Gordon would be a good replacement. With the Lakers on a Clipperesque losing streak, they can just switch unis...

[DPG21920]

Sons, the fine people of NO couldn't support Blake either because it looks like it could rain next week.

[BRHornet45]

sons I can also assure you that realistically there were only about 8,000 people in the arena tonight. It was truly pathetic. You have to remember that the attendance number is "paid attendance" and also includes season ticket holders even if they don't show up. Probably only about 75% of season ticket holders show up on a regular basis.

[ImDaNuts]

"If the Hornets do not average crowds of at least 14,213 for the next 13 games at the New Orleans Arena, the franchise can opt out of its current lease agreement with the state, according to Doug Thornton, vice president of SMG, the company that manages the Arena and the Superdome."

How sad.

[The Gemini Method]

It's a football town and state...Dunno why they cannot get behind the Wasps...

[The Gemini Method]

Maybe they should convince Brees to play the 2nd half home schedule...That would be very Sportsmansy of him...

[ImDaNuts]

Only 12,449 showed up vs the Spurs. Vancouver needs a team.

[BRHornet45]

It's a football town and state...Dunno why they cannot get behind the Wasps...

well son just to give you some of the most popular excuses from our cheapskate, pathetic, front running "fans" ...

- Its still NFL and college football season

- high school football playoffs are going on

- a portion of the northshore can't watch the Hornets on TV due to Direct TV and an exclusive contract in the area. (keep in mind the northshore is only 200,000 people whenever the entire New Orleans metropolitan area is 1.3 million so they still have over 1.1 million people around New Orleans plus Baton Rouge,etc. to work with)

- Tickets are too expensive, yet are the cheapest in the entire NBA next to only MAYBE New Jersey.

[jason54858]

It's a football town and state...Dunno why they cannot get behind the Wasps...

The economy, its bad up here. I cant imagine how bad it is down there. Its kinda unfair if the Hornets do relocate during these times. I know its not up me, but I would rather them stay until the economy down there recovers a little bit, but that may not happen. Its unfortunate, I don't want to see the NBA take another NBA franchise to another irrelevant city like a Kansas City or Louisville, Kentucky. I would rather them just stay in New Orleans and wait out the recession.

[The Gemini Method]

If the NO fans had 3/4 the passion as the Hornet fans on this site...the team would sell out no doubt.

[fevertrees]

It's the Peja trade effect now...we lost our great white hope and people are mad at the organization!

[BRHornet45]

sons if the Hornets keep playing decent and make a run in the playoffs then I'm sure attendance will pickup, but that's a lot of IF'S ... the team deserves better than this crap every year though. especially this season with a winning team on the floor. the best the Hornets attendance average has ever been was after the 07-08 season when it was 16,900 ... ahhh those were the days! lolz

[The Gemini Method]

The economy, its bad up here. I cant imagine how bad it is down there. Its kinda unfair if the Hornets do relocate during these times. I know its not up me, but I would rather them stay until the economy down there recovers a little bit, but that may not happen. Its unfortunate, I don't want to see the NBA take another NBA franchise to another irrelevant city like a Kansas City or Louisville, Kentucky. I would rather them just stay in New Orleans and wait out the recession.

I see what you mean...but how can the fans afford to sell out the Superdome if they can't afford to see the Hornets and one of the top PGs in the game play? I'm guessing like the Lakers did...the Saints raised their ticket prices because of their Super Bowl victory. The economy sucks in LA...Yet Staples is selling out...man I ink NO should always have a team in the major sports. It is a sports passionate locale.

[BRHornet45]

I see what you mean...but how can the fans afford to sell out the Superdome if they can't afford to see the Hornets and one of the top PGs in the game play? I'm guessing like the Lakers did...the Saints raised their ticket prices because of their Super Bowl victory. The economy sucks in LA...Yet Staples is selling out...man I ink NO should always have a team in the major sports. It is a sports passionate locale.

EXACTLY ... the Saints put over 70,000 in the Dome every game

son the fact of the matter is people around here are just front running, cheapskate bastards. The Saints have always had solid fan support that can't be denied, but nothing near what they have received over the last 4 years. Same thing with LSU football. It always had solid fan support, but until Nick Saban it was never like it is now where people are truly fanatic about it. Whenever the Hornets had an exciting season in 07-08 the fan support went through the roof and they sold out like their final 16 home games. The fan support continued to be solid the next season, but midway through after all the injuries it went back down to normal. Now the Hornets still have a winning team on the floor and started the season 8-0, yet the fan support is comparable to any WNBA team.

It really is pathetic seeing some people spend $100 per ticket to see the Saints, but then act like a $15 ticket to see the Hornets is too much money. The main thing that annoys me though is the stupid ass excuses that some of them come up with.

[LnGrrrR]

The Hornets won't pull jack... New Orleanians saving their scratch for Saints tix, tbh

The Superdome is a fun stadium, when it's not filled with refugees.

[redzero]

I take it DPG goes to a lot of Spurs games.

[LnGrrrR]

I'm kinda bummed I was deployed during the year they went deep into the playoffs. Wouldve loved to see a game at the Dome. Ended up saving my cash for Pats/Saints instead.

[angelbelow]

DId the nets have a season low of 7000 last season?