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It’s Shocking How Empty The Stadium Was For Thursday Night Football
The Daily Caller ^ | 09/22/17 | David Hookstead

Posted on 09/22/2017 11:55:35 AM PDT by Enlightened1

The San Francisco 49ers Thursday night game against the Los Angeles Rams kicked off in front of a nearly empty stadium.

Los Angeles Times reporter Lindsey Thiry tweeted a photo at the time of kickoff, which showed thousands of open seats. In fact, most sections in the photo have more empty seats than fans.


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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: empty; kickoff; nfl; stadium
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To: Enlightened1

Looks like folks are voting with their feet and wallets.....

Anyone send this photo to Roger Goodell?


21 posted on 09/22/2017 12:17:42 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: Steely Tom
I wonder how they got the people to stay up in the nosebleed seats when there were plenty of seats available closer to the field.

It's probably easier to smoke weed up there without anyone bother you. LOL.

22 posted on 09/22/2017 12:18:41 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: Enlightened1

It’s not that shocking - a 5:30 pm kickoff on a Thursday night in Silicon Valley is madness. Most people with season tickets (I’m one) are either still at work or driving home from work in heavy traffic. The entire idea of Thursday night games is asinine - teams haven’t had enough time to recover from the previous Sunday and the quality of play is obviously worse. Also, because the NFL and the network want the premium games for Sunday, Thursday night gets terrible matchups like 49ers-Rams.


23 posted on 09/22/2017 12:19:20 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: LostInBayport

Commercial television is on their way to be dead.

Eight tracks, VHS, cassette tapes, Blockbuster video is all a nostalgic things of the past.

Commercial cable TV is on its way to the same graveyard.

Landlines are right behind it.


24 posted on 09/22/2017 12:22:45 PM PDT by skinndogNN
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To: sparklite2

White privilege!


25 posted on 09/22/2017 12:26:33 PM PDT by oldplayer
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To: Enlightened1

What’s NFL? What’s football? What’s ESPN.

Won’t watch until it becomes American again.


26 posted on 09/22/2017 12:27:32 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. .)
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To: Enlightened1

I didn’t bother to ask my wife to watch TNF because not even I had any interest in this stinker.


27 posted on 09/22/2017 12:30:06 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Enlightened1

Last week at the Baltimore Raven’s home game against the Browns the stadium was almost at full capacity .


28 posted on 09/22/2017 12:32:56 PM PDT by Lionheartusa1 ()-: There is nothing democratic about the democrat party :-()
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To: Steely Tom

How they got people to stay in nosebleed sections? The whole stadium is reserved seating, your ticket has your assigned seats on it. You can’t just go downstairs to a better more expensive seat just because it’s empty.


29 posted on 09/22/2017 12:38:28 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: LostInBayport
where cable companies were anticipating losing customers by 5% every year from now on

My father took us to football games at 'The Rockpile' to watch the Buffalo Bills. We'd find a place to park on a street, and he'd buy a six pack on the way. We'd find some burgers or hotdogs, or some BBQ guys would make on their front yard. Great times, and I doubt we spent $20 for a great day out. I spent over $800 to take 3 of my boys to game in Jacksonville 15 years ago.

The next generation will find football too expensive, and many will gravitate to the soccer most of them play.

30 posted on 09/22/2017 12:41:46 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: Enlightened1

Boycott the NFL!


31 posted on 09/22/2017 12:49:53 PM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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To: Enlightened1

Good. I’m sick of the move to enforce PC.


32 posted on 09/22/2017 12:50:48 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Constantly doing things in opposition to human nature is insanity.)
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To: I want the USA back

Hollywood is not far behind


33 posted on 09/22/2017 12:56:05 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: FatherofFive
I spent over $800 to take 3 of my boys to game in Jacksonville 15 years ago.

That is a sad comparison you made. The average family has been priced out of large swaths of traditional American entertainment. A friend recently shared with me the cost of taking her family of four to DisneyWorld. I got momentarily lightheaded contemplating that amount of money. My folks took me when I was a kid eons ago, and that broke the budget (even though we drove there). Today we would have been the family that simply couldn't afford to go...ever.
34 posted on 09/22/2017 1:08:00 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: Alberta's Child

Good point.


35 posted on 09/22/2017 1:14:26 PM PDT by upchuck (The consensus that matters is one that drums up support to enact legislation into law. ~ A. McCarthy)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

And yet despite the “terrible match-up”, it was one of the more entertaining games so far this season.

I absolutely agree with you about the length of time between Sunday and Thursday and how ridiculous it is to schedule games where teams only have 3 days of recovery and preparation. The NFL SAYS all kinds of wonderful things about player safety and then DOES things like TNF. They ought to reduce TNF to not have any before the bye season. Then you could schedule TNF between two teams that had their byes the previous Sunday, so proper game planning can be done and the players are relatively fresh and healthy...


36 posted on 09/22/2017 1:17:29 PM PDT by L,TOWM (I don't have a preference for politician or a party. I have God and His standards.)
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To: Enlightened1

The low attendance also could be due to the terrible traffic problems and the fact that only a minority of Angelenos wanted a team in the first place. Now they have to contend with higher cable fees and blackouts. I really hope the people who brought the team there lose everything.

That’s why I’m happy we don’t have football and baseball major league teams here. We get to see all the games of we want.


37 posted on 09/22/2017 1:28:45 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: LostInBayport
The average family has been priced out of large swaths of traditional American entertainment.

There are lots of alternatives. High School football is a great deal. Minor league baseball (even though I hate baseball!) is a good night out with friends. College sports is not cheap but always fun.

I could never afford to go to Disney as a child, but was fortunate to live in Jacksonville and Disney was a day trip. Best time to go is October.

But I don't believe the NFL understands the demographic changes, and the economic realities that will hit them very soon.

38 posted on 09/22/2017 1:30:57 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: Enlightened1

Oh da owniz, I bet dey jus hate dashit! :)


39 posted on 09/22/2017 1:32:01 PM PDT by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. Podesta the molest)
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To: Hojczyk
Hollywood is not far behind

One can only hope.

40 posted on 09/22/2017 1:35:53 PM PDT by Concentrate (ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. Podesta the molest)
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