I love the Bulls, but I'm not fond of United Center. It's one of the last NBA buildings before the current generation of smaller arenas with better sight lines. If I lived in the suburbs and wasn't obsessed with NU, not sure I'd pay 3x or 4x the W-R price to drive 40 minutes and sit in far worse seats. I bet we had more fans at the Brooklyn games than the UC.
United Center is very red...and very empty
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If three of you went, then the NU turnout was better than one of my least favorite NU games. Many years ago, during the KO era, NU was part of an early season tournament in St. Charles, Missouri (called the Pen and Quill Classic; the Classic lasted one year). The tournament was essentially the grand opening for a nice, new 10,000-seat arena the City built. We played Evansville to open the tournament, and I think NU set a school record for least points in a first half; I think we were losing 22-8 or 22-9. My son and I were able to literally count everyone in the stands, and I think it was less than 70 people in this huge arena, and we may have been the only two NU fans there (maybe there were a couple NU parents, but I'm not sure). You could hear everyone in the place, including KO quite well. I think I heard a few "golly gee's" and "gosh darns" from KO that day. Somebody lost their shirts financially on that tournament.