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- spyd3rweb, on 10/25/2008, -0/+16With the way they have raised ticket prices in the last 2 decades I highly doubt it.
- Canadaa, on 10/25/2008, -0/+11i like the part about how the NBA is cutting 9% of its workforce (80 people) - that's worth what? like a few % of a top player's yearly salary?
god forbid, athletes might actually have to take a pay cut :O - fullback, on 10/25/2008, -2/+11Can sports avoid this recession? I hope not.
- Lexor, on 10/25/2008, -0/+8With ticket prices are already out of range of average families, there's no reason to expect a slowdown.
- fabkebab, on 10/25/2008, -0/+8Survive? Yes
Avoid? No chance!! - arobicha, on 10/25/2008, -2/+8I miss Ramen... All they have in Canada is this ***** "Mr. Noodle" equivalent.
Oh, and sports suck ass. - inactive, on 10/25/2008, -0/+5Even if they're forced to practically give away tickets for $5 due to lack of interest, teams will still sell tens of thousands of 50 cent beers for $7-$9 a pop. I think they'll be okay.
- Transfer, on 10/25/2008, -0/+5I'll never understand why people become obsessed with pro sports. Going to a game is about # 656,479 on my priority list right now. But I guess we all get to have choice, right?
- tpizz, on 10/25/2008, -1/+6Sports wont prevent a recession. The article is questioning whether or not sports venues will see declining revenue as businesses and consumers alike are less likely to spend money on outrageous ticket prices.
- UrinalPooper, on 10/25/2008, -0/+5Well the new stadiums in NY just about doubled and trebled season ticket prices... I think they expected finance companies to gobble them up. I wonder how that's working out for them.
NASCAR attendance might be down, but it is still affordable... their problems come from dicking about with the car designs until it's boring and unwatcheable. And yes, I fully expect to be buried for actually liking NASCAR. - Dumbledorito, on 10/25/2008, -0/+5I just wish they'd quit getting taxpayers to foot the bill for their stadiums.
Although Dubya owes a lot of his fortune to TIF money that went to the Texas Rangers. He bought his stake, got the taxpayers to boost the share value of the team (even though it sucked rocks) and then sold his interest for a tidy profit. I don't believe he wrote a "Thank You" note to the people who made him rich... - Lexor, on 10/25/2008, -2/+7Sports and entertainment can run an economy ... just ask the Romans !
- duggdowncatisad, on 10/25/2008, -0/+5Look into minor league sports (and I'm not just talking about baseball). Tickets and concessions are affordable, and you get to sit a lot closer to the action. If you don't live in a big city, you also don't have to use gas driving to one.
- roxgod666, on 10/25/2008, -0/+5A lot of English soccer teams are already dissolving and players will definitely be dropped because of the recession
- Ryan2845, on 10/25/2008, -0/+4That picture is WAAYYY misleading. The chiefs are absolutely horrible is the reason attendance is down, not b/c of the economy. Even with that, they have had 74,000+ at their home games, nothing like this picture...
Not to mention pretty much all the tickets have already been sold in preseason, whether the fans show up or not - ChronoMojo, on 10/25/2008, -0/+4The only problem with $1000 Super Bowl tickets is that football fans don't get to buy Super Bowl tickets. Corporations do. Now, the question is, are corporations willing to spend $1000 on Super Bowl tickets? Probably.
- kagebutsu, on 10/25/2008, -0/+4I never really understood the appeal of going to sports games, TV offers much better coverage and doesn't make you pay for parking.
- linkdj, on 10/25/2008, -2/+6No.
- duggdowncatisad, on 10/25/2008, -0/+4Professional sports, i.e. the modern day circus, will be propped up by the government and used, along with bread, to distract us from what is happening to our country.
- dusanmal, on 10/25/2008, -0/+4Hopefully not...
- futureisours, on 10/25/2008, -0/+4When it nearly costs $200 to take a family of four to a game, you know something will have to give. Not to mention parking and the vendor costs. Serves them right if you ask me. Maybe now they'll have more bargain seats.
- peestandingup, on 10/25/2008, -0/+3I guess going corporate wasnt such a great idea, eh?
- 9bpm9, on 10/25/2008, -0/+3Nope. St. Louis Cardinals just raised ticket prices. Blues charge 10 bucks more for the cheap sets for "premium games". Rams? lol.
