Quote Originally Posted by Topshelf View Post
Close off the upper deck.
Tarp over the seats with those banners of argos greats they had at the dome.
BC has no upper deck, why spread fans out?
Make the east side cheaper, get fans in the middle of field where they'd be most visible by tv.
Right now we have a decent crowd on west, no crowd on east which is what you see on tv.
Better rewards for Seasons tix fans, jerseys, jackets, scarves, huge discount on tix, right now why would anyone buy seasons when they can get a 15 dollar discount offer online?
Somehow establish the end zone as the home of your rowdiest fans and work hard to fill it. TFC used their atmosphere and fans as a marketing point for years before they finally had a team to sell. It's a fine line, as the Argos currently have a great family friendly vibe. Lots of seniors and kids, not a lot of drunken idiots.
But there's a big portion of the 20-30 crowd that prefers a booze filled experience. They'll go to tfc or the jays, or drive to buffalo for the bills.
Last year's second game vs ottawa was also a low one. We'll see growth, no reason to hit panic button.
I can't see the sense in tarping off, all you are doing is telling the TV audience that you can't fill them seats so you cover them up with a tarp.
That doesn't help attendance at all, the seats are still empty!
Make the east side cheaper? it's already cheap, you can buy cheap tickets and move somewhere else in the stadium. We are on the west side for the Ticat game and we moved over to the sunny east side, it was a fairly cool afternoon and wanted to sit in the sun.
I like the idea of a "rowdy section" like TFC.
I took my son-in law and daughter who both go to Jays and TFC games. They said the problem is that CFL games are too long, too many time outs and too much standing around, nothing we can do about that. They can go to a TFC game at 7pm and be on the 9pm GO train home.
The millenial 20-30 crowd is difficult to attract to the CFL, the TFC have done a great job at that, these kids were in school playing the game 10 years ago and now they are out filling BMO and having fun.
The Raptors did a great job too at attracting the millenials with the Drake as their spokesman and kids are all playing basketball.
Sorry but I don't see any growth, as the baby boomers get older the attendance will continue to decline.
It was only a few years ago that the move out of the RC would fix everything, it didn't and now we are scrambling to come up with other ideas.
Unless there are more game against the Ticats and they bring their thousands and play the games when the Ex is on with the free tickets, the attendance problems are here to stay.