magicfan217 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 It sounds like it was more about a corporate sponsor then attendance numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Ball-fan Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Personally I've never been to UK's Memorial Coliseum, but I often hear it being discussed as a possible location to hold a tournament, but never with much serious consideration. From a capacity standpoint it would seem that 10,000 would be enough, and would also keep the tourney from feeling like a ghost town that holding it at Rupp could possibly make it feel like. I'm happy to see it being moved to a more centralized location, but was wondering if anyone has any input as to why Memorial wouldn't make more sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet16 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 At the state AD's meeting a couple of weeks ago, Julian Tackett said (if approved) it would be during separate weeks. I suspect their desire is for the boys tournament will be the last week of the college regular season and the girls tournament would be during the men's SEC tournament. I see this happening to try to boost the attendance for the boys state tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDAWGS19 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Rupp is FAR too big to host the girls tournament. It's going to be like playing in a near empty gym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maysvilleky Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Rupp is FAR too big to host the girls tournament. It's going to be like playing in a near empty gym. If they do only lower arena seating initially (and only open the top if necessary) I don't see it being any different than playing at a 10,000 seat facility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchs_uk9 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 If they do only lower arena seating initially (and only open the top if necessary) I don't see it being any different than playing at a 10,000 seat facility. Good point. I think the bottom of Rupp is 10,000 seats. I'd curtain off everything up top and just sell the bottom for girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Professor Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Good point. I think the bottom of Rupp is 10,000 seats. I'd curtain off everything up top and just sell the bottom for girls. My guess is that's exactly what they will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16thBBall Fan Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 It sounds like it was more about a corporate sponsor then attendance numbers. I've heard that too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet16 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Good point. I think the bottom of Rupp is 10,000 seats. I'd curtain off everything up top and just sell the bottom for girls. They had curtains in the upper deck end zones this year for the boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Ball-fan Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Good point. I think the bottom of Rupp is 10,000 seats. I'd curtain off everything up top and just sell the bottom for girls. I wonder how pricing will be. With the boys @ Rupp you had the choice of upper section at half the price of the lower. If the girls is "lower only" (which I understand why) will the price be less than what it is for the lower level at the boys tourney? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchs_uk9 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 They had curtains in the upper deck end zones this year for the boys. Only in the top endzones, however. I'd imagine they'd pull curtains all around the upper deck for a girls state tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchs_uk9 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I wonder how pricing will be. With the boys @ Rupp you had the choice of upper section at half the price of the lower. If the girls is "lower only" (which I understand why) will the price be less than what it is for the lower level at the boys tourney? What do girls state tournament tickets typically cost per session? I know the boys are $18 in the lowers, but I'd imagine the girls might not run as high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet16 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Only in the top endzones, however. I'd imagine they'd pull curtains all around the upper deck for a girls state tournament. I would think they would as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Ball-fan Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 What do girls state tournament tickets typically cost per session? I know the boys are $18 in the lowers, but I'd imagine the girls might not run as high. Not completely sure, but I think that it was somewhere in the $11-$13 range. I didn't attend the girls tourney at the BB&T @ NKU so I'm not sure if there was any difference between the uppers and lowers, or even if there was assigned seating. The 9th Region Boys was General Admission except for perhaps the VIP court side seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebelstat Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Not completely sure, but I think that it was somewhere in the $11-$13 range. I didn't attend the girls tourney at the BB&T @ NKU so I'm not sure if there was any difference between the uppers and lowers, or even if there was assigned seating. The 9th Region Boys was General Admission except for perhaps the VIP court side seats. The tickets at the schools were $11 and if you team won they were $11 at the ticket office after that game. If you bought them at the arena the next day it was $13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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