Millennials Millennials Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the generational demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z. There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends; demographers and researchers typically use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years. Millennials are sometimes referred to as "echo boomers" due to a major surge in birth rates in the 1980s and 1990s, and because millennials are often the children of the baby boomers. Although millennial characteristics vary by region, depending on social and economic conditions,
Melbourne Boomers boost crowd numbers. The team also changed its colours from blue and gold to purple and gold. Following the 2015–16 season, the Bulleen Templestowe Basketball Association was ready to give the team licence back to the NBL, having officially stopped supporting the Boomers financially, after deciding it needed to focus on participation and an upgrade of its home facility in Bulleen. Contingency plans to save the team are being considered. Etihad Stadium chairman Tony Hallam led the ownership group that took over the Boomers, and former Opals star Lauren Jackson later joined as commercial operations executive. Melbourne Boomers The Melbourne