Pacers' popularity surges with team's success

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Pacers' popularity surges with team's success

Pacers fans now
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Pacers Fans Pre-2012
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Pacers attendance by the numbers

• 28: Sellouts, most since 1999-2000 season, when Bankers Life Fieldhouse (then Conseco) opened and the Pacers made the NBA finals.

• 22: Sellouts the previous three seasons combined.

• .963: Percentage of capacity the Pacers are filling, 12th in the NBA.

• 17,501: Average attendance this season, 15th in the NBA.

• 2,231: Increase in average attendance from last season.

• 12,221: Average attendance in 2007-08, last in the NBA.

• 97 percent: Increase in TV ratings for Fox Sports Indiana.

• 74 percent: Increase in price on Pacer tickets on the secondary market this season, according to SeatGeek, highest in the NBA.
 
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Higher Tech said:
Just like most teams. Nobody wants to cheer for a loser.
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Pretty much. Unless you have a big exciting star or you are in a big-time market where a lot of rich people who have all kinds of disposable income live your attendance is going to be a reflection of how good your team is.
 
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welcome to american sports.


also I like the Japanese business guy just sitting there and what I assume are his kids in the row above. a guy in a suit at a game looks weird.
 
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Hiphoplives4eva said:
entire city of badwagoners....:scusthov:

Most of those cacs hate basketball with a passion due to its preponderance of blacks. Don't forget Indiana is literally where the headquarters of the KKK currently resides.
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You're over stating that, big time. It ain't about bandwagons, nobody's is going to spend time or money on a losing team. I bet Philly's attendance and Tv numbers are down this year, same for any shytty team over any number of years. Same way the ratings go up when a team starts winning
 
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beaniemac said:
man, the bulls lead the league in attendance damn near every year. even in years where they stink.

2013-2014 NBA Attendance - National Basketball Association - ESPN

even the year before drose was drafted they were #2 in attendance despite being bad that season.
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They're also in the 2nd most populated city in the country. It's also a basketball city, there's always going to be someone that wants to go to a Bulls game.

Chicago is all about sports branding. Why you think the cubs and bears are always high on the attendance lists? Chicago is definitely not the norm.
 
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