In message , at 10:57:53 on
Thu, 1 Dec 2011, Recliner remarked:

Aren't many of the events staged late in the evenings, to suit US TV
schedules?

Basketball is one of the later sports, so you may be correct.

And then the crowds of spectators may have a slow, longish
walk to get to the station.

If the event ends at midnight I don't rate people's chances getting a
1am train home, even from KX or St Pancras.
--
Roland Perry