Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Chairman Ricky Vargas of TNT KaTropa said on Tuesday that one of his top goals is to improve the gate attendance in the elimination round of the Philippine Cup games. Vargas said that Games 6 and 7 of the championship series between back-to-back Governors’ Cup champion Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Meralco at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan drew an impressive 50,000 attendance. “I won’t set a quota but the general goal is to bring in more people to the elimination games,” Vargas added. Less than 6,000 fans watched the San Miguel Beer vs Phoenix match in Sunday’s Season 43 opener at the Araneta Coliseum. Meanwhile, Vargas said he would call for a board meeting on January to form a search committee for the next commissioner.

Source: Manila Times December 19, 2017 14:48 UTC