Does Logan work for the mortgage company, or is this Logan Perkins who works at the stadium as the Manager of Special Event Sales?
I can easily see myself with this plan: Figure out how many games I'd want to go to and how much it'd cost to buy tickets through the secondary market (and I'd probably buy the majority via the Nordecke exchange or Nordecke.com, although if I can get a better price on a non-Nordecke seat, I'd be tempted to take it). If the league tries something stupid like "Columbus Rivarly Day" and schedules a home Hell is Real the same day as a home OSU-Mich, well, not only is that totally boneheaded, but I'm probably not going to freeze through two games...which is a lot easier to say in a hypothetical situation. Realize that some games are going to be harder to get, possibly including playoff games which are now in warm weather. Figure the cost of watching away games. Is it a comparable price? Then season tickets definitely make sense. There's certainly a lot of pieces to the puzzle.
Yes there are. How many home matches will we have in November, December, February, March? Will MLS stick to their current weekend Kickoff times of 7:30 or will they move to more EPL/Bundesliga Kickoff of 12:30 - 3:30? ( I can take sitting outside in 35 degree temperature, in the sunshine, much better than I can take sitting outside in 25 degree temperature with a 10 mph wind out of the Northwest, in darkness. ) How many weeknight games will there be (especially in November, December, February, March)?
I would absolutely be in favor of this. If they're going to change shit, then change shit. The tendency to go with night games made sense when we were a summer league. If we're not going to be that anymore, then playing in daylight makes more sense.
I will be incredibly shocked if they stick with the 7:30 PM kick-off times for all games with this switch. Currently, our home games at the beginning of the year, in February and March, are very rarely, if ever, scheduled to kick off at 7:30. So I would expect similar kick-off times to what we currently get for the early-season games.
I prefer night games. The atmosphere in the stadium is way better at night, and when I’m watching from home, we do all of our family stuff during the day. Afternoon games suck if you enjoy spending time with your family. This is probably the biggest reason I don’t watch collage football.
Did he mention either why the stadium naming rights deal ended early or what the partnership looks like going forward? Will they retain the Lower.com Lounge name, and other (god I'm so sorry) activations?
I prefer night games too when it's not below freezing. But I think the atmosphere is actually better when the audience is more focused on the match instead of how freaking cold they are.
And that's probably USOC I bet. Most leagues load up January with cup competitions, probably because they know fans don't care as much. England, Spain, and Germany all do that, I'm sure others do too.
I think the guy who thought Celtic was in Ireland may not be 100% on the money. He could have meant December. Or USOC is in Jan. We have had CCL games early Feb.
Also Logan said the start times for January and February games will be at 1pm no night games in the cold
Keep in mind that January is, of course, during USL's off-season and if *they* switch, just imagine what that'd do to the 9000 or so who attend USL Championship games on a good day. (Yes, folks, pro-rel would kill MLS teams, some of whom, probably need those visiting star players more than we realize.)
Did you somehow miss the gist of my post, sparky? The games are the ones headed into the post season. These will be earlier in the season and people will have much easier choices to make when weighing the two. It is almost as if your reading comprehension skills are in active decline or something. Perhaps you should try to get a grip on them before being so self-righteous.
This is the process generally for organized business in America. Certainly in Central Ohio, based on the large employers I have worked for or consulted with. There is a lot of money to be made in consulting ... if you are willing to produce the recommendations that whoever hired you wants. "I need to keep my gig. And I want my VP buddies to stay in their roles too. Find 1,000 jobs to be cut. 2,000 would be better." Late-stage capitalism is a hell of a drug.
I know the conference finals are this weekend, and will be played in front of full houses. But when the schedule changes, will MLS be playing regular season matchups on Thanksgiving weekend? I know NFL, the NBA and NHL (both indoors), play on Thanksgiving weekend and draw well, but regular season MLS matchups played outdoor on a holiday weekend, in cold weather in many cases, sounds like a recipe for poor attendance. Though, if you have a strong season ticket base, I guess it doesn't matter as much. But, still, going to be hard selling tickets. And I can't imagine group sales will be all that good either.