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Mysticsfan12
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ArtBest23
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Posted: 09/14/17 3:37 pm ::: |
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Eaglebank has a big concert the next night so it's probably not available, but they couldn't use the Smith Center or Bender Arena? Really?
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Shades
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Posted: 09/14/17 3:41 pm ::: |
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Get your tickets early, or will it be be season ticket holders only? 2500 capacity venue.
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Aladyyn
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bullsky
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Posted: 09/14/17 3:57 pm ::: |
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Luckily, I don't anticipating this series going that far, but that's pretty embarrassing...
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myrtle
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Posted: 09/14/17 4:07 pm ::: |
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They might as well have it in Delaware. That would be a sell out too. And I think it seats around twice that amount.
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toad455
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toad455
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Posted: 09/14/17 5:54 pm ::: |
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So all of these other choices weren't available?
Bender Arena(4,500)
Charles Smith Center(5,000)
Xfinity Center(17,500) - College Park, MD
Bob Carpenter Arena(5,000) - Newark, DE
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Queenie
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Posted: 09/14/17 7:08 pm ::: |
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Good old McDumpugh. An absolute shrine to not giving anything that resembles a fuck about women's basketball. The shittiest arena in the Big East, far and away.
For the good of the WNBA, the Lynx need to sweep this series.
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Pants
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Posted: 09/14/17 7:52 pm ::: |
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toad455 wrote: |
So all of these other choices weren't available?
Bender Arena(4,500)
Charles Smith Center(5,000)
Xfinity Center(17,500) - College Park, MD
Bob Carpenter Arena(5,000) - Newark, DE |
Or Eaglebank at George Mason in Fairfax, VA (10000)?
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Nerd2
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Posted: 09/14/17 7:55 pm ::: |
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I've been there. Just barely suited to a college game, totally unsuited for a WNBA game in the regular season, much less a high-profile semifinals game. If you look at the Capital One schedule, it's pretty packed. It's like they planned all along to not have their team play there.
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Aladyyn
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Posted: 09/14/17 7:58 pm ::: |
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Nerd2 wrote: |
I've been there. Just barely suited to a college game, totally unsuited for a WNBA game in the regular season, much less a high-profile semifinals game. If you look at the Capital One schedule, it's pretty packed. It's like they planned all along to not have their team play there. |
They should have looked for an alternative much earlier.
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tfan
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Posted: 09/14/17 7:59 pm ::: |
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Get your tickets early, or will it be be season ticket holders only? 2500 capacity venue. |
Sure doesn't look like the Mystics have 2,500 season ticket holders.
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Pants
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wnbafan
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CourtsideTix
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Posted: 09/14/17 10:30 pm ::: |
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Truly an insult to the players and fans to have a game at that Georegetown dump. There are high school gyms in the area that are far nicer.
What really ticked me off was this language in the Mystics announcement:
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The Mystics will join the Los Angeles Sparks, Minnesota Lynx, and Phoenix Mercury as teams that have all had to play in alternate locations during the 2017 WNBA playoffs. |
http://mystics.wnba.com/news/game-4-semifinals-held-mcdonough-arena/
Any of these other teams playing in a tiny dump with bleacher seats?
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Mysticsfan12
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Posted: 09/14/17 10:53 pm ::: |
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CourtsideTix wrote: |
Truly an insult to the players and fans to have a game at that Georegetown dump. There are high school gyms in the area that are far nicer.
What really ticked me off was this language in the Mystics announcement:
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The Mystics will join the Los Angeles Sparks, Minnesota Lynx, and Phoenix Mercury as teams that have all had to play in alternate locations during the 2017 WNBA playoffs. |
http://mystics.wnba.com/news/game-4-semifinals-held-mcdonough-arena/
Any of these other teams playing in a tiny dump with bleacher seats? |
Seriously, some high schools like Sidwell with new facilities might look better on tv if they could add some seats. I wonder if there was a better arena that was more $$$
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PUmatty
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Posted: 09/15/17 10:00 am ::: |
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It's an embarrassment and an insult to schedule a play-off game in that kind of arena.
Luckily, the chance that the game will be played seems to be approximately 0.
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pilight
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Posted: 09/15/17 10:04 am ::: |
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EDD's living room is bigger than that
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Shades
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Posted: 09/15/17 10:38 am ::: |
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PUmatty wrote: |
It's an embarrassment and an insult to schedule a play-off game in that kind of arena.
Luckily, the chance that the game will be played seems to be approximately 0. |
The owner is probably sending the message to the fans to get used to this. Your new home will be only twice the size of this venue. Television is where the money is at, not attendance... for the Mystics anyway.
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vallee
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Posted: 09/15/17 11:05 am ::: |
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I can't figure out how they will do a broadcast from there. I guess they will have to take some of the bleacher space for media, which would mean even less room for spectators. And having watched UConn play the Hoyas there, I can attest that the 2500 that could fit on those bleachers are all preteens. It's a tight fit on those stands.
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toad455
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Posted: 09/15/17 11:32 am ::: |
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I'd also assume tickets will likely be $25 general admission.
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