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8. I thought that was a picture of the latest tRump rally.

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Wed Sep 13, 2017, 11:35 PM

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The NFL Is Seriously Concerned With Empty Stadiums [View all] yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2017 OP

I think any stadium would be empty after a first half like that JonLP24 Sep 2017 #1

Packers were packed. I felt like a sardine but ssooooooooooooooo happy. riversedge Sep 2017 #3

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the GB stadium not as large? flygal Sep 2017 #39

Actually, it's the 4th largest. Angleae Sep 2017 #41

Nope. Not anymore. Lambeaus' 2nd. Greybnk48 Sep 2017 #73

There is literally nothing else to do in Green Bay, for one thing. trotsky Sep 2017 #52

Ours are small tazkcmo Sep 2017 #53

Our daughter works at Lambeau and Petco in SD. Lambeau is 2nd largest in NFL. Greybnk48 Sep 2017 #72

Kansas City here. tazkcmo Sep 2017 #83

He he....see those stands empty out in Foxboro last Thursday?? Bengus81 Sep 2017 #85

They're spoiled. tazkcmo Sep 2017 #108

so should $35+ parking for pre season games pstokely Sep 2017 #95

Agree about the price of concessions! Greybnk48 Sep 2017 #98

Packers are city owned, NOT billionaire owned. sharedvalues Sep 2017 #105

brain damage JI7 Sep 2017 #2

I used to love football. Every Sunday in football season I'd have airmid Sep 2017 #19

Same here. Solomon Sep 2017 #26

The death of football Brainstormy Sep 2017 #59

It won't die. Instead, it will become the poor boy's escape from poverty. Eyeball_Kid Sep 2017 #106

I feel the same way OceanChick Sep 2017 #62

It's already happening Lotusflower70 Sep 2017 #68

How many NFL teams does southern California need? democratisphere Sep 2017 #4

So USC is enough ... Bad Thoughts Sep 2017 #34

I wouldn't be surprised if the NFL was attempting to convert them democratisphere Sep 2017 #49

But it sure made Dean Spanos a lot of money. trotsky Sep 2017 #55

Fuck Dean Spanos and the rest of his repug family. maveric Sep 2017 #88

They should post second mortgage sharpies at the gate to help pay for the tickets. NBachers Sep 2017 #5

This, I'd love to go to an Eagles game or two a year but it's just too expensive Amishman Sep 2017 #42

That is really the bottom line, tickets cost too much for a lot of people still_one Sep 2017 #57

Tickets, parking, concessions... all ridiculously overpriced. AgadorSparticus Sep 2017 #104

Cue Trump inauguration joke here: NBachers Sep 2017 #6

Wait Till Winter, West Coast Has Better Shit To Do When It's Not Cold.. Grassy Knoll Sep 2017 #7

Hell..here in the midwest used to watch the Chiefs and have a fire going in October.... Bengus81 Sep 2017 #86

I thought that was a picture of the latest tRump rally. BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #8

Oh ffs. Just take a tiny portion of all that tv revenue and pay people to fill the stands unblock Sep 2017 #9

Oh, no TlalocW Sep 2017 #10

Four seats at an NFL game average about $550 mn9driver Sep 2017 #11

I'll watch football on TV left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #15

Me too! cwydro Sep 2017 #76

sometimes you can find really cheap tickets on stubhub pstokely Sep 2017 #16

Yeah that is the big issue here. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #24

With a Mega-Monster TV, a warm chair, and a refrigerator Achilleaze Sep 2017 #36

For the most part madokie Sep 2017 #40

Exactly what I was thinking. Who can afford to go???? lindysalsagal Sep 2017 #25

vs a 55 inch hi def Cosmocat Sep 2017 #38

No lines for the restroom either! trotsky Sep 2017 #56

OH, that's the best part Cosmocat Sep 2017 #58

Average price for an LA Chargers ticket: $192 stopbush Sep 2017 #91

One of the announcers during the Panthers/San Fran game bathroommonkey76 Sep 2017 #12

A blind man could see what the damn problem is jmowreader Sep 2017 #13

Both the bread AND the circuses are becoming too expensive. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #14

baseball games aren't much cheaper pstokely Sep 2017 #17

That must explain it jmowreader Sep 2017 #18

but what about parking? pstokely Sep 2017 #20

Safeco Field's garage is $20 jmowreader Sep 2017 #30

The Mariners have 81 games to make money off of...football teams have 7. brooklynite Sep 2017 #51

Which also means they have to open the stadium 74 more times jmowreader Sep 2017 #90

