One of the two games that the Bell inflated their attendance by selling deeply discounted blocks of tickets to local businesses, who then gave the tickets away. Of the reported attendance of over 64000, only a little over 6000 people paid for their ticket. An added bit of WFL fun - The Bell ended up going to the playoffs that year despite a losing record when the New York Stars ( who had in the middle of the season, moved to Charlotte and changed their name to the Hornets) decided to not participate in the playoffs because their first round opponent had only managed to pre-sell 1000 tickets and they were afraid that their share of the gate wouldn't cover their travel expenses .