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Post by hchoops on Jun 1, 2018 13:28:33 GMT -5
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Post by bison137 on Jun 1, 2018 14:11:40 GMT -5
It's a MAAC tradition to periodically move the tournament to somewhere other than Albany to eliminate Siena's homecourt advantage. But after a couple of years of dismal attendance, it always moves back to Albany. In a few years, it will no doubt be back in Albany.
Over the past 20 years, it has spent some time in each of Buffalo, Bridgeport, Springfield, and Trenton. And of course back in the 80's, they used the Meadowlands.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jun 1, 2018 14:51:06 GMT -5
With legal sports betting, I think they do OK attendance-wise.
Definitely a better location than Springfield or Bridgeport. Have they done Buffalo recently as well?
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Post by timholycross on Jun 1, 2018 16:10:00 GMT -5
Probably a good move as Siena won't be very good for a while...of course this year no one that close to AC was very good either.
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Post by res on Jun 1, 2018 19:36:26 GMT -5
With legal sports betting, I think they do OK attendance-wise. Definitely a better location than Springfield or Bridgeport. Have they done Buffalo recently as well? It hasn't been in Buffalo since 2005. I seriously doubt it would draw much better now, though there would probably be a slight uptick as college basketball had its best year in WNY in decades, though mainly through it's two non-MAAC member teams. Nonetheless, Canisius and especially Niagara had better than expected seasons. |
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Post by res on Jun 1, 2018 19:39:11 GMT -5
Probably a good move as Siena won't be very good for a while...of course this year no one that close to AC was very good either. . The thing is, that probably doesn't make much difference. A bad Siena is still likely to draw more fans in Albany than any other great MAAC team in its home market. |
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