UWM to play at FF

[Warrior of Law]

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uwm/2024/08/06/uw-milwaukee-announces-six-team-showcase-headed-to-fiserv-forum/74685751007/

Hosting a few other non-con games including Northwestern and Loyola.

My only question is what court (MU, Bucks, other)  they'll be using for these games.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

So St. Thomas is back in Milwaukee again this year...........

[Scoop Snoop]

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uwm/2024/08/06/uw-milwaukee-announces-six-team-showcase-headed-to-fiserv-forum/74685751007/

Hosting a few other non-con games including Northwestern and Loyola.

My only question is what court (MU, Bucks, other)  they'll be using for these games.

Neither. They're going to use painter's tape to mark off a court on the concrete floor. I suggest the Frog Tape brand. Works great!

[4everwarriors]

How many sections are gonna be tarped off, hey?

[Nukem2]

Not too shabby an event for CBB junkies, but attendance will be interesting. Though do have UWM and the two Chicago area schools fan bases to draw on.

[The Lens]

Whenever I think about going to unique events at the FF like this or the Volleyball Showcase, I just think of how rough of a user experience the Fiserv is and I tend to not go.

Long bathroom lines, inconsistent consession practices (some are order on an app, some are order from a kiosk, some are order from a person), high prices on everything.  I put up with that stuff for MU and the Bucks playoffs but otherwise, no.

I consider myself a CBB junkie but I can't stand the experience at the FF.  If this was AmFam, I would try for sure.

[MU82]

So St. Thomas is back in Milwaukee again this year...........

Got a good chance to improve to 2-0 at FF.

[Galway Eagle]

Whenever I think about going to unique events at the FF like this or the Volleyball Showcase, I just think of how rough of a user experience the Fiserv is and I tend to not go.

Long bathroom lines, inconsistent consession practices (some are order on an app, some are order from a kiosk, some are order from a person), high prices on everything.  I put up with that stuff for MU and the Bucks playoffs but otherwise, no.

I consider myself a CBB junkie but I can't stand the experience at the FF.  If this was AmFam, I would try for sure.

Wasn't the volleyball showcase a full house for a top 20 team (repping your Alma mater) vs a top 5 team? Seems a bit unfair to compare that to what will likely be a ghost town for midmajor bball against a couple teams that'll maybe be kind of ok.

[Warrior of Law]

Maybe I'm a downer, but I don't see anything more than 4-5K for these games. FF must have been given to the organizers for free, as FF didn't want to sit on an empty weekend with nothing else booked.

[The Lens]

Wasn't the volleyball showcase a full house for a top 20 team (repping your Alma mater) vs a top 5 team? Seems a bit unfair to compare that to what will likely be a ghost town for midmajor bball against a couple teams that'll maybe be kind of ok.

I was referring to the upcoming one on Labor Day

UW / Texas / Stanford / Minnesota.

I have two girls in volleyball but spending Labor Day weekend in the Fiserv, without MU, no thanks.

[We R Final Four]

Maybe I'm a downer, but I don't see anything more than 4-5K for these games. FF must have been given to the organizers for free, as FF didn't want to sit on an empty weekend with nothing else booked.

I would be shocked if attendance is 5K.

[Galway Eagle]

I was referring to the upcoming one on Labor Day

UW / Texas / Stanford / Minnesota.

I have two girls in volleyball but spending Labor Day weekend in the Fiserv, without MU, no thanks.

Oh, my bad

[Nukem2]

I would be shocked if attendance is 5K.

uWM, Loyola and NW average 3,000 4,000 7,000 respectively for home games. How many of those would come up to MKE on a Sunday during the holiday season. The opponents do not look like likely travelers either. TBD.

[wadesworld]

I was referring to the upcoming one on Labor Day

UW / Texas / Stanford / Minnesota.

I have two girls in volleyball but spending Labor Day weekend in the Fiserv, without MU, no thanks.

Definitely missing out.  Go get lunch somewhere around the Forum before the matches and go enjoy the matches without paying for subpar food anyway.

[#UnleashSean]

These games are almost certainly going to be even more sparsely attended then a Marquette January buy game in the wojo era.

[Dickthedribbler]

These games are almost certainly going to be even more sparsely attended then a Marquette January buy game in the wojo era.

No January buy games.

[BrewCity83]

Got a good chance to improve to 2-0 at FF.

No chance.  St. Thomas is playing at Panther Arena.

[MU82]

  No chance.  St. Thomas is playing at Panther Arena.

Make that 2-0 in Milwaukee then.

[Mr. Nielsen]

General seating bowl ticket prices range from $35 to $60 for the Milwaukee Tip-Off. Should be a fun event. i can't wait. I'm going with listed attendance around 3K.

[The Sultan]

General seating bowl ticket prices range from $35 to $60 for the Milwaukee Tip-Off. Should be a fun event. i can't wait. I'm going with listed attendance around 3K.

Which will likely never come close to that amount for a single game. The atmosphere seems less than ideal.

At least they picked a weekend where the Packers play Sunday night and the Bears Monday night.

[Eye]

Whenever I think about going to unique events at the FF like this or the Volleyball Showcase, I just think of how rough of a user experience the Fiserv is and I tend to not go.

Long bathroom lines, inconsistent consession practices (some are order on an app, some are order from a kiosk, some are order from a person), high prices on everything.  I put up with that stuff for MU and the Bucks playoffs but otherwise, no.

I consider myself a CBB junkie but I can't stand the experience at the FF.  If this was AmFam, I would try for sure.

Agreed. I stopped buying concessions at FF a year or two ago.

[JTJ3]

Nvm, wrong thread.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Whenever I think about going to unique events at the FF like this or the Volleyball Showcase, I just think of how rough of a user experience the Fiserv is and I tend to not go.

Long bathroom lines, inconsistent consession practices (some are order on an app, some are order from a kiosk, some are order from a person), high prices on everything.  I put up with that stuff for MU and the Bucks playoffs but otherwise, no.

I consider myself a CBB junkie but I can't stand the experience at the FF.  If this was AmFam, I would try for sure.

I stick with my Auntie Ann's pretzel and diet coke at Fiserv.

[MUfan12]

Long bathroom lines, inconsistent consession practices (some are order on an app, some are order from a kiosk, some are order from a person), high prices on everything.  I put up with that stuff for MU and the Bucks playoffs but otherwise, no.

I may be in the minority on this, but while the sightlines are better at FF, the BC was a better fan experience than Fiserv post-COVID.

Concessions were nothing to write home about, but they were staffed, and at a more reasonable price. The concourses were wider and you could move more freely. And frankly the place was louder since they weren't worried about concert acoustics.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I may be in the minority on this, but while the sightlines are better at FF, the BC was a better fan experience than Fiserv post-COVID.

Concessions were nothing to write home about, but they were staffed, and at a more reasonable price. The concourses were wider and you could move more freely. And frankly the place was louder since they weren't worried about concert acoustics.

I think Fiserv is an arm and a leg better than BC but I also never get concessions at games maybe that would change my opinion.