14 hours ago, Admin said:

Putrid numbers, though not surprising

I apologize, I just realized that I forgot to adjust the "per game" numbers with the proper number of games (13 so far this year).......I had it set to the full 81, and keep the previous year's results in there until they're replaced by this year's figures, so we're actually getting 13,083 people a game, not 2,100 fans per game.....but it's still 1,176 lower than last year per game.

20 minutes ago, rmc523 said:

so we're actually getting 13,083 people a game, not 2,100 fans per game.....but it's still 1,176 lower than last year per game.

Tbh looking at the crowds it looked a lot closer to 2100 than 13,000 anyway

Never gets old does it

3 hours ago, Admin said:

Tbh looking at the crowds it looked a lot closer to 2100 than 13,000 anyway

I believe it.

With the conclusion of today's game/series, here's an update through our 16th home game / 5th home series of the season:

Attendance is off 14.22%, or nearly 32k total/2k per game so far vs. last year.

Next home stand dates/opponents:

May 2 - May 4 vs. the A's

May 5 - May 7 vs. the Dodgers

Edited April 23, 20251 yr by rmc523

5 hours ago, rmc523 said:

May 2 - May 4 vs. the A's

Attendance numbers will tank.

5 hours ago, rmc523 said:

May 5 - May 7 vs. the Dodgers

We will lead the league in attendance after this series.

Latest update after the A's series (home games #17-19 on the season):

Game #1 of series: 8,864

Game #2: 13,543

Game# 3: 17,690

Series total: 40,097

The A's series had a lot more people than games #17-19 last year (which was the tail end of a Nationals series, and first game of a Rockies series, and a Mon-Wed series, vs. Fri-Sun this year), and cut the yearly deficit in half from the last report, but still down 12k on the year.

Next up: the Dodgers from Monday, 5/5 to Wednesday, 5/7

I'd imagine the Dodgers series will close that gap quite a bit vs. last year too, but remember opponent and day of the week definitely affect attendance.

I would like to announce that I added a total of 3 people for the year. My, wife, son, and I traveled from Tampa to watch the Fish on a Sunday afternoon. I forget who we played, but we won. It was like the 2nd week of the season. Think we scored like 12 or 13 runs.

My tickets were the 4 for $44. and $20 for parking. Had to buy my 4 year old an ice cream. Likely will be my only home game. Plan on going in Tampa.

No more of my cash for Bruce.

Well, the Dodgers series helped close the gap on the year....only down 1,550 on the season to this point through the 7th homestand of the year and game #22/81.

Next homestand includes the Rays from 5/16 - 5/18 and Cubs from 5/19 - 5/21.

Alrighty, here's the latest update after the recent homestand against the Rays (8th home series, games #23-25/81) and Cubs (9th home series, games #26-28/81):

Attendance is down 17,131 on the year now, or 612 fans a game, a 4.8% decrease....

The next homestand will feature the Giants from 5/30-6/1, and Rockies from 6/2-6/4.

The attendance yesterday looked abysmal, granted it was a 1PM start on a Wednesday. But also it was against the Cubs, so yeesh. The team is also more or less showing its true colors (they suck balls) so unsurprising that butts in seats are trending down

5 minutes ago, mrchainsaw said:

The attendance yesterday looked abysmal, granted it was a 1PM start on a Wednesday. But also it was against the Cubs, so yeesh. The team is also more or less showing its true colors (they suck balls) so unsurprising that butts in seats are trending down

Yeah, I was surprised to see the Cubs series numbers so low.

But yes, they suck........i'm sure ownership won't do anything noteworthy to improve either. They've proven they only care about the balance sheet.

2 hours ago, rmc523 said:

Yeah, I was surprised to see the Cubs series numbers so low.

But yes, they suck........i'm sure ownership won't do anything noteworthy to improve either. They've proven they only care about the balance sheet.

