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<blockquote data-quote="QCtoKC" data-source="post: 1735473" data-attributes="member: 747446"><p>Crowds were pretty good, especially on Saturday for the championship sessions.</p><p></p><p>We definitely missed the Experience, though. There just needed to be something else.</p><p></p><p>The third place session for the big schools was actually good. I was concerned the teams would not have an interest it. However, attendance was putrid. And the kids were gassed from having to play twice in one day. 4A in particular (and 2A for the small schools) had it rough having to play in two straight sessions.</p><p></p><p>Also, Friday (and Thursday I’m sure but we didnt show up until Friday) was too packed. Three sessions is too much. We immediately left after session two, went down the street for a quick bite, and came right back and did so with 4 minutes to spare before tip-off. Not sure what they can do, but 10 am to 11 pm is too much. And they require teams to play twice in one day. Product could really suffer.</p><p></p><p>For some reason, they didn’t let people in for the small school championship session until about 20 minutes before tip. It was freezing cold with harsh winds. It was poorly managed.</p><p></p><p>Also, the in-arena experience was bad. They didn’t show replays for the most part. They showed SHG’s game-winning buzzer-beater once in replay. Ridiculous.</p><p></p><p>Champaign has a lot of work to do to match, or even come close to, Peoria.</p><p></p><p>But they did have nice crowds, I’ll say again. I just hope they improve the overall experience and the IHSA needs to figure out the three sessions per day and the third place sessions will never draw well. Not sure what the solution is, though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QCtoKC, post: 1735473, member: 747446"] Crowds were pretty good, especially on Saturday for the championship sessions. We definitely missed the Experience, though. There just needed to be something else. The third place session for the big schools was actually good. I was concerned the teams would not have an interest it. However, attendance was putrid. And the kids were gassed from having to play twice in one day. 4A in particular (and 2A for the small schools) had it rough having to play in two straight sessions. Also, Friday (and Thursday I’m sure but we didnt show up until Friday) was too packed. Three sessions is too much. We immediately left after session two, went down the street for a quick bite, and came right back and did so with 4 minutes to spare before tip-off. Not sure what they can do, but 10 am to 11 pm is too much. And they require teams to play twice in one day. Product could really suffer. For some reason, they didn’t let people in for the small school championship session until about 20 minutes before tip. It was freezing cold with harsh winds. It was poorly managed. Also, the in-arena experience was bad. They didn’t show replays for the most part. They showed SHG’s game-winning buzzer-beater once in replay. Ridiculous. Champaign has a lot of work to do to match, or even come close to, Peoria. But they did have nice crowds, I’ll say again. I just hope they improve the overall experience and the IHSA needs to figure out the three sessions per day and the third place sessions will never draw well. Not sure what the solution is, though. [/QUOTE]
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