2017-18 Attendance Prediction Summary

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 6 years ago

The students will eat thru any unsold tickets, IMO.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 6 years ago

Yeah senior night sell out for sure

These players and coaches turned this team into a program

The fans will return the favor

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 6 years ago

I'm so glad the senior night is a Tuesday, the one day during the week when I can get dinner and still arrive at the Ryan Center nice and early.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 6 years ago

Vivid is selling seats in section 311, row K for 143 dollars each for the Dayton game. What do these normally go for? 20 dollars? 7 times the face value is a little ridiculous, no? I hate scalpers and outside agencies. I'm surprised they're allowed on our gorhody website.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 6 years ago

With Sr night only a little more than a week away does anyone have an estimate on tickets sold + students 1500?

RhowdyRam02 · Unread post by **RhowdyRam02** » 6 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:Vivid is selling seats in section 311, row K for 143 dollars each for the Dayton game. What do these normally go for? 20 dollars? 7 times the face value is a little ridiculous, no? I hate scalpers and outside agencies. I'm surprised they're allowed on our gorhody website.

You can ask for whatever you want, doesn't mean you'll get it. Those tickets will be available under $50 on game day or they won't be sold. And I'm being generous on the $50

adam914 · Unread post by **adam914** » 6 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:Vivid is selling seats in section 311, row K for 143 dollars each for the Dayton game. What do these normally go for? 20 dollars? 7 times the face value is a little ridiculous, no? I hate scalpers and outside agencies. I'm surprised they're allowed on our gorhody website.

Since they are on the URI site they must have a deal with them and get compensated somehow, whether its a straight sponsorship deal or they get some cut from the tickets.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 6 years ago

This is a horse race that will come down to the wire between seawright and Joe95 with ATP on the outside. The outcome will swing on attendance at the St. Joe's game with seawright having the edge with the closer to a sellout that game becomes.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 6 years ago

This is so much fun, guys.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 6 years ago

If Rhody gets 7,720 for Sr. Night they will hit 100,000 fans for the year. It is doable. Just match the crowd of tonight. I would think celebrating this Senior Class and a weekday game (students) should draw a full sellout.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 6 years ago

I think I asked this before. Are we selling standing room? How do we get that much over capacity?

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

A full house of 7,880 was on hand Friday night to see Rhody win the A-10 regular season crown. The season average rises to 6,152. Just 7,720 for the St Joe's senior game on Tuesday night is needed to break 100,000 which would be a new record. URI will likely end the season with an average attendance in the 6,200 range. This mark will be some 300 better than the previous high of 5,915 set back in the 2007-08 season.

RHODE ISLAND HOME ATTENDANCE 2017-18 YTD
OPPONENT | ATTENDANCE | TO DATE | AVERAGE | LY AVG | DIFF | %
UNC-Asheville | 6,367 | 6,367 | 6,367 | 6,052 | 315 | 5.2%
Holy Cross | 4,309 | 10,676 | 5,338 | 5,037 | 302 | 6.0%
Brown | 4,485 | 15,161 | 5,054 | 5,234 | (181) | -3.5%
Providence | 7,959 | 23,120 | 5,780 | 5,082 | 698 | 13.7%
Charleston | 5,761 | 28,881 | 5,776 | 4,916 | 860 | 17.5%
Iona | 4,381 | 33,262 | 5,544 | 4,686 | 858 | 18.3%
Florida Gulf Coast | 5,347 | 38,609 | 5,516 | 4,527 | 989 | 21.8%
George Mason | 6,383 | 44,992 | 5,624 | 4,446 | 1,178 | 26.5%
LaSalle | 4,549 | 49,541 | 5,505 | 4,369 | 1,136 | 26.0%
St. Bonaventure | 7,082 | 56,623 | 5,662 | 4,552 | 1,110 | 24.4%
UMass | 5,583 | 62,206 | 5,655 | 4,753 | 903 | 19.0%
Duquesne | 7,432 | 69,638 | 5,803 | 4,789 | 1,014 | 21.2%
Davidson | 7,743 | 77,381 | 5,952 | 4,989 | 963 | 19.3%
Richmond | 7,019 | 84,400 | 6,029 | 4,904 | 1,125 | 22.9%
Dayton | 7,880 | 92,280 | 6,152 | 5,033 | 1,119 | 22.2%

