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NBA Experience at Disney Springs
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lazyboy97o
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The NBA doesn’t own ESPN. This is an NBA venture.
WDWtraveler
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Photo update as of Tuesday, June 18, 2019. First signage for the NBA Experience just above the front entrance.
New exterior lights on the side of the building.
Edit: Photos as of Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Additional NBA Experience signage added to the window above the entrance.
And a new "NBA Store" sign on the left side of the entrance.
New exterior lights on the side of the building.
Edit: Photos as of Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Additional NBA Experience signage added to the window above the entrance.
And a new "NBA Store" sign on the left side of the entrance.
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trainplane3
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In case anyone forgot about it:
https://www.wdwmagic.com/attraction...experience-construction-at-disney-springs.htm
Opens in a month.
https://www.wdwmagic.com/attraction...experience-construction-at-disney-springs.htm
Opens in a month.
Angry Warlock
Active Member
If it hasn't got a Genie in an elevator I'm not interested.
preludevtec01
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I feel as if Splitsvile can stay afloat at DTD, This NBA Experience shouldn't have a problem either. The NBA (basketball), is much like Soccer, has a global appeal.
Angry Warlock
Active Member
I don't have a lot of facts to hand, but my feeling is that NBA has a much much smaller global appeal than FOOTBALL
Here's my very limited research.
10 Most-Watched Sport Events In The History Of Television📺
"Numbers don't lie; check the scoreboard"
The Most Watched Sporting Events In The World
The Summer Olympics and FIFA World Cup are the most watched games on TV.
www.worldatlas.com
RSoxNo1
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NBA is growing, eventually the bad press that football has been getting in recent years may hurt it.I don't have a lot of facts to hand, but my feeling is that NBA has a much much smaller global appeal than FOOTBALL
10 Most-Watched Sport Events In The History Of Television📺
"Numbers don't lie; check the scoreboard"www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
The Most Watched Sporting Events In The World
The Summer Olympics and FIFA World Cup are the most watched games on TV.
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Torontonians are
crazy about the NBA all of a sudden for some reason. 
There was talk that if Kawhi had signed with the Raptors today, this date would forever be called “the Fourth of Kawhi”.
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A reminder...
And that's just people who say basketball is their *favorite* sport. I'm sure people for whom basketball is their second or third favorite would be interested.
And that's just people who say basketball is their *favorite* sport. I'm sure people for whom basketball is their second or third favorite would be interested.
fradz
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While it's true that 13% of the US population like basketball, we're forgetting about demographics here. I'm talking financial situation, race, gender, maybe age too. These demographics could play a massive role, as people that like Basketball AND visit WDW could be totally different people (which I suspect is partly the case).
Is the NBA experience trying to cater untapped demographics? It could be. I would read it more like that, than saying "20k people being there will for sure like it".
networkpro
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I dont believe that if we were using Venn diagrams, the complementary intersection would be as large as 13%.
NBA fans are most likely to be:
- Men
- College educated ( or have taken a few college classes)
- Non-parents (and least likely to be grandparents)
- Generation X (35-54)
- Making 50-75K per year, or under 25K per year
- Suburban (and least likely to be rural)
The statistic is "people." The 13% is 13% of people in the U.S. Could the people in the U.S. that go to WDW be skewed such that there are much less than 13% that would list basketball as their favorite sports? Sure. Just like it could skew to be more than 13%.
It's just a ballpark figure. So, maybe anywhere from 5% to 20% of the people visiting WDW list basketball as their favorite sport. That's still more than enough to show there is a market for NBA Experience, and again, that's not even counting basketball fans who rate some other sport as their favorite.
This is just a ballpark figure to counter those who, through anecdotal experience, think there is little to no market for this.
I like hockey, baseball, and football better than basketball, but I'm still interested in this place. It looks fantastic.
Angry Warlock
Active Member
I've heard some people I considered to be intelligent refer to Canada as Domestic and not International. Basically aren't you just the polite 51st State......?Torontonians are
There was talk that if Kawhi had signed with the Raptors today, this date would forever be called “the Fourth of Kawhi”.
lazyboy97o
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Somebody must have some serious heartburn if this thing is opening next month and there is still exposed sheathing.
Rteetz
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The NBA side is. The other side with the dining won’t be.
lazyboy97o
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It’s all the same building sharing an envelope. One part of the interior is not all that relevant.