[外電] What’s Pacers’ next play?

看板PACERS (印第安那溜馬)作者IndyPacers (Mr.31)時間18年前 (2008/01/29 02:35)推噓10(11推 1噓 9→)

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http://myurl.com.tw/q42l The Indiana Pacers have hit rock bottom. This month, the team slipped into last place in average home attendance among the 30 National Basketball Association teams, falling behind the New Orleans Hornets, a team that is selling tickets in an area still ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. 主場觀看人數我們榮登30名。 The Pacers’ average home attendance through 19 games is 12,068. New Orleans is averaging 12,159 through 21 home dates. 還輸給黃蜂隊。 The attendance slump and two consecutive years of financial losses have stirred speculation the franchise will ask for city assistance. 主場人數的爆落以及過去2年財務的損失是否意味著將要尋求支援。 The situation is so bad, said league insiders, NBA Commissioner David Stern is keeping an eye on it. 史坦說這真是糟糕，且密切關注著。 “It’s one of a handful of clubs the NBA is concerned about,” said Marc Ganis, president of Chicago-based Sportscorp Ltd., a firm that works with several NBA teams on business operations. “This is something no one foresaw three or four years ago.” Scott O’Neil, NBA senior vice president for team marketing and business operations, said, “We’re putting a little extra time into the Pacers at this point.” 聯盟高層花額外時間來關注球隊。 NBA account managers have come to Indianapolis to help with marketing, branding and sales, O’Neil said. 聯盟高層來印城幫忙行銷。 “This is not a five-alarm fire,” he said. “Our mind-set is, let’s get the ship righted.” If the Pacers’ attendance doesn’t improve, this could be the worst year since 1990-1991, when the team averaged 11,592 per home game at Market Square Arena. The franchise hasn’t slid below 12,000 since then and only dipped below 15,500 once since 1994-1995. That was last year, when average attendance for the 41 home games was 15,359. 主場觀眾數是90-91年以來最糟糕的，當時還在Market Square Arena球場時。去年球季還有主場平均有15359人。 “This type of attendance drop does surprise me,” said Mark Rosentraub, former dean at IUPUI and author of “Major League Losers,” a book about professional sports operations. Rosentraub said teams that experience such dramatic attendance declines need to survey their fan base and take action based on the results. One aspect that is troubling to Rosentraub is that the team’s spot in the standings doesn’t mirror their attendance rank. 球隊目前的戰績沒有反映出球迷出席率應有的水平。 “This is a team that is still in the hunt for a playoff spot,” he said. “ It makes you wonder.” 這還是支追逐著季後賽的球隊。 A string of off-court escapades and courtroom appearances by players hasn’t helped, sports marketers said. Forbes Magazine reported the Pacers lost $12.5 million during the 2005-2006 season and another $1.3 million last year. The team has stemmed the bleeding by cutting its player payroll from $79 million during the 2005-2006 season to $67 million last year, according to Forbes. 05-06年損失12.5M，去年是1.3M。同時薪資總額從76M降到67M。 It isn’t all bad news for the Pacers. 當然不是全然都是壞消息。 The team’s merchandise sales are in the top half of the NBA, Pacers officials say. Corporate support continues to be strong, with all but a couple of Conseco Fieldhouse suites leased, and almost 200 corporate partners on the books, said Jim Morris, special assistant to Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh. 球隊商品的行銷是所有球隊前15名的。組織的支援是持續茁壯的。後面開始懶得翻了。略..... 有興趣的自己看全文吧。我從國外討論版中截取最近幾年主場的人數變化，可以發現這是很嚴重的問題。 Indiana 2007-08 - 12068 2006-07 - 15359 2005-06 - 16179 2004-05 - 16994 這一年是個分水嶺，理由我們都曉得。 #31 Forever! 2003-04 - 16556 2002-03 - 16352 平均一場少了3千多人，這是非常恐怖的事情。如果大鳥或是Walsh不重視的話，位置搞不好還會被拔掉。 #31 真的是我們球隊的神主牌了。一退休之後，人數開始滑落。看看波特蘭同時間的變化 Portland 2007-08 - 18967 2006-07 - 16360 2005-06 - 15053 (last in league) 2004-05 - 16594 2003-04 - 16585 2002-03 - 19420 人家最慘時還沒我們家這麼可憐。 -- 只需要認識我的文字 http://www.wretch.cc/blog/indypacers -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 218.160.74.74 ※ 編輯: IndyPacers 來自: 218.160.74.74 (01/29 02:37)

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