I went to the Memphis Redbirds playoff game against the Oklahoma City Redhawks last night, and the crowd was pathetic. I know it’s “only” AAA, but it’s a playoff game, people! The Redbirds tied for the best record in the PCL! And the weather was nearly perfect! To top it off, the Redbirds were even offering half price seats. So you could get into the park for as little as $2.50, and the best seats in the house were just $9.
Attendance was officially listed at 3,473, but I’d be surprised if there were many more than half that many people actually in attendance at Autozone Park. For reference, capacity at Autozone Park is 14,320, so even if the official attendance number is correct, the park was less than 25% full for a playoff game.
Better than half of the concession stands were closed, including all of the ones on the club level, owing to the low crowd turnout.
If consistently putting a winning team on the field (the Redbirds won the PCL title last year) won’t put asses in the seats at Autozone, what will?*
* – Post game fireworks, apparently. But not baseball, it seems.
leanleft
Kevin
tgirsch
Kevin T. Keith
Judd
Dollar beer night?
That could work. But it will never happen, and it would attract the wrong crowd, anyway.
I’ll try not to be too offended by the fact I’ve just be called “the wrong crowd”, you jerk!
Hey, I’ve got nothing against beer-swilling. I’d be the last guy to talk about that. All I meant was, you’d have a bunch of people who aren’t there for the baseball game. Just like the people that come to the fireworks games (though that’s a decidedly different crowd).
And yes, I’m a jerk. You’re just now figuring this out?
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