2017 Attendance Thread

[spiritof66]

1 hour ago, eddie83 said:

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I still say Friday nights should be moved to 730. Always a late arriving crowd on Friday's, it is still a work day. People headed to downtown and more people deciding last minute to go to a game. 

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A lot can happen in the top of the first. Especially with Ubaldo pitching, but true of our other starters as well.

[spiritof66]

1 hour ago, eddie83 said:

. . .

I still say Friday nights should be moved to 730. Always a late arriving crowd on Friday's, it is still a work day. People headed to downtown and more people deciding last minute to go to a game. 

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A lot can happen in the top of the first. Especially with Ubaldo pitching, but true of our other starters as well.

[OFFNY]

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3-Game Set vs. ASTROS ))))))) (July 21st, 22nd, and 23rd)

 

25,784 )l) (56.1% Full)

32,524 )l) (70.7% Full)

21,533 )l) (46.8% Full)

________________

 

TOTAL )llllll.lllll.lll.lllllllllll.lll.lllllllllllllllllll)  79,841

 

3-GAME AVERAGE lllllll.lllll.llllllllll 26,614

 

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[Going Underground]

1 hour ago, OFFNY said:

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3-Game Set vs. ASTROS ))))))) (July 21st, 22nd, and 23rd)

 

25,784 )l) (56.1% Full)

32,524 )l) (70.7% Full)

21,533 )l) (46.8% Full)

________________

 

TOTAL )llllll.lllll.lll.lllllllllll.lll.lllllllllllllllllll)  79,841

 

3-GAME AVERAGE lllllll.lllll.llllllllll 26,614

 

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Crappy attendance. Weekend and a really good team and a giveaway.Orioles don't draw unless  they get other teams fans like Cubs,Cardinals, Yankees or Red Sox.They dont draw during the week school in or out.Sad to say Baltimore is a football town .Orioles promotion department is not innovative. 

[Chavez Ravine]

1 hour ago, Going Underground said:

Crappy attendance. Weekend and a really good team and a giveaway.Orioles don't draw unless  they get other teams fans like Cubs,Cardinals, Yankees or Red Sox.They dont draw during the week school in or out.Sad to say Baltimore is a football town .Orioles promotion department is not innovative. 

I agree with you about the promotions department, but you shouldn't need a promotions department for a weekend series in July. There are structural issues at work. Ben McDonald told a great story today about taking family vacations to the Astrodome when he was growing up. I suspect these days few people are driving from York or Norfolk to spend four days in B'more for their vacation. Granted there are probably like 10 people on the OH ?..... but it ain't moving the needle on attendance.

The only  reasons we weren't "downsized" are PA's lawyers and his sturberness/sense of civic duty.

[schittenden]

I can't say that I blame them too much.  The weather this weekend stunk.  It was hot and humid with heat indexes of around 100 and a threat of rain throughout the game.  Not good weather to draw in fans.

[Frobby]

There's no mystery here: the team has had a 25-41 record over the last 2.5 months.    Fans don't want to watch losing baseball.    

[Chavez Ravine]

4 minutes ago, Frobby said:

There's no mystery here: the team has had a 25-41 record over the last 2.5 months.    Fans don't want to watch losing baseball.    

41,372 people showed up to watch the Padres play the Giants today in SF.

[Frobby]

2 minutes ago, Chavez Ravine said:

41,372 people showed up to watch the Padres play the Giants today in SF.

I'm sure the Giants" season ticket base is huge.   

[Chavez Ravine]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

I'm sure the Giants" season ticket base is huge.   

Plus I suspect they have a substantial annual income from corporate tickets. But that is sort of the point. It is the reason the Athletics are still in Oakland.

[Going Underground]

9 hours ago, Frobby said:

There's no mystery here: the team has had a 25-41 record over the last 2.5 months.    Fans don't want to watch losing baseball.    

In most cases. Phillies were number 1 in attendance for a few years when they were winning. Now they are 20th. Some teams draw even when losing . Jays and Tigers are doing decent. Jays actually are near the top. Then you have the Indians who were in the World Series and are still 26th in attendance. The Rays who will never draw in the Trop. Dead last in attendance. Drew 16,000 yesterday on a Sunday.

[interloper]

12 hours ago, Chavez Ravine said:

41,372 people showed up to watch the Padres play the Giants today in SF.

Baltimore does want to watch losing baseball. 

[Frobby]

2 hours ago, Going Underground said:

In most cases. Phillies were number 1 in attendance for a few years when they were winning. Now they are 20th. Some teams draw even when losing . Jays and Tigers are doing decent. Jays actually are near the top. Then you have the Indians who were in the World Series and are still 26th in attendance. The Rays who will never draw in the Trop. Dead last in attendance. Drew 16,000 yesterday on a Sunday.

I don't know exactly what the Jays have been doing, but their attendance has skyrocketed since 2010, when they drew only 1.495 mm.   Attendance improved every year but one during 2011-17, and was 3.392 mm last year.   And that includes some down years.

[Going Underground]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

I don't know exactly what the Jays have been doing, but their attendance has skyrocketed since 2010, when they drew only 1.495 mm.   Attendance improved every year but one during 2011-17, and was 3.392 mm last year.   And that includes some down years.

Some theories. Toronto is estimated to be the fourth largest city in North America, behind only Mexico City, New York, and Los Angeles. The games are telecast coast to coast. Only game in town since the Expos left. No regional franchises like in the US. Baseball is popular again. Took them awhile after the strike but they want another franchise soon.

[Frobby]

Seems to me all that stuff was true in 2010.    The strike was in 1994-95.