The Memphis Grizzlies are currently selling tickets for as low as $2 per seat. They are averaging the 5th worst attendance in the league at 16, 833 which is worse than half of the Vancouver Grizzlies seasons almost 30 years ago when average attendance league wide was much lower than now.
Am I still petty that Memphis took our team? Absolutely.
But I can also guarantee you’d be hard pressed to find tickets to a Vancouver NBA game for the price of a quarter of a water at Rogers Arena. Not to mention I’m positive that Vancouver could do better than the 5th worst attendance in the league.
I look forward to seeing salty Memphis fans in my DMs, but just remember you would be frustrated too if a worse market stole you’re NBA team, and then showed poor support to an actually talented team.
Now that the Canucks are exciting again they’re getting great turnout. A basketball team would definitely get a lot of energy right now. Plus there’s still so many people who were fans when they were here.
Vancouver’s stadiums are in a great spot people can take trains in from suburbs and get right to the door.
Not to mention how close it is to Seattle/Portland and the rest of western Canada. Lots of potential for rivalry and a big fan base to draw from.