what is going on with people in the Toyota center?

I would be at every game if I could afford it.

 

I also noticed that too. You would think that most people would want to stay to watch the exciting conclusion. I been to a lot of Astros games in the past that went to extra innings and half of the crowd had left by the time the game ended.

 

fans don't go to the games...most of the season ticketholders are corporations...the 'normal' fan has a hard time shelling out $100 for a good seat.

 

I saw one guy on TV jumping up and down and pointing a finger to the opposite court whenever Atlanta threw the ball out of bounds

 

More than half of the people, are over 50 and have alot of money. They go their to entertain their clients, then leave for dinner. All the broke people are uptop in the 10 dollar seats. You cant even notice them there cause they are up so high.

 

How do Home game prices in the bottom section compare to lets say a similar team like Denver or Memphis or a similar city as in Chicago

 

much less to mention that alot of people had to go to work this morning.

getting out of TC and making their way home after te game was over would have put alot of them home well after midnight...

believe it or not...not every person that shows up at the games are diehard fans like most of us.

geesh..

we have so many broken records goin on around here...the noise is deafening.

 

i was at the game last night and the saddest thing that i noticed was that the crowd would get WAYYY pumped during time-outs and 'breaks' in the game, but when game would start back up it'd get silent again. has anyone else noticed this?

my friends jokingly said, "it seems like houston fans really come to the game to see Clutch, try to get on the big screen or win free stuff."

oh, and there were NOT 10,000 people there last night. it was a sea of rocket red... rocket red seats.

 

damn!
why on earth would people miss the altanta hawks coming to town?!! are they nuts?! best game OF ALLLL TIIIYEEEEM!!

 

It doesn't have anything to do with age. Now, the cost of tickets along with corporate/season ticket holders not showing up is a factor. But I think R2K had an excellent point concerning the people who were there... it was a Monday night with work the next day.

Of course, if I'd been there, I wouldn't have left. (I'm sure R2K wouldn't have either!) I stayed for all of that 20+ inning game the Astros had ages ago. (bless you, Dad. )

 

R2K, who is the source of the Rudy quote in your sig.

 

I'm not sure this is accurate. Tim, care to chime in on this one?

 

it is all about Product quality and winning....

the quality is low grade for sure. fun to watch Ming and Steve though.

It all comes down to the 4 Is: improve the play, improve the product, increase the wins and increase attendance!

basic concepts in business....

and sunday night versus atlanta, thought the game was fun to watch, atlanta means nothing to fans of a team that has not been to the playoffs in 4 years....

 

I dont remember....it was someone on here.

In one of the many b****fests about VG...someone said that...and since I agree on both points(RT and SC)...I had to use it.

Damn straight!

It wouldnt have been the first time I went to work on only a couple hours sleep...used to go to work on zero hours sleep when I was younger...

 

The good thing about these games, you can actually buy a 10.00 seats, and sit in the 100.00 seats. Call me cheap, but I know damn well you wouldnt think twice about doing this.

 

Those securities will check your tickets when you go to the lower bowl, especially if you are African-american or Asian.

 

Being a season ticket holder I have to admit I went into the season thinking I would do this just like I did last year. However this year it is much more difficult. They have people standing at every entry to the seats and at a majority of them you have to show your ticket to get in. Your only chance at moving would be to slip by while the person isn't looking. Of course the best seats are impossible to get to because there are only a couple of doors on opposite sides of the court that you have to go through to get down there. I wish I could agree with your statement, but unfortunately that isn't currently the case.

Pugs

 

True.