NEERFAN Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Session 1 this year Attendance: 4413 Session 2 this year Attendance: 3369 Session 3 this year Attendance: 3987 Session 4 this year Attendance: 4808 Any way to find the numbers for the past few years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Ball-fan Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Session 1 this year Attendance: 4413 Session 2 this year Attendance: 3369 Session 3 this year Attendance: 3987 Session 4 this year Attendance: 4808 Thanks for the attendance numbers. Attendance can increase as you move towards the semi's and finals, however lots of early tournament fans leave as their team loses. It will be interesting to see how the numbers fluctuate throughout the tourney. Those numbers, along with recent year's numbers, should be very helpful and telling if anyone is trying to decide what more centralized facility could hold the event. Then I suppose you could also figure that if it is held in at a more centralized location there's a chance of drawing even more numbers since more will travel if they don't have to travel so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice of Reason Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Those numbers are about the same as last year. Here are the numbers after the first 4 sessions for the past four years: Attendance down in Girls Sweet 16’s first trip to NKU | | USA Today High School Sports Here are total attendance records: http://khsaa.org/records/basketball/gbk-recordbook_sweet16records.pdf 1978 23,807 1979 27,043 1980 18,420 1981 21,907 1982 20,406 1983 25,888 1984 24,890 1985 22,511 1986 20,540 1987 22,312 1988 22,868 1989 25,023 1990 21,944 1991 23,778 1992 22,756 1993 27,478 1994 23,484 1995 25,640 1996 25,784 1997 26,213 1998 29,714 1999 25,597 2000 27,922 2001 26,528 2002 26,171 2003 18,544 2004 21,242 2005 23,156 2006 24,883 2007 22,501 2008 23,382 2009 24,706 2010 35,453 2011 43,406 2012 30,382 2013 39,686 2014 31,540 2015 38,489 2016 31,947 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letabrotherspeak Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 There is a lot of chatter that the Girls Sweet 16 will return to BB&T next year and then move to Rupp Arena in 2019 and be played the same week as the boys tournament in something like a Monday through Sunday setup which may mirror how the All A Tournament is run. St. Elizabeth has been a terrific partner for the KHSAA and they really like the support they have given the girls Sweet 16 at BB&T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camelman Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 What happened in 2011 that everyone was all excited about? 2011 43,406 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Card Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 EKU honestly would be the best as far as central location. NKU is too far North, WKU is too far south west, Rupp Arena and the Yum Center are too big, Memorial Coliseum is too small, and I can't see it being in Freedom Hall. EKU has the perfect sized arena and is a central location. Memorial Coliseum is not too small, it is actually quite a bit larger than EKU, I believe at least another 3K seats. IMO, I think either place would be a good choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memyselfandi Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 If you scroll down to page 8 it has the highest sessions for the total tournament. If I am not mistaken both of these sessions were Campbell Co & Holmes sessions. 2016 (5) - 6056 2016 (2) - 5697 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Schue Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 What happened in 2011 that everyone was all excited about? 2011 43,406 Two teams that travel well — Rockcastle Co. and Marion Co. — got to the finals and SFs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengal Maniac Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 They are on pace for 33+ this year. Doesn't appear to be a significant difference. Seems to be who is playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maysvilleky Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I haven't been to NKU this year. Is the community support greater this year? Last year, you could hardly tell there was a State Tournament going on. I think Community support is a key to making this a bigger event. For girls basketball I don't think you have a large number of casual walk in fans, so the teams involved will determine most of the crowds. The more the teams, coaches, referees, KHSAA personnel, etc. feel appreciated by the community is what I think will determine where the tourney will be played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nees1212 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 I haven't been to NKU this year. Is the community support greater this year? Last year, you could hardly tell there was a State Tournament going on. I think Community support is a key to making this a bigger event. For girls basketball I don't think you have a large number of casual walk in fans, so the teams involved will determine most of the crowds. The more the teams, coaches, referees, KHSAA personnel, etc. feel appreciated by the community is what I think will determine where the tourney will be played. As mentioned in another thread, you can't even tell NKU just won the Horizon around here let alone a high school tournament is being played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allsport71 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 There has been no support from the local media, the enquirer has zero about it in the morning paper, I just don't understand why the community don't get behind this event more. Even though I live in Northern Ky, I think Western really supports it being in there community. It is great that ST E is invested in it, but most people have no clue it is even going on. We have two local teams playing and still no support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coach14 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 EKU honestly would be the best as far as central location. NKU is too far North, WKU is too far south west, Rupp Arena and the Yum Center are too big, Memorial Coliseum is too small, and I can't see it being in Freedom Hall. EKU has the perfect sized arena and is a central location. Memorial is too small? Might want to recheck your facts... Frankfort Convention Center - 5000+ seating capacity Johnson Arena @ Morehead- 6500 seating capacity Diddle Arena @ WKU - 7326 seating capacity BB&T @ NKU - 10,000 seating capacity Memorial @ UK - 10,000 seating capacity Alumni @ EKU – 6500 seating capacity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scon36 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 If you scroll down to page 8 it has the highest sessions for the total tournament. If I am not mistaken both of these sessions were Campbell Co & Holmes sessions. 2016 (5) - 6056 2016 (2) - 5697 Let's not give Campbell all the credit. In session 2 last year they played Trimble and TC had as many fans there as CC. Small county farther away but always travels well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paNDA Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Have it wherever you can get the biggest sponsor. If you have it they will come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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