Just got home and turned on the LSU. CSF game. One run game in the sixth on a perfect weather day and there are a lot more empty seats than I would expect. I was at the Tue day game last year and I do not remember seeming many empty seats at all. Hope it is a one off
For the record NEBUGEATER does not equal BUGEATER !!!!!!!
thenewguy wrote:There are helicopter rides being given on the cb side of the river by heartland helicopter services for $30 per person. Looks to be about a 10 minute ride around downtown. It would qaulify being in the transportation thread, but after talking to the operators, it sounded like they were doing specifically in conjuction with the cws to capitalize on the increased foot traffic around the bridge.
Last weekend, he provided 28 public rides on Saturday and 30 more on Sunday. Heartland is offering daily aerial tours to the public from Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park during the College World Series through June 21 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., or until dark if demand warrants.
Tours last five, 10 or 15 minutes, and costs range from roughly $30 to $100 per person, depending on the size of the group and length of the flight. These rides are first-come, first-serve with no reservations necessary.
At the game last night, they listed overall attendance @ 202,003. 22,445 avg per game. If that trend continues it could break last year's all-time high attendance. The average game attendance will probably not be broken though. (Last year's total attendance was 347,740. An avg of 21,734 per game)
After 13 games the total attendance for 2015 has been 291,392 compared to 2014's record 347,740 for 16 games.
The 22,415 average compares to the 2013 record average of 24,392 for 14 games.
If we get a 3 games Championship series that averaged 18,783 (56,349) the total attendance record will fall...
Topic this morning on Sharp and Benning, last night's game was 3 hours 40 minutes, only 3 runs scored and bottom of the 9th was not needed. Previous night was close to 3 hours and 30 minutes. The new ball has definitely improved the series, now do they need to do something about pace of play?
Greg S wrote:Topic this morning on Sharp and Benning, last night's game was 3 hours 40 minutes, only 3 runs scored and bottom of the 9th was not needed. Previous night was close to 3 hours and 30 minutes. The new ball has definitely improved the series, now do they need to do something about pace of play?
Greg S wrote:Topic this morning on Sharp and Benning, last night's game was 3 hours 40 minutes, only 3 runs scored and bottom of the 9th was not needed. Previous night was close to 3 hours and 30 minutes. The new ball has definitely improved the series, now do they need to do something about pace of play?
Greg
Sounds similar to the MLB's problem.
MLB has taken steps starting this year. Gradual ones at the MLB level, and testing more stringent ones in MiLB (including AAA). So far so good, average time of a MLB game this year is 2 hours 53 minutes. Down about 8 minutes from 2014.
CWS always takes forever. Its always a refreshing change when I get down with the CWS games and get back to the Omaha Storm Chasers and the games are under 3 hours.
It would be interesting to see if the installed the clock like they have in AAA this year. Seems like a lot of college times sign the pitch in from the coach to the catcher, the catcher looks at his arm band and then signs the pitch to the pitcher. They also seem to throw to first a lot!
It's not just that the coaches call the pitches instead of the catcher, but at times it seemed like it took coach O'Connor about 30 seconds to call each pitch, then the batter has to get comfortable...
That 9th inning alone must have taken 20 minutes per batter....
Yes! These two teams have been slower than the others but my god, last nights problem was the coach not giving the catcher signs. They have to make that illegal in the game somehow that Top of the 9th was unbearable.
After Game 15 the goral attendance has been 337,689 compare to last year's record of 347,740.
Just over 10,500 needed tonight, looks like nice weather....
KMTV wrote:“We're studying the numbers very carefully,” he said. “It is the toughest year we've ever had. We needed Arkansas to make it all the way with LSU. That was the perfect storm. That didn't happen. We lost a lot of people.”