A brief look at past history

[Chairman Moe]

Pitt will play George Washington for the 27th time in series history. Pitt holds a 17-9 all-time record vs. GW, including wins in six of the last seven meetings. The last time Pitt and George Washington met was on Feb. 27, 1982 at Fitzgerald Field House. The two schools were former basketball members of the Eastern 8 Conference from 1978-82.

From the pittpanthers website

Given the long draught in years since we've played, and the fact that GW is not a P5 school, I'm gonna guess attendance to be in the neighborhood of 6,500-7,000. Hope for more but that's a realistic number I think. Anyone know much about how we'll match up against the Colonials?

 

[TIGER-PAUL]

GW would be a good series to play in DC now and then.

 

[California Panther]

When I lived in the Northern Virginia area in the 70s

I saw Pitt play 2 games at GW. First one was on the Ft Myer army base, both GW and AU used to play home games there. Then after GW built the Smith Center, I saw the Panthers play there. Long live the 70s!

 

[Black Panther]

Re: When I lived in the Northern Virginia area in the 70s

So if the internet and pantherlair existed back on the 70's you would have been Northern Virginia Panther?

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

I have a feeling.....

that if it is true that they aren't opening the upper level and the lower level is going to be all general admission that my previous guess of 3,000 - 4,000 actual attendance is going to be too optimistic. Way too optimistic.

 

[Chairman Moe]

Al Gore not happy

Didn't he invent the Internet by then??! ;^)

 

[Black Panther]

Re: Al Gore not happy


If he did we weren't using it...LOL.And I would have been too young to be online anyway...

 

[California Panther]

Re: When I lived in the Northern Virginia area in the 70s

Originally posted by Black Panther:
So if the internet and pantherlair existed back on the 70's you would have been Northern Virginia Panther?

I really enjoyed my 15 years in Northern Virginia after graduation from Pitt, but you couldn't pay me to live there now. I left that area for the West in 1985. Was back there most recently on a business trip last October and the sprawl now reaches all the way to Leesburg out Route 7. Nothing but massive congestion. There used to be a Tysons Corner mall when I lived there, now Tysons Corner has skyscrapers and maybe 3-4 malls (not sure of the exact number).

 

[IamHeisenberg]

Totally unrealistic number. 1500-2000 tops.

 

[Chairman Moe]

Are you counting students in that number? And I'm curious; would students get a break on the ticket prices? We'll need the Zoo there in full force to make some noise ...

 

[Pitt79]

Originally posted by IamHeisenberg:
Totally unrealistic number. 1500-2000 tops.

I don't care how many people go, it's a Tuesday Night and I'm watching on TV, so if nobody goes that's OK too. You'd think they could fill it up with students if they wanted to, there's more than enough within walking distance to do that. why not just let students in for $5 or even free? When I was a student in the '80s, tickets where free, all you had to do was go pick them up and show a student ID.

 

[Harve74]

Re: I have a feeling.....

Originally posted by Joe the Panther Fan:
that if it is true that they aren't opening the upper level and the lower level is going to be all general admission that my previous guess of 3,000 - 4,000 actual attendance is going to be too optimistic. Way too optimistic.

Well, so far they are selling seats normally, not general admission. I called shortly after the Ticket Office opened and their intro message didn't mention the NIT, just renewing FB tix.

 

[thebadby2]

Re: When I lived in the Northern Virginia area in the 70s

I don't know what part of Cali you live in, but that's not the first state that comes to mind when we're talking about escaping congestion, urban sprawl and development.

I grew up (through 5th grade) in Huntington Beach, which was a laid back little surfer town back then in the mid 70s. I took my wife to see my old home 10 years ago and it was almost unrecognizable, as was the horrendous traffic on every major artery.

 

[IamHeisenberg]

Originally posted by Chairman Moe:
Are you counting students in that number? And I'm curious; would students get a break on the ticket prices? We'll need the Zoo there in full force to make some noise ...

Not counting students. Wasn't sure if they were still on break but I see from the provost calendar that ended Sunday. So, the Zoo would probably be as full as we have been for a good nonconference match up.

Looking at some of the attendance figures the first night of last year there were very few places that got above 2000 fans.

GW isn't going to pull the casual fan in.

 

[California Panther]

Re: When I lived in the Northern Virginia area in the 70s

Originally posted by thebadby2:
I don't know what part of Cali you live in, but that's not the first state that comes to mind when we're talking about escaping congestion, urban sprawl and development.

I grew up (through 5th grade) in Huntington Beach, which was a laid back little surfer town back then in the mid 70s. I took my wife to see my old home 10 years ago and it was almost unrecognizable, as was the horrendous traffic on every major artery.

That is an incorrect view many have of California, they think everything California is a concrete jungle just like LA and the Bay Area.

I live in a very small county in Central California that is larger than the state of Rhode Island, the largest "city" in my county has 1,500 people, the entire county has only 15,000 people and we have no traffic signals in the entire county, only stop signs. So my portion of California is very rural without congestion, urban sprawl and development.