(05-09-2018 07:21 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(05-09-2018 11:19 AM)Wedge Wrote:  

(05-09-2018 01:10 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(04-30-2018 01:00 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  The A's have no future in Oakland, especially if the South Bay is considered the Giants' territory. Because of market inequality, any team playing in Oakland is in a small market, except the soon to be San Francisco Warriors, who are the only NBA team in the immediate region.

To expand on that, the A's are averaging just under 10k fans a game this year. Part of that is fans not liking the out-dated stadium but it's mostly that even though the Bay Area can technically support two franchises in any sport, it skews so much toward the West Bay that there's not really any room for two except the Raiders because of their popularity. And naturally, the Raiders were too prideful to move in with Niners and stay close to their primary fanbase, so they moved to Vegas.

No, the A's home average so far this season is 17,843, per the attendance count updated daily, here: http://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance

A's are 24th in attendance, ahead of Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, and Miami.

Detroit, Kansas City, and Baltimore are slightly ahead but also all under 19,000 per game.

Code:

21    Detroit  18,925
22    Kansas City  18,652
23    Baltimore  17,937
24    Oakland  17,843
25    Cincinnati  16,972
26    Cleveland  16,505
27    Chicago White Sox  15,663
28    Tampa Bay  14,865
29    Pittsburgh  13,838
30    Miami  11,225

I don't doubt you, however, I got that number from ESPN.com.

Maybe it's the difference paid attendance versus actual attendance. Or maybe it was the attendance for one game.

Never-the-less, my overall point stands.

Their attendance is no more problematic than the rest of those bottom 10 teams. You want a team whose attendance is really problematic? The Indians have won their division two years in a row, they absolutely shouldn't be bottom 10 in attendance, but they are, and were in 2016 and 2017 as well. In 2016 they were in the World Series and still averaged less than 20,000 per game.

Also, all of the official numbers are supposed to be tickets sold. The Marlins were busted last year for reporting free tickets plus sold tickets as "attendance", but that's not what they're supposed to do, and they say they don't do that any more.