Post by Bornthrilla on Nov 12, 2010 10:21:35 GMT -5
UNCG ahead of last year in tickets
Friday, November 12, 2010
(Updated 7:07 am)
By Gerald Witt
Staff Writer
UNCG'S HOME OPENER
Who: Florida State at UNCG
When: 3:30 p.m. Sunday
Where: Greensboro Coliseum
TV: Fox Sports South
GREENSBORO — If success can be measured in ticket sales instead of victories, the UNCG men's basketball program will start the 2010-11 season ahead.
About 1,200 season tickets have been sold for games at the Greensboro Coliseum, where the team is playing for a second straight season. About 800 were sold last season, and fewer than 100 were sold when the team last played at Fleming Gymnasium in 2008-09.
UNCG will open its season at Virginia Commonwealth at 7:30 p.m. today. The Spartans will play its home opener against the ACC's Florida State at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Spartans' marquee home opponent, national champion and No. 1-ranked Duke on Dec. 29, has generated total ticket sales of 9,500. A Duke game against UNCG at the Coliseum in 2005 drew a crowd of almost 21,000.
The season-ticket increase, school officials hope, is reflective of the effort to build a fan base around the team at the coliseum.
"You always wonder how the second year is going to be," said UNCG's athletics director, Kim Record.
ACC teams last season who wanted to familiarize themselves with the Greensboro Coliseum, site of the league tournament, visited and regularly outpaced the Spartans.
This year's schedule could end up similarly for UNCG.
"The first half of the season is not easy," Record said.
Read more:
www.news-record.com/content/2010/11/12/article/uncg_ahead_of_last_year_in_tickets
Friday, November 12, 2010
(Updated 7:07 am)
By Gerald Witt
Staff Writer
UNCG'S HOME OPENER
Who: Florida State at UNCG
When: 3:30 p.m. Sunday
Where: Greensboro Coliseum
TV: Fox Sports South
GREENSBORO — If success can be measured in ticket sales instead of victories, the UNCG men's basketball program will start the 2010-11 season ahead.
About 1,200 season tickets have been sold for games at the Greensboro Coliseum, where the team is playing for a second straight season. About 800 were sold last season, and fewer than 100 were sold when the team last played at Fleming Gymnasium in 2008-09.
UNCG will open its season at Virginia Commonwealth at 7:30 p.m. today. The Spartans will play its home opener against the ACC's Florida State at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Spartans' marquee home opponent, national champion and No. 1-ranked Duke on Dec. 29, has generated total ticket sales of 9,500. A Duke game against UNCG at the Coliseum in 2005 drew a crowd of almost 21,000.
The season-ticket increase, school officials hope, is reflective of the effort to build a fan base around the team at the coliseum.
"You always wonder how the second year is going to be," said UNCG's athletics director, Kim Record.
ACC teams last season who wanted to familiarize themselves with the Greensboro Coliseum, site of the league tournament, visited and regularly outpaced the Spartans.
This year's schedule could end up similarly for UNCG.
"The first half of the season is not easy," Record said.
Read more:
www.news-record.com/content/2010/11/12/article/uncg_ahead_of_last_year_in_tickets
