April 4, 200620 yr I honestly don't think a single promotion will rejuvinate fan interest in the team. Putting a winning product on the field should be enough, but it wasn't in 2003. And as for this year......
April 4, 200620 yr How about if you offered a deal to any fan who caught a foul ball....that they could trade in that foul ball for a big bag of charcoal.
April 4, 200620 yr There's nothing that can be done to increase attendance at this point. With the cloud of uncertainty hanging over the club about its future home, people don't want to get emotionally invested again. It took several years and a WS win to get back to 1.8 Million fans. It's a slow process where trust has to be earned. The only thing that will help is when they break ground on a new stadium. Then people will start coming back because they'll feel secure about the future of the club. As the stadium nears completion, attendance will increase because people will want priority for selecting seats in the new park. But if the opposite happens and a move is announced we'll have 2 seasons (after this one) of 1000 people in the stands. The reason this year's attendance will be higher is because a lot of people renewed during the playoff push last year.
April 4, 200620 yr Lower the price of the cheapest tickets from $8 to like $3. I don't really care if it brings more people to the ballpark, I just want to go to more games. :whistle You're telling me that 5 dollars keeps you from coming to the games? Or maybe I misread that. $5 a game certainly keeps me from going to more games, and then there's parking.
April 4, 200620 yr Lower the price of the cheapest tickets from $8 to like $3. I don't really care if it brings more people to the ballpark, I just want to go to more games. :whistle You're telling me that 5 dollars keeps you from coming to the games? Or maybe I misread that. $5 a game certainly keeps me from going to more games, and then there's parking. Are you talking about season tickets, or individual? Season tickets I can understand $5 a game.
April 5, 200620 yr How about "Beat Joe Arriola Senseless" Tuesdays where attendees are encouraged to bring their own baseball bats to the game and take out their frustrations with whatever irks them in the city of Miami by beating on a life-sized replica of the city manager. Or maybe Voodoo Saturday nights where the first 30,000 people get minature Wayne Huizenga dolls along with an assortment of pins, potions and chants. Lastly, may I suggest the AJ Burnett doll that come September repeats over and over seven times "it's not my fault we lost, you all suck". Sure to be a collector's item and will no doubt be a big hit with transplanted Toronto fans.
April 5, 200620 yr How about "Beat Joe Arriola Senseless" Tuesdays where attendees are encouraged to bring their own baseball bats to the game and take out their frustrations with whatever irks them in the city of Miami by beating on a life-sized replica of the city manager. Or maybe Voodoo Saturday nights where the first 30,000 people get minature Wayne Huizenga dolls along with an assortment of pins, potions and chants. Lastly, may I suggest the AJ Burnett doll that come September repeats over and over seven times "it's not my fault we lost, you all suck". Sure to be a collector's item and will no doubt be a big hit with transplanted Toronto fans. :lol :lol :lol :notworthy
April 5, 200620 yr How about "Beat Joe Arriola Senseless" Tuesdays where attendees are encouraged to bring their own baseball bats to the game and take out their frustrations with whatever irks them in the city of Miami by beating on a life-sized replica of the city manager. Or maybe Voodoo Saturday nights where the first 30,000 people get minature Wayne Huizenga dolls along with an assortment of pins, potions and chants. Lastly, may I suggest the AJ Burnett doll that come September repeats over and over seven times "it's not my fault we lost, you all suck". Sure to be a collector's item and will no doubt be a big hit with transplanted Toronto fans. :lol :lol :lol :notworthy We do our best :whistle
April 5, 200620 yr if they found a way to make parking cheaper i'd probably go a more games than usual...and i'm sure that works for other people too, because regardless of how cheap tickets are, the parking fee still ups the total price of the ballpark experience. That being said, i'll go to a sh*tload of games regardless if parking were $30.
April 5, 200620 yr i'll go to a sh*tload of games regardless if parking were $30. I sure wont ... I dont mind paying for the Marlins, whoever they are playing, or how much ever they suck ... but parking gets in my nerves its the most ridiculous thing ever
April 5, 200620 yr Author Holly, that cat has a case of lazyear He was shaking and when I took the pic his ear must have bent down. Don't worry his ears are normal.
April 5, 200620 yr i've never seen a marlins tv commercial, heard a radio commercial, i think i might have seen a billboard once... they need to ADVERTISE.
April 5, 200620 yr topless private in between inning sessions from the mermaid of your choice to anyone 21 and over and willing to give money for it $25 minimum (plus tips to mermaids) im thinking it will be a good way to bring people / make money ... mixing sports & tits and all can I vote for this one? :notworthy There's nothing that can be done to increase attendance at this point. With the cloud of uncertainty hanging over the club about its future home, people don't want to get emotionally invested again. It took several years and a WS win to get back to 1.8 Million fans. It's a slow process where trust has to be earned. The only thing that will help is when they break ground on a new stadium. Then people will start coming back because they'll feel secure about the future of the club. As the stadium nears completion, attendance will increase because people will want priority for selecting seats in the new park. But if the opposite happens and a move is announced we'll have 2 seasons (after this one) of 1000 people in the stands. The reason this year's attendance will be higher is because a lot of people renewed during the playoff push last year. that is the real truth, if people knew for sure they would have the marlins here for the rest of their years they would go more and feel more at home going to the games. with SA going to the first game as special guests it only makes me want to go less. I split a season ticket package but I wont go more then my 20 games this year. That is my least since the franchise was founded.
