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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Originally Posted by BakoSaint The Pelicans also play in New Orleans. Tourism is very similar around their adjacent stadiums. But the Pelicans don't sell out, because they don't have a reputation as a marquee franchise with a marquee star everyone ...
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11-18-2023, 09:02 AM | #81 |
Re: OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SAINTS LOSS TO VIKINGS (Halftime Edition)
Originally Posted by BakoSaint
Speaking of the Pels ... same old, same old. Are they sharing the very same medical and conditioning staff with the Saints. If they want to sell out, what should they do? They do have a marquee player or two, unlike the Saints at the moment.
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11-18-2023, 10:43 AM | #82 |
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Re: OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SAINTS LOSS TO VIKINGS (Halftime Edition)
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Comparing an NBA fanbase to an NFL fanbase is like comparing a rock to an apple. I never even heard of NBA fans travelling en masse to an away game. It is common place in the NFL.
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11-18-2023, 10:50 AM | #83 |
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Agreed...
I still don't understand why NBA teams don't broadcast the games free to the local fan base. If they want to develop a more vocal and loyal fan base, it would seem a more natural marketing play, neaux? | |
11-18-2023, 10:57 AM | #84 |
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I agree that NBA is a bit different than the NFL but that is not my whole point. But also, NBA teams do sell out, and I have attended a number of NBA games in other stadiums while traveling to different cities, because as a sports fan its a fun experience. Also if you check stubhub, its pretty clear that NBA tickets do get resold. I am sure some scalpers own some Lakers, Bulls, Heat, and Celtics tickets. But my main point is scalper profit is not guaranteed in the NFL due to fees, preseason games, and lackluster games that don't sell for enough to cover fees, plus all the hassle of listing and monitoring prices.
I will put it this way. I think we can all agree that Las Vegas is also a popular tourist destination. Lets imagine the Raiders always played in Las Vegas, and you and some buddies decided to do a Vegas trip and catch a Saints road game. How much would you be willing to pay for some good lower level seats? First of all, I would not want to pay more than I had to pay. Second, the more I was paying the more I would expect a 'playoff atmosphere' which requires both teams to be good. Third, there is some value to seeing a stadium you never saw before, but that diminished when it is not still new and you have already seen it. So if I was in Vegas anyway, maybe I would pay $200 for a good seat to see Carr vs Garappalo, though even that seems like a lot, I might feel like the two teams are so lousy I want a better deal. Maybe the $200 would make sense to see the new stadium, but once I have seen it that novelty is mostly over. But if we still have a QB like Brees and if the Raiders were a playoff Caliber team and it was a big matchup, maybe I would pay $500. Vegas being a tourist destination is a good reason to go to that game versus say if they were also playing Cleveland and Cleveland is good that year too and its just as good of a matchup, but I don't want to go to Cleveland. But in the end, if Raiders are lousy, that diminishes how much I will pay, and also probably how much I will have to pay due to the lack of other buyers. I don't want to travel to Las Vegas to see Jamarcus Russell, and if I am in Vegas anyway and the Saints are playing him, I want a dirt cheap ticket, probably below face value. I also don't want to see the Dennis Allen Raiders with Carson Palmer. I actually saw the Saints play the Raiders in Oakland when they had Carson Palmer, but I saw the game because I got cheap tickets. I would not have paid the kind of money where scalpers would profit from that sale. So thats where we have taken our franchise now. We are essentially the Dennis Allen - Carson Palmer Raiders, except in a Vegas-like tourist destination. I don't think scalpers are doing well financially. Eventually I think scalpers will drop their tickets, much of the waiting list will be scalpers who will say no thanks I signed up for this when Brees was QB, and the waiting list will go to zero. But scalpers are smart people. They realize the waiting list is free. They realize if we lose a lot of games next year we could end up with a new head coach and drafting Arch Manning down the road. So when they get that call from the waiting list and decline, they will log in the next day and put their name back on the waiting list, because its free. So the waiting list may appear to not decrease much. But the whole pyramid scheme crumbles when they call the same scalper 3 weeks later and he says no again, and at that point the same people are getting called twice and saying no, and they start taking walk up orders. Then there is no waiting list. |
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11-18-2023, 11:34 AM | #86 |
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Re: OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SAINTS LOSS TO VIKINGS (Halftime Edition)
Is this like if you say Beetlejuice enough times that it will happen?
I posted elsewhere: start a thread with the headline "We need a new coach." Everytime you feel the need to repeat this, post it there. It'll stay on the front page of the forum, and the rest of us who understand that it won't happen before the end of the season won't have to see this annoying drivel every day. SFIAH |
11-18-2023, 12:09 PM | #87 |
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Re: OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SAINTS LOSS TO VIKINGS (Halftime Edition)
Originally Posted by SaintFanInATLHELL
To Scroll on… You had the Power all along my Dear.
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11-18-2023, 06:06 PM | #88 |
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Yeah but everytime I see it I lose a few more brain cell and wasted seconds. You can make your point without irritating everyone here. You posting "The Saints need a new head coach." and "The Saints need a new head coach. and "The Saints need a new head coach." like a 3 year old repeating his favorite Barney song all day long affects absolutely nothing. It's just a waste of time. My time in particular.
If you put in one spot I can ignore it wholesale. You might even make a salient point about something else that I actually might want to read. But if you continue this, which wastes everyone time, then you'll have to go on ignore. And then your "The Saints need a new head coach." will be you talking to yourself. The worst part is that I don't disagree with you. The Saints could do better in the coaching department. But continually screaming "LA LA LA The Saints need a new head coach." isn't going make it happen any faster. It's just annoying. Is that your objective? SFIAH |
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Re: OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SAINTS LOSS TO VIKINGS (Halftime Edition)
The Saints need a new general manager.
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11-18-2023, 07:22 PM | #90 |
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Re: OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SAINTS LOSS TO VIKINGS (Halftime Edition)
Originally Posted by SaintFanInATLHELL
With all due respect Sir, you can scroll back to the title of this post, which I started at HALFTIME of our most recent “performance”, and then you can lose count of the amount of lost brain cells that await us in the rest of the season, and most likely next season… all the while, I will most certainly continue to pepper this and other posts with: WE NEED A NEW HEAD COACH.
I apologize if you are annoyed by seeing that fact written more than you are annoyed with our current Head Coach. |