Re: NBA to realign in 2004-2005
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New Orleans will do very good with walk up crowds, obtaining high season ticket numbers down there may be tough. I read on HornetsReport.com that season tickets for this year are way down. However, New Orleans will draw huge walk up crowds from tourist, convention goers, and other visitors to the city. The Hornets asked the NBA to schedule most of their home games on weekends and during times when large conventions are in town. That plan may work, because I plan on making the trip down to New Orleans in Decmeber to catch a Saturday night game between the Hornets and Grizzlies.
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I live about 30 miles to the north of New Orleans, on the northshore of Lake Ponchartrain. Due to the stupidity of our local cable company(Charter Communications), the residents north of the lake(about 25-30 miles outside of New Orleans) cannot watch the Hornets games on television. When the Hornets moved here, Cox Communications, the cable company for the south shore of the lake, started up its own regional sports network, Cox Sports Television. The big draw of the network was the Hornets TV package. Also broadcast on the network was the New Orleans Zephrys AAA baseball team, LSU Tiger football, basketball, baseball, Tulane sports, Southeastern Louisiana University sports, as well as select regional sports. Charter Communications does not carry Cox. Charter wants to put it on a digital tier of sports programs and charge more. Cox is saying no way. Put the channel on basic cable. This stalemate has been going on for over a year now. It is ridiculous. The Hornets, themselves, are staying out of the dispute. I guess they got their money and are happy, BUT, I refuse to purchase any Hornets merchandise now. No shirts, hats, or tickets. There is a growing amount of people on the northshore who feel as I do and are also boycotting the Hornets. They are not renewing season tickets, are not buying mini plans. Nothing. Maybe now with the ticket base falling, the Hornets might get involved. But until I am able to watch the team when they are on the road, I refuse to spend a penny on that team. And I am not alone in that feeling. There are a number of upper class, "ritzy" neighborhoods on the northshore with people wiht money. These people are not renewing their tickets. The satellite companies are no help either. Neither Dish Network nor Directv carry the Cox Sports channel and neither have plans to add the channel to their lineup in the future. It is ridiculous and frustrating down here.
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ADW said:
New Orleans will do very good with walk up crowds, obtaining high season ticket numbers down there may be tough. I read on HornetsReport.com that season tickets for this year are way down. However, New Orleans will draw huge walk up crowds from tourist, convention goers, and other visitors to the city. The Hornets asked the NBA to schedule most of their home games on weekends and during times when large conventions are in town. That plan may work, because I plan on making the trip down to New Orleans in Decmeber to catch a Saturday night game between the Hornets and Grizzlies.
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I live about 30 miles to the north of New Orleans, on the northshore of Lake Ponchartrain. Due to the stupidity of our local cable company(Charter Communications), the residents north of the lake(about 25-30 miles outside of New Orleans) cannot watch the Hornets games on television. When the Hornets moved here, Cox Communications, the cable company for the south shore of the lake, started up its own regional sports network, Cox Sports Television. The big draw of the network was the Hornets TV package. Also broadcast on the network was the New Orleans Zephrys AAA baseball team, LSU Tiger football, basketball, baseball, Tulane sports, Southeastern Louisiana University sports, as well as select regional sports. Charter Communications does not carry Cox. Charter wants to put it on a digital tier of sports programs and charge more. Cox is saying no way. Put the channel on basic cable. This stalemate has been going on for over a year now. It is ridiculous. The Hornets, themselves, are staying out of the dispute. I guess they got their money and are happy, BUT, I refuse to purchase any Hornets merchandise now. No shirts, hats, or tickets. There is a growing amount of people on the northshore who feel as I do and are also boycotting the Hornets. They are not renewing season tickets, are not buying mini plans. Nothing. Maybe now with the ticket base falling, the Hornets might get involved. But until I am able to watch the team when they are on the road, I refuse to spend a penny on that team. And I am not alone in that feeling. There are a number of upper class, "ritzy" neighborhoods on the northshore with people wiht money. These people are not renewing their tickets. The satellite companies are no help either. Neither Dish Network nor Directv carry the Cox Sports channel and neither have plans to add the channel to their lineup in the future. It is ridiculous and frustrating down here.
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