Dempster on the 24k reported attendance: "It's 20,000 more than they used to get. I think that's what they're looking for."

 

What an @$$. He better get shelled next time we face him for that comment.

 

 

I think Dempster's right actually. I wasn't expecting nonstop sellouts, just a big improvement - which it is. It's still not going to be snap-your-fingers and see immediate sellouts every game. Still have work to do to win over fans. There's only been a few home games, people are still making first trips to the park. My in-laws down there just brought the family of 5 Monday night for the first time & loved it.

I agree with some of the above posters and I haven't even been to a game at the new park yet but will be soon. You can even tell on TV, it's quite most of the game then Hanley hits a bomb and it goes nuts haha. One thing to consider is the new ballpark people walking around checking out all of the new features and what not. Could be another factor in why it looks empty at first and fills up towards the 2nd and 3rd

 

The seats definitely look more empty than they are. A lot of people barely spend any time in their seat. They walk the promenade and watch the game from there. It also seems like walking around and meeting up with friends who are at the game is a big thing too. I always see groups of people just standing and talking.

 

 

The one thing I am kinda dissapointed in is the multiple articles I have read about how you don't even feel like you are at a baseball game with the pools/DJ/and girls in bikinis. Yeah these things are all great but it would be cool to have the feel of a traditional baseball stadium. But hey, this is Miami.

 

On my phone but the article is on hardballtalk.com if anyone is interested

Winning cures all. If we keep winning tickets will sell

I agree with some of the above posters and I haven't even been to a game at the new park yet but will be soon. You can even tell on TV, it's quite most of the game then Hanley hits a bomb and it goes nuts haha. One thing to consider is the new ballpark people walking around checking out all of the new features and what not. Could be another factor in why it looks empty at first and fills up towards the 2nd and 3rd

 

The seats definitely look more empty than they are. A lot of people barely spend any time in their seat. They walk the promenade and watch the game from there. It also seems like walking around and meeting up with friends who are at the game is a big thing too. I always see groups of people just standing and talking.

 

The one thing I am kinda dissapointed in is the multiple articles I have read about how you don't even feel like you are at a baseball game with the pools/DJ/and girls in bikinis. Yeah these things are all great but it would be cool to have the feel of a traditional baseball stadium. But hey, this is Miami.

 

On my phone but the article is on hardballtalk.com if anyone is interested

 

I've been to 4 games at the new park now, and that is just not true at all. All that extra stuff is there, but you have to seek it out if you want it. It's not as if they have DJs and girls in bikinis in every section...it's in one specific area. You most definately feel you are at a ball game. It's an excellent park.

i expect this doing week not many want go to game after hard day at work maybe boston come or phy,mets we see good weekday crowd next year will be year we could see drop off if we dont play well rest season we marlins end season 3 place or 4 place

Dempster on the 24k reported attendance: "It's 20,000 more than they used to get. I think that's what they're looking for."

 

What an @$$. He better get shelled next time we face him for that comment.

 

 

I think Dempster's right actually. I wasn't expecting nonstop sellouts, just a big improvement - which it is. It's still not going to be snap-your-fingers and see immediate sellouts every game. Still have work to do to win over fans. There's only been a few home games, people are still making first trips to the park. My in-laws down there just brought the family of 5 Monday night for the first time & loved it.

I wasn't expecting instant sellouts-but considering it was just the 5th regular season game inside the new ballpark & many people have yet to see the stadium-24k is a pretty pathetic attendance.

Not really

I'd wait and see what the attendance is when we play divisional teams. I believe we'll draw well when teams like the Phillies and Braves are in town.

Not really

 

 

5th game in the park, JJ is pitching, cubs in town with dempster on the mound... You'd expect more than 24.5k

It could be worse. We could be drawing 17 or 18k during the week like a pair of NL East teams did last night.

Actually the Marlins draw last night is very good compared to most games last night.

 

 

Lots of 10-20k attendances.

I agree with some of the above posters and I haven't even been to a game at the new park yet but will be soon. You can even tell on TV, it's quite most of the game then Hanley hits a bomb and it goes nuts haha. One thing to consider is the new ballpark people walking around checking out all of the new features and what not. Could be another factor in why it looks empty at first and fills up towards the 2nd and 3rd

 

The seats definitely look more empty than they are. A lot of people barely spend any time in their seat. They walk the promenade and watch the game from there. It also seems like walking around and meeting up with friends who are at the game is a big thing too. I always see groups of people just standing and talking.

 

The one thing I am kinda dissapointed in is the multiple articles I have read about how you don't even feel like you are at a baseball game with the pools/DJ/and girls in bikinis. Yeah these things are all great but it would be cool to have the feel of a traditional baseball stadium. But hey, this is Miami.

 

On my phone but the article is on hardballtalk.com if anyone is interested

 

I've been to 4 games at the new park now, and that is just not true at all. All that extra stuff is there, but you have to seek it out if you want it. It's not as if they have DJs and girls in bikinis in every section...it's in one specific area. You most definately feel you are at a ball game. It's an excellent park.

 

well that is great to hear from first hand experience. Imagine that, the media blowing up false stories and perceptions about the marlins. would've never guessed

Actually the Marlins draw last night is very good compared to most games last night.

 

 

Lots of 10-20k attendances.

 

You can't compare games just because they're on the same day.

 

The Marlins were playing just their 5th game in their new ballpark with their ace on the mound against a team with a top fan base & a great starter on the mound.

 

You can't compare that situation to the Nats/Braves. It's a whole different story.

