Will the Miami Marlins do it?

[Jimbo]

More Marlin Publicity ....

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-09/miami-marlins-now-literally-turning-fans-away

 

[Kraven]

Marlins draw 13,800 tonight, this is surprising to me .... but its still early.

I said it on page 1 or 2 of this thread.. Loria is going to flood the stadium w/ non-paying fans.

 

[salsadancer7]

More Marlin Publicity ....

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-09/miami-marlins-now-literally-turning-fans-away

BEST line of the article:

But as former MLB commissioner Fay Vincent said to me, “Somebody has to start being nice to the public down there.”

 

[Mr Tony]

Marlins draw 13,800 tonight, this is surprising to me .... but its still early.

and yet only 10,500 in Seattle....hmmmmmmm

 

[Jimbo]

and yet only 10,500 in Seattle....hmmmmmmm

Tigers had 28,000 this afternoon in a cold rain storm ...

 

[satjay]

crappy dome + not in Tampa proper equals bad sales

I have driven by the dome in Tampa, not much of a surrounding area with places to eat or hang out before or after a game that I saw

 

[Mr Tony]

I think the Marlins are going off tickets sold and not butts in the seats (or in the stadium)
20,000 there yesterday?

 

[king3pj]

I think the Marlins are going off tickets sold and not butts in the seats (or in the stadium)
20,000 there yesterday?

I think that's how everyone does their attendance numbers. It's not just the Marlins. Look at all the "sellouts" with big sections of empty seats. Everyone exaggerates their attendance.

 

[salsadancer7]

I think that's how everyone does their attendance numbers. It's not just the Marlins. Look at all the "sellouts" with big sections of empty seats. Everyone exaggerates their attendance.

It's not an exaggeration because EVERYONE goes by paid attendance. No one goes by turnstile any more.


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[cosmo_kramer]

It only makes sense to do it that way, if the tickets are indeed sold. Can't fault the team if people don't show....

 

[Ramy]

It only makes sense to do it that way, if the tickets are indeed sold. Can't fault the team if people don't show....

I agree.

 

[king3pj]

It's not an exaggeration because EVERYONE goes by paid attendance. No one goes by turnstile any more.


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That was my point. It's unfair to nitpick Miami's numbers when every team does the same thing. I didn't watch yesterday's game but I did pay attention to the crowd in the highlights. Their attendance number of 21,412 seemed pretty reasonable to me. I think maybe people are just overestimating the affect that bad ownership will have on the ticket sales. Yes, if they keep this up for years I'm sure the fan base will continue to decline but I expect this year's attendance to be right around the 1.5 million that the Rays put up last year.

 

[salsadancer7]

That was my point. It's unfair to nitpick Miami's numbers when every team does the same thing. I didn't watch yesterday's game but I did pay attention to the crowd in the highlights. Their attendance number of 21,412 seemed pretty reasonable to me. I think maybe people are just overestimating the affect that bad ownership will have on the ticket sales. Yes, if they keep this up for years I'm sure the fan base will continue to decline but I expect this year's attendance to be right around the 1.5 million that the Rays put up last year.

I went to my 1st game(and might be my last game ) on Saturday...and they stated the crowd was about 14K. Meh... maybe.

 

[Kraven]

 

[Rey]

2-11 baby!!!!! :

 

[Kraven]

Great.. Loria's on track of getting the next top darft picks for the forceable future.

 

[Neutron]

I bet San Antonio would like a baseball team....

 

[Kraven]

Las Vegas and Montreal are next in line... IMO

 

[salsadancer7]

I bet San Antonio would like a baseball team....

We want The Marlins to stay...it's Loria we want out. And, once a new stadium was built, the Marlins will be here for AT LEAST the next 20 years.


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[madmadworld]

Las Vegas and Montreal are next in line... IMO

we will not get a major sport here in Vegas for awhile. baseball would be the worse to get,to many games NFL would be best first choice 10 games this would build paying sports fans any other sport would fail. we all have fav teams from where we came from.
10 years of NFL would build a US identity plus the new born here (past 15 years) will be older and ready for NBA then MLB and/or NHL. second choice now would be NBA as we have basketball fans due to the Rebels.

ps: can i change my vote lol