I understand we were just coming off a 3 game losing streak, but I do think the crowd was less than it should have been The box score has it at 3100, that isn’t true. I think the free toy tickets might have been counted in that.
On the football page people always say “once the team wins, people will show up”. And yes that is a good point, that isn’t everything. This is one of the best Zips teams on paper in recent memory. They are playing Bradley, a highly regarded opponent nationally. The crowd wasn’t anything crazy, probably below-average to be honest. I only saw one tweet this morning mentioning cram the cruiser and bring a toy get a free ticket. The in game experience is lack luster, we haven’t had a DJ since covid. I always say it, but lack of promotions, while it may be silly, it does mean something to the experience. Willy Kollman isn’t the emcee anymore, he was always one of my favorite parts of games pre covid.
Yes basketball does a better job than football at basically everything. But we need to do more if we actually want to see big crowds for a great product