As for the Providence Civic Center capacity -- yes, 11,000+ (The
Providence Journal listed last night's P-Bruins' sellout as 11,909, but
that number may include some standees who were able to squeeze past the
fire marshal) is quite small for the NC$$ Frozen Four which has now
grown to such popularity as to require at least 16-17,000 seats to
 
    It seems that the NCAA would need to keep going to the Bigger Arena not
the smaller one to make sure that they can have the biggest amounts of fans
present at the Arena in person. It seem a little odd after having the past
three finals in bigger arenas.
 
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