Glass House Attendance Amid Coronavirus Concerns

[mas1821]

With today being day 1 of games, has attendance taken a hit?

[pioneer42]

1 hour ago, mas1821 said:

With today being day 1 of games, has attendance taken a hit?

Here now!! Not to bad but it definitely isn’t jam packed!!

[TryNotToSuck]

1 hour ago, pioneer42 said:

Here now!! Not to bad but it definitely isn’t jam packed!!

I haven't been to the Murphy Center in years for a girls state tournament, but I have seen videos on social media and it doesn't look good in terms of attendance. However, for Wednesday games, is this normal? Thinking that some fans can't get off work because of the short notice from Saturday night games... Just curious to see if this is normal for Wednesday games. Obviously, having AAA teams go today, doesn't help.

[pioneer42]

4 minutes ago, TryNotToSuck said:

I haven't been to the Murphy Center in years for a girls state tournament, but I have seen videos on social media and it doesn't look good in terms of attendance. However, for Wednesday games, is this normal? Thinking that some fans can't get off work because of the short notice from Saturday night games... Just curious to see if this is normal for Wednesday games. Obviously, having AAA teams go today, doesn't help.

The home side was lots of people but the visitors side was pretty empty.

[hohmaster]

8 minutes ago, TryNotToSuck said:

I haven't been to the Murphy Center in years for a girls state tournament, but I have seen videos on social media and it doesn't look good in terms of attendance. However, for Wednesday games, is this normal? Thinking that some fans can't get off work because of the short notice from Saturday night games... Just curious to see if this is normal for Wednesday games. Obviously, having AAA teams go today, doesn't help.

I usually attend every year and this years' attendance for opening day wasn't off much, if any. In past years having a couple of 'boro area teams really jacked up the attendance.

[Waker]

I just read on Twitter that TSSAA is considering changes in the tournament after Thursday’s games.

[tradertwo]

4 minutes ago, Waker said:

I just read on Twitter that TSSAA is considering changes in the tournament after Thursday’s games.

just got a notification (associated press) that the NBA is suspending their season... that should settle everyone's nerves!

Edited March 12, 2020 by tradertwo

[mas1821]

11 minutes ago, tradertwo said:

just got a notification (associated press) that the NBA is suspending their season... that should settle everyone's nerves!

Yep..

It's on the cover of ESPN now.

[mas1821]

19 minutes ago, Waker said:

I just read on Twitter that TSSAA is considering changes in the tournament after Thursday’s games.

Yep...

 

COVID-19 concerns may impact future games

March 11, 2020

Middle Tennessee State University released a statement earlier today detailing contingency plans they are putting in place out of concern for COVID-19. Many of these changes impact students and class schedules. University offices and services are expected to remain open and operational.

“While our discussions with the professionals over the past days and weeks resulted in advice to continue with our games, this has become a very fluid situation,” said Bernard Childress, TSSAA Executive Director.

“The university is permitting the girls' state basketball tournament to continue,” added Childress. “Our plan at the moment is to finish the quarterfinal round. We will be continuing to review all available information tonight and tomorrow so that we can make a determination about how the rest of the tournament will proceed.”

TSSAA staff will be in communication with the administrators of the impacted schools and teams regarding any potential changes to the tournament schedule, and any necessary public announcements will be distributed to the media and published on TSSAA.org.

[ReitzFan]

2 hours ago, TryNotToSuck said:

I haven't been to the Murphy Center in years for a girls state tournament, but I have seen videos on social media and it doesn't look good in terms of attendance. However, for Wednesday games, is this normal? Thinking that some fans can't get off work because of the short notice from Saturday night games... Just curious to see if this is normal for Wednesday games. Obviously, having AAA teams go today, doesn't help.

AAA girls games are never a big draw anyway

[SuperFan14A]

I have a feeling that after the quarterfinal games tomorrow (Thursday), either the fans will not be allowed entry or it will be restricted to family. It's shaping up the way the rest of the country is restricting or eliminating large areas of contact.....except for Wal-Mart. We'll see how this turns out, but that's the feeling that I'm getting. Hopefully, I'm wrong....but not that often. 

[jimbo44]

This outbreak shouldn't be risky for most people except old farts like me. There has been no flu vac. developed for this strain yet.