Joke Marlins close upper deck during games

[daneblazer]

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/05/08/marlins-park-to-close-upper-bowl-for-some-games/

They're doing it to save money.
What a heist these guys pulled on Miami. And now the Dolphins want a new stadium? Good fukkin luck

[JayLA]

Horrible. a joke....an absolute robbery....right under their nose, too..

remember jim mandich was always predicting this exact situation would happen. what a shame...

[playersonly69]

It does save alot of money. If the Upper Deck is open then you need concessions on each side of the stadium AND you need adequate security everywhere. Only bad things could happen when only a few people are on the Upper Deck. I would assume that you would need at least 5000 people sitting in the Upper Deck to even make it worthwhile to open

[Big Bear]

It does save alot of money. If the Upper Deck is open then you need concessions on each side of the stadium AND you need adequate security everywhere. Only bad things could happen when only a few people are on the Upper Deck. I would assume that you would need at least 5000 people sitting in the Upper Deck to even make it worthwhile to open

good point

[Smoke]

It does save alot of money. If the Upper Deck is open then you need concessions on each side of the stadium AND you need adequate security everywhere. Only bad things could happen when only a few people are on the Upper Deck. I would assume that you would need at least 5000 people sitting in the Upper Deck to even make it worthwhile to open

very good point

[Bluehorseshoe]

I don't understand why more teams don't do it.

[JayLA]

The issue here isnt closing the upper deck...or that they're using the parking garages as storage and the city suing them for it.....

it's that they have to resort to this after spending BILLIONS on the fukkin park!

[BuddyBear]

I am personally shocked they are drawing as many fans as they are currently drawing. If I were living in Miami, no way in the world I would spend any money to go to that ballpark and support that franchise. I would not want to give Jeffrey Lorie a single dollar of mine. I think it is fairly obvious, that baseball in the state of Florida does not work. Either move the two teams OR contract them. Keep them in the South and move them to Charlotte and maybe Nashville.

[RavensFan2k3]

Its funny, I live in Miami and its always a sight to see the stadium when driving by...but im not sure I'll ever see the inside.

[GUMMO77]

I don't understand why more teams don't do it.

A lot of teams don't do it because it takes jobs away from people. Even though these teams are run by individuals/groups, they are still very public and when a large number of people lose jobs, then it looks even worse.

[GUMMO77]

Its funny, I live in Miami and its always a sight to see the stadium when driving by...but im not sure I'll ever see the inside.

The location is horrid and for the first part of last year before the sell-off, there was no parking. I guess we don't have to worry about that now.

[RavensFan2k3]

The location is horrid and for the first part of last year before the sell-off, there was no parking. I guess we don't have to worry about that now.

Location is terrible. I remember reading they were trying to increase hispanic support lol

[mcaulay777]

I think Oakland has done it too at the coliseum. I do see a few people in one section of the upper deck there above home plate but for the most part the upper deck is just a tarp with athletics written on it.

[Deuce]

City must be ran by imbeciles.

[GUMMO77]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjkiebus/this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-a-sports-franchise-completel

[GUMMO77]

City must be ran by imbeciles.

Payoffs after payoffs.

[daneblazer]

Oakland didn't just hijack the tax payers for hundreds of millions of dollars. I can understand doing it in Oakland's case where the stadium is multi-purpose and seats 60k+

[JayLA]

Payoffs after payoffs.

fukkin city is so corrupt

[lakerboy]

sports teams shoud not be in miami. its a town for pussy, oh wait thats why they have lebron and the heat