>Question... would the UNH fans be as faithful if they had
Lowell's record
        >for the last 5 years or so? (honest question, I'm curious)
 
        To be honest I couldn't even guess.  I would say that attendance
would drop off like every other team that has a bad record but two years
ago when they only won 12-13 games I think they still averaged over
4,500 fans a night.
 
        My take on the crowd was that most people were there to see the
new building and not the team specifically.  There was a portion of the
crowd that I assume had followed the team from Tully and they were very
vocal.   I didn't hear or see a lot of knowledgeable fans and there were
a lot of people moving around and talking during the play.  I am still
curious to see if Lowell fans will fill the building up during the
regular season after the 'newness' of the building wears off.  I have
been to a lot of games at Tully as a visiting fan and I have never even
seen that building sold-out.
 
        Overall it is a nice building, the only small things that I
disliked were that the seats were small and I dislike the dark color of
the ceiling.  I think that it makes the building a lot darker.  I would
like to come back when all the details are in place (scoreboard, vending
areas).
 
        Christian
 
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