KK wrong about success of ASG

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by -King-

Or maybe it's because Chicago has 8 million more people than KC? If KC had 8 million more people, Kauffman would fill up no matter what also.

Chicago Cubs, 33-52, last place, 8th in MLB in attendance with 37,522 fans per game which is 91.2% of capacity.

Chicago White Sox, 47-38, 25th in attendance with 23,091 per, 56.9% capacity.

I guess Chicago has more people than Chicago.

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Chicago Cubs, 33-52, last place, 8th in MLB in attendance with 37,522 fans per game which is 91.2% of capacity.

Chicago White Sox, 47-38, 25th in attendance with 23,091 per, 56.9% capacity.

I guess Chicago has more people than Chicago.

That makes no sense. You are just being ridiculous now.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Raiderhader

That makes no sense. You are just being ridiculous now.

But didn't you just say that the Cubs draw more fans than the Royals because the city is bigger? Why, then, do you think the Cubs, a last place team who last won the World Series during the Roosevelt administration, Teddy Roosevelt, nearly double up the first place Sox?

Here is Comiskey. Note that it is surrounded by parking lots.



Here is Wrigley. Note that there are dozens of bars where a giant parking lot would logically be.

[Rams Fan]

That's a pic of Old Comiskey, Saul.

And the Cubs are by far more popular than the White Sox in Chicago.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

That's a pic of Old Comiskey, Saul.

And the Cubs are by far more popular than the White Sox in Chicago.

The Cell was built across the street.

The Cubs are more popular because Cubs games are events what with the stadium being built in the middle of an entertainment district and all.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

The Cell was built across the street.

The Cubs are more popular because Cubs games are events what with the stadium being built in the middle of an entertainment district and all.

If there were no Cubs, the White Sox would be just as full as the what the Cubs currenty receive. And again, Chicago is so much bigger than KC, especially in what would be considered downtown, that you cannot even compare the two. And it isn't just about who works downtown, its about the amount of people living there as well that boosts the attendance.

[OnTheWarpath15]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

The Cell was built across the street.

The Cubs are more popular because Cubs games are events what with the stadium being built in the middle of an entertainment district and all.

Wrigley Field was built in the middle of an entertainment district?

In 1914?

[Brock]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Wrigley Field was built in the middle of an entertainment district?

In 1914?

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Wrigley Field was built in the middle of an entertainment district?

In 1914?

Actually, it was built "in the midst of one of north Chicago's large residential areas".

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

But didn't you just say that the Cubs draw more fans than the Royals because the city is bigger? Why, then, do you think the Cubs, a last place team who last won the World Series during the Roosevelt administration, Teddy Roosevelt, nearly double up the first place Sox?

Here is Comiskey. Note that it is surrounded by parking lots.



Here is Wrigley. Note that there are dozens of bars where a giant parking lot would logically be.

First of all, I am not the one who said it. But I do agree with the notion that the higher the population the better attendance a team will achieve.

As to this example of yours, could it be not so much location as it is the city is predominantly Cubs fans? I mean, they came to be 18 years before the Sox. Just thinking out loud....

As to this whole bar attachment you have, that is why we simply will not agree on this. You want party at bars before and after the games. Where as I prefer to party in the lot tailgate style.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Raiderhader

As to this whole bar attachment you have, that is why we simply will not agree on this. You want party at bars before and after the games. Where as I prefer to party in the lot tailgate style.

Yeah I am not sure where Saul gets the idea that tailgating doesn't happen for more than 13 people at the games. Everytime I have ever been there always large groups of people cooking and playing tailgate games such as catch or bean bag toss.

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Yeah I am not sure where Saul gets the idea that tailgating doesn't happen for more than 13 people at the games. Everytime I have ever been there always large groups of people cooking and playing tailgate games such as catch or bean bag toss.

And it will only increase if the franchise puts a winning product on the field.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Yeah I am not sure where Saul gets the idea that tailgating doesn't happen for more than 13 people at the games. Everytime I have ever been there always large groups of people cooking and playing tailgate games such as catch or bean bag toss.

You do a lot of that on Tuesday evening games, huh?

[morphius]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

You do a lot of that on Tuesday evening games, huh?

You spend a lot of time hanging out in a bar after 10pm on a Tuesday?

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

You do a lot of that on Tuesday evening games, huh?

You don't cook food during the week? Tailgating is a huge part of the experience for Chiefs games AND Royals games. This is not an opinion, just a fact you seem to overlook and underestimate.

Again, I have to ask, would not the stadium see far less families going if it were downtown? Who wants to take their three kids downtown with all the bars and then walk back to their car at 10 o'clock at night?