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Jack, first you'd have to point out where I said hockey playoffs are responsible for last year's drop in attendance.

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Apr 20 '10, 09:19

especially since I've said it's about winning (or the lack there of)
but hockey playoffs are a valid explanation for part of the drop in attendance *right now*.

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- part of my point is that we don't know what the broader trend is or will be until the playoffs die down a bit. - Reagen Apr 20, 09:27 2
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    - (in Toronto) -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 09:31
really, how popular is baseball in Toronto? nm -- nm - groiny Apr 20, 09:20 23
- directly proportional to winning percentage. sold out every game in the early '90s. -- nm - mafic Apr 20, 09:24 7
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    - Skydome being new and shiny helped the attendance a lot, imo. -- nm - Inigo Apr 20, 09:30 2
      - they actually led (or were #2) the AL in the years prior to the Skydome opening up too - Reagen Apr 20, 09:34 1
        
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    - People much smarter than I have already made the case that winning results in increased attendance. (link) - musubi Apr 20, 09:30 2
      - it's funny how that works -- nm - the 40 year old virgin Apr 20, 09:31
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- it's directly as popular as their win totals. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 09:22
- more popular than it was in Montreal -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 09:21 4
  - IIRC, Montreal was leading MLB in attendance back in 93 prior to the strike. (nm) - musubi Apr 20, 09:26 3
    - next to last, actually. -- nm - Reagen Apr 20, 09:37 2
      - You're right. My memory failed me. They were on pace to set a *team record* attendance, but weren't close to the leaders. - musubi Apr 20, 09:48
      - heh. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 20, 09:38
- Like every city outside of Boston/NY, it varies with the times. They lead baseball in attendance in the early 90s. (nm) - musubi Apr 20, 09:21 8
  - well, considering they have no shot at winning the division now..... - groiny Apr 20, 09:27 3
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      - Using the Cubs in this is flawed; they are a special special case of comical. - Will Hunting Apr 20, 09:34
      - Cubs and Marlins are completely out of the scope of reality. - groiny Apr 20, 09:31
  - first team to go over 4 million home attendance in a season. the strike and management stopped wanting to pay for a competitive team killed that. -- nm - zork Apr 20, 09:23 1
    - the new stadium drove a lot of the higher attendance figures though. Retractable roof in this climate was the only thing they could do. -- nm - zork Apr 20, 09:24
  - The early 90s were when I cared about baseball, and I was a Jays/Mariners fan. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 09:21 1
    - ... when the Jays won back-to-back world series ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 09:23

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Jack, first you'd have to point out where I said hockey playoffs are responsible for last year's drop in attendance.

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