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Why are the Orioles games not sold out right now?


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The Orioles are in a playoff race for the first time in a very long time and yet only 25,754 people show up to their game on a Friday night. What in the world is going on in Oriole land? Is the economy preventing Oriole fans from cheering on their hometown team? The Orioles are playing their balls off and they deserve for their games to be sold out. I would go to several Oriole games right now if I lived in Maryland. I live too far away to do that though. Please wake up and support your team Oriole fans. The Oriole players deserve your support.

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It's pretty disappointing. I was there tonight and plan on being at many, many games between now and the end of the year. Every game now is crucial. I've been pining for August and September games that matter, and they've finallly arrived. It's sad that a Ravens preseason game on a Thursday night gets 70,000 attendance and we can't even draw 30K on a Friday night in the midst of a pennant race. Sad to say but Baltimore just isn't much of a baseball town anymore.

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It's pretty disappointing. I was there tonight and plan on being at many, many games between now and the end of the year. Every game now is crucial. I've been pining for August and September games that matter, and they've finallly arrived. It's sad that a Ravens preseason game on a Thursday night gets 70,000 attendance and we can't even draw 30K on a Friday night in the midst of a pennant race. Sad to say but Baltimore just isn't much of a baseball town anymore.

This town WILL become a baseball town again once we consistently win.

I said it before, and I'll say it again: short term winning will certainly increase attendance, but long term success will consistently put arses in the seats.

Not to mention you're comparing a sport that plays *1* game a week to a sport that can play *7* in a week.

Attendance is up. It'll keep going up. There is a huge buzz in Baltimore. People are talking Orioles before the Ravens. That's the first step.

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The Orioles are in a playoff race for the first time in a very long time and yet only 25' date='754 people show up to their game on a Friday night. What in the world is going on in Oriole land? Is the economy preventing Oriole fans from cheering on their hometown team? The Orioles are playing their balls off and they deserve for their games to be sold out. I would go to several Oriole games right now if I lived in Maryland. I live too far away to do that though. Please wake up and support your team Oriole fans. The Oriole players deserve your support.

Andrew[/quote']Not everyone believes yet.

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I am pretty disasppointed, but I think three factors are at play:

1. The O's have lost for 14 years in a row and you don't rebuild a fan base overnight. Attendance is largely built on season ticket sales and the O's have a very low base.

2. The O's have played pretty well, gotten the fans excited, and then fallen apart and ripped the fans' hearts out several times. The fans are having a hard time believing it won't happen again.

3. These are the last days before school starts in a lot of places and a lot of people are on vacation.

With all that said, I'm still pretty surprised at August attendance. I think today's crowd will be bigger for the Mussina/Dauer HOF induction though the weather looks iffy.

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I am pretty disasppointed, but I think three factors are at play:

1. The O's have lost for 14 years in a row and you don't rebuild a fan base overnight. Attendance is largely built on season ticket sales and the O's have a very low base.

2. The O's have played pretty well, gotten the fans excited, and then fallen apart and ripped the fans' hearts out several times. The fans are having a hard time believing it won't happen again.

3. These are the last days before school starts in a lot of places and a lot of people are on vacation.

With all that said, I'm still pretty surprised at August attendance. I think today's crowd will be bigger for the Mussina/Dauer HOF induction though the weather looks iffy.

It absolutely is a combination of thing. Unlike Pittsburgh, the Baltimore fan war against the poorly run franchise has left some baggage. I think that the new rules of engagement for the mlb will get people in the habit of attending late summer baseball in years to come.

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Any serious spike in attendance will be a gradual ascension over time. You can't expect to average 38,000 when you suck for 15 years and then have a good 4 months.

Bingo. Most casual Os fans are pretty jaded at this point. It's not like the Os have exactly run an A+ PR effort over the past 15 years either. The crowds will grow as long as the Os stay in the race. Everybody loves a winner no matter how jaded they are.

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Bingo. Most casual Os fans are pretty jaded at this point. It's not like the Os have exactly run an A+ PR effort over the past 15 years either. The crowds will grow as long as the Os stay in the race. Everybody loves a winner no matter how jaded they are.

A winning season will lead to increased season and corporate ticket sales. That is how you build attendance, not walk ups. /SG

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