The 2023 attendance thread

[Frobby]

3 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

Not for 35% of the fans that were there,not in Orange.

The hell with them! 

[Going Underground]

3 hours ago, Frobby said:

The hell with them! 

 

3 hours ago, Frobby said:

The hell with them! 

We came not to praise the Yankee fans but to bury them 

[Billy F-Face3]

It's looking close to a sold out stadium tonight. I'm looking forward to seeing what the final numbers are as we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the 1983 World Series Championship Team!

[Billy F-Face3]

Only the front rows of the 3rd base section (84) near the visitors dugout are available, and then we are officially sold out.

[fansince1988]

2 hours ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

It's looking close to a sold out stadium tonight. I'm looking forward to seeing what the final numbers are as we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the 1983 World Series Championship Team!

Give Buck a loud standing ovation for me! Wish I was there. Go Orioles!!!

[OriolesMagic83]

On 7/30/2023 at 10:50 AM, Frobby said:

The hell with them! 

Thanks for the cash, Yankee fans.  Hopefully the money will be used to buy a shiny new free agent. (not in Angelos' pocket)

[bpilktree]

27000 for a Sunday game vs New York is pretty poor showing to be honest.  We drew 30k+ vs the Marlins just few weeks back.   Still got over 100k thanks to almost sell out Saturday night 

[Roll Tide]

3 minutes ago, bpilktree said:

27000 for a Sunday game vs New York is pretty poor showing to be honest.  We drew 30k+ vs the Marlins just few weeks back.   Still got over 100k thanks to almost sell out Saturday night 

Pretty disappointing Crowe from the tv set. Lots of empty seats for a 1st place team.

[ShoelesJoe]

4 minutes ago, bpilktree said:

27000 for a Sunday game vs New York is pretty poor showing to be honest.  We drew 30k+ vs the Marlins just few weeks back.   Still got over 100k thanks to almost sell out Saturday night 

Just from watching the game on TV it didn’t look like the Mets’ army of fans was in attendance this afternoon. There were probably 5,000 or 10,000 there last night so if most of them bailed that could explain the drop off. 

[Billy F-Face3]

There's legitimate cause for concern about attendance as football gets going and school starts back up. It seems Americans care more about the NFL than they do MLB baseball these days, so given the choice between Ravens football or Orioles baseball, you have to wonder how many sports fans would choose baseball if they can't go to both. E

Which would be a shame because this could be a once in a lifetime Championship season and you wouldn't want to miss it! 

[FlipTheBird]

4 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

There's legitimate cause for concern about attendance as football gets going and school starts back up. It seems Americans care more about the NFL than they do MLB baseball these days, so given the choice between Ravens football or Orioles baseball, you have to wonder how many sports fans would choose baseball if they can't go to both. E

Which would be a shame because this could be a once in a lifetime Championship season and you wouldn't want to miss it! 

Americans have favored the NFL over MLB for decades now.

I’ve said it before, and this is not a slight against the Ravens at all, as it’s of course not remotely their fault or their problem, but a football team returning the Baltimore was the worst thing that could have ever happened to the Orioles. Far worse than the arrival of the Nationals. The Ravens coming to town made the Orioles a second-class sporting event.

Yes, the franchise compounded that problem with a lot of losing not very long after football’s return, but it was an inevitable shift either way. Football is just that much more popular.

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, FlipTheBird said:

Americans have favored the NFL over MLB for decades now.

I’ve said it before, and this is not a slight against the Ravens at all, as it’s of course not remotely their fault or their problem, but a football team returning the Baltimore was the worst thing that could have ever happened to the Orioles. Far worse than the arrival of the Nationals. The Ravens coming to town made the Orioles a second-class sporting event.

Yes, the franchise compounded that problem with a lot of losing not very long after football’s return, but it was an inevitable shift either way. Football is just that much more popular.

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MLB Communications announced on Monday that the league has recorded the highest attendance numbers in six years last week. According to reports, the May 19 to 21 weekend saw over 1.5 millions combined fans for all 30 teams, a record high since 2017.

It's on the upswing.

[FlipTheBird]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

It's on the upswing.

It would definitely appear as if the changes Manfred and his team have enacted, and the pretty substantial marketing campaign the league has bought into, has had the desired effect. Good on them.

[Chelsea_Phil]

22 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

There's legitimate cause for concern about attendance as football gets going and school starts back up. It seems Americans care more about the NFL than they do MLB baseball these days, so given the choice between Ravens football or Orioles baseball, you have to wonder how many sports fans would choose baseball if they can't go to both. E

Which would be a shame because this could be a once in a lifetime Championship season and you wouldn't want to miss it! 

“It seems?“. Duh, of course, the NFL is king in United States.

[OriolesMagic83]

21 minutes ago, FlipTheBird said:

Americans have favored the NFL over MLB for decades now.

I’ve said it before, and this is not a slight against the Ravens at all, as it’s of course not remotely their fault or their problem, but a football team returning the Baltimore was the worst thing that could have ever happened to the Orioles. Far worse than the arrival of the Nationals. The Ravens coming to town made the Orioles a second-class sporting event.

Yes, the franchise compounded that problem with a lot of losing not very long after football’s return, but it was an inevitable shift either way. Football is just that much more popular.

No disputing that football is more popular, but baseball has drawn very well in other cities w/ a quality product like New York, Boston, Atlanta, LA, and St. Louis.  A consistent winner is required and doing things first class to welcome fans and not drive them away.  The way the Angelos family has tried to do everything cheaply and been dismissive of fans has been a factor on decreasing attendance.  Maybe not as much as 14 years of losing but definitely a strong factor.  I think the days of regular sellouts are gone d/t proximity of Nationals, but I don't see any reason the O's can't average 30k+/game going forward.  There should be plenty of money to support a mid market payroll.  Baseball is a distant 3rd behind basketball and football in marketing its' stars.  Players like Adley and Gunnar w/ their electric personalities are a goldmine to a franchise.  O's have done very little to take advantage of that.