Menu
Weekend Rap

NRG Stadium Falls Short Of Final Four Attendance Record

There were 75,505 fans in attendance for yesterday's Final Four games between Villanova-Oklahoma and North Carolina-Syracuse at NRG Stadium. The record for a Saturday at the Final Four is 79,444 set at AT&T Stadium in '14. NRG Stadium at the '11 Final Four had 75,421 fans attend on that Saturday (CHRON.com, 4/2). Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, were in attendance for yesterday's games. Biden graduated from law school at Syracuse, while Jill graduated from Villanova (USATODAY.com, 4/3).

Sue Bird and Dawn Porter talk upcoming doc, Ricardo Viramontes of UNINTERRUPTED and NBA conference finals

This week’s pod comes to you from 4se where SBJ’s Austin Karp is joined by basketball legend Sue Bird and award-winning director Dawn Porter as the duo share how their documentary, Power of the Dream, came together and what viewers can expect. Later in the show ,Ricardo Viramontes of The SpringHill Company/UNINTERRUPTED talks about how LeBron James and Maverick Carter are making their own mark in original content. Plus SBJ’s Mollie Cahillane joins the pod to add insight into the WNBA’s hot start and gets us set for the NBA Conference Finals.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Weekend-Rap/2016/04/03/Final-Four.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Weekend-Rap/2016/04/03/Final-Four.aspx

CLOSE