Quote Originally Posted by Shatto View Post
It is gratifying news to hear that the team has increased the ST's by 25% and there appears there will be a better crowd for the season opener at BMO.

Just a couple of points to put things into perspective, however. First, it is somewhat playing with the definition of a sellout, when in effect only 18,000 seats are considered a full house, when the stadium really holds a football crowd of some 26,000. When the demand for tickets is high enough to warrant opening up the upper deck on the east side, then we can start to feel better about the attendance numbers. Secondly, I would have liked to have seen a 23% price reduction resulting in more than just a 25% increase in ST's being sold.

However, at least things seem to be moving in the right direction and perhaps we should be satisfied with some improvement in numbers and hope that this is a harbinger of better things to come.
Manning talked about baby steps, which an increase to 6,000 season ticket holders would indicate (an increase in average attendance remains to be seen). But, yeah I kinda don't wanna see the word sellout thrown out there too liberally.