November 19, 2009

CLIENT UPDATE: Siena may have a record season

Season-ticket sales up from last year's figures

The Siena men's basketball attendance record that was set last season may not stand for long.

Based on season-ticket sales, the Saints could draw even more people to Times Union Center than in 2008-09, when they averaged 7,497 fans.
That was the highest average attendance since the team moved to Times Union Center full time for the 1997-98 season.

Siena, which begins its home schedule Tuesday against Northeastern, has sold 4,068 season-ticket packages -- an all-time high for the program and about 500 more than last year.

"You're looking at a successful team, and based on the season tickets sold, there should be strong attendance this year," Siena athletic director John D'Argenio said. "First and foremost it's because of the product."

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