ramster wrote:Fascinating article about how they can't give tickets away now for Pittsburgh (AAC and all) but the Duquesne Men's and Women's Teams are becoming more and more popular for the Winter Sports Fan in Pittsburgh.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/zeis ... 1801220118
Someone is getting a bit carried away:
Duquesne is averaging only 1,557 for their games thus far. This is up +339 over the previous year average of 1,218 so percentage wise it is a decent number. A total of just 23,355 has come out for the 15 games played to date this season. They had 1,786 for their last game versus Richmond. The biggest crowd of the season was 2,572 (many of them Flyer fans) for their A-10 opener versus Dayton at the end of December.
Duquense's future plans do not seem designed for greatly increased attendance at home games. The Dukes will soon begin a 40 million dollar upgrade to athletic facilities (not just basketball related), part of which will include renovations to the AJ Palumbo (opened 1988) that would add more creature comforts but further reduce capacity. The on campus basketball venue for Duquesne has seen a steady decline in capacity since it was first opened. It's original configuration was mostly all bleacher seating. As chairbacks and more creature comforts have been added, the capacity has been reduced and is expected to again decline slightly with the next renovation.
The ever shrinking AJ Palumbo Center Capacity
1988 Capacity 6,200
Sometime pre-2010 Capacity 5,358
2010 Capacity 4,406
2016 Capacity 4,390