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get a bunch of bars in the area, grow Ivy, have celebs sing the 7th inning stretch, age the ballpark so it looks old, have big tubs to piss in, and no technology....just falling concrete and you got the fans!
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Well, how would you go about trying to get more fans to go? Obviously you want to have a winning product on the field, but even when the Sox were winning nobody came out. I assume that's because Sox fans are smart and realized that it was all smoke and mirrors, but what happens if you have an actual good team and still nobody comes out?
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we had a good team, we thought we could win the division, we had zero confidence in anything passed that.
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smoke and mirrors? they lost by 3 games and it was lost a week ago. this team was supposed to lose 95 games and Det was supposed to have clinched this division in may. please
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So what you're saying is that the fans stayed away because they knew it would come crashing down at any moment? Even with as cynical a fanbase as you can get I find that hard to believe :shrug:
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One solution...fire Brooks Boyer.
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I'm not even talking about this past week. A month or two ago when the Sox maintained the division lead, they were still having issues with attendance. I guess I just don't understand. With Tampa Bay it makes sense because their park is in the worst possible location, but if the Cell is in a convenient location and it's actually a decent ballpark it makes little sense to not come out to watch the Yankees get swept.
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No. The fans knew that this wasnt a championship club. The fans knew that if they made it, it would be short lived. Its championship or bust on the south side. October anything can happen but the AL Central is such a mess that neither det or chi would have won the WS....they are the exception as neither team deserved to be mentioned in the month of October.
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So why waste your money on a pipe dream. I guess I can understand that.
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Back to my original question though, how would you actually get more fans to come out?
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no clue. I would imagine the only option is for the white sox to strike first and get 1 or 2 premier players that could attract casual fans.
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All kidding aside, it's really a shame the Sox couldn't get more fans to the stadium. They were competitive for the entire year.
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I wasn't kidding in my posts. The Sox's attendance issue was baffling.
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It's a shame because US Cellular is a great place to watch a game, and has a lot to inside. Plus the food. I'll never buy the whole neighborhood argument, because it's actually not a bad neighborhood. The surrounding areas aren't great, but the actual area the stadium in is fine.
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yep. Agreed.
Food and everything being quite accessible and the neighborhood shit is getting old. I said it earlier...there are 1 million dollar homes right down the street. The only real shady part is on the other side of the ryan. I love watching games there.
the yankees series was probably the series that made everyone confused. it was a ghost town
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Lower ticket prices = more fans.
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This is it. I would make an argument that there are more blue collared fans then white collared fans when it comes to the White Sox. The economy is a killer and the ticket pricing and parking is very high. Plus it really isn't near their fan base anymore. I would be willing to say that the majority of their fans live at least an 45 min from the park and that is with no traffic.
But I think one way you could go is do some of the stuff that minor league teams do. The days of the product standing on it's own I think is out with the rotary phone. I think you could market the heck out of the non-baseball part and folks would come out. I know that idea isn't keen to many, but hey, it works up North.
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This issue has less to do with blue collar vs white collar (which is a superficial stereotype that hasn't been relevant since the 70's) and more with the fact they charge the fourth highest ticket price by average in MLB. Angels and Dodgers fans don't pay as much per ticket as Sox fans and both teams spend more money on free agents and their farm system than the Sox.