According to the Associated Press,
baseball attendance is down 1.4 percent from this time last year, a season that
saw attendance dip to under a 30,000-a-game average for the first time since
2003. Dare I say the chickens are coming
home to roost? Take a look at ticket
prices to see what I mean.
The story notes that nineteen of
thirty teams have recorded a drop while four teams, the White Sox included,
have had “large rises”; in the case of the Sox, that’s a bump of 2,311 fans per
game. It might be more if not for the $5
popcorn, $8 lemonade and Dylan Cease pitching in the minors.
Commissioner Rob Manfred says there’s
cause for optimism given cable ratings and figures for MLB.TV streaming, but
that’s all in the eyes of the beholder.
Fans watching on multiple platforms are fans not buying popcorn and
lemonade or $10.25 beer at the park. How
long until cable and streaming costs go through the roof to make up for “lost”
concession revenue?
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