Holy crap....... the average price per ticket in Carver was $650

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............. well ok it was Caitlin Clark and her WNBA team playing the Brazil national women's basketball team. Guess who broke the NCAA all-time scoring record?

 


I listened to an interview where Cait talked about there not being air-conditioning in Carver............ but she's a pretty cool cucumber.

Now I wouldn't pay $650 to watch any woman's basketball game but the wife and I are talking about making the five hour drive down to watch Cait play in Vegas sometime in the future.
 




Maybe school teachers are a little tighter with their money than people with real jobs, but $650 to watch her play 19 minutes and win by a brazilian points? Not this guy. Loved watching it on TV though.
A 'Brazilian' points!!! Haha nicely done.

I was wondering if anyone from our boards here mighta went to it. I watched it and it was just typical Clark being Clark out there. She hit a 3 to start the game and at the end of the 3 quarters she played. She wasn't 100% her normal self whatever she's got going on with her leg it's legit. I'd say she was running at 75-80%
 


The Clark effect is beyond comprehension. If you had posted on this board 4 years ago that a exhibition WNBA game would sell 15k tickets, people would drive hundreds of miles to attend, and pay $700 a ticket, we would have laughed you out of the building.

How many other players on the planet could have replicated that? Maybe Lebron or Curry? But beyond that, who could draw that sort of crowd for an exhibition other than CC? Crazy.
 


We were fortunate enough to get tickets when they went on sale, so "only" paid the original price.

A "Brazilian" points--LOL--good one!, but it was still a very enjoyable experience to feel the enthusiasm of the crowd for what may well be the final CHA "Clark Effect live experience. Truly mind boggling to see so many Fever shirts, most with "22". A lot of "CLARK FEVER" shirts and jerseys, which also is very clever. Add in the Iowa 22 shirts and jerseys, and it was somewhere around half the crowd sporting "22".

A CC 3 to start the scoring and a 30-something footer from near the "22 Clark" spot on the floor as her last shot was a perfect way for her to start & end her day. She rode an exercise bike while she wasn't in the game, but didn't otherwise appear affected by the leg injury.

Getting a sense of how well Bonner, Howard, Cunningham, Colson and the other off-season veteran additions are going to blend with Mitchell, Boston and Clark was the best part, since the game was non-competitive from very early on.

Fun to have the '24 - '25 women's team introduced as a group during a timeout. And Coach Jensen got to talk for a bit, including pointing our Coach Bluder in the crowd. Gabby Marshall and another former player or two were courtside, and Clark went over to them right after the game. Surrounded by security people.

Very encouraging to see virtually all the team crowd around Clark when she was being interviewed after the game. There was some online stuff during their off season about one of the new veterans being disliked by Fever fans for her alleged negative comments about Clark, but like so much else you see online, there certainly didn't appear to be anything other than team unity. Anyway. . .

Don't know enough about how well the Liberty, Vegas and MN reloaded for the title chase, but the Fever sure looked the part of contenders Sunday.

All in all, a very enjoyable afternoon in CHA for a sold out crowd to see an exhibition game! Once Clark took a seat for good, there were a few fans who left, but given the blowout score, it was impressive how everyone else stayed for the whole game, and even afterwards to watch the interactions on court.

The Clark Effect rolls on in WNBA season #2.
 


I listened to an interview where Cait talked about there not being air-conditioning in Carver............ but she's a pretty cool cucumber.

Now I wouldn't pay $650 to watch any woman's basketball game but the wife and I are talking about making the five hour drive down to watch Cait play in Vegas sometime in the future.

Probably should order tickets NOW

I do believe the Fever are going to be contenders this season

Experienced quality coach and a solid supporting cast for Caitlin

There are 22 Fever Games that we get on ESPN, ABC, CBS and Prime

There are 23 games that we Don't get

The WNBA Subscription costs $35
 


We were fortunate enough to get tickets when they went on sale, so "only" paid the original price.

A "Brazilian" points--LOL--good one!, but it was still a very enjoyable experience to feel the enthusiasm of the crowd for what may well be the final CHA "Clark Effect live experience. Truly mind boggling to see so many Fever shirts, most with "22". A lot of "CLARK FEVER" shirts and jerseys, which also is very clever. Add in the Iowa 22 shirts and jerseys, and it was somewhere around half the crowd sporting "22".

A CC 3 to start the scoring and a 30-something footer from near the "22 Clark" spot on the floor as her last shot was a perfect way for her to start & end her day. She rode an exercise bike while she wasn't in the game, but didn't otherwise appear affected by the leg injury.

Getting a sense of how well Bonner, Howard, Cunningham, Colson and the other off-season veteran additions are going to blend with Mitchell, Boston and Clark was the best part, since the game was non-competitive from very early on.

Fun to have the '24 - '25 women's team introduced as a group during a timeout. And Coach Jensen got to talk for a bit, including pointing our Coach Bluder in the crowd. Gabby Marshall and another former player or two were courtside, and Clark went over to them right after the game. Surrounded by security people.

Very encouraging to see virtually all the team crowd around Clark when she was being interviewed after the game. There was some online stuff during their off season about one of the new veterans being disliked by Fever fans for her alleged negative comments about Clark, but like so much else you see online, there certainly didn't appear to be anything other than team unity. Anyway. . .

Don't know enough about how well the Liberty, Vegas and MN reloaded for the title chase, but the Fever sure looked the part of contenders Sunday.

All in all, a very enjoyable afternoon in CHA for a sold out crowd to see an exhibition game! Once Clark took a seat for good, there were a few fans who left, but given the blowout score, it was impressive how everyone else stayed for the whole game, and even afterwards to watch the interactions on court.

The Clark Effect rolls on in WNBA season #2.
Thanks for sharing that insight.
 


The Clark effect is beyond comprehension. If you had posted on this board 4 years ago that a exhibition WNBA game would sell 15k tickets, people would drive hundreds of miles to attend, and pay $700 a ticket, we would have laughed you out of the building.

How many other players on the planet could have replicated that? Maybe Lebron or Curry? But beyond that, who could draw that sort of crowd for an exhibition other than CC? Crazy.
As I thought, basically Lebron is the only basketball player on the planet that even compares to CC's draw.

 




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