October 9, 2023
Today's episode of can you believe the UNP arena hype.
Part of the narrative used to grab tax dollars for a city-owned arena is that "the SEC travels well." The implication being that joining the SEC will lead to more visitors spending $ in Norman.
If anyone has documentation that SEC basketball travels better than Big 10, the relevant information for the arena scheme, then please share.
What do we know? When Tennessee travels, there were only sellout crowds for 2 of the 9 SEC away games.
The proposed 8,000 seating capacity arena is smaller (about the same as Ole Miss) than the crowds that went to see Tennessee play when the team traveled to other SEC arenas.
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