This time from John Grooms over at Creative Loafing:
The NBA “product” has been in decline for years, both in terms of skill and popularity, but city leaders nonetheless jumped on what they, in their clueless arrogance, saw as a bandwagon. That bandwagon has become a hearse, and yet prices are keep going up. This defies the simple law of supply and demand. Which is a law the city should have thought of before buying the Bobcats a shiny new arena. And it’s something [Bob] Johnson should have thought out more carefully before setting up shop here.
I willing to bet Johnson and the Bobcats chalk any popularity woes this season up to growing pains and muddle thru. But should ticket sales remain soft heading into 2007, hold onto to your wallets taxpayers, something will have to give.
