Comments on: Good Seats Still Available http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2010/06/good-seats-still-available/ Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:39:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Aaron Fitt http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2010/06/good-seats-still-available/comment-page-1/#comment-41656 Aaron Fitt Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:46:18 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=3759#comment-41656 I think your comments are spot-on, Adam. I think your comments are spot-on, Adam.

]]> By: adam g http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2010/06/good-seats-still-available/comment-page-1/#comment-41646 adam g Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:37:10 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=3759#comment-41646 Couple possible reasons: 1) Heat. I think a big factor, noticed even on Friday that after a few innings a lot of ppl were looking for shade. It was even hotter Saturday, I'm sure that was some of it. 2) The short turnaround time for 'if necessary' games. Since many don't know if those games will be played it's hard to plan to go to them. Not sure how much of the avg CWS crowd is made of ppl planning a day trip as we did Fri., but it's really not possible for Saturday's 'bonus' games unless you live very close. 3) Weather earlier in the week. Storms & rescheduling I think wore people out, one of the things leading to... 4) General event fatigue. I think this has been mentioned in prior years too, that maybe the event has become a little too long. Even an event this great, it's tough to keep the fever pitch for almost two weeks. Fri. nite some vendors were noticeably worn out, and others said the crowds that night seemed to thin out noticeably sooner than other nights. Given that, I guess it wasn't quite as surprising that crowds were smaller. I guess the solution would be either go back to a straight double-elimination like it used to be...or else stretch it out 1-2 more days to allow some rest in there, though that obviously makes it even longer. All these things said, can tell you this was one person kicking themselves for heading home Sat. a.m. when I got home later and saw the thin crowds for those games. If had known they would be so small, most certainly would've stayed another day. Couple possible reasons:
1) Heat. I think a big factor, noticed even on Friday that after a few innings a lot of ppl were looking for shade. It was even hotter Saturday, I'm sure that was some of it.
2) The short turnaround time for 'if necessary' games. Since many don't know if those games will be played it's hard to plan to go to them. Not sure how much of the avg CWS crowd is made of ppl planning a day trip as we did Fri., but it's really not possible for Saturday's 'bonus' games unless you live very close.
3) Weather earlier in the week. Storms & rescheduling I think wore people out, one of the things leading to…
4) General event fatigue. I think this has been mentioned in prior years too, that maybe the event has become a little too long. Even an event this great, it's tough to keep the fever pitch for almost two weeks. Fri. nite some vendors were noticeably worn out, and others said the crowds that night seemed to thin out noticeably sooner than other nights. Given that, I guess it wasn't quite as surprising that crowds were smaller. I guess the solution would be either go back to a straight double-elimination like it used to be…or else stretch it out 1-2 more days to allow some rest in there, though that obviously makes it even longer.

All these things said, can tell you this was one person kicking themselves for heading home Sat. a.m. when I got home later and saw the thin crowds for those games. If had known they would be so small, most certainly would've stayed another day.

]]> By: jordan http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2010/06/good-seats-still-available/comment-page-1/#comment-41624 jordan Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:12:49 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=3759#comment-41624 A crowd of 14,198 came out for brunch, which was nearly 10,000 fewer than attended last year's Game 4 between Texas and Mississippi State. When did this game take place? Miss. St was not in the CWS last year/ A crowd of 14,198 came out for brunch, which was nearly 10,000 fewer than attended last year's Game 4 between Texas and Mississippi State.
When did this game take place? Miss. St was not in the CWS last year/

]]> By: Guy http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2010/06/good-seats-still-available/comment-page-1/#comment-41610 Guy Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:20:43 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=3759#comment-41610 Maybe it's the security fences and the ban on tailgating... Maybe it's the security fences and the ban on tailgating…

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