July 8, 200323 yr The Panthers have better attendance than the Heat did this past year. They both stank and both have new modern arenas. The Panthers have a much better location for families to go to and have the draw of Sawgrass next door. The Heat have downtown Miami...enough said. read what you wrote in my quoted area, and now read something else you keep typing: "This poll is a personal question". Can you stop trying to influence the vote and let it be just a personal question?
July 8, 200323 yr Author read what you wrote in my quoted area, and now read something else you keep typing: "This poll is a personal question". Can you stop trying to influence the vote and let it be just a personal question? It was posted as a result of a an argument I had with Orisha that was whether a family person would rather take their family to Downtown Miami or Ft. Lauderdale. Not where more people would go, where it should be, etc. This is a personal question to everyone, where would they feel more comfortable taking their families to a ballgame.
July 8, 200323 yr Author read what you wrote in my quoted area, and now read something else you keep typing: "This poll is a personal question". Can you stop trying to influence the vote and let it be just a personal question? It was posted as a result of a an argument I had with Orisha that was whether a family person would rather take their family to Downtown Miami or Ft. Lauderdale. Not where more people would go, where it should be, etc. This is a personal question to everyone, where would they feel more comfortable taking their families to a ballgame.
July 8, 200323 yr Miami would be a mistake. Miami most likely has the larger fan base Is that the same larger fan base in Miami that didn't sell out games in 1997 until the playoffs started? Or would that be the same fan base that don't go now? Fort Luaderdale, you give yourself a chance to draw from three major markets instead of two (No, people from WPB aren't drvinig to MIami) Anyway, as a point of order, the poll is asking the exact people that don't matter. Most everyone on this board goes to games when they have a chance and are more than "casual fans". Go ask the 45 year old housewife who just moved down from Long Island and is toting her three kids around Pubix or Winn-Dixie.
July 8, 200323 yr Miami would be a mistake. Miami most likely has the larger fan base Is that the same larger fan base in Miami that didn't sell out games in 1997 until the playoffs started? Or would that be the same fan base that don't go now? Fort Luaderdale, you give yourself a chance to draw from three major markets instead of two (No, people from WPB aren't drvinig to MIami) Anyway, as a point of order, the poll is asking the exact people that don't matter. Most everyone on this board goes to games when they have a chance and are more than "casual fans". Go ask the 45 year old housewife who just moved down from Long Island and is toting her three kids around Pubix or Winn-Dixie.
July 8, 200323 yr It really isn't the lazy thing (I'm a Dade perdon, on MB), its the idea of having to drive north on 95 IN RUSH HOUR to make a weekday night game that would probably cut my ticket purchases by 75%. It difficult enough getting to PPS, trying to get to FTL would be oout of the question. Personally, and I recognize The Devil, er Wayne Huizenga, would never do it, but I'd like to see the county purchase PPS and dome it. I think the location would satisfy everyone in the three major gold coast counties.
July 8, 200323 yr It really isn't the lazy thing (I'm a Dade perdon, on MB), its the idea of having to drive north on 95 IN RUSH HOUR to make a weekday night game that would probably cut my ticket purchases by 75%. It difficult enough getting to PPS, trying to get to FTL would be oout of the question. Personally, and I recognize The Devil, er Wayne Huizenga, would never do it, but I'd like to see the county purchase PPS and dome it. I think the location would satisfy everyone in the three major gold coast counties.
July 8, 200323 yr I would personally love to see a waterfront stadium in Downtown Miami. It would really capture the feeling of South Florida - and it'd be great to have kayakers out there just like in McCovey Cove!
July 8, 200323 yr I would personally love to see a waterfront stadium in Downtown Miami. It would really capture the feeling of South Florida - and it'd be great to have kayakers out there just like in McCovey Cove!
July 8, 200323 yr Author You could have waterfront in Ft. LAuderdale if you pick a different site. BTW, Ft. Lauderdale would get several markets more than Miami...Palm Beach, SW Florida, and Central Florida. The Panthers put ads here in Fort Myers and draw lots of fans. We have a minor league hockey team and minor league baseball team (that sell out) and they schedule so they do not conflict with the Major South Florida teams (Marlins and Panthers) so people can drive to go see them. The reason many people here would rather go to Tampa is two fold. Tampa has a dome and Miami is pretty far.
July 8, 200323 yr Author You could have waterfront in Ft. LAuderdale if you pick a different site. BTW, Ft. Lauderdale would get several markets more than Miami...Palm Beach, SW Florida, and Central Florida. The Panthers put ads here in Fort Myers and draw lots of fans. We have a minor league hockey team and minor league baseball team (that sell out) and they schedule so they do not conflict with the Major South Florida teams (Marlins and Panthers) so people can drive to go see them. The reason many people here would rather go to Tampa is two fold. Tampa has a dome and Miami is pretty far.
July 8, 200323 yr Author BTW, someone said about the County buying Pro Player Stadium? The land it stands on was leased by the county to Joe Robbie for $1 for 99 years. The land next to it (an empty lot) was considered for a new ballpark and is owned by the county. The con of that site was it had no other attraction like restaurants and shops (but with developers, that can change)
July 8, 200323 yr Author BTW, someone said about the County buying Pro Player Stadium? The land it stands on was leased by the county to Joe Robbie for $1 for 99 years. The land next to it (an empty lot) was considered for a new ballpark and is owned by the county. The con of that site was it had no other attraction like restaurants and shops (but with developers, that can change)
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