MVC Tournament Attendance

[SB Shock]

Wessler: Arch Madness just fine without Wichita State

http://www.pjstar.com/sports/2018030...-wichita-state

Comparison of 2018 Attendance with 2016 & 2017

Thurs --30%. / -4%
Frid-1. -39% / -25%
Frid-2. -16%/-22%
Sat -41%/-31%

Overall -34%/-24%

Thru Saturday Games
2016 - 40,256
2017 - 34,953
2018 - 26,754

[AndShock]

And this is with every single school increasing their allotment. How much does the Valley lose just from us not being at Arch Madness. $400k? Yikes.

[Cdizzle]

Wessler: Arch Madness just fine without Wichita State

http://www.pjstar.com/sports/2018030...-wichita-state

Comparison of 2018 Attendance with 2016 & 2017

Thurs --30%. / -4%
Frid-1. -39% / -25%
Frid-2. -16%/-22%
Sat -41%/-31%

Overall -34%/-24%

Thru Saturday Games
2016 - 40,256
2017 - 34,953
2018 - 26,754

Trying to sell that turd sandwich as "fine" is exactly why WSU is gone to begin with.

Valley commissioner Doug Elgin used the words “addition by subtraction,”

LOL

The level of delusion is palpable.

[WuDrWu]

I have no problem towing the company line. But "addition by subtraction" is idiotic, petty and frankly embarrassing for Doug, whom I like, and the entire conference. Somebody should tell him so.

[DUShock]

It hurt Arch Madness & MVC league play competitiveness when Creighton departed and it killed it when WSU departed. Both of these schools were perennials of both and failing to acknowledge the “new reality” is delusional. As someone said in the Valley Thoughts thread, it won’t be long until Arch Madness is no longer Arch Madness because it is collocated with the Ladies tourney.

[SB Shock]

so much for the people will flock to open tournament. 8,056 for the championship game. Down from 11,744 last year. Overall attendance was down -26% from 2017 and -30% from 2016.

[ShockTalk]

With all Illinois schools in the semis and final and so much balance among all the schools, can one really expect more attendance than what they had this year?

[WheatShock]

so much for the people will flock to open tournament. 8,056 for the championship game. Down from 11,744 last year. Overall attendance was down -26% from 2017 and -30% from 2016.

I'm sure it didn't help that it was Loyola and their 50 fans in the final.

[Cdizzle]

I assumed all of Chicago drove down to see the game.

[mjbaker84]

Bag's like this guy are glad we dumped the MVC:
Ben FredericksonVerified account @Ben_Fred 5h5 hours ago






Ben Frederickson Retweeted
Oh, Gregg. This kind of behavior was on display at #ArchMadness for a long time. Now more eyes on him. Nothing's changed.

[ShockerPhi]

Looks like ScottTrade Center has to host the MVC championship through 2020. Will be interesting to see how attendance goes in the next two years pending on who is the best team in the Valley for those years.