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Originally Posted by Berklon
In this day with endless amounts of entertainment options available and the reduced attention span of kids, baseball's going to be hit the hardest. They're going to need to make the most drastic of changes if they want to survive.
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Yeah, it's always the kids' fault.
Millennials and Gen Z simply have more options for entertainment. Period. And baseball isn't all that exciting when compared to literally anything else. Once you remove the
'cultural' aspect for many what's left?
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Originally Posted by esquire
There is nothing wrong with the current place... Rogers just has to make it seem like there is in order to turn up the pressure on governments to make a deal on a new venue that allows them to cash in on the land Skydome currently sits on.
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It's been stated a number of times in this thread what the issues with SkyDome are. Can the Jays continue playing there? Sure. Should they keep playing there? Probably not. Their revenue-generating options are limited and they're quickly falling behind other MLB teams on things like in-game activations, stadium amenities, and overall fan experience.
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Originally Posted by esquire
I'd wager that the moment an open air stadium opens is the moment that griping about unpleasant weather begins. For games before May long weekend, it's basically a coin toss as to whether the daytime high would be in the single digits or into the double digits. Those early season games tend not to be great draws at the best of times... what will it be like when it's 5 degrees and gray outside?
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Just do what MLS does, then, and frontload the Jays' schedule with games in Tampa and the south until it gets warms enough in Canada to begin hosting games. It makes a lot of sense for Texas to be hosting games in April instead of July anyway considering their weather down there.
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Originally Posted by wave46
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but if I'm going to a ball game, I'm interested in having a couple of beers and watching a ball game. Not the skyline of Toronto.
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I don't know how anyone, especially on SkyScraperPage forum, would turn down the opportunity to sit outside on a nice summer's afternoon with a long skyline view in the distance.
Detroit: