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mhs95_06

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Oct 23, 2010 1:18 PM
What I am intimating is that maybe in this soccer league average isn't very good!
Oct 23, 2010 1:18pm
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hoops23

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Oct 23, 2010 1:24 PM
mhs95_06;529567 wrote:What I am intimating is that maybe in this soccer league average isn't very good!

I think the average in this soccer is league is in fact, pretty good.

I do believe it's around 16,500.
Oct 23, 2010 1:24pm
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Oct 23, 2010 1:26 PM
hoops23;529577 wrote:I think the average in this soccer is league is in fact, pretty good.

I do believe it's around 16,500.

Put it this way, I believe the Crew are averaging mor ethan a lot of MLB teams and a lot of NHL teams. Im not sure, but I think so.
Oct 23, 2010 1:26pm
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mhs95_06

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Oct 23, 2010 1:28 PM
But do they make money without taxpayers help?
Oct 23, 2010 1:28pm
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buck

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Oct 23, 2010 2:30 PM
mhs95_06;529587 wrote:But do they make money without taxpayers help?

the crew stadium was built with out public funding, the crew built the stadium with private funds.
Oct 23, 2010 2:30pm
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Oct 23, 2010 4:03 PM
The Crew are not league average. They're averaging around 13K a game this year. League average is about 16K. The Seattle Sounders get 36K a game at their stadium. The problem is that even if the Crew were league average that wouldn't be good. You know why? BECAUSE THE CREW ARE NOT AN AVERAGE TEAM. They won the championship a couple years ago (unlike any other Ohio pro team) and they've been one of (if not THE) best teams in the MLS the last few years. The city of Columbus does not deserve to bitch about getting an NBA or NFL or any other team until they start supporting the teams they already have.
Oct 23, 2010 4:03pm
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Oct 23, 2010 4:30 PM
Y-Town Steelhound;529882 wrote:The Crew are not league average. They're averaging around 13K a game this year. League average is about 16K. The Seattle Sounders get 36K a game at their stadium. The problem is that even if the Crew were league average that wouldn't be good. You know why? BECAUSE THE CREW ARE NOT AN AVERAGE TEAM. They won the championship a couple years ago (unlike any other Ohio pro team) and they've been one of (if not THE) best teams in the MLS the last few years. The city of Columbus does not deserve to bitch about getting an NBA or NFL or any other team until they start supporting the teams they already have.
Washington is an outlier, the next closest is 20k . Columbus has on average, had average attendance.
Oct 23, 2010 4:30pm
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Oct 23, 2010 8:13 PM
Y-Town Steelhound;529882 wrote:The Crew are not league average. They're averaging around 13K a game this year. League average is about 16K. The Seattle Sounders get 36K a game at their stadium. The problem is that even if the Crew were league average that wouldn't be good. You know why? BECAUSE THE CREW ARE NOT AN AVERAGE TEAM. They won the championship a couple years ago (unlike any other Ohio pro team) and they've been one of (if not THE) best teams in the MLS the last few years. The city of Columbus does not deserve to bitch about getting an NBA or NFL or any other team until they start supporting the teams they already have.
Maybe Columbus people don't fancy soccer.
Oct 23, 2010 8:13pm
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Oct 23, 2010 10:00 PM
Considering MLS is the 13th highest attended soccer league in the world, the biggest issue is the lack of television revenue and the ticket prices are a bit lower. However, having their own stadium makes up, quite a bit, for it. Crew Stadium was the first major soccer stadium built in this country. Now, Los Angeles, Dallas, RSL, Colorado, Chicago, New York, Toronto, and Philadelphia have their own stadiums). Kansas City's stadium is under construction. San Jose and Houston both have plans to build a stadium. DC is really the only odd-man-out in MLS. Seattle and New England share their stadium with the NFL half-brother. Unfortunately, Foxboro is not centrally located or easy to get to and through in the Krafts not really caring and you have bad attendance.

As for the Crew themselves, they've had their stadium now for their twelfth season. The team never had 'great' attendance. But, that wasn't the point of the stadium. It was to collect all the revenue and also be able to use the venue for other things (concerts, high school games, lacrosse games, rugby games, etc). And has been quite successful. The 'team' may not turn a profit, but the stadium surely has turned a profit that more than offsets the team itself if you separate the two.

