Can Ligonier play with Richland?

[Goldeneagles12]

Would it be difficult for them to rotate it every year? Hershey one year Altoona the next.

[Crimson's Ghost]

I think they should rotate football and basketball around. The basketball games get terrible attendance in Hershey, but I think they would do a lot better if they were in Philly or Pittsburgh. I think if they moved the football around it would do better.

[knowitall]

I remember watching the 1987 District 6 championship game between United and Bishop Guilfoyle at Cambria Heights.

[knowitall]

And the 1986 District 6 championship game between United and Richland at Point Stadium

[Aiks19]

I remember watching the 1987 District 6 championship game between United and Bishop Guilfoyle at Cambria Heights.

I remember that too. I can’t believe that venue was ever picked. That was never a nice place to watch a game.


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[Goldeneagles12]

I think they should rotate football and basketball around. The basketball games get terrible attendance in Hershey, but I think they would do a lot better if they were in Philly or Pittsburgh. I think if they moved the football around it would do better.

Not much of a basketball fan but I can agree with the football. I remember mansion park being standing room only when the title games were there. Now they are like half empty. I know Hershey has more seating but the attendance lately wouldn't even fill mansion park.

[Crimson's Ghost]

People complain about the Philadelphia schools in Hershey for basketball in terms of attendance, meanwhile the Philadelphia Catholic League championship is played in front of a soldout 8,000 gym.  People just go because it's good basketball, you'll get more of a walk-up crowd if the state title games are in bigger cities or rotated around. 

I could see that with football too, have the state title games in the Pittsburgh area one year, there could be some really good crowds if a few WPIAL teams make it that far.  Hershey just isn't an attraction in late December. 

[tubmill]

The basketball championships alternated for years. One year they would be at the Farm Show Arena and the next they would be played at the Civic Arena.

[FunFacts]

I like them being opposite. Basketball in Philly and football in Pittsburgh then switch it the next year. Attendance would probably double if they did that.

[sportsfan1072]

As many of us seem to agree that Mansion Park is a great facility for District and State Playoffs, what are your thoughts on  BG having a home game for the District championship game in years past?  Should BG (#3) win this week and Northern Cambria (#1) win this week, the higher ranked team will have to go on the road to Mansion to play BG on their home field.  In a situation like that, I think St. Francis would be a nice facility, close to be equal distance for both.