MLB teams play 81 home games, DeminPennswoods Sep 2017 #28

But each MLB game takes as long as the entire NFL season, so it balances out. Orrex Sep 2017 #35

I spent a little over 500 for a family of 4 for a Cleveland indian game. ileus Sep 2017 #63

You're doing it wrong. BannonsLiver Sep 2017 #81

Then lower the damn price for tickets Egnever Sep 2017 #21

Concerned enough to lower ticket and concession prices? Ken Burch Sep 2017 #22

Same reason why people go less and less to cinemas: Watching at home is more comfortable. DetlefK Sep 2017 #23

Yeah, but at the movies, you can see better. Not so much at the stadium. Iggo Sep 2017 #75

It is too expensive, but there's more to it. LisaM Sep 2017 #27

This RobinA Sep 2017 #111

My dad and I watched the Steelers together when I was a kid... LisaM Sep 2017 #112

the problem with that picture is onethatcares Sep 2017 #29

Don't watch much NASCAR, I see jmowreader Sep 2017 #33

That's the new Santa Clara home of the niners Abouttime Sep 2017 #37

That's Levi Stadium and it has a problem Brother Buzz Sep 2017 #82

LOL - I can't tell you how much I agree with you. LisaM Sep 2017 #113

STH here DeminPennswoods Sep 2017 #31

They aren't the only ones A HERETIC I AM Sep 2017 #32

No one could have predicted this dalton99a Sep 2017 #43

That Side of the Niner's stadium is a BBQ for people n2doc Sep 2017 #44

Maybe they should lower their prices. 7 bucks for a bottle of beer and 5 for a bottle of water Autumn Sep 2017 #45

The price of going to a professional sporting event is ridiculous and to add insult to injury Snake Plissken Sep 2017 #46

Then lower ticket prices alarimer Sep 2017 #47

You can't even park your car at Giant Stadium for $20, it now costs $35 to park for NFL games Snake Plissken Sep 2017 #50

Easy answer: Ticket prices are too damn high!!! Initech Sep 2017 #48

I won't be watching much football this year. nycbos Sep 2017 #54

I would go to a Cleveland Browns Game... Ohiya Sep 2017 #60

Football may be the worst sport to watch live, even worse than baseball Yavin4 Sep 2017 #61

If they really cared about that, they wouldn't have ecstatic Sep 2017 #64

NFL is done Not Ruth Sep 2017 #65

Date rape, brain damage, B-2 Flyovers and $60 to park . . . hatrack Sep 2017 #66

I think it's hugely ironic that they defend rapists, multiple DUIs, murderers, and criminals. Initech Sep 2017 #77

Goodell is an idiot ass. ileus Sep 2017 #67

Gee it's hard..err..impossible for many folks to pay the outrageous prices workinclasszero Sep 2017 #69

A little off topic... GreatCaesarsGhost Sep 2017 #70

Billionaires think a day at the stadium is affordable. (n/t) Iggo Sep 2017 #71

Yep workinclasszero Sep 2017 #74

IKR !?!!? uponit7771 Sep 2017 #79

Losing teams don't sell out? OMG what a brilliant analysis! Baclava Sep 2017 #78

Crazy. The new Vikings stadium opened up the other day. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #80

49ers have temperature issues: Is a fix in store at Levis Stadium? By Ann Killion Brother Buzz Sep 2017 #84

Last season was a bore. kstewart33 Sep 2017 #87

I went to a Rams game last year and it'll probably be my last taught_me_patience Sep 2017 #89

I went to the USC game vs. Western Michigan couple weeks ago Hawaii Hiker Sep 2017 #92

An ugly sport that symbolizes everything violent and lowbrow in our culture. jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #93

Wow Cuthbert Allgood Sep 2017 #94

No, but I would just never stoop so low as to support something that openly celebrates jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #96

+1 BannonsLiver Sep 2017 #114

Most teams are out of it in spring training, while other teams like the Patriots are locks Johonny Sep 2017 #97

Living in LA and watching them get two teams that suck has been fun that last two years. TeamPooka Sep 2017 #99

places with nice weather are bandwagon sports towns pstokely Sep 2017 #100

The term is actually "fair weather." In Los Angeles's case, damn near literally. Iggo Sep 2017 #109

Levis Stadium sucks. RandySF Sep 2017 #101

I don't watch NFL, haven't since about 1980. raven mad Sep 2017 #102

I have a hard time drumming interest in a game that is high risk for traumatic brain injury AgadorSparticus Sep 2017 #103

Sorry, but early third quarter photos are never representative Awsi Dooger Sep 2017 #107

Couldn't happen to a better sport. Fuck Football. Le Gaucher Sep 2017 #110