April 13, 200521 yr None and none. And no. But I also am able to put on the news and see there is traffic everywhere in south Florida. Take HoneyBee up the whole way, that runs through Miami if you hate the highways. Traffic is bad from both ends.... but the stadium is closer to Miami, folks from Ft. Lauderdale already travel more.
April 13, 200521 yr I think attendance will improve once they announce the Stadium deal being completed and ready to go. Most people don't like uncertainty or to commit to a team that may not be here in the future. Miami is a good place for any pro sports franchise, with its growing metro area and booming population.
April 14, 200521 yr It may be closer to Miami but that doesn't mean it's more accessible from Miami-Dade. Believe me that going North to a weekday game is NOT easy during a weekday, whenever we do it we have to have a whole process of having Miri leaving work a bit early to pick me up from work and heading out that way just to avoid the traffic (Mind you, I get out at 3:40), most people will not do that. I'm positive that people in ft. laudy will get there much quicker than people from Kendall.
April 14, 200521 yr I live in West Ft Lauderdale and the drive to the park is Cake. Take 595 East to Turnpike and I'm there in 25-30 minutes.
April 14, 200521 yr I live in West Ft Lauderdale and the drive to the park is Cake. Take 595 East to Turnpike and I'm there in 25-30 minutes. 741401[/snapback] That's about how long it takes us because we leave early (4 to 4:30), if we leave later forget it, we could be in traffic for over an hour sometimes.
April 14, 200521 yr 14k on a non-opening day day game is awesome compared to day games in the past. I really thought there were 8-10k. So to hear we had 14k surprised me. As for traffic problems. Going from south to north in Miami-Dade County so much worse then going north to south. During rush hour driving north to south is a freaking cake walk. East to west is another pain in the ass. Those Yahoo stats are bulls***. On any given day driving from about MIA to the I-75 on ramp in Hialeah is easily a 45 min. drive. I couldn't imagine driving from downtown Miami to western Broward as some people do. Downtown Miami to SW Miami-Dade also makes you want to cut yourself.
April 14, 200521 yr Author Going from downtown north on I-95 is 10 times worse than going from the stadium south to miami between 4-7 pm. Having the stadium in downtown would not add that much time to people living north of the stadium
April 14, 200521 yr Author for early april, its not that bad.? Look at some of the other teams with attendance in sub 15,000 for a game so far this season: Atlanta, Chicago,Baltimore,Milwakee, etc...? Its not a big deal right now. Yes mondays crowd was very poor but its not the end of the world 740755[/snapback] Okay thats it. You see, once people just flat out lie, I can't deal with it. Atlanta Lets see: 4/8: 50K 4/9: 40K 4/10: 36K 4/11: 16K 4/12: 20K These are rough estimates, but they NEVER had a sub par 15K in attendance game this year. link Please, if you are going to make a statement, and want to sound reasonable, AT LEAST KNOW YOU ARE TELLING THE TRUTH. Baltimore: 4/4: 48K 4/6: 22K 4/7: 16K link Seriously.... Is 16K < 15K? 740804[/snapback] sorry I was off by 1,000 its nice that you have so much time to double check everyones posts
April 14, 200521 yr for early april, its not that bad.? Look at some of the other teams with attendance in sub 15,000 for a game so far this season: Atlanta, Chicago,Baltimore,Milwakee, etc...? Its not a big deal right now. Yes mondays crowd was very poor but its not the end of the world 740755[/snapback] Okay thats it. You see, once people just flat out lie, I can't deal with it. Atlanta Lets see: 4/8: 50K 4/9: 40K 4/10: 36K 4/11: 16K 4/12: 20K These are rough estimates, but they NEVER had a sub par 15K in attendance game this year. link Please, if you are going to make a statement, and want to sound reasonable, AT LEAST KNOW YOU ARE TELLING THE TRUTH. Baltimore: 4/4: 48K 4/6: 22K 4/7: 16K link Seriously.... Is 16K < 15K? 740804[/snapback] sorry I was off by 1,000 its nice that you have so much time to double check everyones posts 741463[/snapback] Hey, he's the site a**hole that's his job. :thumbup
April 14, 200521 yr Hey, he's the site a**hole that's his job. :thumbup 741466[/snapback] :lol The most true statement you have ever made. :lol
April 14, 200521 yr Author None and none. And no. But I also am able to put on the news and see there is traffic everywhere in south Florida. Take HoneyBee up the whole way, that runs through Miami if you hate the highways. Traffic is bad from both ends.... but the stadium is closer to Miami, folks from Ft. Lauderdale already travel more. 741329[/snapback] So you are saying that no one in ft. lauderdale works in miami? You have no clue
April 14, 200521 yr None and none. And no. But I also am able to put on the news and see there is traffic everywhere in south Florida. Take HoneyBee up the whole way, that runs through Miami if you hate the highways. Traffic is bad from both ends.... but the stadium is closer to Miami, folks from Ft. Lauderdale already travel more. 741329[/snapback] So you are saying that no one in ft. lauderdale works in miami? You have no clue 741481[/snapback] He asked me do I know any and I dont. I know people commute both ways, I just personally don't know any. Don't be angry because you don't know that 16K > 15K.
April 14, 200521 yr Author None and none. And no.? But I also am able to put on the news and see there is traffic everywhere in south Florida. Take HoneyBee up the whole way, that runs through Miami if you hate the highways. Traffic is bad from both ends.... but the stadium is closer to Miami, folks from Ft. Lauderdale already travel more. 741329[/snapback] So you are saying that no one in ft. lauderdale works in miami? You have no clue 741481[/snapback] He asked me do I know any and I dont. I know people commute both ways, I just personally don't know any. Don't be angry because you don't know that 16K > 15K. 741491[/snapback] Sorry I was just getting those numbers of the top of my head. I didnt have enough time to double check that number nor did I care to. Appearntly you did so good for you.
April 14, 200521 yr I am a statitician and data mining expert. I have put together alot of attendance measurements and the results for the marlins are very favorable. On Tuesday according to last years data, the marlisn were supposed to somewhere between 13,500 - 14,000 fans at the ballpark; the acutal attendance was almost 16,000. The first number is a number taken from last years data with an increase of 10%. The Marlins actually received an additional 20% over the previous year. I think that Juanky said it best - attendance will slowly climb over time. I will post the numbers that I have for weekday and weekend games. basically, if the acutal attendance is higher than that of the number that I calculated for that particular day of the week then we are doing good.
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