Is this Normal ? Does this happen every April ?

FishFace5 · 04-21-10, 05:19 PM

Pretty standard for those teams.
Go to the top half of the league and I bet all the games were sold out.

nobs · 04-21-10, 05:21 PM

I know those teams suck. But the Mariners had won 5 games in a row and still only 33%.

Maybe its the NBA Playoffs. Maybe its just that sitting through 9 innings of baseball is hell like going down on Roseanne.

I just say you should buy the cheap $8 seats and then move to a good $50 seat. There will be plenty available, and can they really say anything. They cant afford to piss off customers when they are 3/4 empty already.

Maybe its normal first month of the year, but I have never been to a game where its been 70% empty.

nobs · 04-21-10, 05:21 PM

Originally posted by FishFace5

Pretty standard for those teams.
Go to the top half of the league and I bet all the games were sold out.

Only the Red Sox game was 100%. Even good teams were 60-70%

nobs · 04-21-10, 05:25 PM

White Sox/ Tampa Bay -- 46% Full ( Thats a good game )

Reds/ Dodgers ---- 30% Full ( 2 decent teams )

Dbacks/ Cardinals --- 38% Full ( 2 good teams )

Padres/Giants --- 40% ( 2 good teams )

nobs · 04-21-10, 05:26 PM

Originally posted by nobs

Only the Red Sox game was 100%. Even good teams were 60-70%

actually 40-50%

Doug · 04-21-10, 05:31 PM

Can you compare it to 4/20 from the last 5-10 years ?

I'd guess it costs too much, so the economy.

I noticed a lot of empty seats watching the Oak/NYY game last night. NYY should be a premium draw, but Oakland is a slum.

jjgold · 04-21-10, 05:41 PM

Att is way down in baseball

Bad economy, high prices and loss of interest in game

Boner_18 · 04-21-10, 05:42 PM

It's cold in april. Only baseball fans are paying attention to the games until after the all star break.

nobs · 04-21-10, 05:42 PM

Yankees vs. Oakland was 56% full.

Thats about the 3rd best draw of the whole night in MLB.

I was thinking it must be the economy too, but I know in Seattle you can buy a shit seat for $7 and then just sit where ever. You arent suppose too, but they dont say anything, especially when its 70% empty.

pavyracer · 04-21-10, 05:44 PM

It was a Tuesday and they play 162 games a year.

OmgUrMom · 04-21-10, 05:48 PM

seems pretty low

braves being on that list seems surprising

Andy117 · 04-21-10, 05:48 PM

Why so many posts about baseball if you hate it so much?

gryfyn1 · 04-21-10, 05:50 PM

Definately a combination of things .. Alot of poor attendence stadiums; its April so the weather isn't all that great; its s Tuesday and Basketball & Hockey playoffs are going on.

gryfyn1 · 04-21-10, 05:53 PM

Originally posted by OmgUrMom

seems pretty low

braves being on that list seems surprising

not really 18K for a tuesday in ATL is about right,

minet123 · 04-21-10, 05:55 PM

It's soooooo Sloooooow and weather not nice enough to sit out yet

nobs · 04-22-10, 10:02 PM

I read in the USA today that 2 teams had their all time low attendance records in their new ballparks yesterday.

The Mets and Nationals had the lowest attendance they have ever had in the 3 to 4 years since they opened their new parks yesterday. The Nationals lowest attendancerecord ever broke a record they had set just days earlier. The Nationals probably will end up stinking, but they are over .500 so far.

Brock Landers · 04-22-10, 10:05 PM

If i lived closer to a park i'd go every chance i get.

Baseball should has betting kiosks at stadium's, they'd triple attendance over night