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Women's pro basketball comes to the Garden, if only for one night
By adamg on Tue, 08/20/2024 - 11:37pm
Michael Burstein was in the stands when the Connecticut Sun took on and beat the Los Angeles Sparks in the first ever WNBA game at the Garden tonight.
Kory Gladysz was there, too (and shows it after the place completely filled up): "It was an amazing turnout for TD Garden's first WNBA game. One for the history books! Sold out! BOSTON SHOWED UP! "
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That WNBA team should be moved here
What's it doing in a small town of 14,000 people?
No shade on Uncasville
But a professional sports team doesn't really belong there. I know that there's interest given the proximity to UConn and their successes, but the WNBA is having a breakout season, puts a good product on the floor, and Boston most certainly would be able to support a team. It would be interesting knowing the demographics of the Sun's current fan base: how many people are making the drive down from the Boston area (I'd assume a good number), and could Connecticut support a team with Boston and New York on either side (yes, but the Mighty Whale was ripped away from Hartford anyway). Or do what the Celtics did for many years and play a few games each year in Hartford.
Uncasville=Mohegan Sun
It's in Uncasville because Mohegan Sun has an arena and tons of parking. I expect they subsidize the team to bring more people to the casino before/after games.
Too many knuckledraggers
Boston has too many knuckledraggers who know, they just know, that no one watches women's basketball.
No matter how hard you wish it
The WNBA has had a very low attendance and viewership UNTIL this year, which is mostly/all driven by Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese.
Careful
You'll get an infection dragging those scabs raw through all the filth you wade through.
They're not wrong...
Indiana Fever average home attendance last year was 4,066. This year it was 16,571 through their first five games. TV ratings nearly tripled for the first month of this season.
It's really not unreasonable to draw the connection with the buzzworthy rookies who drew huge audiences through their college careers -- plenty of fans followed male players from the NCAA to their NBA teams, too.
The arena
Mohegan Sun built an arena.
What's an NFL team doing
In a town of 18,600 residents?
What are the Pats doing in a town with 18,600 people?
Raking in $billions.
The Encore has reportedly been on the market. How about Mohegan buys it and builds a basketball/soccer emporium somewhere on the beautiful shores of Everett?
Why show the arena mostly empty?
I thought the game was a dud before I clicked the other link.
Got our kids tickets for Christmas
Splurged a bit - about 5 rows behind the benches. But buying them nine months ago means those seats were a steal.
They had a wonderful time.