All the women’s A1 teams saw attendances increase against Milan. Tickets sold out for two weeks for the ex challenge at the PalaVerde
Egonu effect. During her tour of Italy Paola brings smiles. To the fans, but above all to the opposing clubs. In every A1 match that Milan plays away the box office is taken by storm. Today in Treviso – in the remake of the last two championship finals – confirmation of how much the Italian champion is loved. Tickets sold out for two weeks and sold out (5,344 spectators) for the Italian champions from Conegliano in a streak opened by 28 matches between European cups and Italian events. «It would have taken two Palaverdes» commented the presidents of Imoco Piero Garbellotto and Pietro Maschio. A match full of meaning. Two weeks before the Italian Cup Final Four (in Trieste on 17 and 18 February) the two teams are only 3 points apart and Vero Volley, with Egonu expected ex, is attempting to reach the top.
change of location
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Today’s audience data is the latest in a long series that drastically changes the average performance of the clubs that host Vero Volley. A confirmation of Paola’s not only technical but also media value. Milan knows this well, as in the first leg match against the Venetians they filled the Mediolanum Forum, setting the attendance record for a women’s A1 match: 12,562 spectators. Without forgetting the 7,750 spectators of the Super Cup match played in Livorno at the end of October. With today’s match, of the 10 matches played so far away from Milan, the seasonal record for the home team was recorded on 9 occasions. The most significant variations are those recorded by Chieri and Busto Arsizio. For the occasion, the Piedmontese club has chosen to change the playing facility: from the PalaFenera in Chieri (maximum capacity of 1,508 spectators) to the PalaAsti in Turin. And for a club accustomed to traveling to an average of 1,319 spectators per game, the Egonu effect brought the number to 3,897 with an increase of 195 percent. If in Chieri – on January 21st – they celebrated, in Busto Arsizio they were good at exploiting the mix between the presence of the blue queen and the day of celebration (Boxing Day) to score 4,015, +114% compared to the seasonal average of 1,877.
the derby is better
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Only Florence did not ride the Egonu effect. In the home round against Milan, the Tuscan club reached 1,005 while in the derby with Scandicci it reached 2,137. And the other big names? Conegliano is at its second full house of the season after the one recorded in the last round against Savino del Bene. Tuscan club which against Vero Volley reached 3,550 attendances, a thousand more than the match against the Italian team Imoco (2,586). Finally Novara: the Piedmontese team made no difference between Conegliano and Milan, reaching 3,962 spectators.
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