Of course the reality of the guys in the Black Hole is that they are the high rollers who buy season tickets (the Black Hole is an expensive set of seats), they're just having fun enjoying Halloween 8 times a year. Oakland's seat filling problem has a lot more to do with a lack of winning than the fans than the "rowdy" fans. I'd love to see a game from the Hole, of course I'm one of those guys that thinks anytime I can talk the day after going to a sporting event then the event must not have been very fun.
I bought PSL's the first two seasons and then threw them in the trash. I'll get drunk with the best of em in the lot and in the stadium and it's fine if you're with the guys (not fine but OK). I took my wife to a game and that was it. I don't want season tickets if I can't take my wife and kids occasionally. I take my 7 year old daughter to the A's games all the time in the same park and it's great. It's the fans and the tolerance for those fans and it's ridiculous. I know alot of folks who still go but they go for the high end seats for the most part. I never thought of the hole as nearly expensive enough to qualify as high end.