The Twins sold out almost every game of the first season at Target Field. There's really no good reason for why the Marlins haven't been drawing 34,000+ for every game on this homestand.

 

 

You can't compare Miami to Minnesota. The Twins weren't coming off decades of drawing basically nobody to their games. They had an existing fanbase. They had drawn over 2 million fans to the Metrodome 5 straight years prior to moving to Target Field. The Marlins are basically starting from scratch in terms of people attending games (plenty are used to just watching on TV). It's hard to go from no attendnace to sold out every night, especially on a school night during the week.

 

And the fact that it's a weeknight with school the next day certainly is a factor....it's a factor everywhere in baseball with few exceptions. Weeknight attendance is lower early in the year and gets better during the summer. Washington is in first place and they had 17,000 last night. Atlanta had 18,000, Arizona had 19,000. Even the Yankees had just over 40,000 (78% of their capacity) tonight. The point is, people need to stop over analyzing attendance at the new park. The fact that is we drew 24,000 on a night we used to draw 4,000. That's progress.

 

I agree. I think the fact that we are average in terms of attendance is a good sign considering we were always at the bottom of the league. If we consistently win, the fans will come.

My concern is that I think a lot of the 24k went to the game simply to check out the new stadium & as the season goes on & the stadium looses its sense of "newness" a lot of those people may not come UNLESS the Marlins are winning games consistently. Not just a .500 record or "a few games over"-but at least able to compete with the Phillies for the division.

A ballgams can be an expensive venture. Families all over the US are hurting. I think people forget that.

A ballgams can be an expensive venture. Families all over the US are hurting. I think people forget that.

 

 

So my parents have been searching for a house for the past year and haven't had any luck, getting overbid on every offer they put (over asking price too). So before I call BS on that one, I don't know how the housing market translates to disposable income.

A ballgams can be an expensive venture. Families all over the US are hurting. I think people forget that.

 

Heard there were tix selling online for as cheap as $6...

Pic from the game:

The Twins sold out almost every game of the first season at Target Field. There's really no good reason for why the Marlins haven't been drawing 34,000+ for every game on this homestand.

 

 

You can't compare Miami to Minnesota. The Twins weren't coming off decades of drawing basically nobody to their games. They had an existing fanbase. They had drawn over 2 million fans to the Metrodome 5 straight years prior to moving to Target Field. The Marlins are basically starting from scratch in terms of people attending games (plenty are used to just watching on TV). It's hard to go from no attendnace to sold out every night, especially on a school night during the week.

 

And the fact that it's a weeknight with school the next day certainly is a factor....it's a factor everywhere in baseball with few exceptions. Weeknight attendance is lower early in the year and gets better during the summer. Washington is in first place and they had 17,000 last night. Atlanta had 18,000, Arizona had 19,000. Even the Yankees had just over 40,000 (78% of their capacity) tonight. The point is, people need to stop over analyzing attendance at the new park. The fact that is we drew 24,000 on a night we used to draw 4,000. That's progress.

Remember that the Twins were the other team (along with the Marlins) branded for contraction before the whole Expos debacle started. Even in the early to mid 2000s (when it was established that the team wasn't leaving), their attendance numbers were still way below the median and in some years not far removed from Marlins territory. Yes, they had a respectable surge in the latter years of the decade due to their competitiveness, but you can't say that the Twins have anything close to resembling a solidified, dedicated fanbase.

 

And the idea of "starting from scratch" is basically a non-issue. The point here is that if a local community really gives a damn about the team, it is more than capable of filling the house on a school night in April.

 

The Nats might have only drawn 17,000 last night (DC is a bad baseball city anyway), but they aren't in the middle of their first homestand of a brand new ballpark. The concern here is that the hype surrounding the park and the 2012 Marlins just might be lower than some of us anticipated, since the numbers are disappointing.

A ballgams can be an expensive venture. Families all over the US are hurting. I think people forget that.

 

 

Not to be condescending or anything, but you really can't use your personal anecdotal evidence to suggest that miami isn't in pain because of the economy. We are still experiencing an alarming rate of foreclosures, and it could be that speculators are taking advantage of the low prices in this economy to buy land. They don't have to be floridian to buy.

A ballgams can be an expensive venture. Families all over the US are hurting. I think people forget that.

 

Heard there were tix selling online for as cheap as $6...

 

If your buying just the tickets not including food, parking, gas to and from. Ticket prices aren't the only factor.

A ballgams can be an expensive venture. Families all over the US are hurting. I think people forget that.

 

 

Not to be condescending or anything, but you really can't use your personal anecdotal evidence to suggest that miami isn't in pain because of the economy. We are still experiencing an alarming rate of foreclosures, and it could be that speculators are taking advantage of the low prices in this economy to buy land. They don't have to be floridian to buy.

 

 

What are you talking about? No where in my post did I say Miami wasn't hurting. I said the whole US is hurting

A ballgams can be an expensive venture. Families all over the US are hurting. I think people forget that.

 

 

Not to be condescending or anything, but you really can't use your personal anecdotal evidence to suggest that miami isn't in pain because of the economy. We are still experiencing an alarming rate of foreclosures, and it could be that speculators are taking advantage of the low prices in this economy to buy land. They don't have to be floridian to buy.

 

 

What are you talking about? No where in my post did I say Miami wasn't hurting. I said the whole US is hurting

 

I think he meant to reply to my post, about my parents.

Only reason there wasnt another 5k or so is because so many guys have been banned from the ballpark for abusing blondie in the Clevelander