MLB Attendance Problems

Here to help @RobManfred fix MLB attendance issues. Former MLB season ticket holder from 2001-2018.

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

I’ve held silent for some time about the issues that have been ignored with ticketing to sporting events. If the actions by the teams involved in #WorldSeries2024 manipulated the stock market like they manipulate the ticketing market, people would be arrested.

[TICKETSHELP1 @Ticket_Help2022]

One week later…. Prices are literally 50% of what they were.

Still absurd price by @SebastianComedy

Imagine trying to blame resellers and making face value $2368 and then a week later offer no idiot paid that price so they cut it half that.

Welcome to tickets in 2026.

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi Which city? Vegas? They are used to getting taken advantage of. It’s been that way since the mob ran the city, and it really hasn’t changed. Most of the tax paying for the stadium is going to be generated from tourists.

If you are talking about Oakland …. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi My point is. They are gone. Cheering for the to fail in Vegas won’t bring them back. It sucks for the city of Oakland, I get it. But move on.

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi “More than 20k” with a legitimate team is not good. Bad teams average 20k. There are only 6 teams averaging under 20k this year. One of the 6 is the A’s playing in a minor league stadium, another is the rays who closed their upper deck to maximize revenue.

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi If they draw under 10k a game like they were getting in Oakland, yes, it’s a failure. If they consistently sell 70% of the stadium every night, no, it’s not a failure. Teams don’t even try to sell out games anymore, so I’m not sure why 30 years of sell outs was ever promised.

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi That’s not what I said. Those are your words.

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi Irrelevant to the conversation completely. You are trying to compare an event happening 25+ minutes from the strip to something happening on the strip in a couple of years. It’s apples to apples. The tax payer cost isn’t part of the convo we are having.

[Justin Turpin @JustinmTurpin]

The Scots are creating one hell of an environment

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi If you asked George Strait to go play at an outdoor amphitheater in the summer, 25+ minutes from the strip, do you think that will create the same buzz as him playing at t-mobile arena? Would that sell out if the ticket prices were the same? The answer is no.

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi The point of the games was to slowly build local fan support and sell season tickets for 2028 and beyond. They will do this again next year, hopefully earlier in the year when it’s not already 100+. And it would be smarter if they picked opponents that arent mostly irrelevant.

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi And then using that game to say that the NBA will fail in Vegas if they built a brand new basketball arena walking distance from the strip…..it’s silly.

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi This probably is close to what you are trying to compare right now. Say the Utah jazz and the Washington wizards (two fairly irrelevant teams) played a game at a small venue, outside in 100+ degree heat, 25+ minutes from the strip, do you think 15k+ people are showing up?

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi Comparing anything that happened in the last 6 games at a minor league stadium 25+ minutes from the strip to what is being produced to be on the strip is silly. Stop being silly.

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi Vegas will put on a show. Visiting team fans will flock to plan a vacation around watching their team on the strip and having a good time for a few days. Absolutely no one planned a vacation around watching their team play on the road in Oakland.

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi The only narrative that matters right now is that Vegas is getting MLB and Oakland lost their team. This idea that MLB will fail on the strip simply because it’s the A’s is silly. Comparing these games to anything that will happen at the new stadium on the strip is silly.

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi MLB attendance figures are not physical people in the stadium. It’s tickets distributed (including comp tickets). A “quick search” will tell you this is how MLB attendance has been calculated for at least the last 20+ years.

[MLB Attendance Problems @ProblemsMlb]

@ballparkboi You are doing exactly what I said not to. Using the “tickets distributed” in the average attendance count in Oakland. Sorry you lost your team. Move on.