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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaybe dropping attendance at football games is because of income
inequality and the growth of people entertaining themselves on social media instead?
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)applegrove
(118,915 posts)Initech
(100,145 posts)And now Trump may have turned his douchebag base against their teams. I'm sure that the owners are happy about this.
Throck
(2,520 posts)Bunch of spoiled brat frat boy millionaire jocks.
Not to mention overpriced concession crap.
LisaM
(27,850 posts)and too many corporate types.
And, Trump has a special kind of poison he injects into everything he touches.
brush
(53,977 posts)global1
(25,296 posts)Ticket prices are going through the roof. Many charge for parking. If you want to eat or drink at a game the price of food and refreshments have gone up. I guess if you treat yourself it's not so bad. But if you had to pay for a family of 4 - it starts getting too expensive. Many people would just like to watch on TV. After all you pay for cable - so you might as well take advantage of that.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,985 posts)Why drag yourself and your family downtown to the stadium, pay $30 or so for parking, cough up $150+ apiece to get in, and spend another $100 on refreshments for everyone, just for the privilege of sitting in the nosebleed section where you can hardly see a thing, when you could sit comfortably at home on your couch and watch the game on your big-screen TV while enjoying a cheap beer and a plate of nachos?
Kaleva
(36,403 posts)appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)I would much rather be at a game. It makes it twice as much fun but we could go away for a weekend for what it costs to go to a game.
Yavin4
(35,455 posts)Food and drinks are better and much cheaper. You can follow multiple games at the same time and be with friends instead of violent drunks.
stopbush
(24,398 posts)Cheapest seat average for most NFL teams: $60.
Parking at an LA Rams home game: $100
Yeah, its expensive.
And every game is available on TV for what, $50 a month?
LAS14
(13,791 posts)... some of it is because of more publicity about effects of concussions.