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Shut the old man. You ain't kicking anyone's ass.
Imagine being a Lakers/Clips fan and having to get to Staples Center during rush hour. At least we have subways in NYC that make MSG and Barclays Center a breeze. Boston, Philly and DC all have easy transit options too. But there are a ton of cities with crappier traffic than San Antonio and even Austin.
But the OP should stop counting empty seats at the start of the third quarter in the lower bowl (more no shows) and compare it to other cities.
Shut the old man. You ain't kicking anyone's ass.
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Big Dummy, you can now ride the metro train from West LA to STAPLES (that's what I did for the Spurs/Cripples series).
Any cities overrun by latinos are usually atrocious fanbases. Miami, LA, San Antonio all have too many
Like to see the OP handed to another message board.
Fat greasy ers too.
I would attest to that. Atlanta, they are more into college sports. Outside of the Braves, their fans aren't that great. Falcons got a following from the Mike Smith years but that soon has died down. I live here in Atlanta so I know. Hawks hardly get any support. Most people here are Lebron, Curry, WB, etc fans. If the Hawks get to a finals I am sure their Support would rise again. The only reason their games are sold out is because nearly 6 mil people live here in ATL. So its not hard putting 18K seats in Phillips.
I bag on SA a lot, but they're far from the worst. They're a mediocre city for sports, lots of fat lard beer chugging frijoleros to root for their team and they're loyal enough. I would say Atlanta, San Diego and Phoenix are the lowest of the low. SA is like somewhere in the middle, nothing to be proud about but nothing to really be ashamed about either.
Honestly most warm weather states fanbases aren't as good. Pretty much every Florida city has a fan base. Only fanbase I can think of thats great in Cali is the Bay Area. Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio all have surprisingly good fan bases for being warm weather states. They are definitely outliers though. Your best fan bases though unsurprisingly are going to be in huge markets in cold areas. Chicago, Boston, New York, etc.
Sadly, I have to agree with the Florida fan base mentality. Orlando suffers greatly from fair weather fans. I wish we had Boston fan mentality but that's something that is traditional for Boston being that the old folks grew up watching the celtics and Sox. Orlando wasn't even a major city until the late 80's, early 90's.
Partially that and also the fact that there is alot of transplants in Florida from northern states who root for another team. Plus in warm weather states you can actually go outside and do in the winter. In colder states during the winter you don't have much choice but to stay inside.
Boston, Chicago, Philly, New York all have great fanbases, but they also suffer from being delusional as since they are such diehards.
Implying San Antonio is the worst sports city in a non-troll thread is simply re ed. San Antonio loves their Spurs, but explaining why there are so many open seats is another story.
According to ESPN, attendance is about the same over the last five years, but it's still apparent due to the empty seats this year that there are fewer people going to the games.
2016 - 18,422 - 12th
2015 - 18,606 - 12th
2014 - 18,459 - 9th
2013 - 18,431 - 11th
2012 - 18,396 - 12th
2011 - 18,314 - 12th
2010 - 18,089 - 12th
http://espn.go.com/nba/attendance
I just blame spoiled season ticket holders who won't start attending until playoff time. Too lazy to resell their tickets too apparently.
Warps my mind, how is the SBC Center (or whatever it's being called these days) not smack dab in the center of town? All of the San Antonio tourists would have something extra to do that wouldn't require a taxi or rental car.
It's amazing how San Antonio has been able to support an NBA team for so long, if they had the Raptors, Wizards, Bucks or Warriors/Clippers (until recently) the past 25 years, they probably would have moved.
In theory (because the Spurs have become ingrained as a SA ins ution), the team would do much better in Austin.
is that attendance tickets validated at entry?
i dont take tickets sold not validated into consideration
Eh, some douhebag sees ten empty lower level seats and starts a rant thread.
#spurstalk
Hmm, that's pretty iffy on Houston. There's a solid core of Rockets diehards for certain but basketball is pretty meh to people in Houston and in Texas in general compared to football. For proof, look at University of Houston's home attendance, even when they were Phi Slama Jama plus the fact that the Texans, who can't be confused with the Patriots, have never had an unsold ticket and have a very long waiting list. The Rockets are by far the most successful sports franchise but even they struggled selling playoff tickets during the first le run and have some of the most lukewarm in-arena fans in the entire NBA, if they even show up in their seats.
The only reason the Spurs and Mavs do so well is because they've been so good for so long plus the Spurs are the only game in their town.
Yep, that has alot to do with the Spurs great support they get. Although I think the city could handle a football team as well. As you said Texans are crazy about football, plus with Austin only an hour and a half or so up the road could draw in people from there for football games as well. They would just to need to make sure they put the stadium somewhere on the NE side of town off of 35 preferably.
The NFL is definitely something San Antonio could and should have. The genius in it is that people from other areas could become season ticket holders and PSL holders, including from Houston and Dallas (both have sizable season ticket waiting lists for the Texans and Cowboys).
I don't think the MLB will happen any time soon and the NHL would probably be better suited for Austin.
Well, seeing as how the OP is a Warriors fan these days....
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