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Originally Posted by phoenixwillrise
You obviously don't attend spring training or you would know the prices have been creeping up for years and are not cheap in the least and most teams are, like the Giants have, going to a priced by demand system where when you buy tickets day of game the price via computer is escalating as the stadium sells out and a lot of spring training attendance is spontaneous not season tickets holders. The success of the D'backs in North Scottsdale is a strong indicator of where the money is and the Coyotes not going to Mcdowell and Scottsdale Rd. ,as originally planned and screwed up by the former owner , pretty much screwed the franchise as it is a fact that their largest season ticket fan base was Scottsdale and North Phoenix. Oh and check your attendance figures for spring training outside of the D'backs, Giants and Cubs and weekend games for Dodgers and Angels there are a lot of empty seats for spring training most especially on the west side with the Red's, Indians, Brewers, Padres, Seattle, KC. and Texas. If you are going to talk shit do your research!
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First of all spring training tickets are still not in the realm of what regular season games cost. Also, the size of the stadiums is 1/3 that of a pro ballpark. The games are outside in nice spring weather (yes, I know the Giants can get expensive, but they have alot of local fans and fans that fly in. They have also won three world series recently).
Both teams have proven they can draw nice crowds downtown when they are winning - and neither is foolish enough to jeopardize that for a repeat of Glendale.
In downtown Phoenix you can draw from all surrounding communities. If you put yourself in North Scottsdale you will draw little to nothing from Gilbert, South/Central Phoenix, Glendale and East Mesa. It's the same weekday commute issue that Glendale has. That's fine that more people can afford to go, but there are also fewer people in an acceptable radius to make the drive. A scottsdale population of 226K is not filling a 35-40K stadium for baseball nor a 22-25k arena for basketball/hockey. Just like Glendale which only has 234k people.
In central phoenix you can reach more of the burbs and are accessible to 1.5M phoenix residents.
It's a good thing you don't own a team.