MLB Has Such A Bad Look Nightly With Empty Parks

[jjgold]

I never saw anything like it on a regular basis, many games nightly look less full than minor league locations

WTF????

Attendance going down and down yearly, need massive rule changes like auto strikes and balls and game times reduced by 45 minutes and cut schedule to 130 games

[hubie69]

Why would change this gold mine? Who cares how many people watch it? 1st shift JJ is slacking...

[THam12]

It's hot as fukk everywhere. Noone wants to sit and sweat when you can watch on tv

[mpaschal34]

I agree...the stadiums do look more empty than usual. However the numbers (other than Miami), are pretty much in line to where they were 15 years ago. I did a quick look and this year 13 teams are averaging 30k or more. 15 yrs ago it was 14.

So it appears tickets are being purchased from the team, but people aren’t actually going. A good portion of those could be secondary ticket markets (stubhub/etc) that go unsold. Or it’s just fake numbers produced by the teams to ensure TV revenues. Not sure what the full truth is, but in 10 years (or less) they could have a real problem.

[jjgold]

I think corporations are buying a lot of the tickets and those attendance numbers are deceiving

It’s summertime and they’re empty

Manny predicted technology is killing everything

[hubie69]

You know what happens when tickets get bought and nobody goes?

Nothing. The MLB still gets it's money.

[milwaukee mike]

I think corporations are buying a lot of the tickets and those attendance numbers are deceiving

It’s summertime and they’re empty

Manny predicted technology is killing everything

for now the corporations are buying

with the 50% entertainment deduction no longer available, some of those will be reconsidering

all it takes is a 10-20% drop in attendance/tv ratings to really damage a sport... just look at nascar or the nfl where you can get $5 tickets just like most mlb games

[klemopixx]

$20 to park, $8 for a crappy beer, $4 a hot dog, who can afford this crap??? The economy is on the downswing, families have to pay for cable and the internet, food prices going through the roof, insurance is totally ridiculous, there's just not enough money to go take the kids to a ballgame anymore. Not to mention baseball is a boring sport to kids. Too many games, season too long, the attention span of the average American gets them through 5 innings at best.

Football got it right. Only 16 games in a season, every game is important, only once a week. This keeps people interested. They plan their whole week around one day, one three hour slot when they do nothing but watch THEIR team. It's an event! Get together with friends, good food, drinks, even the wives get into it and half of them don't understand the sport! Same with college, once a week. Make it an event!

Baseball goes on forever. Same with hockey and basketball, but there's less to do in the winter so people watch more cause they're stuck.

[ikid2groove415]

I told everyone to pound the giants last night? If you miss that opportunity? Pound them again tonight- Cubs going into hibernation in SF!!

[ChocMilk23]

SF with Cueto love it.

[TheMoneyShot]

Haven't gone to a MLB game since 1994.

[jjgold]

What is the cost to go to a baseball game? Cheapest way? One person and two hotdogs and say one soda?

[ikid2groove415]

They need a team in Vegas (MLB) this peoples love sports -

[ikid2groove415]

What is the cost to go to a baseball game? Cheapest way? One person and two hotdogs and say one soda?

In Oakland under 20 bucks - go across the bay to SF? It’s fcking near $60 plus

[krk1030]

Its too hot right now in most places.

[klemopixx]

What is the cost to go to a baseball game? Cheapest way? One person and two hotdogs and say one soda?

At Citizens Bank Park you can buy pre-ordered parking online for $18, saves you two bucks unless you're using public transportation. A Standing Room Only ticket is $17, the cheapest seat $18. Not sure about a hot dog ($3.75 but there are dollar dog nights) but microbrews can run you $12-$13 but it's 24 ounces. I think the beer in a cup for Bud is $7.75 and it's 21 ounces (supposedly). Soda is $4.

So one ticket $18
Two dogs $7.50
One soda $4
It comes to $29.50, if you took public transportation.

