2014 Attendance Thread

[Redskins Rick]

I saw this quote on HBT today and it summed it up very well:

Baseball is losing its luster. As ticket prices get higher, interest goes lower. As options on television expand, baseball?s grip on the American public gets ever more slippery.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/16/baseball-is-dying-you-guys-2/

[FlipCup]

I also believe the interest in baseball is getting lower. However, I would not 100% blame it on the ticket prices. I would blame some of it on the technology. Some people just prefer the comfort of their own home with their own food & beer.

Also, baseball does not get the national spotlight as much as it used too. I know that some complain about ESPN and other sporting news outlets. However, the publicity to keep this a "popular" game is important to having it on the news outlets. There has been more coverage the past few days with Summer Basketball Leagues as opposed to MLB.

[Redskins Rick]

I also believe the interest in baseball is getting lower. However, I would not 100% blame it on the ticket prices. I would blame some of it on the technology. Some people just prefer the comfort of their own home with their own food & beer.

Also, baseball does not get the national spotlight as much as it used too. I know that some complain about ESPN and other sporting news outlets. However, the publicity to keep this a "popular" game is important to having it on the news outlets. There has been more coverage the past few days with Summer Basketball Leagues as opposed to MLB.

I think to be fair, its more than just ticket prices, when you talk about the cost of going to a game, $10 to park and then the food cost, which isn't cheap.

[FlipCup]

I think to be fair, its more than just ticket prices, when you talk about the cost of going to a game, $10 to park and then the food cost, which isn't cheap.

I agree. However, you will have a lot of people say that you can bring in your own food and drinks. When I go to a game, I never bring in my own food or drinks. I buy them within the stadium. Makes it an easy $70-100 game including price of tickets.

[Frobby]

I think to be fair, its more than just ticket prices, when you talk about the cost of going to a game, $10 to park and then the food cost, which isn't cheap.

None of this explains why baseball is losing ground to other sports, all of which are more expensive to attend than baseball. From a revenue point of view, however, baseball is doing just fine. $2.2 bb in 1995, about $9 bb this year.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2013/12/17/major-league-baseball-sees-record-revenues-exceed-8-billion-for-2013/

[Number5]

None of this explains why baseball is losing ground to other sports, all of which are more expensive to attend than baseball. From a revenue point of view, however, baseball is doing just fine. $2.2 bb in 1995, about $9 bb this year.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2013/12/17/major-league-baseball-sees-record-revenues-exceed-8-billion-for-2013/

I just can't understand why people want to watch soccer. What do they see in it?

[Number5]

I really don't hate soccer. I posted some images of women playing soccer in bikinis that have disappeared for some reason. It was meant to be funny.

[Redskins Rick]

None of this explains why baseball is losing ground to other sports, all of which are more expensive to attend than baseball. From a revenue point of view, however, baseball is doing just fine. $2.2 bb in 1995, about $9 bb this year.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2013/12/17/major-league-baseball-sees-record-revenues-exceed-8-billion-for-2013/

Not every sport is doing fine for attendance.

The NFL is pretty much exempt from this, since they only play 8 home games.

NASCAR is healthy, like Baseball, because of TV revenue, but NASCAR has declining ticket sales in most tracks.

Likewise NBA and NHL, tickets are strong in some cities, like Baseball, but mostly the sales are declining.

[Frobby]

Looks like the O's got their fans' attention -- 36,882 for a Tyesday night game.

[schittenden]

Looks like the O's got their fans' attention -- 36,882 for a Tyesday night game.

I noticed that. Was it a giveaway day or anything? Weather was amazing. That probably helped, but the crowd seemed huge for a Tuesday night.

[OFFNY]

o

3 GAME-SET vs. Angels O (JULY 29th, 30th, 31st)

36,882

27,195

24,974

_____

89,051

[incubus]

o

3 GAME-SET vs. Angels O (JULY 29th, 30th, 31st)

36,882

27,195

24,974

_____

89,051

Good overall attendance for a non-division game, but what is up with the massive drop from Tuesday to Weds/Thurs?

[ShaneDawg85]

Good overall attendance for a non-division game, but what is up with the massive drop from Tuesday to Weds/Thurs?

Tuesday was Ollie's Bargain Night, so I imagine that might have had something to do with it since the upper deck looked quite full.

[webbrick2010]

I think length of the games is a factor in dwindling attendance.

I know I won't take my games to a night game, especially a week night.

Hard for even a fan like me to watch a 4 hour 3-2 game

[OFFNY]

o

3 GAME-SET vs. Mariners O (AUGUST 1st, 2nd, 3rd)

39,487

36,508

35,217

______

111,212