Comets, WNBA are circling the drain
The spin coming from the Houston Comets on their upcoming move is amusing:
The Comets will leave Toyota Center and play their 2008 home games at the smaller but cozy Reliant Arena.
Comets owner Hilton Koch signed a contract with Reliant earlier this week.
"We are very excited that Reliant Arena will be the new home for the (Comets)," Koch said. "As an organization, our goal is to provide Comets fans with a phenomenal in-arena experience while at the same time maximizing the team's long-term growth potential.
"Reliant Arena's smaller venue (capacity 5,800) will be a great setting for our boisterous fans and will help create a powerful home-court advantage."
That's the press-release perspective.
Reality is this: The Comets and the WNBA are an inferior product that few people want to watch, and they are moving from a top-notch NBA arena (an attraction in itself, really) to what is effectively a rat trap in an undesirable part of town.
How much longer will the league or the franchise survive?
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/13/07 10:01 PM | Print | Comments (0)
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