Caitlin Clark and Indiana Fever playing a preseason game at CHA

[RossWB]

Caitlin Clark will be hooping again on the Carver-Hawkeye Arena floor -- this time for the Indiana Fever in a preseason game (May 4) against the Brazilian National Team.

Full details:

Indiana Fever to Play Exhibition Game in Iowa City

Caitlin Clark will be hooping again on the Carver-Hawkeye Arena floor -- this time for the Indiana Fever.

iowa.rivals.com

 

[Beattheohiostate]

Caitlin Clark will be hooping again on the Carver-Hawkeye Arena floor -- this time for the Indiana Fever in a preseason game (May 4) against the Brazilian National Team.

Full details:

Indiana Fever to Play Exhibition Game in Iowa City

Caitlin Clark will be hooping again on the Carver-Hawkeye Arena floor -- this time for the Indiana Fever.

iowa.rivals.com

Now that's brilliant. The Fever might want to play one or two regular-season games at Carver . . . against Chicago, for instance.

But this is fantastic.

 

[Bro D]

Awesome! Doesn't look like a ticket availability date yet.. I'm sure those should be easy and cheap tickets to get!

 

[Franisdaman]

play the game at Kinnick, have 55,000 there and do the wave at the end of the 1st quarter.

 

[Franisdaman]

The average high temp for May 4th in Iowa City is 68 degrees.

https://weather.com/weather/monthly/l/Iowa+City+IA+USIA0414:1:US

 

[Beattheohiostate]

play the game at Kinnick, have 55,000 there and do the wave at the end of the 1st quarter.

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That idea just dawned on me too. I think they could draw 50,000+, and maybe they could have the same setup as the DePaul game but this time, maybe they could put temporary bleachers on the south side of the court so thousands more fans would be closer to the action than they are in Carver. And maybe then I could afford a ticket. I was there for the DePaul game. I'd love to be there again. And they could have Carver as the backup site in case of inclement weather, just as they did before.

I imagine lots of Fever fans would make the trip for a game at Kinnick too. It could be beyond amazing. And we know it works, so let's do it.

 

[hawkirugged17]

 

[Franisdaman]

That idea just dawned on me too. I think they could draw 50,000+, and maybe they could have the same setup as the DePaul game but this time, maybe they could put temporary bleachers on the south side of the court so thousands more fans would be closer to the action than they are in Carver. And maybe then I could afford a ticket. I was there for the DePaul game. I'd love to be there again. And they could have Carver as the backup site in case of inclement weather, just as they did before.

I imagine lots of Fever fans would make the trip for a game at Kinnick too. It could be beyond amazing. And we know it works, so let's do it.

imagine what the tailgating scene would look like, too.

the whole thing would be incredible

 

[Georgia_Hawk]

The average high temp for May 4th in Iowa City is 68 degrees.

https://weather.com/weather/monthly/l/Iowa+City+IA+USIA0414:1:US

quick google seach shows that it rains about 15-18 days in May in Iowa

 

[Beattheohiostate]

quick google seach shows that it rains about 15-18 days in May in Iowa

That means it does NOT RAIN about half the days in May in Iowa. A 50-50 opportunity works, especially with the easy move to Carver if necessary, just like the plan for the exhibition vs. DePaul last October. No good reason I can think of not to give this a shot.

 

[Franisdaman]

That means it does NOT RAIN about half the days in May in Iowa. A 50-50 opportunity works, especially with the easy move to Carver if necessary, just like the plan for the exhibition vs. DePaul last October. No good reason I can think of not to give this a shot.

and they had a back up plan, like you mentioned.

i agree; roll the dice, see what happens.

 

[Tenacious E]

That means it does NOT RAIN about half the days in May in Iowa. A 50-50 opportunity works, especially with the easy move to Carver if necessary, just like the plan for the exhibition vs. DePaul last October. No good reason I can think of not to give this a shot.

I LOVE the idea of kinnick, but what do you tell the 40K+ thousand people with tickets as you move indoors to Carver?

 

[RIGHTWINGHAWK]

Caitlin Clark will be hooping again on the Carver-Hawkeye Arena floor -- this time for the Indiana Fever in a preseason game (May 4) against the Brazilian National Team.

Full details:

Indiana Fever to Play Exhibition Game in Iowa City

Caitlin Clark will be hooping again on the Carver-Hawkeye Arena floor -- this time for the Indiana Fever.

iowa.rivals.com

A bolder move would be playing the game at Kinnick.

 

[Scott559]

I LOVE the idea of kinnick, but what do you tell the 40K+ thousand people with tickets as you move indoors to Carver?

Prime CHA valid tickets cost X dollars, Refundable Kinnick tickets cost Y dollars.

 

[Tenacious E]

Prime CHA valid tickets cost X dollars, Refundable Kinnick tickets cost Y dollars.

I was thinking more about the travel costs for out of staters.

 

[Scott559]

Wonder if the Iowa WBB program could use the game as a recruiting opportunity to host unofficial visits?

 

[chesapeake bay dog]

Wonder if the Iowa WBB program could use the game as a recruiting opportunity to host unofficial visits?

Excellent thought.

 

[Scott559]

Excellent thought.

Another good angle is exposure to Brazilian WBB to Iowa City, Quite a few good WBB players come out of Brazil, Sending positive vibes about Iowa City back to Brazil couldn’t hurt. Just trying to think long term investment here.

 

[Scott559]

I was thinking more about the travel costs for out of staters.

Just have to be clear upfront it’s a roll of the dice.

 

[Doodads and Hoohah]

I'm sure the Fever and Brazilian basketball have a large say in the event and probably don't want to change the outdoor/elements.

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

I LOVE the idea of kinnick, but what do you tell the 40K+ thousand people with tickets as you move indoors to Carver?

Switch to a best-of-three series

 

[Tenacious E]

Switch to a best-of-three series

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

Make Aliyah Guyton's mom an honorary coach for the Brazilian team.

 

[Tenacious E]

Maybe suit up Hannah as an honorary fever and see how it looks…

 

[spiderland]

That idea just dawned on me too. I think they could draw 50,000+, and maybe they could have the same setup as the DePaul game but this time, maybe they could put temporary bleachers on the south side of the court so thousands more fans would be closer to the action than they are in Carver. And maybe then I could afford a ticket. I was there for the DePaul game. I'd love to be there again. And they could have Carver as the backup site in case of inclement weather, just as they did before.

I imagine lots of Fever fans would make the trip for a game at Kinnick too. It could be beyond amazing. And we know it works, so let's do it.

How about moving Unrivaled into Hard Rock Stadium. No doubt that would be Yuuuuuge. I mean, it’s not all about Caitlin, amirite?

 

[Hawksfor3]

CC and the Fever players and staff gonna feel the old Hawk Love!

 

[hawkirugged17]

I LOVE the idea of kinnick, but what do you tell the 40K+ thousand people with tickets as you move indoors to Carver?

Everyone gets to watch one quarter or so ...