What can bring the fans back?

[AceKing]

14 minutes ago, atomic said:

$2 beers.  

 

8 minutes ago, Number5 said:

Why stop there?  Why not 10 cent beers?

There is definitely room for improvement and re-evaluation of the pricing, and I think that would help a lot.

[LTO's]

I honestly don't care anymore. People are not going to sporting events like they used to and I don't blame them. Prices for everything remain the same and people's wages aren't matching it. Younger fans in the area are racking up debt to be able to go to school and are paying extremely high prices to live in the area. It's an incredibly understandable position to not want to spend money to watch a game when you can just go to a bar or stream it at home. This is the part where the billion dollar institution makes big concessions to the fans in order to get them to come. Cheaper food and drink, parking, tickets and other perks. We'll see how they approach it. IIRC they always have very strong TV ratings so the fan base is still there. 

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, LTO's said:

I honestly don't care anymore. People are not going to sporting events like they used to and I don't blame them. Prices for everything remain the same and people's wages aren't matching it. Younger fans in the area are racking up debt to be able to go to school and are paying extremely high prices to live in the area. It's an incredibly understandable position to not want to spend money to watch a game when you can just go to a bar or stream it at home. This is the part where the billion dollar institution makes big concessions to the fans in order to get them to come. Cheaper food and drink, parking, tickets and other perks. We'll see how they approach it. IIRC they always have very strong TV ratings so the fan base is still there. 

Yep, this is about where I am.  I can afford it, I just don't want to.

Watching on a 65 inch high def flatscreen with my own food and having the rest of my day is a better experience than battling traffic, parking and sweating my nuts off at OPACY.  I get it if there are people who love to go to games, etc, that's fine.  But I've been well over 100 times, I don't feel the need to go anymore.  

[atomic]

5 minutes ago, LTO's said:

I honestly don't care anymore. People are not going to sporting events like they used to and I don't blame them. Prices for everything remain the same and people's wages aren't matching it. Younger fans in the area are racking up debt to be able to go to school and are paying extremely high prices to live in the area. It's an incredibly understandable position to not want to spend money to watch a game when you can just go to a bar or stream it at home. This is the part where the billion dollar institution makes big concessions to the fans in order to get them to come. Cheaper food and drink, parking, tickets and other perks. We'll see how they approach it. IIRC they always have very strong TV ratings so the fan base is still there. 

TV ratings were very bad last season. They only averaged 27k viewers for games in prime time.  I don't think it has anything to do with price. 

[AceKing]

3 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Yep, this is about where I am.  I can afford it, I just don't want to.

Watching on a 65 inch high def flatscreen with my own food and having the rest of my day is a better experience than battling traffic, parking and sweating my nuts off at OPACY.  I get it if there are people who love to go to games, etc, that's fine.  But I've been well over 100 times, I don't feel the need to go anymore.  

I guess if this is the prevailing attitude, then why would MLB stay in Baltimore at all?

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, AceKing said:

I guess if this is the prevailing attitude, then why would MLB stay in Baltimore at all?

Dunno, good question.

[atomic]

5 minutes ago, AceKing said:

I guess if this is the prevailing attitude, then why would MLB stay in Baltimore at all?

I don't think it is a prevailing attitude. Most people I know go to see the Orioles play games occasionally but never watch them on TV.  Lot of women at Orioles games. How many of them you think are sitting in front of their 62 inch TV watching the Orioles night after night. I am guessing not too many. 

[HowAboutThat]

 I shouldn’t answer this question, because I’ve never even been to Baltimore in my life, and my wife has no interest in going, or in letting me go. Having said that, I will be happy if the team shows progress, if the decisions are logical, and if the baseball is clean. I was also incredibly disappointed when they got rid of the traditional beer. And the hotdogs are gone to, that’s just terrible. I was looking forward to both when I finally make my first trip.

[Babypowder]

7 minutes ago, AceKing said:

I guess if this is the prevailing attitude, then why would MLB stay in Baltimore at all?

I don't think this a Baltimore specific issue. 

[DrungoHazewood]

35 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Just winning.  

There are only two things guaranteed to bring more fans to ballpark: winning and free beer.  

The free beer (or nickle beer if you want to get technial) also comes with rioting, and is often frowned upon.

[AceKing]

1 minute ago, atomic said:

I don't think it is a prevailing attitude. Most people I know go to see the Orioles play games occasionally but never watch them on TV.  Lot of women at Orioles games. How many of them you think are sitting in front of their 62 inch TV watching the Orioles night after night. I am guessing not too many. 

My wife and I love the stadium experience.  Not so much the baseball recently, but we love to go and walk Camden, and get the giveaways, and people watch, etc...And scream O for the Anthem

 

[Tx Oriole]

8 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Yep, this is about where I am.  I can afford it, I just don't want to.

Watching on a 65 inch high def flatscreen with my own food and having the rest of my day is a better experience than battling traffic, parking and sweating my nuts off at OPACY.  I get it if there are people who love to go to games, etc, that's fine.  But I've been well over 100 times, I don't feel the need to go anymore.  

I've never been to a game in Baltimore. I would have liked to experience it. 

[AceKing]

Just now, Tx Oriole said:

I've never been to a game in Baltimore. I would have liked to experience it. 

It is so much fun when it is packed and engaged.

[atomic]

4 minutes ago, Philip said:

 I shouldn’t answer this question, because I’ve never even been to Baltimore in my life, and my wife has no interest in going, or in letting me go. Having said that, I will be happy if the team shows progress, if the decisions are logical, and if the baseball is clean. I was also incredibly disappointed when they got rid of the traditional beer. And the hotdogs are gone to, that’s just terrible. I was looking forward to both when I finally make my first trip.

There is still beer and hot dogs. 

[Moose Milligan]

3 minutes ago, Tx Oriole said:

I've never been to a game in Baltimore. I would have liked to experience it. 

I understand, I was strictly speaking from my perspective.  I get that there are plenty of people out there that have never been, or have only been a couple times and would like to go again.

1 minute ago, atomic said:

There is still beer and hot dogs. 

Yep, a lot of them at the grocery store down the street.