Adelaide Draws Record Crowd

The 36ers have smashed the attendance record for an NBL game in South Australia, as 9,263 fans packed into the Adelaide Entertainment Centre to watch a thriller against the Brisbane Bullets on Thursday night. 

It surpasses the previous record of 9,071, set in Round 6 against the Perth Wildcats, and is the fourth time this season Adelaide has seen a crowd of more than 8,000 fans through the gates. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another sell out crowd ! Thank you all for consistently showing up and packing it out even with our slow start. You all make the difference and we love going to war for you all! See you next week ?</p>&mdash; Antonius Cleveland (@ac_uno1) <a href="https://twitter.com/ac_uno1/status/1608447996102053888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The 36ers have now won their last four games, with interest set to grow further with a home double-header weekend against Illawarra and New Zealand across January 6 and 8 respecitvely. 

The record-setting numbers for Adelaide are indicative of a surge in crowds this season, with the NBL seeing a 25 per cent increase across all clubs. 

Brisbane, Melbourne, South East Melbourne and Tasmania have also welcomed sell-out crowds already this year. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">?????? ?????: 9??,2??6??3??<br><br>Love you, Adelaide... ? <a href="https://t.co/1ompjrVK13">pic.twitter.com/1ompjrVK13</a></p>&mdash; Adelaide 36ers (@Adelaide36ers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adelaide36ers/status/1608402301668175874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>