April 5, 200620 yr Heat btw 40 to 15 bucks depends how much you want to walk it is run by WEST PARK inc and wait till next year when those 4 high rises are completed
April 5, 200620 yr Author Student Night (Fridays): If you show your student ID you get a upper reserve seat for $5 Thats a good idea. Too bad the FO is stubborn and wont use all these good ideas. We really would get more fans in the ball park. Maybe many high school/college kids would go on Friday night with their friends. Ballgame > Anywhere else. . . . . . Another idea could be... Maybe somehow the Marlins could visit more schools, hospitals or other places in the community etc:. These kids might come home to their parents begging to go to a game. I know when I first saw who was going to be on this team I never had any interest in going to 20 games this year, but after watching them in ST and getting to know these guys I can't wait to attend games at PPS.
April 5, 200620 yr You have to pay parking at pretty much any stadium you go to. Most places will charge $10 on average. Here in Baltimore some people pay $25 for garages several blocks from the stadium. Baltimore has pretty good bargain nights... Student Night (Fridays): If you show your student ID you get a upper reserve seat for $5 Wendy's Wednesdays: Any receipt for a Wendy's value meal (can be as low as $4.50 or so) will get you a free upper reserve ticket. Bargain Night (Tuesday): $8 upper reserve tickets for everyone. The Marlins really need to do something with all the upper deck seats. They should have more givaways like the Panthers. If no one's going to sit in them anyways, you might as well give people tickets so they can come spend money on concessions.
April 5, 200620 yr You have to pay parking at pretty much any stadium you go to. Most places will charge $10 on average. Here in Baltimore some people pay $25 for garages several blocks from the stadium. Baltimore has pretty good bargain nights... Student Night (Fridays): If you show your student ID you get a upper reserve seat for $5 Wendy's Wednesdays: Any receipt for a Wendy's value meal (can be as low as $4.50 or so) will get you a free upper reserve ticket. Bargain Night (Tuesday): $8 upper reserve tickets for everyone. The Marlins really need to do something with all the upper deck seats. They should have more givaways like the Panthers. If no one's going to sit in them anyways, you might as well give people tickets so they can come spend money on concessions. The problem is the Marlins get little to no money from concessions.
April 5, 200620 yr You have to pay parking at pretty much any stadium you go to. Most places will charge $10 on average. Here in Baltimore some people pay $25 for garages several blocks from the stadium. Baltimore has pretty good bargain nights... Student Night (Fridays): If you show your student ID you get a upper reserve seat for $5 Wendy's Wednesdays: Any receipt for a Wendy's value meal (can be as low as $4.50 or so) will get you a free upper reserve ticket. Bargain Night (Tuesday): $8 upper reserve tickets for everyone. The Marlins really need to do something with all the upper deck seats. They should have more givaways like the Panthers. If no one's going to sit in them anyways, you might as well give people tickets so they can come spend money on concessions. The problem is the Marlins get little to no money from concessions. shhhh... they don't have to know that. It's still some money from concessions and parking if people go for free, and it makes them look better. God Festa, why are you so anti free tickets. People in Broward truly know the greatness of free stuff.
April 5, 200620 yr Uhm, heres an idea..... 1. How about you DON'T announce every week about how you are finding "serious" alternatives for the Marlins to call home. 2. Leave a contending team intact for at least 5 years so that you can BUILD a fan base and not just expect it to grow overnight. 3. Give each person attending a free poncho for every game held in June when you can bet the house on that it will rain everday.
April 5, 200620 yr Uhm, heres an idea..... 1. How about you DON'T announce every week about how you are finding "serious" alternatives for the Marlins to call home. 2. Leave a contending team intact for at least 5 years so that you can BUILD a fan base and not just expect it to grow overnight. 3. Give each person attending a free poncho for every game held in June when you can bet the house on that it will rain everday. Finding a stadium where the club will be profitable and afford to do #2 and make it unnecessary to do #3 is what they rightly should be focusing on.
April 6, 200620 yr Off-topic When someone told me Baltimore had a subway system, I called them a liar. When they existed, I told them to shut up and left. It wasn't until a few months later I found out that they were right. Baltimore with a subway. So strange.
April 6, 200620 yr And the #1 way to "get fans out to the ballpark" pretend it's autumn and tell 'em the dolphins are playing.
April 6, 200620 yr BUILD A STADIUM!! H.B., the Marlins will get their stadium when your cat grows another ear. Seriously, I'm calling the ASPCA on you.
April 6, 200620 yr Author BUILD A STADIUM!! H.B., the Marlins will get their stadium when your cat grows another ear. Seriously, I'm calling the ASPCA on you. :lol He has an ear.
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