WNBA holding "camp day" early games

[LadyStanley]

Basketball for breakfast: Why are so many WNBA games so early?

Weekday matinees? 11 a.m. tipoffs? Why WNBA games are through by the time the West coast eats brunch.

sports.yahoo.com

11am ish local games and invite local summer camps to games. Way of expanding fan base, give kids that otherwise might not be able to (financially) attend.

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[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Basketball for breakfast: Why are so many WNBA games so early?

Weekday matinees? 11 a.m. tipoffs? Why WNBA games are through by the time the West coast eats brunch.

sports.yahoo.com

11am ish local games and invite local summer camps to games. Way of expanding fan base, give kids that otherwise might not be able to (financially) attend.

Not sure I like the idea (managed to go through the day without getting the score spoiled and watched my Fever getting destroyed by the Sun yesterday late evening on League Pass), but 1) if it's going to create new and younger fans, go for it and 2) I'm just very happy to see a WNBA post somewhere around here!

 

[Kirk Van Houten]

I get the idea but having a Las Vegas team playing that early is kind of contradictory with expading the fan bases

 

[Reaser]

I remember seeing the Storm on the guide for a Noon start a couple days ago and clicked on it and it said "live" and was wondering why they were playing at Noon on a Tuesday. Looked it up and they said it was "kids day." Didn't know it was a league-wide thing.

 

[LadyStanley]

Many AHL teams have school day games in season.

 

[PCSPounder]

Many AHL teams have school day games in season.

The Portland Timbers have done this for nearly a decade… with first their U23 side and then with Timbers2 (now in MLSNext), not the first team, but in the big stadium. Used to get 7-8K to those games. They’re restarting it this year after pandemic shelved T2.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

But it has to fit into the day of a summer camp. There are some day camps that end as early as 3 p.m. local time. Others might go as late as 5 p.m.

My day camp always had late pick up on days of "top-tier" field trips, like White Sox games or Six Flags.

Sounds like the WNBA is admitting they're not a top tier field trip.

 

[oknazevad]

Minor league baseball teams (and some major league ones as well) have been doing camp days for years. They work pretty well, as not only do the kids enjoy themselves, but want to come back. One of the advantages of being a summer sport.