![]() ![]() Again, shouldn’t Arte be looking into this? Unfortunately, he probably has. But those factors don’t really seem to be in play here, because even when when the weather has been better and it’s a holiday and there’s a giveaway.that place still isn’t selling out. I’ve made rationalizations each time: oh, it’s a small market team they’re facing OR hey, there’s bad weather OR well, this is a school night and there’s no giveaway. Shouldn’t they be, though? I’ve gone to three games this year, so far, and all have been lackluster as far as crowds go. Are the Angels worried? Well, if Robert Alvarado, the VP of marketing and ticket sales is to believe, then no, they’re not worried. The benchmark for every season since 2002 was 3 million Angels fans passing through the turnstiles every year, and from these early estimates, they are not going to be hitting that mark. That’s compared to their numbers last year, but if you want to compare it to the height of Red October days, then that number is closer to 8,000. Per game attendance is down at Angel Stadium by 4,300 fans. Make no mistake about it: if these attendance numbers are to be believed, then the Angels are in trouble. But these are not the halcyon days of 2006, and the lingering taste of post season glory may be fading fast in fans’ minds. Winning division championships will do that for a team. Things were good for awhile.good enough for people to possibly overlook such catastrophes as our new seventh inning stretch ode to losers( "Build Me Up Buttercup, baby, just to let me down…"), and a gm that brought in the likes of Gary Mathews Jr. As reported by the OC Register yesterday, the Angels are facing cratered attendance numbers at the Big A in fact it’s the worst per game attendance tallies since the 2002 season, before the Angels went to the Promised Land that October and indoctrinated a new generation of Angels baseball fans, as well as bringing the old Moth Eaters from Yes We Can days out of retirement. ![]()
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