field of dreams

[TUalum0982]

The $2 dollar tickets produced less than $10.000 in gross revenue.  Any business person know when they unlock the door each morning how much the cost of doing business is going to be that day.   Now one would assume that the cost in the instant case would not cover the opening of the doors.

The now crowd who pay $50.00 per ticket to hear the jive screamers puts many of the world series fans of the thirties in the rocking chairs.

10,000 in revenue is better then nothing.  It's not like they can say  "well, the game is cancelled tonight, not enough tickets are sold, we arent making any money". 

One other thing...what is it with you and always mentioning "the elitist" or the crowd who pays 50 bucks, blah blah blah.  Something against people with money?  I am not one of them by any stretch of the imagination, just trying to figure out if you are jealous, envious, upset, angry or happy that certain people have wealth and spend their money how they want to.

[shadows]

10,000 in revenue is better then nothing.  It's not like they can say  "well, the game is cancelled tonight, not enough tickets are sold, we arent making any money". 

One other thing...what is it with you and always mentioning "the elitist" or the crowd who pays 50 bucks, blah blah blah.  Something against people with money?  I am not one of them by any stretch of the imagination, just trying to figure out if you are jealous, envious, upset, angry or happy that certain people have wealth and spend their money how they want to.

No, not any of the above.  Just trying to give a voice to the rate payers who sit in cold houses in the winter and hot houses in the summer who ration their food supply in this reverse Robin Hood economy that robs the poor to give it to the rich.  Half the world is in revolt tonight for this cause.  Do you realize that a spark of a peaceful revolt against this cause happened yesterday in Tulsa?  Is it not better to address the dark cloud before we hear the thunder?   

[TUalum0982]

No, not any of the above.  Just trying to give a voice to the rate payers who sit in cold houses in the winter and hot houses in the summer who ration their food supply in this reverse Robin Hood economy that robs the poor to give it to the rich.  Half the world is in revolt tonight for this cause.  Do you realize that a spark of a peaceful revolt against this cause happened yesterday in Tulsa?  Is it not better to address the dark cloud before we hear the thunder?   

I am the same way.  My house is generally cold in the winter, and hot in the summer. Ask my wife.  Our first year in our new house, I turned on the heat exactly twice, TWICE!!  I am all about having nice things, but when it comes to inmatieral, non tangible things like heat and air....I'm a cheapass. 

But what I dont understand is having paid 25 dollars total for two drillers tickets, parking was free (found an expired meter) and spending 14.25 on 2 cokes, 2 hotdogs makes me one those elitest type people. 

[JeffM]

If you are refering to the USFL, no one supported it, period.

http://members.fortunecity.com/showboats92/usfl_teams.html

And who wanted to go and sit in Skelly Stadium on a wonderful muggy July evening?

USFL Time Line: http://members.fortunecity.com/showboats92/usfl_time.html

Also don't forget at the same time we were in the midle of a recession.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_1980s_recession

Hate to make excuses for the one-and-done Oklahoma Outlaws, but it seemed like all the home games that season were cold, wet, and ugly... even then, I'm pretty sure they still managed to draw better crowds than the Arizona Outlaws from the following year... I always remembered the USFL as more of a spring league.

Muggy summer evenings were pretty popular for the Roughnecks fans.......
http://www.tulsaroughnecks.com/Scores___Crowds_1978-84.html

This one's from a NYC tv broadcast on June 13th, 1979...... announced crowd of over 30k at Skelly....

Panoramic view of Zingo/Bell's, national anthem sung by the one and only Billy Eckstine.... and if you don't like Knock on wood, go to 3:40 for the gooooooooaaaal..... and the crowd goes wild!.....  

Seriously though, I miss the good old days when people with money bought box seats but still had fun sitting in the crowd-- unlike the segregated "luxury boxes" and "corporate suites" that have become so essential to the modern day major league business model that focuses on "revenue streams" over the fans.....