I agree with tough. I would recommend a D5 team have an arena size of at least 6.5-7k when they promote, a D4 team with at least 10k, D3 with at least 15k, D2 with at least 17.5k and a D1 team should be close to 20k. Lower Tier seats are important to build as early as possible, so when you lose a game, your attendance isn't as affected as it would have been had you built mostly bleachers. Looking at your arena, I would try to get something like this by the time you promote to Division 3:
Bleachers: 10k
Lower Tier: 2.5k
Courtside: 500 (this is the limit for courtside)
VIP: 15
This would give you an arena of 13,015, which should do you well.
Last edited by Big Dogs at 11/24/2012 2:29:01 AM