Question

Since being renovated, the O'Connell Center is able to hold 10,133 people, but the stadium usually sells out at a capacity of around 9,500. During a home basketball game last season against Stetson, there were only 4,587 fans in attendance. The head ticket manager of the O'Connell Center is trying to figure out what the arena's utilization was on that night. In order for the head ticket manager to figure out this information, which of the following types of capacity must they use?

a) Design Capacity
b) Effective Capacity
c) Efficient Capacity
d) Reactive Capacity
e) Productive Capacity
f) Peak Capacity

Answer 1

The head ticket manager should use the Design Capacity (option a) to calculate the arena's utilization.

Step-by-step explanation:

The head ticket manager of the O'Connell Center should use the Design Capacity to calculate the arena's utilization on the night of the home basketball game against Stetson.

The Design Capacity refers to the maximum number of people that a venue can hold under ideal conditions. It is the theoretical maximum capacity of the arena, assuming every available space is utilized. In this case, the renovated O'Connell Center has a Design Capacity of 10,133 people.

To calculate the utilization of the arena on the night of the game, the ticket manager would divide the actual attendance (4,587) by the Design Capacity (10,133) and multiply by 100 to get the percentage. So, the utilization of the O'Connell Center that night was approximately 45.17%.