[EmpireWF]

FoxBusiness has a great article looking at the fact that Major League Baseball stadiums are shrinking more and more. That's in terms of seating capacity. Only the Mariners have a new stadium that fits more than their old one.

The Mets and Yankee new parks will each fit thousands fewer than Shea and Yankee Stadium respectively.

The article points out ownership wants this because it will increase demand (higher ticket prices) and they can say their games have been sold out.

It's a business, but it does look like this move will hurt the average fan who isn't a season ticket holder.

I do wonder how this will effect the historic attendance figures in MLB. They're bound to shrink with the ballparks doing the same.

[Phils20]

The Phillies new stadium holds about 18-20,000 less than the old one, yet the drew 3 million fans for only the 2nd time in the history of the team. I think it is better to sell out 45,000 than to have a bunch of empty seats. It is a hard sell for most team to do 60,000 seats 80 times a year. Even the Phils had 30-35 for four of the six games I was at, and The other two were sell outs, as they were Sep 8th and 30th, as they were driving for the pennant.

Seems to have worked out fine here. But how do others feel!

Good topic Empire!

[loco4pablo]

Originally Posted by Phils20

The Phillies new stadium holds about 18-20,000 less than the old one, yet the drew 3 million fans for only the 2nd time in the history of the team. I think it is better to sell out 45,000 than to have a bunch of empty seats. It is a hard sell for most team to do 60,000 seats 80 times a year. Even the Phils had 30-35 for four of the six games I was at, and The other two were sell outs, as they were Sep 8th and 30th, as they were driving for the pennant.

Seems to have worked out fine here. But how do others feel!

Good topic Empire!

Even the NFL wouldn't sell out if they played as many games as MLB/NBA/NHL played. I think it's a good thing to make these smaller stadiums.