Super-Bowl Bound?

sportscurmudgeon · 08-20-2004, 05:52 PM

That Guy:

Don't fall for the revisionist history that the Washington Senators drew huge crowds. They didn't. Go to the Baseball Encyclopedia to check out attendance figures. There were LOTS of years where they drew less than 1M fans...

Actually, Washington is a totally front-runner town. It is sort of to be expected; only winners stay around town and the losers go home to their districts. Winners don't have time for losers...

The Wizards/Bullets drew well when they a constant playoff team; after they stunk, the attendance dropped significantly until MJ showed up. What happened when the team stunk and MJ was outta here? Lots of fans came disguised as an empty seat!

The Caps draw 18,000 a game when they are in the playoff hunt and 13,000 a game when they are out of it. That's about a 30% drop.

The ONLY team that draws very well no matter what the record is the Redskins. Other pro teams - and college teams in the area too - don't draw flies if they don't win.

It used to be hard to get good seats for Georgetown basketball games; now you can get center court seats 10 rows off the floor at the walk-up window. I did that last year...

Ten years ago you could buy Maryland football or basketball tix the day of the game. You can't do that now unless the game is over the Christmas Holiday and it is against East Cupcake A&M.

08-20-2004, 05:52 PM	#12
sportscurmudgeon Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,159	That Guy: Don't fall for the revisionist history that the Washington Senators drew huge crowds. They didn't. Go to the Baseball Encyclopedia to check out attendance figures. There were LOTS of years where they drew less than 1M fans... Actually, Washington is a totally front-runner town. It is sort of to be expected; only winners stay around town and the losers go home to their districts. Winners don't have time for losers... The Wizards/Bullets drew well when they a constant playoff team; after they stunk, the attendance dropped significantly until MJ showed up. What happened when the team stunk and MJ was outta here? Lots of fans came disguised as an empty seat! The Caps draw 18,000 a game when they are in the playoff hunt and 13,000 a game when they are out of it. That's about a 30% drop. The ONLY team that draws very well no matter what the record is the Redskins. Other pro teams - and college teams in the area too - don't draw flies if they don't win. It used to be hard to get good seats for Georgetown basketball games; now you can get center court seats 10 rows off the floor at the walk-up window. I did that last year... Ten years ago you could buy Maryland football or basketball tix the day of the game. You can't do that now unless the game is over the Christmas Holiday and it is against East Cupcake A&M.

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