"guys, we need the park packed before we can boost salary"

we all know even then he wouldn't stop his greedy pig ways but this will always be the excuse as long as MLB keeps approving shitty owners for this franchise

52 minutes ago, hovertical said:

"guys, we need the park packed before we can boost salary"

we all know even then he wouldn't stop his greedy pig ways but this will always be the excuse as long as MLB keeps approving shitty owners for this franchise

We can hope we'll get a good one someday

Attendance update after the last homestand, 34 games into the home schedule:

Attendance is starting to fall off.

Next homestand features the Phillies from 6/16-6/19, and Braves from 6/20-6/22.

Still seems too high

11 minutes ago, rmc523 said:

Attendance update after the last homestand, 34 games into the home schedule:

Attendance is starting to fall off.

Next homestand features the Phillies from 6/16-6/19, and Braves from 6/20-6/22.

How’s it compare to rest of mlb? Putting an intentional 100 loss team out there isn’t best way to bring fans in

1 hour ago, Admin said:

Still seems too high

Definitely agree. Somehow, it's actually like 3k above 2023 numbers to this point, when we were competitive....

1 hour ago, pollythewog said:

How’s it compare to rest of mlb? Putting an intentional 100 loss team out there isn’t best way to bring fans in

I have no idea. That'd be a much more involved analysis that I haven't done...

So here's an update after the 4 game series against the Phillies and the 3 game against the Braves.

Though a weekend, the Phillies series was terrible attendance wise, with 38,179 total, or 9,545 per game average.

The Braves series, a weekend series, was much better, with 49,830 overall, a 16,610 per game average.

Here's the overall through 41 home games:

The gap between last year and this year had widened significantly after the Phillies series, but a "healthy" Braves series actually closed the gap vs. the last homestand, but still down YOY.

Come on people, we can do better to crater attendance and force this moronic group to sell the team!!!

Next up is a Tues, 7/1 - Thurs, 7/3 series against the Twins (I expect numbers to be abysmal), and then a 4th of July weekend Fri, 7/4 - Sun, 7/6 series against the Brewers.

Edited June 24, 20251 yr by rmc523

39 minutes ago, rmc523 said:

Next up is a Tues, 7/1 - Thurs, 7/3 series against the Twins (I expect numbers to be abysmal), and then a 4th of July weekend Fri, 7/4 - Sun, 7/6 series against the Brewers.

Both series' attendance should be awful. The Twins being the Twins won't bring anyone in and I don't think Milwaukee draws that much on the road, plus it's 4th of July weekend in Miami where there will be myriad better things to do. I wouldn't be shocked to see the per-game attendance numbers back in the 5-6k range.

44 minutes ago, mrchainsaw said:

Both series' attendance should be awful. The Twins being the Twins won't bring anyone in and I don't think Milwaukee draws that much on the road, plus it's 4th of July weekend in Miami where there will be myriad better things to do. I wouldn't be shocked to see the per-game attendance numbers back in the 5-6k range.

Eh, weekend numbers are usually better, that's why I think the Brewers series will be "ok", but nothing spectacular.

3 hours ago, rmc523 said:

Eh, weekend numbers are usually better, that's why I think the Brewers series will be "ok", but nothing spectacular.

I wasn't thinking about that series being on a weekend. Maybe around 9-10K or so? Anyone left that still remembers Yelich want to come see him again? 😅

19 hours ago, mrchainsaw said:

I wasn't thinking about that series being on a weekend. Maybe around 9-10K or so? Anyone left that still remembers Yelich want to come see him again? 😅

Who?

lol

Here's some facts about that Yelich trade that might blow you away:

1) Someone somewhere ranked Lewis Brinson as the 12th best prospect in all of baseball. No clue if they actually watched him play before putting this on the record.

2) Isan Diaz won a championship last year...in Puerto Rico. He is currently tearing it up in Mexico.

3) Jordan Yamamoto retired three years ago. He is still younger than Dane Myers, Cal Quantrill and Lake Bachar.

4) Monte Harrison is currently a sophomore wide receiver at an SEC football school (Arkansas). He's about to turn 30.