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1:19 pm • 26 November 2009IF ONLY.
3:21 pm • 19 November 2009If I owned the Nets and wanted to move them to Brooklyn, I wouldn’t build Atlantic Yards. I would have the team play in a high school gym in Bed Stuy. All tickets cost $20, and 25% of them are reserved for people who live in the neighborhood.
The amount of goodwill you would generate would be enormous. How are you not the world’s favorite sports team? Every good player (good meaning talent and character) would want to play there. Your home court advantage would be ridiculous. There would be nothing more intimidating.
On the financial side, the merch sales would be obscene. You would have the game jersey/team sportswear for huge segments who would buy into this as a fun throwback and a personification of cool. The merch would possibly be enough to offset the lost ticket sales (but probably not the luxury boxes). Seems worth a shot to me.
Of course it will never happen because the world isn’t fun that way, but if anyone who reads this ever inherits a sports franchise like in Little Big League, remember this post!
