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February 8, 2011
Are Nets' Attendance, YES Ratings at Rock Bottom of NBA Numbers?
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Sounds like Brooklyn won't be getting a "professional" sports franchise anytime soon. So glad we taxpayers are kicking in a billion bucks for this.
In spite of a move to Newark and a marketing campaign that things are "all new", the Nets attendance and TV ratings appear to be at the bottom of the NBA.
The Nets list their average attendance at "The Rock" as 12,868 so far this season, down nearly 2% from last year.
That's also about 1,000 lower than the next lowest, the Kings, who play in the league's most antiquated arena.
...Meanwhile, Sports Business Journal reports that the Nets' television ratings on YES are the lowest local ratings in the NBA, at 0.29, meaning only about a quarter of one per cent of all households in the New York area tune into watch the 15-37 Nets. The next lowest rating, for the Clippers on FOX Sports West, is nearly three times higher.
Posted by eric at February 8, 2011 10:28 AM