# Pistons and RedWings sellouts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pistons-and-redwings-sellouts/450521>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 25, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pistons-and-redwings-sellouts/450521 "2008-05-25T02:26:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pistons-and-redwings-sellouts/450521/1 "2008-05-25T02:26:21Z")

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Stanley Cup Game 1 and NBA Eastern Finals game 3 running against each other, both in Detroit.Were the arenas filled to capacity?

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pistons-and-redwings-sellouts/450521/2 "2008-05-25T04:57:50Z")

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[QUOTE=MadTheSwine]  
Stanley Cup Game 1 and NBA Eastern Finals game 3 running against each other, both in Detroit.Were the arenas filled to capacity?  
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Celtics v Pistons: Attendance: 22,076 (100% full, according to Wikipedia)  
Pens v Wings: Attendance: 20,066 (100.0% full)

So, yeah, they supported them both. 😉

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pistons-and-redwings-sellouts/450521/3 "2008-05-25T20:39:47Z")

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Tigers were sold out too.

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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pistons-and-redwings-sellouts/450521/4 "2008-05-26T01:58:23Z")

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[QUOTE=gonzomax]  
Tigers were sold out too.  
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was that the 19-3 game?

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**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pistons-and-redwings-sellouts/450521/5 "2008-05-26T02:40:23Z")

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> was that the 19-3 game?

Yep.