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Awsi Dooger

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107. Sorry, but early third quarter photos are never representative

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 12:19 AM

Sep 2017

That's situational influence at its greatest. I'm amazed nobody has emphasized it.

NFL halftimes were already stressed short to begin with then years ago they were cut further to 12 minutes. Games were running too long so they sliced anywhere they could.

Anybody taking a bathroom and/or concession break at halftime is extremely hard pressed to get back to their seats unless they leave long before the second quarter ends. The problem is exasperated further now that new NFL stadiums have lounges and fancier restaurants that are designed to keep spectators out of their seats so they spend more money.

The numbers typically pick up again with 10-12 minutes remaining in the third quarter but seldom restore fully back to second quarter level. Many fans choose to remain in the lounges.

Here in Miami I have four season ticket holders who sit immediately to my right. Year after year they do the same thing every game: Arrive several minutes into the first quarter, the two women take several trips to the concessions during the first half, then all four wave goodbye just before halftime and never return to their seats.

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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