Indiana Fever STRUGGLING TO SELLOUT HOME OPENER! Caitlin Clark Fans FED UP With Front Office

Welcome to the Benzano podcast, what

we're calling a spade a spade. Great to

be here with you guys today. What the

heck is going on in Indiana?

Kelly, Amber, Stephanie.

From 2024

to now, I never thought I would be

seeing this organization

beg for tickets, beg for fans to show up

like they're begging now.

Maybe 10 years down the road when Kaylin

Clark's no longer on the team. M maybe

then, but heading into Caitlyn Clark's

third year, you guys are now struggling,

selling out home openers for the regular

season. Put the preseason games aside.

Not that full against the Dallas Wings.

Even less people showed up against the

Nigerian national team. Oh, but it was

preseason. Oh, but this. Oh, but that.

Fine. Cool. You can have that. But here

we are less than a week away from the

regular season home opener against the

Dallas Wings, Paige Beckers, Ay Fud, AB,

Caitlin Clark, the last four number one

picks all on the court together

and they are asking, begging, pleading

for fans to pack the building

this time in 2024. You can't get a hold

of these tickets unless on the resale

market.

This time last year, you couldn't get

your hands on these tickets unless you

were on the resale market.

This time now in 2026,

what have you guys done to this fan

base? What have you guys done to this

player to where now people aren't just,

oh, it's a no-brainer to buy these

tickets? And yes, they've lowered the

price tremendously over the last three

weeks. Tickets that were going for over

150 bucks three weeks ago, now going for

35 bucks.

Let's get right into it, shall we? Like

the video, hype the video. Let me know

your thoughts in the comments section

below and subscribe to the channel. I

would greatly appreciate it. Before we

get into the tickets, let's start right

here, shall we? Mon'nique Billings went

down Saturday, second quarter, I

believe, early in the second quarter

against the Nigerian national team with

an ankle tweak.

Stephanie White said, "Oh, Mo'nique

Billings said she was fine. It was

precautionary."

And now here we are on Monday. Mo'nique

Billings did not come up to the floor in

the portion of practice open to media

today. And Steph White was not made

available for questions. So, no update

on Billings ankle yet. White is talking

to the White is White is talking later

today in a leaguewide Zoom. So, we may

get an update them. You know how this

organization is with covering injuries,

hiding injuries.

Oh, snap. You're not feeling too well.

Don't even go there. Don't Don't even

go. Kayn Clark. Kaylin Clark tweaked her

groin, hurt her groin,

her quad. They didn't let her talk to

this media at all last year. They they

held her hostage all last season saying,

"Hey, don't talk to the media. Don't

tell them what's really going on with

you."

Is this the same play with Mo Billings?

Justine Pat. Justine Pat still have no

idea what's going on with Justine Pat.

Hey, hey, don't talk to the media. Don't

really say what's going on with you.

Hey, AB, if you're going to talk, just

say you're feeling good and let's move

on. Just say you're feeling good and

just let's move on. We still don't even

know what happened over there in

unrivaled.

Caitlin Clark is dawning a new look

today in practice.

The leg sleeve leg sleeve CC is in the

building.

I am not going to read into this. This

could just be a new look. It could be

one of those things. Kaylin Clark just

trolling in practice, just throwing on,

having fun. I'm not going to look too

far into that. Um, this isn't this isn't

the back race that we didn't see against

the Nigerian national team, in case you

guys didn't realize that. The back race

that we saw the first two preseason

games, we did not see against the

Nigerian national team. So, maybe it was

just some

issues, uh, for lack of better words.

Welcome back, Fever fans.

We can't wait to see you for our season

opener presented by State Farm. Secure

your seats today.

It's empty. Secure your seats now.

Please. Please. We're having trouble.

The Indiana Fever put out a hype video,

folks. We see Stephanie White before we

see Caitlyn Clark. We see an assistant

coach, Brienne January, before we see

Caitlyn Clark. These guys are crazy.

Like,

what are y'all doing?

Seriously,

the first face that I should see in this

promotion video should be the face of

the organization and the face of the

league.

>> Beaver fans, welcome back to Gamebridge.

We're super excited to have you guys

here. We're going to be working hard.

We're going to have a lot of fun. So,

continue to show up and show out.

>> We're going to be healthy this season.

So, we're going to have a complete

compliment of a roster. We're going to

be a fun team to watch.

>> We're going to be healthy this season.

Lexi Hall hasn't played any preseason

games. AB's only played one preseason

game. Justine Pot's out with injury. Uh

uh uh uh uh Mon'nique Billings isn't

available to the media,

healthy. Okay.

>> Our togetherness and our connectedness

that allowed us to be so successful last

year, I see that carried over to the

season.

>> I think with the new additions to

>> Mitch added a lot of different layers

that bring out the best in me, bring out

the best in CC.

>> We're going to be a team that that plays

up tempo and plays fast. It's going to

be really exciting. We see both the

assistant coaches before we get to

Caitlyn Clark on this video

>> on both ends of the floor.

>> Get up and down, play with pace. We're

going to be a team that plays hard, that

competes at a high level. We have a

bunch of dogs on our team this year.

We're gritty. We're tough.

>> Whoever puts the jersey on, that's my

sister. I'm going to war for her.

>> Whatever the team needs me to be, I'm

ready for whatever.

>> CeCe return, man. She going to come back

and play so many games for us.

>> You're going to love our new players.

Great personalities, great players,

great athletes, great people.

>> We're going to have fun. Fast electric.

>> Bro, she didn't even talk this whole

entire Huh? She didn't even talk. We

just saw a clip of her screaming,

bro. Y'all, and you wonder why you're

having trouble selling tickets. Follow

us.

You look, you do a quick stroll of of

their Twitter page. You got the pinned

Kaylin Clark and Aaliyah Boston post. No

CC. No CC. No CC. No CC. No CC. No CC.

No CC. No CC. No CC. No CC. None. None.

None. None. None. None. None. None. Oh,

there's a Ken Clark clip. None. None.

None. Starters. None. None.

These guys are just showcasing

everything else but the Golden Goose.

And then you look at the ticket sales.

Indiana FE. Look at all the blue

over here. The darker the blue, the more

tickets are available. The lighter the

blue, the less tickets are available.

You look above 2011 on your lefth hand

side, you got 202 grayed out. The only

section that's grayed out. That's not a

suite. This is the Indiana Fever

building right here. 35 bucks for a

ticket.

Now, we take that and we compare it to

the New York Liberty.