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DFW HOYA
Yes. There are over 50,000 alumni within an hour of the campus. Play and compete with a decent opponent, and people would take notice.
But those PL fans that cite Georgetown's poor attendance at perhaps the worst facility anywhere in Division I often ignore three truths.
1. No one goes to a stadium that has no parking. Thanks to endless construction, there are less than 50 surface parking spaces left on Georgetown's main campus. Fifty. Want to park a quarter mile away at the hospital? The remaining surface lot there is about be swallowed up by a 477,000 SF hospital addition. Public transit? The Metro rail is a comfortable 5/8 mile walk across Key Bridge. Parking in Georgetown proper is by permit only and urban garages run $15-$25 on a Saturday afternoon. M Street on a Saturday is reminiscent of the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles.
2. No one goes to a stadium that has no amenities. Want a reserved seat? Want to see a video board? Want to see a halftime show? Want restrooms that weren't hauled in from the back of a flatbed truck? Go elsewhere.
And the obvious...
3. No one goes to a stadium whose team does not win. Seventeen losing seasons in its last 18, no home wins in nearly two years, and opponents that frankly draw zero local interest. How many families are going to pile into the mini-van somewhere in Montgomery County on a Saturday morning and drive down to watch this?
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