Don't the A's have a huge walkup biz because everyone knows that the park never sells out? That's sort of a chicken-egg situation.
A smaller stadium means fewer tickets to sell before they sell out, but it also means that, when your team is in the World Series, you're still selling fewer tickets. (The Cards' stadium is I think about 50,000, while Fenway, including standing room tickets, houses 38,000 max before the Fire Department intervenes. Lots of people flew to St. Louis and bought tickets there, because your chances of getting into Fenway were infinitesimal.) Maybe you could make up the gross with way higher prices, but higher prices in a market where the park never sells out anyway? Kind of a risk.
The only reason it works in Boston is the tradition of being mad for baseball. And even so, there have been years (decades) when the "lyric little bandbox" housed 5,000 spectators and 30,000 empty chairs. (The prices were, I presume, lower then.)
I read a bit in the Times the other day about Camden Yards' luxury suites. I think they're the plain old-fashioned kind of suites, but, they aren't selling too well. Too much competition from football, hockey/basketball, and all the other available corporate luxury sports venues. Maybe this A's fellow has found the trick around that problem; maybe not.
At least Suela (Hi back, too!) has some distraction suggestions for you.
Sad to say that I'm far too busy to take advantage of those suggestions.
Hi Nilly! ::waves madly::
I have work to do but there's no hard-and-fast deadline at the moment, which is something of a problem for my discipline. Bad employee, no cookie.
I finally moved Alias to the top of my Netflix queue and I've watched the first two disks. I really should have been watching this from the beginning, it's very neat and Jennifer Garner looks great kicking ass. But I'm starting to have issues with some of the double agent stuff and I'm not sure how much handwaving I need to do for the show.
A few things that have bugged me ---in episode three where she goes to meet Anna , Sydney has a ear piece going to Vaughn, but why isn't that picked up by SD-6. I'd think they'd be listening in on the conversation.
Also, I don't mind being spoiled -- but does Will die? Because it seems like he's heading to a bloody death. Frankly, I thought SD-6 would have done better about building a backstory for Kate Jones (is that the right alias?) in case anyone (like the bad guys) decided to check up on her.
I'm not sure how much handwaving I need to do for the show
All of it. This might make it easier for you to watch Lost, or you may find your hands are too tired.
Will doesn't die in the first season. Which isn't to say he dies in a later season. Just that he doesn't die in the first.
Well, I got the meeting invite off. And many people have even accepted, after I accepted one counter.
Now I need to work out how to tell my boss I have a doctor's appointment at three that I need to leave for at 1 since I have a conference call at 2. And physical therapy at 4 tomorrow.
Urgh.
Also, eek.
Askye,
no, he doesn't.
I also have this question about Lestat!:
We have unified these books into a linear storyline and our intention is to make a stylish, sexy, intelligent and richly hypnotic show that is stripped of gothic clichés and that shows the vampire dealing with his damnation on a more realistic and human level. Please let me make this clear this is not a rock opera.
Is it possible to remain remotely faithful to the books and not fill the show with gothic clichés? And why not a rock opera? Lestat is a rock star, for fuck's sake!
t /issues
I'm not sure how much handwaving I need to do for the show.
Hmmm. I'd say, buy a wrist brace so you don't sprain anything.
I don't remember the specific eps, but it seemed to me she would occasionally flip comms on or off as needed. I think.
Will - no. Barely.
Trying to synthesize Alias seems as futile as trying to understand the artistic coherence claimed for
Lestat!
the non-gothic vampire rock star musical.
bon bon has no magic in her heart.
