Kennedy Gym Needs More Noise
For the majority of the 2012-2013 school
year Manhattanville’s Kennedy Gymnasium had seen quite a few drastic changes,
all to improve the facility. This facility is the pride of the athletics
department and the home to many of the Mville teams. The arena is the stage for
the women and men’s basketball teams as well as for the women’s volleyball
team. Yet, when it is time to “perform” the turnout of spectators isn’t as
large as it should be.
The Kennedy Gymnasium arena is spacious and
its capacity holds up to at least 1,000 people. Sadly it doesn’t fill up its
space often and when most of these games are played it feels vacant. Aside from
the players and the coaching staff, there aren’t as many spectators there to
support the teams. Why is that the case?
It may be due to the lack of marketing
and advertising for it. Email blasts sent out to students might not be enough
to get them involved in the college’s sports community. It is more for the
athletes than for anyone else. Student athletes are the ones out there
showcasing their talent; it would be an injustice to them to not be able to
share it with a crowd of supporters.
There has been a push to increase the
awareness of the athletics department through the growing use of social media. Manhattanville
sports have their own website (GoValiants.com), Twitter, Facebook, and even Instagram.
It will take some time for the school to develop a following large enough to
bring in a substantial number of people.
Even though Manhattanville College does
not have a football team to draw in large flocks of people, they have the
resources to make it possible. If they can recruit players from all around the
country and in some cases around the world, they can find a way to get existing
members of the Manhattanville community to attend more games. After all, the
various renovations that have been made to the Kennedy Gymnasium deserve to be
seen. 
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