ted Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 For those who enjoy the raucous ride on the shuttle from the Bard & Banker to BM Stadium please be aware it leaves @ 5:30 this Saturday so we can enjoy the pre-game performance by the McGillicuddys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco07 Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 How was the shuttle? As boisterous as ever? Home opener attendance was announced at 1480 -- last season's home opener was 2142...hope that's not a sign of anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted May 25, 2010 Author Share Posted May 25, 2010 The shuttle ride was great. Apparently the home opener last year may have included a lot of freebie tickets. There was also the "new" factor and the big push they got from local media. So far this year the media has been less enthusiastic and Victoria really is a something of a Zombie-town when it comes to sports and entertainment events. People go where they are told to go. That said, the atmosphere at both home games has been great. We need more voices in the Braveheart's End but at least this weekend the beer girls came into the end more than once! On the plus side, I believe we are still beating a number of USL1/NASL teams for attendance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yomurphy1 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 ^ Any chance that Victoria could sustain a NASL. They would have little competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 But also no nearby teams. It's one thing to support an amateur PDL team when the travel is bus trips. It's another thing to have to fly to Minnesota, St. Louis, and of course Puerto Rico a couple times a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted May 26, 2010 Author Share Posted May 26, 2010 Actually there has been much discussion of a place in the NASL and the consensus is it could be possible in 3-5 years unless some crazy money appears out of nowhere. Lord Bob is being a bit disingenuous as Vancouver, Edmonton and several Pacific Coast teams would likely be in the league by that time so not all the games would involve air travel. Properly marketed and scheduled the NASL could be viable and Victoria already gets higher attendances than several NASL/USL1 clubs. I believe that Victoria would support a professional team in a Div2 national/NA league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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