Florida Marlins attendance on the rise

by craig on Sep 30, 2009 8:12 AM EDT in News and Rumors

The Florida Marlins increased their attendance this season.

The Marlins drew 1,465,109 fans for 78 home dates or an average of 18,783 fans a game. That’s up from 1,335,075 or 16,688 fans a game for 80 dates in 2008. This season three games were postponed due to rain and doubleheaders were scheduled in which attendance was counted just once. The team wrapped up its home schedule at Land Shark Stadium Sunday getting shut out 4-0 by the New York Mets.

That’s still last in the National League, but up one spot from the basement, where the team dwelled (in attendance) for the past three seasons. The Oakland A’s, who are in 30th place right now, play three more games at home this week, but it’s unlikely their home attendance will surpass the Marlins'.

If the A's draw about an average of 35,000 per game in their final three games, we will once again be number 30. Personally, I don't care whether we are number 29 or 30.

I have been to the stadium and it is next to nowhere. I was staying in Deerfield Beach, great town by the way, and after the night games I never got back to the hotel before midnight. I can't imagine what the commute was like for people living in West Palm Beach or Miami.

Disclaimer: I got lost a lot.

If the attendance doesn't improve with the new stadium then I might raise an eyebrow. Until that time, I'm just impressed we get as many fans to the stadium as we do. And yes, I know, that many people never sat in the seats. But hey, those are the official stats.

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It's not too bad

I live in Downtown Miami and on a good night can get home in 20 minutes…

by jrsyeagle on Sep 30, 2009 10:00 AM EDT reply actions

I like the current location

Its pretty much inbetween Dade and Broward counties so it would be easier for more people to make it to the stadium, as opposed to the old Orange Bowl site.

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by Patssuck456 on Sep 30, 2009 10:55 AM EDT reply actions

I have family that I visit in WPB from the West coast of the US,

and the commute to the games is well worth it for out of towners, but horrible otherwise.

Go Nevada Wolf Pack!

by BacksThePack on Sep 30, 2009 11:33 AM EDT reply actions

location

Its not the location that is horrible, its the stadium. But location does factor in because it’s so far from the business district. For the new stadium to have good attendance the large corporations are going to have to buy blocks of seats, and they should because the stadium is so close to downtown. And by 2012 the economy will have completely turned around. I am optimistic. God I’m excited. I drove down the dolphin the other day and saw the structural beams for the roof. Just not excited about the new jerseys/colors. Gotta purchase an ‘old school’ Hanley jersey ASAP.

by GMFB on Sep 30, 2009 12:54 PM EDT reply actions

inc

Miami isn’t exactly a corporate town. Those that are here aren’t concentrated downtown either. The new stadium seems it will be more friendly to business prospects in Miami but it also alienates a big chunk out of Broward/Palm Beach.

Maybe that was the biggest problem with the stadium location. No one wanted to claim it as their own. Otherwise it’s a great spot for collecting people from all over the metro, even Deerfield Beach.

by brickell on Sep 30, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions