Pawsox now the Provsox?? (Providence, Pawtucket: organic, living, cost)
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I go a few times a year usually and it seemed to me that attendance has been declining over the past few years.
The Pawsox will do as well as the major league team does. Winning Bosox means higher attendance in Pawtucket. Also rehab games for star player will draw a larger crowd. There weren't any rehabs of value at the Pawsox this year. Had Ortiz needed rehab as he has needed it in the past then 12000 fans would show up.
The Pawsox will do as well as the major league team does. Winning Bosox means higher attendance in Pawtucket. Also rehab games for star player will draw a larger crowd. There weren't any rehabs of value at the Pawsox this year. Had Ortiz needed rehab as he has needed it in the past then 12000 fans would show up.
I didn't just imagine it; turns out attendance has been on the decline since 2005, despite fielding championship teams lately. I can't remember the last time I've seen more than a handful of people in the bleachers or on the berm. It's down another 10% this year too. I used to go half a dozen times a season myself and I only went once this year but I have season tickets to the Revs now so I guess they're getting my sports entertainment dollar now.
I was just there in August. Usually go to several games a year.
I took a friend, his wife, and their children to the game back in August. They live in western MA and had never been to McCoy. The three kids were all under 6 yo. They all had a terrific time. My friend and his wife remarked that they couldn't understand why the team would ever move. They loved McCoy. They couldn't believe how different it was than a Fenway experience. They got free tee shirts upon entering, we all ran the bases after the game, and then got freebies (multiple packs of cookies) as we left. My friend observed that he was stopped leaving McCoy and not let out until being given freebies. This was so unlike Fenway where he joked they stopped you on the way out and only let you leave if you had no money left.
I didn't just imagine it; turns out attendance has been on the decline since 2005, despite fielding championship teams lately. I can't remember the last time I've seen more than a handful of people in the bleachers or on the berm. It's down another 10% this year too. I used to go half a dozen times a season myself and I only went once this year but I have season tickets to the Revs now so I guess they're getting my sports entertainment dollar now.
I think the Boston Red Sox finally winning the World Series back in 2004 has actually reduced the fan passion and contributed to lower ticket sales for both Boston and Pawtucket. There was such a pent up passion for the Sox hoping each season would be THE season where they won it. It has been somewhat anti-climatic since they won. There is still support for the Sox but it is not as passionate and hard core.
I think the Boston Red Sox finally winning the World Series back in 2004 has actually reduced the fan passion and contributed to lower ticket sales for both Boston and Pawtucket. There was such a pent up passion for the Sox hoping each season would be THE season where they won it. It has been somewhat anti-climatic since they won. There is still support for the Sox but it is not as passionate and hard core.
I think the 15 years of Patriots success has pretty much displaced baseball in the region. The last place Sox teams of recent years have also crushed NESN ratings. The Red Sox used to be on the TV pretty much anywhere you'd go. Not so much now.
I think the Boston Red Sox finally winning the World Series back in 2004 has actually reduced the fan passion and contributed to lower ticket sales for both Boston and Pawtucket. There was such a pent up passion for the Sox hoping each season would be THE season where they won it. It has been somewhat anti-climatic since they won. There is still support for the Sox but it is not as passionate and hard core.
By that reasoning, after four Super Bowl wins the Patriots should be playing in a half empty stadium. On the contrary, winning has done nothing but stoke their fans passion.
I think you're witnessing a decline in appreciation for baseball in general. The games have too much downtime and last forever, the season goes on forever and you'd think after 162 games the results would be definitive, but no, we still need wild card slots and a month of playoffs? Ain't no one got time for that these days, LOL!
Football has it all over baseball as a "must see" event. The womens' World Cup got higher ratings than the World Series last year. Sad to see, but the writing's on the wall. I think it's going to be hard to reverse declining attendance numbers and the best that can be hoped for is that they level off. Probably why the PawSox owners want a ballpark that's a destination in itself - they don't have faith that the game will draw the numbers.
Football has it all over baseball as a "must see" event. The womens' World Cup got higher ratings than the World Series last year. Sad to see, but the writing's on the wall. I think it's going to be hard to reverse declining attendance numbers and the best that can be hoped for is that they level off. Probably why the PawSox owners want a ballpark that's a destination in itself - they don't have faith that the game will draw the numbers.
Though baseball is certainly declining in popularity, the paradox is that it's actually more profitable than ever. Far from declining as a business nationwide, baseball in general is booming. I suppose it's successfully transitioning to be a niche product.
Totally off topic, but as a baseball fan who used to be a huge baseball fan -- I don't think I missed a single inning of a single Mets game in 1990, the height of my fandom -- I never really quite got the increasing popularity of football. It doesn't have the non-stop action of basketball or hockey, the play is often hard to follow, the masked players seem hard to connect with. Funny thing is that this seems like it should be baseball's time -- the most individualistic of major American team sports for the most individualistic of times.
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