- unknownpoltroon, on 10/25/2008, -0/+3Sure. When I'm worried about my job i will definitely pay 400$ to go see a baseball game. And the 4$ ticketmaster charge is cump change, when I'm living on ramen!
- inactive, on 10/25/2008, -0/+3Unfortunately for the NBA office drones, the players have a powerful union to prevent that from happening.
- Richandler, on 10/25/2008, -0/+349ers have been bad for a while, but there is a chance they could be blacked out locally for not meeting ticket sales. I think that is more economics than anything.
- Birrell, on 10/25/2008, -0/+3They also have guaranteed contracts.
- 9bpm9, on 10/25/2008, -0/+3200 bucks? I guess you must live on the East Coast.
- andergriff, on 10/26/2008, -0/+3College football tends to have the most affluent audience. Most college graduates still outearn the rest of society, and they will be the last man standing in this recession. If it goes beyond two years, who knows?
- robthom, on 10/26/2008, -0/+3I certainly hope not. If life was fair those overpaid divas should feel the pinch just like the rest of us.
- ronaldmonster, on 10/25/2008, -0/+3Well they are in a certain bailout plan sooo...
- Subriot, on 10/25/2008, -0/+2Did I just fall into a time machine back to 2006?
- PITCHPR, on 10/27/2008, -0/+2People will always look to sport and entertainment for an escape, those 90mins spend supporting your team can be a relief from the stresses of work, but sports teams and owners need to consider carefully their pricing structure, the price needs to match the quality of the product especially when you will be competing with a lot of other brands for consumers £ $ and Euros
- Jude007, on 10/25/2008, -1/+3Sports/Entertainment
- blackturtleus, on 10/26/2008, -0/+2Quite frankly, I wouldn't mind seeing overpaid athletes take a pay cut. There is no way that any athlete could be worth more than $100,000/year! Our culture values the trivial over that with substance and the salaries paid to professional athletes are proof of this!!! However, it is likely that the rich will get richer even during this economic crisis and so I doubt that overpaid athletes are likely to pay anything more than lip-service to the difficulties faced by their adoring fans!
- Brak710101, on 10/25/2008, -1/+3They'll be fine.
People like me just love to watch our teams play. I own Penguins and Steelers season tickets, and missing my favorite teams are not an option. The waiting list to get the season plans are 2,500 to 10,000 people long at any given time. - lilo5, on 10/26/2008, -0/+2I think that sports can't avoid recession.
People will be having less money. In Poland if people want train any sports they must be pay money.... Most peopel haven't money and more people will be have less money... :(
http://sport.guma.poznan.pl
http://Slowniki.europartnerlingua.pl
http://woman.majusebmw.pl
http://wyroby-gumowe.guma.poznan.pl - PopcornDave, on 10/26/2008, -0/+2Actually Doc, you can get $10 seats for both the A's and the Giants. Of course those are bleacher seats, but they're still cheaper.
- goodbick, on 10/26/2008, -0/+2Sports are practically recession proof. In harsh times people need an escape, and watching sports seems to do that job nicely for the majority of American's. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the basketball, football, and baseball industries started making MORE money.
- SpoonDigg, on 10/25/2008, -0/+2your fired...
- mattrmcg, on 10/26/2008, -0/+2NCAA all the way
- mattrmcg, on 10/26/2008, -0/+2At the Texas v. Oklahoma State game today, the attendance was over 98,000, but you could say that a huge chunk of that populace were student ticket holders (70 dollars for every single home game), but other than that, there would still have been 75-80,000 in attendance who bought their tickets, so, ya doing pretty well as a business
- PopcornDave, on 10/26/2008, -0/+2Yeah you know things are bad for the 49'ers when for years you were on a waiting list for tickets and in the last few years they've taken to advertising on billboards and television.
- inactive, on 10/26/2008, -2/+4no. I hope football collapses, then there will be rioting, which would be good for democracy. tree of freedom needs to be watered by the blood of piss off sports fans from time to time.
- dukeeeey, on 10/25/2008, -1/+2lol
- spyd3rweb, on 10/26/2008, -1/+2I really don't understand giving a rats ass about college sports unless you actually are attending one of the schools playing.
- inactive, on 10/26/2008, -1/+2***** sports and all ***** associated with it!
- cfuse, on 10/26/2008, -2/+3Who gives a crap? I don't understand people who get a boner over sports.
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