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Date Posted: 17:38:59 02/16/03 Sun
Author: JoeStag
Subject: Re: Alumni Hall versus the Arena - why is it an all or nothing discussion?
In reply to: STAGAL 's message, "Re: Alumni Hall versus the Arena - why is it an all or nothing discussion?" on 16:04:04 02/16/03 Sun

The 5-year Contract that we signed gave us some bene's like getting prefferred scheduling dates, logos.... in a sense, we are almost like business partners with them. Fairfield Basketball, by name, is now associated with the Bridgeport Arena.... unlike the relationship that Rider has with the SBA. I am sure that the contract can be modified a bit. I would

- play all Weekday Womens games at Alumni Hall
- If we wanted to play 2-3 Men's games at Alumni Hall that would be OK, but hopefully the purpose of that decision would be to benefit students, not just a cost cutting measure. I think the breakeven point is 2,500 and 3,000 fans

The bottom line is that if we had this type of winnng season last year, we would already be averaging 3,000-3,500, and not even having this type of discussion. The disappointment of last season, cut into season ticket sales which is the foundation of good attendance. Now with a successfull season, and a bright future for this progam, we really have something to sell as far as Season Tickets.

The vision of playing in the Arena was to attract good recruits and schedule top opponents which will raise the level of the program..... which has definitely happened. The ultimate long term goal is to be prepared to be in a conference with all Top Quality Hoop programs.

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[> [> [> Re: Alumni Hall versus the Arena - why is it an all or nothing discussion? -- Stagman, 08:23:45 02/17/03 Mon

It has often been said that the move to the arena allows us to 1) attract better OOC opposition. Better OOC opposition allows us to 2) attract better players. Better players allow us to consistently 3) be one of the top teams in the MAAC. Being one of the top teams in the MAAC will 4) drive up attendance as word gets out that Fairfield is good.

#1 and #2 have been accomplished. #3 is in its infancy, but as we can see, the Stags are now competing for the MAAC championship. #4 will take a little while.


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[> [> [> [> What about the women's team??? -- STAGAL, 08:30:29 02/17/03 Mon

While the men's team will IMO most likely never return to Alumni Hall after the contract is up in 3 years, should the women's team play league games at home instead. They never really had much following at Alumni Hall, and to see a couple of hundred fans at most of their Arena games in not only sad, but is costing the school tons of money. Maybe that's why they had to drop football and hockey, to pay their cost.


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