FH: The Flash have offered free tickets to another Flash game to those that have attended, is that correct? If so, are you concerned about how it may appear like this was one attempt to drum up a crowd that is being recompensed with another?
Brandt Andersen: We are offering people free tickets to another game or a refund. But we are not trying to build another crowd for another game because they can choose any game they want. Plus, one thing that has not been reported in the media is the fact we routinely distribute free tickets to local school kids, and opening night was no exception. In fact, we distributed thousands of free tickets the week leading up to the game.
When it all the numbers shake out, we had 7,500 people in attendance. 3,000 came from free tickets, 3,000 more came from season ticket holders and groups that had purchased tickets throughout the summer. So when it boils down to it there were not that many additional tickets sold based on the potential B Russ MJ match.
via Talking With Brandt Andersen, Owner of the D-League’s Utah Flash — NBA FanHouse.
I talked to Brandt Andersen, owner of the Flash for FanHouse. It’s really disappointing that this is a lot of people’s first run-in with Andersen. He’s put a lot of money into the team and the league, he’s fun, proactive, involved, and has done as much for his community through the Flash as anyone in the D-League. So to see him vilified as he has been for the “hoax” (which is a sensitive word to Mark Madsen, by the way) is not cool. It was a dumb move, there’s no question, but this shouldn’t define his public persona.
