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Re: Rays pitiful attendance

2008-08-28T18:01:10Z

How many more morons (see dumb and dumber AKA ron & ian) are going to make
fools of themselves by saying that now that the Rays are winners and because
the trop is not selling out on week nights the team should leave St.
Pete...?
it takes more than a partial of one season of success to grow a loyal fan

Re: Rays pitiful attendance

2008-08-28T16:39:49Z

Think it's bad now? wait until the football season gets going for real.
There are baseball fans here, real good ones, but there are also baseball
fans in Nebraska, there just are not enough baseballs here to support two
major league teams in Florida. I'd be nice if the Marlins and the Rays
could merge, and play in Orlando, and spread the minor league teams around

Re: Rays pitiful attendance

2008-08-28T12:15:54Z

What are ticket prices like?
I remember the Oakland A's during their dynasty period drawing fewer
than 1000 in some games.

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Re: Rays pitiful attendance

2008-08-28T02:12:21Z

Trust me I saw the same thing down in the Marlins territory in the
90's. There were more season ticket holders in Palm Beach county than
in Dade County at one time. West Palm Beach is a 80 mile drive. The
Marlins didn't even sell out one or two WS of their games against the
Indians. Here in Florida the cities are built out in a sprawl unlike

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Re: Rays pitiful attendance

2008-08-27T18:36:22Z

Attendance at the Trop means very little if you're using it to judge local
support of the team...
Radio and television ratings are through the roof...merchandise is on
fire...!
Oh and by the way (FYI)...there are (or there were) more Buc season ticket
holders that reside in Pinellas County than in Hillsborough...

Re: Rays pitiful attendance

2008-08-27T17:55:02Z

I doubt you are right. there are probably twice as many potential b-
ball attendees on the tampa side of the bay, but if you are that just
means the entire TB area is unsuitable for MLB.
Sure, an intra-bay mass-transit system would help, but no way are the
cities going to invest 100s of millions in that just to facilitate

Re: Rays pitiful attendance

2008-08-27T17:52:34Z

yes, unfortunately the trop is not anywhere near the 'geographic
center' of the Tampa Bay area, at least not in terms of population and
accessibility. Your location would draw many more fans.

Re: Rays pitiful attendance

2008-08-27T17:30:19Z

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:24:00 -0400, Flycoon
Consider this the draw area for the Rays is Tampa/St Pete/Clearwater/
Lakeland/Sarasota and Bradenton areas. That is about a 100 mile radius
around the stadium. Moved the stadium to I4 and I75 and the draw area
still is a 100 mile radius.
Yes it is closer to those in the lakeland/Brandon/New Tampa area. Yet

Re: Rays pitiful attendance

2008-08-27T16:35:31Z

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:24:00 -0400, Flycoon
Will not make a significant difference.
james