10-28-2021, 11:26 AM
(10-28-2021, 09:32 AM)mavsluvr Wrote: The arena was not empty. It was a few hundred seats from being full. The house was packed, despite the mask requirements. So it appears that the lesson is that the mask requirement is not affecting attendance in any significant way.
The only reason I started this topic is because pre-pandemic the Mavs were known for having sold out crowds almost every home game. It was never a question about filling seats (though during the tanking years it did get a little more empty which is understandable).
The only reason why we're even talking about this is because pre-pandemic the Mavs almost always had a sold out crowd every home game. I've become accustomed to seeing a packed AAC when I watched the Mavs. That home opener wasn't even close to being packed. It was jarring. I can't remember a home opener that wasn't packed. And we currently have one of the most exciting players in the league to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgQCwLvfIvA&ab_channel=PandaHank41
Fast forward to 1 minute in and look at all the empty seats halfway in the first. At 5:07 we can see a better view of at least half the stadium, and while blurry again there are so many empty seats.
Any way you slice it the attendance on Tuesday was a letdown compared to past seasons and demonstrably so. There are definitely a lot of valid explanations to this like Dallas becoming priced out from being able to watch the Mavs on cable, or we have largely the same roster as 3 years ago so it perhaps fan engagement is down, but I find it interesting that not even 1 home game in and Cubes is walking back the vaccination/negative test mandate for home games.
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