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In response to "I wonder if Miami is looking at their Latino population and thinking that Reyes and Pujols will be enough of a draw to fill their place. -- nm" by Jim

I think their biggest problem is that a meaningful part of the population that would pay to go to games, spends a lot of time out of Miami during the

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Dec 6 '11, 09:00

summer. The weather is so awful, a lot of the better off people in Miami spend a lot of time in more northern climates. They've also build the stadium in a crappy area. Unless they are selling pretty cheap tickets, they will continue to have problems (though the retractable roof will help. I don't know how anyone sat through those games in August in Florida before).

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Is this a problem for all Florida teams that play outdoors (except for college FB)? Seeing the empty stands at the Jax game last night, even though - Stephen Dec 6, 09:19 1
- I think it generally is an issue for Florida teams, but football, I would expect it to effect less (fewer games and it's more in the fall and winter). - pmb Dec 6, 09:38

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