RYAN CENTER URI HOME ATTENDANCE BY AVERAGE
SEASON | GAMES | TOTAL | AVERAGE
2007-08 | 15 | 88,731 | 5,915
2003-04 | 17 | 97,762 | 5,751
2002-03 | 17 | 96,194 | 5,658
2014-15 | 16 | 86,461 | 5,404
2008-09 | 14 | 74,196 | 5,300
2009-10 | 17 | 88,853 | 5,227
2016-17 | 16 | 82,761 | 5,173
2005-06 | 16 | 76,150 | 4,760
2015-16 | 17 | 80,198 | 4,718
2004-05 | 14 | 65,227 | 4,659
2010-11 | 16 | 72,598 | 4,537
2006-07 | 15 | 67,293 | 4,486
2013-14 | 16 | 71,058 | 4,441
2012-13 | 15 | 64,368 | 4,291
2011-12 | 15 | 57,428 | 3,829
TOTAL | 236 | 1,169,278 | 4,955

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 6 years ago

Billyboy78 wrote:I think I asked this before. Are we selling standing room? How do we get that much over capacity?

The suites. They were packed.

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 6 years ago

theblueram wrote:
Billyboy78 wrote:I think I asked this before. Are we selling standing room? How do we get that much over capacity?
The suites. They were packed.

Oh, ok. Forgot about them.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 6 years ago

Great job Rhody Nation way to represent!!!

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 6 years ago

There are approximately 350 tickets left for Sr. Night. Approximately 150 of those are in Secs 302 & 303 (corner). I know in the past they have let extra students in to fill sections 302 & 303. Is that standard practice? There are only 8 single seats available in the lower section. Let's sell this out. These Seniors deserve it. They have turned our basketball program around.

KevanBoyles · Unread post by **KevanBoyles** » 6 years ago

7,186. Came up about 534 short of 100k.

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 6 years ago

The final home game of the season drew a crowd of 7,186 which brings the 16 game season total to 99,466 and the
game average to 6,217. The attendance bonus contest is now concluded and the winner, with an incredibly close
prediction of 6,219, is seawrightspostgame

Congratulations!!!

NYGFan_Section208 · Unread post by **NYGFan_Section208** » 6 years ago

Congrats spg

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

Somewhat disappointing crowd of 7,186 for the 17th ranked team in the country on senior night going for an undefeated home season record. Still a great year for attendance at the Ryan Center as a new all time average of 6,217 (81% of capacity) was established. This was a 20% increase on last year's average of 5,173. A record 99,466 came out to the games in Kingston this season.

In the sixteen seasons that the Ryan Center has been open, a total of 1,268,744 have come out to watch 252 contests (regular & post season games -excludes exhibitions). The sixteen year average per game stands at 5,035 (66% of capacity).

RHODE ISLAND HOME ATTENDANCE 2017-18 YTD
OPPONENT | ATTENDANCE | TO DATE | AVERAGE
UNC-Asheville | 6,367 | 6,367 | 6,367
Holy Cross | 4,309 | 10,676 | 5,338
Brown | 4,485 | 15,161 | 5,054
Providence | 7,959 | 23,120 | 5,780
Charleston | 5,761 | 28,881 | 5,776
Iona | 4,381 | 33,262 | 5,544
Florida Gulf Coast | 5,347 | 38,609 | 5,516
George Mason | 6,383 | 44,992 | 5,624
LaSalle | 4,549 | 49,541 | 5,505
St. Bonaventure | 7,082 | 56,623 | 5,662
UMass | 5,583 | 62,206 | 5,655
Duquesne | 7,432 | 69,638 | 5,803
Davidson | 7,743 | 77,381 | 5,952
Richmond | 7,019 | 84,400 | 6,029
Dayton | 7,880 | 92,280 | 6,152
St. Joe's | 7,186 | 99,466 | 6,217

RYAN CENTER URI HOME ATTENDANCE BY AVERAGE
SEASON | GAMES | TOTAL | AVERAGE
2017-18 | 16 | 99,466 | 6,217
2007-08 | 15 | 88,731 | 5,915
2003-04 | 17 | 97,762 | 5,751
2002-03 | 17 | 96,194 | 5,658
2014-15 | 16 | 86,461 | 5,404
2008-09 | 14 | 74,196 | 5,300
2009-10 | 17 | 88,853 | 5,227
2016-17 | 16 | 82,761 | 5,173
2005-06 | 16 | 76,150 | 4,760
2015-16 | 17 | 80,198 | 4,718
2004-05 | 14 | 65,227 | 4,659
2010-11 | 16 | 72,598 | 4,537
2006-07 | 15 | 67,293 | 4,486
2013-14 | 16 | 71,058 | 4,441
2012-13 | 15 | 64,368 | 4,291
2011-12 | 15 | 57,428 | 3,829
TOTAL | 252 | 1,268,744 | 5,035

Unread post by **ATPTourFan** » 6 years ago

Pretty pleased with 6200+

spookydog · Unread post by **spookydog** » 6 years ago

I was only off by 1000. Not bad. ha ha.

