Why is your stadium so empty????

Discussion in 'Columbus Crew' started by MikeLastort2, Oct 31, 2004.

  1. MikeLastort2

    MikeLastort2 Member

    Mar 28, 2002
    Takoma Park, MD
    I see a LOT of empty seats on the ESPN2 broadcast. What is up what that?
     
  2. Onionsack

    Onionsack BigSoccer Yellow Card

    Jul 21, 2003
    New York City
    Club:
    FC Girondins de Bordeaux
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hold on let me get on the Batphone and find out for you. :rolleyes: Seriously wht when ANY game looks low in attendance some dickweed immediatly has to start a thread asking WTF is up with attendence.
     
  3. Greddy

    Greddy Member

    Jun 24, 2003
    Chicago
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I assume it's because it's the playoffs, and playoff attendances always suck. Well, unless you have a 15 year old traveling Circus on your team.
     
  4. MikeLastort2

    MikeLastort2 Member

    Mar 28, 2002
    Takoma Park, MD
    I'm not a dickweed. I know that CCS holds about 23k fans. And the place looks far less than half full. If attendance is announced at more than 10k, that would be a lie. Where are the fans? Seriously.

    Dickweed.
     
  5. Onionsack

    Onionsack BigSoccer Yellow Card

    Jul 21, 2003
    New York City
    Club:
    FC Girondins de Bordeaux
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No you are a dickweed. You came here to start a thread about and lay some attendance smack in another clubs forum.
     
  6. MikeLastort2

    MikeLastort2 Member

    Mar 28, 2002
    Takoma Park, MD
    I'm not trying to lay smack. I am wondering why the place looks so empty. I'm pretty pissed that we only had 16k or so at RFK yesterday, I wanted more.

    But I'm trying to figure out why CCS looks so empty tonight. They can't all be in the beer line. My question has nothing to do with smack.

    Dickweed.
     
  7. Onionsack

    Onionsack BigSoccer Yellow Card

    Jul 21, 2003
    New York City
    Club:
    FC Girondins de Bordeaux
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Whatever.

    Dickweed.

    :)
     
  8. Own Goal Hat-Trick

    Jul 28, 1999
    ColoRADo
    id say thats more than 10k.

    remember, the rails man, the rails...

    also, its a sunday afternoon/night game, not the best for attendances in columbus. the fact that its a sunday probably prevents people like, oh, myself, from travelling to attend.
     
  9. nyrmetros

    nyrmetros Member

    Feb 7, 2004
    MLS playoffs attendance are down EVERYWHERE.

    5k in Boston
    11k in NY
    15k in DC
    10k in KC
    10k in SJ
    8k in Denver
    20k in LA

    Not a single good number here.
     
  10. MikeLastort2

    MikeLastort2 Member

    Mar 28, 2002
    Takoma Park, MD
    Yecch. That is pathetic. What the hell is wrong with the league? Why can't they get people out to the playoffs?
     
  11. mutinywxgirl

    mutinywxgirl Moderator
    Staff Member

    Apr 6, 1999
    St. Petersburg, FL
    And, I would tend to think that some families might be staying away since they're out trick-or-treating?????
     
  12. nyrmetros

    nyrmetros Member

    Feb 7, 2004
    The numbers are no longer being padded by the AYSO/group sales as October and November come due to the short notice of playoff games.
     
  13. nyrmetros

    nyrmetros Member

    Feb 7, 2004
    The Crew then should have offered those families an opportunity to trick-or-treat at the game. Have a costume contest for the tykes. Have them dress up as their favorite Crew player or V-Army member....
     
  14. Own Goal Hat-Trick

    Jul 28, 1999
    ColoRADo
    looks quite a bit more full now, doesnt it.
     
  15. CrewDust

    CrewDust Member

    May 6, 1999
    Columbus, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If you watched the game you would know why. :mad:
     
  16. DGA57

    DGA57 Member

    Jun 17, 2002
    Dublin, OH
    Negative. Columbus has this thing where they've moved Halloween to a Thursday (10/28 this year) and call it Beggar's Night.
     
  17. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite BS XXV

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They did. Before the game, kids were invited to walk around and get candy/prizes from various points around the stadium.
     
  18. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Mike, playoff attendance has long been a problem. That's one reason I favor an NFL-style knockout. 4 fewer suck attendances, and better, more certain scheduling. Plus, the 4 games you drop are gonna be the home games for the 4 worst teams. In general, a #1 seed is gonna draw better than a #4 seed.
     
  19. Ch(Elsey)

    Ch(Elsey) Member+

    Columbus Crew
    United States
    May 2, 2003
    Green, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    To be honest, I wasn't even expecting that many.
     
  20. dawgpound2

    dawgpound2 Member

    Mar 3, 2001
    Los Angeles, CA

    Excuse me. ANYTIME MLS gets 20k to ANY game, that is a good number.
     
  21. Keep87

    Keep87 New Member

    Apr 24, 2003
    North Carolina
    Not in LA, which is very good to be able to say.
     
  22. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'd say I was disappointed in the Boston number but it probably wouldn't have been higher than 8-10K anyway. But competing directly with game 1 of the World Series, yeah, 5K was actually surprising.
     
  23. TheImposter

    TheImposter Member

    Jun 15, 2002
    Centerville, OH
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I have to say, it felt a lot more full than it looked when I watched the video. It was loud, too, and that didn't come across on TV either. We even got a couple songs started in 106, which doesn't usually happen. Intensity-wise it was one of the best crowds I've been part of at CCS. Until we were all just gutted.
     
  24. dawgpound2

    dawgpound2 Member

    Mar 3, 2001
    Los Angeles, CA

    20k in the playoffs, without much lead-up time, IS a good number.
     
  25. awparcell

    awparcell New Member

    Aug 18, 2004
    KC via st. louis
    How do the playoff attendance averages this year compare with the other years?
     

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