Orlando Magic Daily Podcast Episode 86: What happened to the Orlando Magic fan?

The Orlando Magic completed their sixth season in a rebuild. One that seems to have no end in sight. While attendance at the Amway Center continues to be surprisingly strong, fan excitement for the team is at an all-time low. Interest in the team is lower than ever by almost every indication and frustration levels are high. If sports are supposed to provide hope, the Magic are short of it right now.

That was the starting point for the recent cover story in Orlando Weekly: "What happened to the Orlando Magic?" In that article, Xander Peters asks the very basic question: "Do you believe in Magic?" as he goes seeking what happened to Magic fandom.

With the season over and the prospect of more difficult seasons ahead, I sat down with Xander Peters to discuss what he found searching for the Magic fan and the state of fandom in the city today.

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