Why didn't the Big 4 Classic work?

[ChrisMWilliams]

The topic of my daily minute on Facebook but thought it could be a good forum talker.

My guess is the ticket deal: Most clone fans don't want to pay double the price to watch Iowa and UNI .... am I right?

 

[Rabbuk]

Because no one wants to watch their team play Drake.

 

[baller1]

The atmosphere has been awful the few times I have went. Wells is not a good basketball arena.

 

[NWICY]

The Well isn't that good of facility for basketball.

 

[1100011CS]

Because no one wants to watch their team play Drake.

Disagree. But I don't want to watch Iowa play Drake and pay double for the ticket and watch at the Well. Drake comes to Ames or we don't play at all. UNI home/away

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Not interested in watching the other two teams play. Nor am I interested in listening to everyone rooting for "not ISU" in our game. We already play home & home with Iowa, and Drake & UNI already play each other in conference games.
Let Drake and/or UNI make their own deals with us & with Iowa (although we all know how far they would get with Iowa).

 

[scottwv]

Not sure it was savable in today's basketball world. Maybe the could have rotated it to a different Campus each year. Hilton, Carver, Drake at Wells Fargo and UNI at the Dome.

 

[heitclone]

not enough college bball fans in central iowa sadly and DM isn't a great sports town.

 

[GrappleCy]

They way overestimated the amount of interest there would be for fans to watch the game their team isn't in. If they cleared the arena between games and sold separate tickets it would have worked way better. Or played one game on Friday night and one on Saturday.

 

[saf]

Pales in comparison to Hilton. Comes at a time when it is nice to have a bit of a sports break, as well.

 

[Tailg8er]

1) Ticket prices too high when you're only interested in 1 of the games.
2) Due to many people only being interested in 1 of the games, atmosphere was crap. A LOT of empty seats for each game.
3) Not a great bball venue. Definitely not one of those 'no bad seats in the house' arenas.

 

[brianhos]

The topic of my daily minute on Facebook but thought it could be a good forum talker.

My guess is the ticket deal: Most clone fans don't want to pay double the price to watch Iowa and UNI .... am I right?

Because tickets for this cost 1/4th my season ticket price.

 

[Sigmapolis]

The Well isn't that good of facility for basketball.

What is it good for...? Hockey?

 

[CloneFan4]

The atmosphere has been awful the few times I have went. Wells is not a good basketball arena.

Did you go to Wells for the NCAA tournament rounds?

 

[Sparkplug]

Atmosphere is lousy.
Wells is a terrible basketball arena.
Tickets are too pricey

But, I've gone every year.

 

[DeereClone]

TV situation doesn’t help - one way to gin up interest in tix is to have people watch on TV and “wish they were there” or go the following year. When it’s broadcast on one channel that a lot of people don’t get you lose interest in a hurry.

 

[rhoho]

The Well isn't that good of facility for basketball.

Yeah..thats it! Might be the reason the NCAA tournament is playing there for the 2nd time. COME ONE MAN

 

[laminak]

I hate to derail the thread, however I read multiple posts about the Well isn't good for basketball and DM isn't a college basketball town. Are these points correct? If so, then how/why did the NCAA select DM as a tournament site? Shouldn't that be shut down?

 

[jsb]

I enjoy attending but I have connections that get me seats on the side in row 3. It’s fun to sit that close.

I also enjoy cheering against Iowa but it is more fun if we win and Iowa plays second. That combo hasn’t happened much. Either we play second or we lose.

 

[Urbandale2013]

People compare Wells Fargo to Hilton and that is wrong. Wells Fargo is a much better arena than Carver. Hilton is just another level. The issue is not caring about the other game. It would have been cool having like 4 games against teams outside of the state. Something like that would probably work.