Washington Post Today ~ Empty Seats Irk Arrington

[CRT3]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Did you see the VT-USC game last week??

FedEx can be loud, it's the fans that are the problem, not the stadium.

yes i agree. What do you think was the median age of the crowd?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by CRT3

yes i agree. What do you think was the median age of the crowd?

Certainly a lot younger (and enthusiastic) than the wine and cheese crowd sundays at FedEx.

[CRT3]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Certainly a lot younger (and enthusiastic) than the wine and cheese crowd sundays at FedEx.

So my point is that the higher the price of the ticket then the median age of the fan goes up. Therefore those who do go and use this as a business expense which is the only group that can really afford to go, makes the crowds a little less crazy. Hard to entertain a client and being going bizerk at the same time. I take clients to the game but I let it all out at the game. My vice. You either deal or don't deal with me on the everyday basis.

But if the price was lowered you would have a younger more enthusastic crowd. But to pay people like Lavaar you have to raise the rates therefore diminishing the overall enthusiams of the game day fan. So untill Lavaar wakes up and understands the reality, we have to call him to the carpet on his mistakes. But he is one bad ass football player.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Matty:

Lavar Arrington is not damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. Because all he ever does is complain about something so no one ever has had the chance to react to him doing anything else.

Oh, I forgot. He does something besides complain. He makes excuses when the team loses and blames someone else.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by CRT3

So my point is that the higher the price of the ticket then the median age of the fan goes up. Therefore those who do go and use this as a business expense which is the only group that can really afford to go, makes the crowds a little less crazy. Hard to entertain a client and being going bizerk at the same time. I take clients to the game but I let it all out at the game. My vice. You either deal or don't deal with me on the everyday basis.

But if the price was lowered you would have a younger more enthusastic crowd. But to pay people like Lavaar you have to raise the rates therefore diminishing the overall enthusiams of the game day fan. So untill Lavaar wakes up and understands the reality, we have to call him to the carpet on his mistakes. But he is one bad ass football player.

I thought your original point was that FedEx was too big and open to be loud.

I was merely pointing out the fact the stadium can be loud, with the right kind of crowd.

[love them hogs]

Lavar has every right to get on the fans.I have been to a couple of games the last two years and to be frank I was pissed off about how many fans from the other team were there.

Now about the gold seats in the club level,I would close that damn cigar bar with all those leather arm chairs to get all those "wine and cheese" fans back out to their seats.

[CRT3]

Originally Posted by love them hogs

Lavar has every right to get on the fans.I have been to a couple of games the last two years and to be frank I was pissed off about how many fans from the other team were there.

Now about the gold seats in the club level,I would close that damn cigar bar with all those leather arm chairs to get all those "wine and cheese" fans back out to their seats.

HEy I sit on the club level and I take offense as they don't even serve wne and cheese. The cigar bar is outdated and the Hooters has to go(food sucks, service is awsome). Now only if my fast pass would work with the waiter service then I would never leave.

I agree with the other team fans showing up as I sat thru that Dallas game last year in the most miserable weather I can rember. Winning is the simplest cure and I think that will change

[CRT3]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I thought your original point was that FedEx was too big and open to be loud.

I was merely pointing out the fact the stadium can be loud, with the right kind of crowd.

Ha ha, one of my points. It is different from RFK I said and could never reach the same type of decibels. But when you brought up the VA Tech-USA game it made me think of a nother reason why it doesn't get that loud. Both valid points, you agree?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by CRT3

Ha ha, one of my points. It is different from RFK I said and could never reach the same type of decibels. But when you brought up the VA Tech-USA game it made me think of a nother reason why it doesn't get that loud. Both valid points, you agree?

Oh yeah, I definitely agree there's many factors that lead to the rather tame crowds at FedEx. Tickets prices are defintely a huge factor.

[SkinsRock]

I posted this on the other Lavar thread:

Just as we do, Lavar sees those empty yellow seats and wants them to be filled....just like a lot of us fans do. Fans who can't afford tickets, or don't have a connection to get them, or live out of town, etc. If you want to watch the game from a bar, sell/give away your tickets and go to a f#cking bar!!!

It's nice to see that others feel the same way....including the ones that go to the games and actually sit in their seats! FedEx Field needs to ROCK this year!!!!!