Week Two: NFL Stadiums Plagued by Thousands of Empty Seats

[stjames1_53]

So they pay their $xxx for tickets, then they go to boo the team. Proof that football junkies are already six sheets to the wind.

I'm not against sports. I hunt and fish. The rest don't put meals on the table.

[stjames1_53]

That is true.

it isn't just the seats. There's game and gameday paraphernalia, food, alcohol, and parking....................those vendors are subcontractors. Their bids will fall next year...two year affect. Then there's the hotels and housing that rely upon attendance.

[Ransom]

I'm not against sports. I hunt and fish. The rest don't put meals on the table.

As well, I'm sure if any fellow woodsman struck up our national anthem on as much as a broken fiddle, y'all would remove your hats and stand to.

I spent some time hunting fish......few citations.....nothing special.....more the adventure.

[stjames1_53]

As well, I'm sure if any fellow woodsman struck up our national anthem on as much as a broken fiddle, y'all would remove your hats and stand to.

I spent some time hunting fish......few citations.....nothing special.....more the adventure.

yeppers

[Tahuyaman]

it isn't just the seats. There's game and gameday paraphernalia, food, alcohol, and parking....................those vendors are subcontractors. Their bids will fall next year...two year affect. Then there's the hotels and housing that rely upon attendance.

Hotels don't depend on revenues from regular season games. The stadium vendors will suffer, but not the local bars and restaurants. Whether people go to the game or not, they are packed.

[stjames1_53]

Hotels don't depend on revenues from regular season games. The stadium vendors will suffer, but not the local bars and restaurants. Whether people go to the game or not, they are packed.

That's like saying Mardi Gras is too full. Away visitors spend money. IF they can pay for a $500 seat, they're not camping out at Yogi Bear Campground. Of it were me, I figured to have cut my loses and not attend. They have their protest, I have mine, so to speak. I may not buy next year............

[Tahuyaman]

That's like saying Mardi Gras is too full. Away visitors spend money. IF they can pay for a $500 seat, he's not camping out at Yogi Bear Campground. Of it were me, I figured to have cut my loses and not attend. They have their protest, I have mine, so to speak. I may not buy next year............

Have you ever been to a regular season game?

[ripmeister]

I'm not sure that's comforting to NFL owners or players when you add the lower tv ratings as well. Are people losing interest?

Possibly, especially with the younger generations. There are many more entertainment options.

[stjames1_53]

Have you ever been to a regular season game?

no, but I did sleep in a Holiday Inn in N'awlins...
monthly events do not generate money like the playoffs.
Stadiums are not packed every weekend. Granted there might be smaller vendor activities that might be used, gun shows, gem/jewelry shows, etc. But nothing drives local economies quite like the main event.
again, one does not have attend to notice the further reaching consequences.

[Ransom]

Possibly, especially with the younger generations. There are many more entertainment options.

Then perhaps they need to look to growing viewership rather than making political statements.