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Oct 23, 2010 10:00pm
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Sonofanump

Oct 24, 2010 7:35 AM
I am surprised Nationwide does not have an arena football team in there for the spring. I'd think the following would be there with a few ex-Buckeyes playing for them.
Oct 24, 2010 7:35am
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Oct 24, 2010 3:57 PM
Sonofanump;530455 wrote:I am surprised Nationwide does not have an arena football team in there for the spring. I'd think the following would be there with a few ex-Buckeyes playing for them.

Pretty sure they tried that one too.
Oct 24, 2010 3:57pm
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Oct 24, 2010 6:34 PM
Laley23;529582 wrote:Put it this way, I believe the Crew are averaging mor ethan a lot of MLB teams and a lot of NHL teams. Im not sure, but I think so.
How many home games are in a MLS season? MLB has 81.
Oct 24, 2010 6:34pm
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buck

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Oct 24, 2010 6:51 PM
enigmaax;530956 wrote:Pretty sure they tried that one too.
the arena football team columbus had were the destroyers coached few a seasons with by earl bruce. i think the mls season is 30 games long.
Oct 24, 2010 6:51pm
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Oct 24, 2010 9:09 PM
I still have never made it to a blue jackets game. But have gone to many many OSU hockey games. Go figure.
Oct 24, 2010 9:09pm
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yobro08

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Oct 24, 2010 11:13 PM
bars definitely would and so would i
Oct 24, 2010 11:13pm
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ZombieKiller

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Oct 24, 2010 11:16 PM
No, just like America wouldn't miss columbus if vanished
Oct 24, 2010 11:16pm
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Oct 25, 2010 1:41 PM
Sonofanump;530455 wrote:I am surprised Nationwide does not have an arena football team in there for the spring. I'd think the following would be there with a few ex-Buckeyes playing for them.

They did.

The AFL went away for a while due to money issues I believe.
Oct 25, 2010 1:41pm
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Oct 25, 2010 1:49 PM
ZombieKiller;531678 wrote:No, just like America wouldn't miss columbus if vanished

Without German village where would you and your boyfriend be accepted?
Oct 25, 2010 1:49pm
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Oct 25, 2010 5:07 PM
The_Crosby_Show;532117 wrote:They did.

The AFL went away for a while due to money issues I believe.

Yeah, and the Columbus owners decided rather than wait it out, just to fold. As did several other owners. Although several teams that took an additional year off are coming back (Kansas City, San Jose, Philadelphia, etc).

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Oct 25, 2010 5:07pm
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Oct 26, 2010 8:37 AM
Somebody i know very close to the Cols AFL team told me the franchise was absolutely hemorraging money and the biggest expense was the Nationwide Arena lease which they tried to re-negotiate but NA Mgt wouldn't budge.
Oct 26, 2010 8:37am
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Oct 26, 2010 9:34 AM
Tiernan;533091 wrote:Somebody i know very close to the Cols AFL team told me the franchise was absolutely hemorraging money and the biggest expense was the Nationwide Arena lease which they tried to re-negotiate but NA Mgt wouldn't budge.

Obviously the biggest expense was the lease. And are you sure you are not thinking of the Blue Jackets?
Oct 26, 2010 9:34am
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Sonofanump

Oct 26, 2010 9:58 AM
The lower level arena football team was going to play at the fairgrounds last year, but then relocated back to Marion.
Oct 26, 2010 9:58am
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ohiotiger33

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Oct 26, 2010 1:29 PM
The jackets are quietly playing some nice hockey. 3-0 on the road and 5-3 overall. Keep it up guys. Win and all this kind of talk goes away very quickly.
Oct 26, 2010 1:29pm
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Oct 26, 2010 1:40 PM
ohiotiger33;533385 wrote:The jackets are quietly playing some nice hockey. 3-0 on the road and 5-3 overall. Keep it up guys. Win and all this kind of talk goes away very quickly.

You honestly believe that?
Oct 26, 2010 1:40pm
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dtdtim

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Oct 26, 2010 11:07 PM
bases_loaded;532123 wrote:Without German village where would you and your boyfriend be accepted?

I think you're thinking of the Short North, but point still stands!
Oct 26, 2010 11:07pm