[freemama]

All three of the teams are in California. Coincidence?
We were at the Packers game Sunday. It was really fun! The stadium was sold out. 78,000 people in little old Green Bay.
Why can they sell out every game and places with much larger populations can’t half fill their stadium?

[shotgun]

Other entertainment options. LA was never a good football city and the Coliseum was never sold out even for the Raiders. San Francisco built their new stadium in Santa Clara and their fans don’t want to travel that far especially to watch a mediocre product. The social justice crap just adds to their problems.

The other problem is the time of year. Sports fans have 3 options, NFL, MLB, and College football. By October MLB is over so they will see a slight increase in paying fans but even then the California and Florida teams won’t sellout because there are still too many other weekend options in the fun and sun.

[tjd1454]

Wisconsinite here, born and bred, but transplanted to Virginia. Question: did any of the Packers refuse to honor the National Anthem?

[Alberta's Child]

The article only mentions the California games, but the video clip embedded in it goes beyond that. In fact, the two guys (I think it's from "Mike & Mike" on the radio) point to one game in particular as an indication of a serious problem: empty seats at the Eagles-Redskins game in Washington.

The one guy correctly points out that empty seats should be a major cause for alarm in the NFL offices if you're seeing them at an opening game between those long-time NFC East rivals who play three hours apart from each other.

[ridesthemiles]

Why can they sell out every game and places with much larger populations can’t half fill their stadium?””

Perhaps one part is because the town & the SHAREHOLDERS own the stadium....

Getting season tickets there is impossible, and sometimes the fight over an estate is the hottest over the Packers season tickets-—not the land or the farm or the business......