http://myurl.com.tw/q42l The Indiana Pacers have hit rock bottom. This month, the team slipped into last place in average home attendance among the 30 National Basketball Association teams, falling behind the New Orleans Hornets, a team that is selling tickets in an area still ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. 主场观看人数我们荣登30名。 The Pacers’ average home attendance through 19 games is 12,068. New Orleans is averaging 12,159 through 21 home dates. 还输给黄蜂队。 The attendance slump and two consecutive years of financial losses have stirred speculation the franchise will ask for city assistance. 主场人数的爆落以及过去2年财务的损失是否意味着将要寻求支援。 The situation is so bad, said league insiders, NBA Commissioner David Stern is keeping an eye on it. 史坦说这真是糟糕，且密切关注着。 “It’s one of a handful of clubs the NBA is concerned about,” said Marc Ganis, president of Chicago-based Sportscorp Ltd., a firm that works with several NBA teams on business operations. “This is something no one foresaw three or four years ago.” Scott O’Neil, NBA senior vice president for team marketing and business operations, said, “We’re putting a little extra time into the Pacers at this point.” 联盟高层花额外时间来关注球队。 NBA account managers have come to Indianapolis to help with marketing, branding and sales, O’Neil said. 联盟高层来印城帮忙行销。 “This is not a five-alarm fire,” he said. “Our mind-set is, let’s get the ship righted.” If the Pacers’ attendance doesn’t improve, this could be the worst year since 1990-1991, when the team averaged 11,592 per home game at Market Square Arena. The franchise hasn’t slid below 12,000 since then and only dipped below 15,500 once since 1994-1995. That was last year, when average attendance for the 41 home games was 15,359. 主场观众数是90-91年以来最糟糕的，当时还在Market Square Arena球场时。 去年球季还有主场平均有15359人。 “This type of attendance drop does surprise me,” said Mark Rosentraub, former dean at IUPUI and author of “Major League Losers,” a book about professional sports operations. Rosentraub said teams that experience such dramatic attendance declines need to survey their fan base and take action based on the results. One aspect that is troubling to Rosentraub is that the team’s spot in the standings doesn’t mirror their attendance rank. 球队目前的战绩没有反映出球迷出席率应有的水平。 “This is a team that is still in the hunt for a playoff spot,” he said. “ It makes you wonder.” 这还是支追逐着季後赛的球队。 A string of off-court escapades and courtroom appearances by players hasn’t helped, sports marketers said. Forbes Magazine reported the Pacers lost $12.5 million during the 2005-2006 season and another $1.3 million last year. The team has stemmed the bleeding by cutting its player payroll from $79 million during the 2005-2006 season to $67 million last year, according to Forbes. 05-06年损失12.5M，去年是1.3M。同时薪资总额从76M降到67M。 It isn’t all bad news for the Pacers. 当然不是全然都是坏消息。 The team’s merchandise sales are in the top half of the NBA, Pacers officials say. Corporate support continues to be strong, with all but a couple of Conseco Fieldhouse suites leased, and almost 200 corporate partners on the books, said Jim Morris, special assistant to Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh. 球队商品的行销是所有球队前15名的。组织的支援是持续茁壮的。 後面开始懒得翻了。略..... 有兴趣的自己看全文吧。 我从国外讨论版中截取最近几年主场的人数变化， 可以发现这是很严重的问题。 Indiana 2007-08 - 12068 2006-07 - 15359 2005-06 - 16179 2004-05 - 16994 这一年是个分水岭，理由我们都晓得。 #31 Forever! 2003-04 - 16556 2002-03 - 16352 平均一场少了3千多人，这是非常恐怖的事情。 如果大鸟或是Walsh不重视的话，位置搞不好还会被拔掉。 #31 真的是我们球队的神主牌了。 一退休之後，人数开始滑落。 看看波特兰同时间的变化 Portland 2007-08 - 18967 2006-07 - 16360 2005-06 - 15053 (last in league) 2004-05 - 16594 2003-04 - 16585 2002-03 - 19420 人家最惨时还没我们家这麽可怜。 -- 只需要认识我的文字 http://www.wretch.cc/blog/indypacers --

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