Target Field's Attendance Problem Goes Beyond the Organization's Inflated Numbers

[Parfigliano]

9 hours ago, theBOMisthebomb said:

The Twins still have a lot of work to win back long term fans who abandoned ship after 2025 trade deadline disaster. 

I couldn't give away a ticket to the Joe vs. Sho game and asked many of the long term Twins fans I know that have given up on the franchise. Folks still don't trust the Twins organization. 

I bet you could have given away/sold that tik easily on this site.

[twinssporto]

Winning puts asses in the seats. Very simple formula for selling tickets.

[ashbury]

23 minutes ago, lecroy24fan said:

Dave St. Peter made the stupidest comment any Twins exec has ever made, blaming the fans for not coming to games. Most embarrassing comment ever.

Whew.  I don't know ...

[lecroy24fan]

I'm way more insulted by the fans comment. Right sizing the payroll is not cool but understandable that a business would say that. No one in the position that DSP was in should ever, EVER say the fans are to blame for not showing up.

[ashbury]

1 hour ago, ashbury said:

Whew.  I don't know ...

Wait.  He said ANY Twins exec, EVER.  I withdraw the above nominees.

One word:

Waseca.

[The Great Hambino]

11 hours ago, Sjoski said:

● The Twins Fan Base:  relies heavily on suburban families pulling out of driveways from places like Lakeville, Woodbury, or Plymouth. They are looking for a classic, seamless, secure "family night out" experience.

So strange - as someone who grew up in Plymouth and lives in Woodbury, I take my wife and two small children to like a dozen games a year and get that "secure family night out" every time.  Not once have we encountered anything even approaching danger.

I must be the luckiest guy in the world to not have been mugged or stabbed or carjacked in the lawless thunderdome that is downtown Minneapolis

[KikiMN]

$2 beer is great, but the $8 bottle of pop for the kids is kind of a problem.

[ziggy]

I attended the Joe vs Sho game with 2 of my grandsons.

Outfield seats=$225

food/beverages=$130     no alcohol either

parking=$25

zero souvineers but $300 for a jersey??? WTH?

2 hours to drive 70 miles to the parking garage, I live straight west of Target Field.

$380 for a night out without souvineers. They are not worth it.

All 3 of us can go to town team baseball for about $25 for the whole night. My town has a team.

 

[USAFChief]

17 minutes ago, ziggy said:

I attended the Joe vs Sho game with 2 of my grandsons.

Outfield seats=$225

food/beverages=$130     no alcohol either

parking=$25

zero souvineers but $300 for a jersey??? WTH?

2 hours to drive 70 miles to the parking garage, I live straight west of Target Field.

$380 for a night out without souvineers. They are not worth it.

All 3 of us can go to town team baseball for about $25 for the whole night. My town has a team.

 

70 miles straight west? On 7, 12, or 212?

If its 7, I grew up there too.

[USAFChief]

27 minutes ago, KikiMN said:

$2 beer is great, but the $8 bottle of pop for the kids is kind of a problem.

$3.99 I think in the family section.

Of course, it's Pepsi products so it's overpriced if free.

Edited 40 minutes ago by USAFChief

[ziggy]

15 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

70 miles straight west? On 7, 12, or 212?

If its 7, I grew up there too.

12, I have an easy trip to Target Field, except for the road construction.

Lake Lillian?

[USAFChief]

Just now, ziggy said:

12

Lake Lillian?

Cosmos.

Grove City?

[ziggy]

Just now, USAFChief said:

Cosmos.

Grove City?

Litchfield now.

my BIL was police cheif for 25 years in Cosmos.

[USAFChief]

4 minutes ago, ziggy said:

Litchfield now.

my BIL was police cheif for 25 years in Cosmos.

I have family in Litchfield.