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 6 years ago

Thanks guys. WOW!

Obadiah! Great contests! Thank You!

Cant believe it! Thanks Dan Hurley!

Good thing I scanned both my tickets at the games I went alone!

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 6 years ago

Job well done Seawright

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 6 years ago

That's gotta be the closest to spot on I have ever seen

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 6 years ago

ATPTourFan wrote:Pretty pleased with 6200+

It’s a solid accomplishment.

We can wait until at least September to talk about how important continued strong attendance is for next season, even if the team takes a slight step back.

Rhody83 · Unread post by **Rhody83** » 6 years ago

For me a great indicator of the attendance success was that once the students got back from Winter break we hit 7,000+ every game.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 6 years ago

ace wrote:
ATPTourFan wrote:Pretty pleased with 6200+
It’s a solid accomplishment.

We can wait until at least September to talk about how important continued strong attendance is for next season, even if the team takes a slight step back.

Good point, Ace. While it's obvious that continued strong attendance will be beneficial to the long term health of the program, until we know the full schedule of exactly who we are playing and where, it's pure speculation on how we will do on attendance.

Shaolin Swat · Unread post by **Shaolin Swat** » 6 years ago

steviep123 wrote:
ace wrote:
ATPTourFan wrote:Pretty pleased with 6200+
It’s a solid accomplishment.

We can wait until at least September to talk about how important continued strong attendance is for next season, even if the team takes a slight step back.
Good point, Ace. While it's obvious that continued strong attendance will be beneficial to the long term health of the program, until we know the full schedule of exactly who we are playing and where, it's pure speculation on how we will do on attendance.

I think we have a pretty good idea of the Non-Conference portion of the schedule and conference home games tend to draw well anyway. Below is who we currently have at home for the non-conference (taken from the 2018-2019 Schedule Discussion - http://keaneyblue.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6840):

Alabama
Nevada
West Virginia (at Mohegan)

Based on what we have scheduled (non-conference and tournament), plus the 18 A10 games, we are likely looking at 3 games remaining to schedule (if my math is right). I'd expect us to work on scheduling games against teams similar to UNC-Asheville this year - small conference teams expected to be in contention for their conference title.

RoadyJay · Unread post by **RoadyJay** » 6 years ago

Shaolin Swat wrote:
steviep123 wrote:
ace wrote:
It’s a solid accomplishment.

We can wait until at least September to talk about how important continued strong attendance is for next season, even if the team takes a slight step back.
Good point, Ace. While it's obvious that continued strong attendance will be beneficial to the long term health of the program, until we know the full schedule of exactly who we are playing and where, it's pure speculation on how we will do on attendance.
I think we have a pretty good idea of the Non-Conference portion of the schedule and conference home games tend to draw well anyway. Below is who we currently have at home for the non-conference (taken from the 2018-2019 Schedule Discussion - http://keaneyblue.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6840):

Alabama
Nevada
West Virginia (at Mohegan)

Based on what we have scheduled (non-conference and tournament), plus the 18 A10 games, we are likely looking at 3 games remaining to schedule (if my math is right). I'd expect us to work on scheduling games against teams similar to UNC-Asheville this year - small conference teams expected to be in contention for their conference title.

I'm not sure I want to schedule UNC-Asheville type teams for the remaining 3 games. I think we will need at least 2 out of 3 of those games to be confidence-building type games. We have a great class coming in but we know it typically takes the duration of the non-conference schedule for freshmen to adapt and adjust to the speed of the college game. We are also graduating over 70% of our scoring. I'm all for challenging ourselves, but given we are getting younger next year and the rest of the non-conference schedule is already strong, let's not push it.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 6 years ago

steviep123 wrote:
ace wrote:
ATPTourFan wrote:Pretty pleased with 6200+
It’s a solid accomplishment.

