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The simple fact is that the Sox don't draw, and I'm not convinced that winning the World Series is going to change that. Nobody wants to take their family to a night game in the ghetto. Even if you get in and out of the stadium okay, you still have to worry about your kids seeing a fight in the stands, which is far more common at Comiskey than Wrigley.
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Care to refute my statement with anything resmbling an argument? The Sox were 17th in attendance last year. When you lead your division the entire season, win the series and still finish in the bottom half of the league in attendance you have a problem. They had some increased attendance down the stretch, and that will probably carry over somewhat this year but unless they are going to win the series again, I wouldn't expect a huge jump in attendance.
If you are disputing that the attendance problems are related to saftey and a family friendly environment, you had better make a good argument. The reality is that you are pretty safe walking from the red line to the park, but most people don't really feel that way about it. Inside the park, you have a pretty good shot at seeing a drunken confrontation, be it a fan attacking an umpire or coach, or
an off duty cop and his wife.
I have been to sporting events all over this country, including dozens at Comiskey, and the incidents there are far more common than other places.
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The attendance argument is old and played out. Season tickets are up for next year and the White Sox attendance was up big over the previous season. Attendance will increase again in '06.
As far as your "Nobody wants to take their family to a night game in the ghetto" statement, it just doesn't get any more stupid than that. Nobody seemed to have a problem with watching games in the ghetto during the playoffs and world series last year. Or did they bus out all the "undesirables" during October?
I'm a lifelong White Sox fan, and I've been going to games on the South Side for as long as I can remember. I'm still wating to witness one of the "incidents" that seem to happen on a supposed regular basis. Do things happen? Yeah. The story you linked to your post happened two season ago, and the "umpire attacks" happened even longer ago. Things happen everywhere. I've been to fewer games in Wrigleyville than I have on the southside, and seen way more incidents. In fact,
I can post links too. I have no problem taking my wife and two kids to games at US Cellular several times a year. But you can go on posting urban legend all you want. Doesn't make it any less dumb.