Whats wrong with Carver?

[racerhawk]

That and the product on the floor hasn't been very good for a number of years. I have said it before and will say it again, once the team starts winning the fans will come back and there won't be any mention of CHA.

I agree. A good team that plays an exciting style will take care of nearly everything. I know times are changing, and people need to be entertained by video all the time, but honesty, CHA is a good arena. It's just that a crappy team plays there currently.

If the place is full and two good teams are playing, the place is way more than adequate. Any place will seem bad with 5k worth of fans and a bad team.

 

[Blackhawk33]

Move the students where they will get some face-time on TV, paint the seats black and gold, add bleachers behind the baskets for some Carver Crazies, and who cares about lazy fans that don't like excited students standing through the game.

 

[urohawk]

I agree with many that the main problem with Carver is lack of butts in the seats but there are many other things that make it less than ideal.

1. As somebody mentioned, the main design is to get people out quick. The problem is that towards the floor where you want your fans there is a huge amount of aisle space and not enough actual seats. Literally in the first two rows it goes 4 seats, aisle, 4 seats, aisle all the way around.

2. The press row being where it is is bad. Move them up so fans that are cheering are closer.

3. Since it isn't tiered in any way the students either only get two sections (mostly behind the basket) or you have to block of seats right behind them and take away prime seats close to the floor. Compare to Michigan where students are completely wrapped around and since there is a tier behind the students people that sit during the game can stay in the those seats.

4. Lack of boxes doesn't allow for big donors. This isn't a huge issue in my book because compared to football you don't need basketball to bring in huge money. Just fill the arena and make it exciting and let football be your cash cow.

6. This doesn't really have anything to do w/ Carver but our marketing department for basketball is terrible. Barta should really look at this. Sometimes change is needed to bring fresh blood into the program.

 

[BA96MA99]

I agree with many that the main problem with Carver is lack of butts in the seats but there are many other things that make it less than ideal.

1. As somebody mentioned, the main design is to get people out quick. The problem is that towards the floor where you want your fans there is a huge amount of aisle space and not enough actual seats. Literally in the first two rows it goes 4 seats, aisle, 4 seats, aisle all the way around.

2. The press row being where it is is bad. Move them up so fans that are cheering are closer.

3. Since it isn't tiered in any way the students either only get two sections (mostly behind the basket) or you have to block of seats right behind them and take away prime seats close to the floor. Compare to Michigan where students are completely wrapped around and since there is a tier behind the students people that sit during the game can stay in the those seats.

4. Lack of boxes doesn't allow for big donors. This isn't a huge issue in my book because compared to football you don't need basketball to bring in huge money. Just fill the arena and make it exciting and let football be your cash cow.

6. This doesn't really have anything to do w/ Carver but our marketing department for basketball is terrible. Barta should really look at this. Sometimes change is needed to bring fresh blood into the program.

Right, especially about the lack of boxes.

Also, 15,500 is just short of the number required to host an NCAA tourny game, I think? Can't track that down, and I may be wrong, but I thought you need to seat 16,000 to host one???

But does anybody like Wells Fargo Arena better than CHA? Because that would be a "better" facility. If CHA is cavernous, The Well is more so.

 

[clicheusername3]

Right, especially about the lack of boxes.

Also, 15,500 is just short of the number required to host an NCAA tourny game, I think? Can't track that down, and I may be wrong, but I thought you need to seat 16,000 to host one???

But does anybody like Wells Fargo Arena better than CHA? Because that would be a "better" facility. If CHA is cavernous, The Well is more so.

I like the Well for concerts, sports not so much.