We can wait until at least September to talk about how important continued strong attendance is for next season, even if the team takes a slight step back.
Good point, Ace. While it's obvious that continued strong attendance will be beneficial to the long term health of the program, until we know the full schedule of exactly who we are playing and where, it's pure speculation on how we will do on attendance.

But I also think that the next step for the program is good attendance regardless of opponent and things like a top 25 ranking.

Shaolin Swat · Unread post by **Shaolin Swat** » 6 years ago

RoadyJay wrote:
Shaolin Swat wrote:
steviep123 wrote:
Good point, Ace. While it's obvious that continued strong attendance will be beneficial to the long term health of the program, until we know the full schedule of exactly who we are playing and where, it's pure speculation on how we will do on attendance.
I think we have a pretty good idea of the Non-Conference portion of the schedule and conference home games tend to draw well anyway. Below is who we currently have at home for the non-conference (taken from the 2018-2019 Schedule Discussion - http://keaneyblue.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6840):

Alabama
Nevada
West Virginia (at Mohegan)

Based on what we have scheduled (non-conference and tournament), plus the 18 A10 games, we are likely looking at 3 games remaining to schedule (if my math is right). I'd expect us to work on scheduling games against teams similar to UNC-Asheville this year - small conference teams expected to be in contention for their conference title.
I'm not sure I want to schedule UNC-Asheville type teams for the remaining 3 games. I think we will need at least 2 out of 3 of those games to be confidence-building type games. We have a great class coming in but we know it typically takes the duration of the non-conference schedule for freshmen to adapt and adjust to the speed of the college game. We are also graduating over 70% of our scoring. I'm all for challenging ourselves, but given we are getting younger next year and the rest of the non-conference schedule is already strong, let's not push it.

That's certainly fair and probably what will likely happen. I think my bigger point is that we are likely already aware of the "big" home games that would be scheduled in the non-conference.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 6 years ago

I think we are the type of program now where a weekday game with no students and crap opponent is at least over 5k

Billyboy78 · Unread post by **Billyboy78** » 6 years ago

The question is, if we don't have a great OOC record next season, will the casual fans disappear? We will be talented but very young to start the year, with some tough games. If we start 6-5 or 5-6, how will that affect attendance for the rest of the season? That's key right there. Attendance can't take a big step back if we don't get off to a great start.

steviep123 · Unread post by **steviep123** » 6 years ago

ace wrote:
steviep123 wrote:
ace wrote:
It’s a solid accomplishment.

We can wait until at least September to talk about how important continued strong attendance is for next season, even if the team takes a slight step back.
Good point, Ace. While it's obvious that continued strong attendance will be beneficial to the long term health of the program, until we know the full schedule of exactly who we are playing and where, it's pure speculation on how we will do on attendance.
But I also think that the next step for the program is good attendance regardless of opponent and things like a top 25 ranking.

I couldn't agree more!

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

If the regular season numbers hold up for attendance, it looks like URI will not move up in the rankings of A-10 teams. SLU got a big crowd 8,542 for its last game yesterday versus Saint Louis and moved just ahead of URI with an average attendance of 6,235 (URI was 6,217). Rhody will once again have the 5th best attendance in the league. This is the spot that Rhode Island has frequently occupied in most recent seasons. URI is however much closer to the #3 and #4 positions and further ahead of the next team than most years.

DAYTON | 16 games | 213,377 | 12,997
VCU | 18 games | 137,466 | 7,637
RICH | 15 games | 97,379 | 6,492
SLU | 18 games | 112,237 | 6,235
URI | 16 games | 99,466 | 6,217
SBU | 14 games | 60,007 | 4,286
DAV | 13 games | 55,600 | 4,277
GMU | 17 games | 69,491 | 4,088
SJU | 13 games | 47,946 | 3,688
UMass | 17 games | 50,901 | 2,944
GW | 17 games | 45,019 | 2,648
LAS | 14 games | 26,755 | 1,911
DUQ | 19 games | 34,464 | 1,814
FOR | 17 games | 26,638 | 1,567

Other New England schools worth comparison:
PROV | 17 games | 162,315 | 9,548
UCONN | 16 games | 125,271 | 7,829
***BC does not list attendance stats on its athletic site

Obadiah · Unread post by **Obadiah** » 6 years ago

URI should always be among the top A-10 schools in attendance. The only schools below us that have the potential to push past URI are UMass and George Mason. The other schools below should always be in that position. The bottom of this conference is very weak and there are no likely circumstances to change that significantly.

