Check the attendance numbers for the Rays and A's.. :holeup:

[FaTaL]

Monthly pass for 19.99?

Even as a Giants fan that's tempting

 

[BonafideDefacto]

The A's are a summer team, nobody goes to games till then. Also let them hit .500, then the people will come.
In a way, its like the force coming full circle and evening out cause every other ticket in the bay is cheese.
That said, the A's wont draw regardless with a new stadium or not. This is due to location, not unless they get a stadium in San Jose, which they wont...they will always be under 20k. Even downtown oakland wont draw, right now the Coliseum is as accessible as it will ever be with bart and amtrak right there.

 

[OaklandCertified]

You go to the Coliseum after going to a different park and it feels like you travelled back in time.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

a's stadium is bad, but a's fans are also tired of the shyt form the owner. the threats to leave, the whole played out bean ball...shyt hasn't kept us competitive. plus there isn't the same line in the sand in baseball as it is in football, so with the giants having had so much success recently, they leached "fans"

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Yeah, but we are talking about these two franchises. What i said certainly applies.

You are so firm

I bet you rule with an ironed fist

 

[keond]

Baseball is notorious for inflating its attendance numbers so 15000 is probably more like 10000

 

[75 Others]

Is that a restaurant down there by the first base line? That's the last place I would want my back turned during a baseball game.

I just noticed that too

The wrong foul ball can fukk up someone's nachos

 

[Leasy]

Me and my son went two weeks ago. The shyt was mad boring and full of cacs

 

[ISO]

The wrong foul ball can fukk up someone's nachos

Or face

 

[yseJ]

I understand coliseum is a shyt hole and all that... but I've never minded going to baseball games there sure in the summer you can't compare it with more open parks and shyt but still. Oakland in general had good weather too, imagine an open park near the waterfront or maybe on the hills

 

[thatrapsfan]

Me and my son went two weeks ago. The shyt was mad boring and full of cacs

 

[Rekkapryde]

Rays aren't in South Florida. They're up in Tampa, which is a top ten city for hockey attendance of all things. The problem for the Rays is the stadium. The Trop is a horrible place to be, and in Tampa traffic (which is awful) can be an hour drive away from Tampa proper.

It's right outside of St. Pete, which is Tampa's smaller, more laid back, more I guess...bohemian cousin. St. Pete is a chill arts and culture city. The team needs a move to Downtown Tampa or Downtown Orlando to prosper. No amount of success will fix their location issue. Just like the Panthers.

Yup. My wife used to stay in the Carollton area of North Tampa back in the late 90s, early 00s. Nobody checks for fukkin St Pete

 

[Rekkapryde]

I understand coliseum is a shyt hole and all that... but I've never minded going to baseball games there sure in the summer you can't compare it with more open parks and shyt but still. Oakland in general had good weather too, imagine an open park near the waterfront or maybe on the hills

Once the Warriors bounce, they'll tear down Oracle to build the new A's joint more than likely.

 

[SoulController]

Lew Wolff is alive breh

Montreal should get a team

maybe i thought that cuz hes dead to me as an A's fan

he gave up controlling interest in the team, i believe. its a start

 

[timothy_strickland]

Lew Wolff is alive breh

Montreal should get a team

Montreal got next. Return of the Expos? Montreal investors ready for baseball
2017 MLB Attendance - Major League Baseball - ESPN

forget the oakland a's and the rays, the poor attendance numbers of the Houston Astros, best record in the league atm,
Cleveland Indians- who won the AL pennant last year and made it to the WS, and Milwaukee Brewers who have a good year are surprising.