Looks amazing
Its only going to seat 10,000 believe it or not. As we know, college basketball attendance is terrible most places and this is evidence of that. Despite being the "NBA team" in a fairly large city and being traditionally successful, they have a hard time drawing fans.
It seems like they are having the same type of downsizing technology as Mercedes-Benz Stadium has for Atlanta United so while most games will seat 10K, they'll open it up for 15K for big games. I'd love love love to see Pitt invest in something like this at The Pete. We will NEVER fill the Pete regularly again. Yea, if we become a Top 15 program again, we'll fill it a few times per year. Yea, Duke is always going to sell out but we're never going to fill it consistently. College hoops attendance is down, interest in the sport is down, and younger fans aren't as likely to attend live events like the generations before them. No idea how much this would cost but some type retractable surface covering the upper deck would make The Pete more intimate and actually look pretty cool.
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Its only going to seat 10,000 believe it or not. As we know, college basketball attendance is terrible most places and this is evidence of that. Despite being the "NBA team" in a fairly large city and being traditionally successful, they have a hard time drawing fans.
It seems like they are having the same type of downsizing technology as Mercedes-Benz Stadium has for Atlanta United so while most games will seat 10K, they'll open it up for 15K for big games. I'd love love love to see Pitt invest in something like this at The Pete. We will NEVER fill the Pete regularly again. Yea, if we become a Top 15 program again, we'll fill it a few times per year. Yea, Duke is always going to sell out but we're never going to fill it consistently. College hoops attendance is down, interest in the sport is down, and younger fans aren't as likely to attend live events like the generations before them. No idea how much this would cost but some type retractable surface covering the upper deck would make The Pete more intimate and actually look pretty cool.