BTW, UMass attendance is pathetic no matter which way you look at it. An average below 3000 is astounding. In the entire history of the Ryan Center, URI has had only two games where attendance fell below 3000.

Also, I was surprised that Davidson did not sellout its arena for its Senior game against a ranked URI team.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

Obadiah wrote:URI should always be among the top A-10 schools in attendance. The only schools below us that have the potential to push past URI are UMass and George Mason.

UMass and George Mason are the only schools behind URI in attendance that even have the seating capacity to pass URI's average attendance of this past year. The Mullins Center in Amherst seats 9,493 and the now named Eaglebank Center (formerly Patriot Center) in Fairfax has a capacity of 10,000. Both schools also have significantly larger enrollments than Rhody.

The A-10 has a few groupings for attendance that seem to hold most years.

Tier 1
Dayton - no one else even comes close. Always average in excess of 12k in the league's largest arena. Have the largest passionate fan following. they even travel well.

Tier 2
VCU/Richmond/SLU/URI - all grouped with about 1,500 of each other. Typically have 5k plus. SLU with a good team has led this group on occasion as it seats some 3,000 more than the others. Capacity of VCU, URI, and Richmond venues nearly the same.

Tier 3
SBU, Davidson, SJU, GMU, GW, UMass - normally have in the 4k range. SBU, Davidson, and SJU numbers are normally very stable regardless of team performance. UMass and GMU numbers have the widest variations year to year but potentially could be higher as they have large venues.

Tier 4
LaSalle, Duquesne, and Fordham - usually below 2,500. Not a lot of potential for improvement given facility capacity and typically bottom of the league standings.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 6 years ago

Richmond is a program without a ton of sustained success (for reference, just 2 tournament appearances in Mooney’s 12 years). Yet, they’re third in attendance in the conference this season and just committed to a 15 million dollar basketball-only practice facility.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 6 years ago

ace wrote:Richmond is a program without a ton of sustained success (for reference, just 2 tournament appearances in Mooney’s 12 years). Yet, they’re third in attendance in the conference this season and just committed to a 15 million dollar basketball-only practice facility.

If they build it they will play?

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

ace wrote:Richmond is a program without a ton of sustained success (for reference, just 2 tournament appearances in Mooney’s 12 years). Yet, they’re third in attendance in the conference this season and just committed to a 15 million dollar basketball-only practice facility.

Richmond has excellent support for its athletic programs - both from a financial and attendance perspective. It is my understanding that much of its program budget is supported via income off established endowments. The Robins family has especially been generous in funding facilities like their arena and football stadium. Richmond is an elite ivy type school with a beautiful campus that draws many from the wealthy and its graduates do financially well later in life. It is not a particularly large school with only about 3200 undergraduates and just 900 grad students. It however is located in a fairly large metro and draws very well given its size. Its situation is something to be admired and emulated.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 6 years ago

Richmond gots some loyal fans they love their Spiders

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 6 years ago

RF1 wrote:
Obadiah wrote:URI should always be among the top A-10 schools in attendance. The only schools below us that have the potential to push past URI are UMass and George Mason.
UMass and George Mason are the only schools behind URI in attendance that even have the seating capacity to pass URI's average attendance of this past year. The Mullins Center in Amherst seats 9,493 and the now named Eaglebank Center (formerly Patriot Center) in Fairfax has a capacity of 10,000. Both schools also have significantly larger enrollments than Rhody.

The A-10 has a few groupings for attendance that seem to hold most years.

Tier 1
Dayton - no one else even comes close. Always average in excess of 12k in the league's largest arena. Have the largest passionate fan following. they even travel well.

Tier 2
VCU/Richmond/SLU/URI - all grouped with about 1,500 of each other. Typically have 5k plus. SLU with a good team has led this group on occasion as it seats some 3,000 more than the others. Capacity of VCU, URI, and Richmond venues nearly the same.

Tier 3
SBU, Davidson, SJU, GMU, GW, UMass - normally have in the 4k range. SBU, Davidson, and SJU numbers are normally very stable regardless of team performance. UMass and GMU numbers have the widest variations year to year but potentially could be higher.