[Snowball]

I think corporations are buying a lot of the tickets and those attendance numbers are deceiving

It’s summertime and they’re empty

Manny predicted technology is killing everything

Of course and this permeates the major leagues, especially baseball.
Corporations, advertizing, these all push prices higher... prices on tickets
are higher from corporate interests and players greed... the .0001% don't care
about the fans, JJ... but being a TRUMP - GOP supporter you are fine with the
oligarchy so don't act like you care about the little guy... those empty seats
could go to inner city schools but corporate pigs couldn't care less... Demonrats
are a false opposition to the oligarchy also.. nobody with any morals can vote Demonrat.
So the trajectory never changes... everyone except .0001% hoodwinked into thinking
inflation is prosperity and consumerism with sexual perversity is happiness.
This is all by design since the 1700s. If you want to read about sports and what
they should be like, there is a chapter in Ghadafi's Green Book.
Empty seats and not even enough birds to shit on them because we are killing environment.

[ikid2groove415]

Baseball is a boring sport - to dam SLOW- millinals not watching it

[cankid]

In Oakland under 20 bucks - go across the bay to SF? It’s fcking near $60 plus

quite the diff in price

[b1slickguy]

What is the cost to go to a baseball game? Cheapest way? One person and two hotdogs and say one soda?

[ApricotSinner32]

Football and combat sports are way more interesting to watch because they aren't on everyday. Baseball is a joke.

[ChocMilk23]

We always buy our dogs outside and bring them in. Seattle has like 10-15 hotdog vendors outside in front of the stadium, get a lot more for your money. Not sure if other parks let you bring food in tho.

[ikid2groove415]

quite the diff in price

East Oakland is ghetto - SF is filthy rich

[TheChamp1]

St. Louis is about the only club that packs the stadium nightly. Cubs too. Then there's the level of club that packs it for key games or prime time slots. Then there's just meh

[jjgold]

I wonder if that actually works

[Causey842]

At Citizens Bank Park you can buy pre-ordered parking online for $18, saves you two bucks unless you're using public transportation. A Standing Room Only ticket is $17, the cheapest seat $18. Not sure about a hot dog ($3.75 but there are dollar dog nights) but microbrews can run you $12-$13 but it's 24 ounces. I think the beer in a cup for Bud is $7.75 and it's 21 ounces (supposedly). Soda is $4.

So one ticket $18
Two dogs $7.50
One soda $4
It comes to $29.50, if you took public transportation.

As a Sox fan, you guys have one of my favorite parks. Beautiful park, easy parking, tailgating, Xfinity party after. Despite what happened to my Pats, I love Philly.

[unusialsusp5]

$20 to park, $8 for a crappy beer, $4 a hot dog, who can afford this crap??? The economy is on the downswing, families have to pay for cable and the internet, food prices going through the roof, insurance is totally ridiculous, there's just not enough money to go take the kids to a ballgame anymore. Not to mention baseball is a boring sport to kids. Too many games, season too long, the attention span of the average American gets them through 5 innings at best.

Football got it right. Only 16 games in a season, every game is important, only once a week. This keeps people interested. They plan their whole week around one day, one three hour slot when they do nothing but watch THEIR team. It's an event! Get together with friends, good food, drinks, even the wives get into it and half of them don't understand the sport! Same with college, once a week. Make it an event!

Baseball goes on forever. Same with hockey and basketball, but there's less to do in the winter so people watch more cause they're stuck.

those are 15 year old prices. more like $40 to park, $12 beers, $6 hot dogs, $6 soda's or water. football attendees pay through the nose also and there is less than 10 minutes of real time action in a football game.

[Booya711]

maybe they are expecting a WNBA game

[jjgold]

NBA and NHL do very well can’t compare than the major-league baseball

The national basketball Association has stars on every team hockey just says that strong loyal following


Baseball losing viewership every year

[Harry N. Lloyd]

They have a bad business model. Good teams can spend as much as they want, while bad teams can spend virtually nothing. It creates a great disparity in competition.

Baltimore and KC are each 40 games under .500 and we haven't even reached the All Star break. WTF?

Some of these teams are barely above triple-A ball.

Meanwhile the Red Sox, Yankees, and Dodgers are jostling to add Machado to their line up. Ridiculous.

[cruzing vato]

Last I went Petco Park was like $14 to sit up in the cheap seats. Burger and a drink were probably another $8. They made me throw away my water bottle though at the gate that made me not want to come back as much. It is 90 degrees and I cant bring in my water. What does it look like a bomb??

[KVB]

[jjgold]

most playoffs spots decided already and it is the all star break

Kids losing interest, they rather listen to ghetto rap music and play video games and sneak smoking pot