In classic fashion, it was a typical NBA snoozefest for three periods, eclipsed by a fourth quarter comeback worthy of the team's young talent.
But an announced attendance of 14,872 that looked a lot closer to 60-70% of that figure demonstrated an early week's difficulty in attracting any semblance of a nightlife buzz; blame a Panthers hangover if you want.
The average fan, and casual Crawl reader, simply finds the Bobcat option as an unattractive cauldron of our disposable income. My immediate observations, which are destined to boil away in a similar fate:
- My gratuitous upper level seat, aligned with the courtside baseline, is forty bucks a game. Adopt my old Hornets' philosophy: If it's free, you can count on me! Make friends with rich people, or bank employees.
- Give the smokers a break. Their halftime addiction, while shoehorned on the terrace patio, deserves at least an outside beer tub, some heat, and a television.
- The Rockin' Roof Top bar area, emulating the pro outdoor parks with an open-aired lounge area for pedestrian traffic, offers a ridiculous hightop counter and backsplash that completely obstructs the court unless you lean forward in your barstool...the entire game.
- $5.75 and $6.75 beer prices discourage tipping, a respectful practice amongst drinking professionals. Value for the price, an obvious hurdle, is not even worth the printed argument.
- Beer-adverse? Ask Santa for a flask.
- $10 parking, the area's current going rate, now infects the rest of downtown for those not even attending a game. Thanks to the coliseum, which the majority of Charlotte voted against, thirty-nine more hoops dates will have suburban partiers thinking twice about the commute.
1 comment:
Primoz, good points made, but some specifics weren't the intent of the rant. Granted, parking can be had for cheaper further away, but the point is solid. Most major parking opportunities, as I've seen in my two trips there now, are all $10.
My apologies on misrepresenting the name instead of the Arena. But aren't we deviating from the bigger picture here?
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