Tier 4
LaSalle, Duquesne, and Fordham - usually below 2,500. Not a lot of potential for improvement give facility capacity and typically bottom of the league standings.

Good comparison RF1, nobody does this type of analysis better than you

I might suggest you have a table that also shows the capacity of the arena and the % full.

Because I think VCU is in a Category by itself in that they have over 100 straight sell outs with about 7700 capacity.
URI could get there too. Once you get close to let's say 6500 then it will be very fast to get to 7700 at URI because the ticket agencies/ scalpers, computer programs will buy up the extra 1000 seats because they can sell the big games such as PC for big money. Maybe even enough to pay for the entire cost of the Season Ticket itself. It's what you see in the NFL now where Teams do not even sell tickets - all seats are PSL's and the PSL Owners have the tickets and if they do not go to the game they sell via NFL Ticket Exchange, StubHub or other. NFL and others are moving quickly to zero paper tickets -only Mobile Tickets. That is the future at URI too - all electronic tickets - no paper.

So I would have Dayton by itself

VCU in a league closer to Dayton than URI because of the 100% sold out situation

St Louis has the potential to get huge crowds with their fan base and recruiting in place righ tnow

Unread post by **TruePoint** » 6 years ago

ace wrote:
steviep123 wrote:
ace wrote:
It’s a solid accomplishment.

We can wait until at least September to talk about how important continued strong attendance is for next season, even if the team takes a slight step back.
Good point, Ace. While it's obvious that continued strong attendance will be beneficial to the long term health of the program, until we know the full schedule of exactly who we are playing and where, it's pure speculation on how we will do on attendance.
But I also think that the next step for the program is good attendance regardless of opponent and things like a top 25 ranking.

I agree, but this season was a necessary step to getting there.

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

Got to give some credit to the Ryan Center experience for the increase in attendance. Playing college basketball on an actual college campus where it was intended. It is also good being able to schedule all our home games in a single venue. Thankfully our games have never had to be relocated because they were bumped so some supposedly adult people could get together and dress up as a super heroes, cartoon/comic figures, and tv/movie characters. Could you imagine something so humiliating? All seats close to the court for better viewing as the building was designed for basketball. It is also nice to have a venue with no fear of condensation injuring players and suspending play. Even better is free parking and not being prevented from getting to your car after a game because the area was on lock-down due to a nearby shootout involving gangs. For many reasons, the Ryan Center is the best venue to watch college basketball in all of Rhode Island.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 6 years ago

RF1 wrote:Got to give some credit to the Ryan Center experience for the increase in attendance. Playing college basketball on an actual college campus where it was intended. It is also good being able to schedule all our home games in a single venue. Thankfully our games have never had to be relocated because they were bumped so some supposedly adult people could get together and dress up as a super heroes, cartoon/comic figures, and tv/movie characters. Could you imagine something so humiliating? All seats close to the court for better viewing as the building was designed for basketball. It is also nice to have a venue with no fear of condensation injuring players and suspending play. Even better is free parking and not being prevented from getting to your car after a game because the area was on lock-down due to a nearby shootout involving gangs. For many reasons, the Ryan Center is the best venue to watch college basketball in all of Rhode Island.

you are going to get some people upset around here

Seawrightspostgame · Unread post by **Seawrightspostgame** » 6 years ago

Best in New England? Probably.

Running Ram · Unread post by **Running Ram** » 6 years ago

Seawrightspostgame wrote:Best in New England? Probably.

I love the Ryan, but if memory serves we played UConn at the Gample once and I think I was there and impressed by the pavilion. I remember being in the game, having a lead in the first half and thinking 'wow URI fans are loud and proud,' UConn took over sometime in the second half and I remember thinking 'this is the loudest home crowd I've ever heard,' it was rock concert deafening. Doesn't mean the Pavilion is the best in New England, but I think it's the loudest, I think it's like one of those whisper chambers where the shape of the walls amplify sound like a bullhorn.

Ramulous · Unread post by **Ramulous** » 6 years ago

The only drawback to Ryan for me is the long process of getting out of the parking lots.....I am lucky I linger in the arena....others don't have that luxury...

RF1 · Unread post by **RF1** » 6 years ago

Ramulous wrote:The only drawback to Ryan for me is the long process of getting out of the parking lots.....I am lucky I linger in the arena....others don't have that luxury...

Would you rather wait in a long line to exit and pay in an enclosed parking garage breathing the exhaust of the car in front of you?