258,581 for the seven game homestand. Average of 36,940. That is just in-f***ing-sane

 

Were all the boston games officially sellouts?

 

The real question is, do you think they can come back and face Toronto and Seattle and draw 33,000+ a night for those two series, or does the attendance drop back down to the mid 20s or even lower?

I don't think Thursday or today were sellouts for the White Sox. Thursday had a crowd of 36,750 or something like that which is 250 short of a sellout. Good nonetheless.

 

I think it was sort of a fluke. Lots of lower bowl games are going quickly and I mean quickly. People want to pay to see a good team. As it gets later and later and the Sox look more in it, attendance will get like this.

hate to sound pessimistic, but I think those sellouts were mainly the Red Sox bandwagon, er, I mean Red Sox Nation.

There were a lot of Red Sox fans in attendance, but crowds are still going to be very solid the remainder of the year. We had Detroit in town before Boston was here; the crowds for those games were 37,556, 31,008, and 39,146.

hate to sound pessimistic, but I think those sellouts were mainly the Red Sox bandwagon, er, I mean Red Sox Nation.

 

I think that has a big thing to do with it. Don't matter though since we got the Yanks coming to town and Minny who everyone is going to go to. Hopefully they don't fill half our ballpark though.

There were a lot of Red Sox fans in attendance, but crowds are still going to be very solid the remainder of the year.  We had Detroit in town before Boston was here; the crowds for those games were 37,556, 31,008, and 39,146.

 

The Detroit games were 1/2 price monday, 2 for 1 tuesday, and 75% off teachers day, a big reason for those numbers.

hate to sound pessimistic, but I think those sellouts were mainly the Red Sox bandwagon, er, I mean Red Sox Nation.

Remember though, huge crowds for the Detroit series as well (It was Maggs 1st time back, but that isn't why they were sellouts, imo (part of the reason, sure).

 

Fan support is definately growing

I think we'll see a lot of 30,000 plus crowds as we head into the playoff time. Everybody wants to go to the game where the Sox clinch.

 

The funny thing is that in MLB there is a pretty big divide between the 16th highest team attendance (Atlanta) and 17th (the White Sox). The Braves average about 31,000 per game, while the Sox are at 27,700 or so. It would take the Sox averaging 38,600 - essentially a sell out - for the remaining 30 games for the Sox to catch up to the Braves for 16th place in attendance.

 

I think the Sox wind up just shy of 30,000 per game this year - maybe 29,500 or so to pull in 2.39 million or so. That'll take average crowds of 32,000 the rest of the way. With three Yankee games, a bunch of games vs. the Twins, and a playoff run, that seems pretty reasonable. I think that will be 4th highest in team history.

 

Lopping off 9,000 seats as they've done in the past few years will probably cost the Sox about 100,000 in attendance this year given the terrific record.

The past few games I've gotten tickets for, the lower bowl was already close to sold out. I could only get lower reserved ( RF seats in the outfield ) or upper deck.

I don't like the LF bleachers because of the blinding sun for the first 3 innings or so.

Well I think we should sell well for the Seattle series im not 2 sure about Toronto though.

i think fans will show up in good numbers for sox games until there not anygood(as much asi hate to say it)

Edited July 25, 200520 yr by GoRowand33

I think we'll be lucky to get over 30,000 for next Tue, Wed, and Thurs against Toronto. But then Friday will be a huge crowd for Elvis night. Probably 35,000 or more. After that night, we'll be averaging 28,000 fans for the year so far which is amazing compared to 20K-24K we averaged for the last couple seasons. And after that, we probably won't see too many crowds under 30,000.

 

US Cellular Field is one of the smallest stadiums capacity-wise in MLB. And US Cellular isn't exactly a tourist attraction, bringing in out of towners, which accounts for most of attendance around the league. For example, Busch Stadium in St. Louis: when you go to St. Louis, there's 2 things you have to do (and basically the only things there are to do).. The Arch and Busch Stadium.

 

Wrigley Field, SBC Park in San Francisco, Yankee Stadium, and others, draw huge amounts of tourists. US Cellular: basically none; they all go to Wrigley (you can't go to Chicago without taking a picture of the Welcome to Wrigley Field sign :headshake ). Considering all that, White Sox fans are among the best when it comes to attendance and supporting their team.

Edited July 25, 200520 yr by SouthSidePride05