With the poor attendance...
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Vertical Limit
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No chance the team will be moved, Ross has spent hundreds of millions of dollars renovating the stadium every damn year, will need to sell the stadium away, will need to sell the facilities away too. Unless he's fine with dumping those two high priced real estate - we can thank Huizhenga for making the facilities worth more than the team itself, the team is not moving anywhere.
But I know some people here want the team moved to Los Angelas. They might as well become Chargers' fans.
But I know some people here want the team moved to Los Angelas. They might as well become Chargers' fans.
Part of me wishes he would. If the city of Miami can't support their teams regardless then they don't deserve to have one...they don't show up for Heat games, Dolphins, Panthers and Marlins (although I support boycotting the Marlins cause Loria's a butt clown). There's so much to do in South Florida (the common excuse) they won't miss the team, right? Why spend the money and watch a crappy product (as the common argument goes) when you can go to the club, beach or play dominoes with the old Cubans at domino park (watch out, they cheat). There is so much to do people in South Florida won't miss the Dolphins being gone at all.
Then you can spend the rest of your days whining like the football fans in Los Angeles who complain about not having an NFL team even though they had 3 (Rams and Raiders twice) and didn't show up for the games when the teams where there because there was just so much to do in Southern California that no one wanted to go watch a crappy product.
Alright rant over. I used to not care about attendance but this year has been an embarrassment...no reason we should be 31st in average attendance and averaging 74.2% of capacity which is dead last and 8% below the next team. Not in an area that has 4.3 million people.
Then you can spend the rest of your days whining like the football fans in Los Angeles who complain about not having an NFL team even though they had 3 (Rams and Raiders twice) and didn't show up for the games when the teams where there because there was just so much to do in Southern California that no one wanted to go watch a crappy product.
Alright rant over. I used to not care about attendance but this year has been an embarrassment...no reason we should be 31st in average attendance and averaging 74.2% of capacity which is dead last and 8% below the next team. Not in an area that has 4.3 million people.
DefensiveEnd76
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The fans in Los Angeles stopped showing up when the Rams were there so the Rams moved. L.A. doesn't deserve to have a team either. The argument can be made that Miami doesn't deserve to have an NFL team.
Now you out of towners are claiming that Miami doesn't "deserve" any sports teams. This constant bitching about the fanbase started on a platform of ignorance and is descending into lunacy. I don't consider Miami to be a particularly good sports town, but it's not really a conventional city what with its unique sprawl and cultural makeup. But there is no doubt it can support a winner. It is some revisionist bull**** to forget that the Orange Bowl was one of the most feared and raucous home stadiums in the history of the league. I don't understand this idea that some of you are Dolphins fans but not Miami Dolphins fans since the team has always been a part of this city. Our colors, our logo, our history all have a symbiotic relationship with the city of Miami. The team is not going anywhere. The Miami Dolphins are meant to be winners. It's hardcoded in the DNA of every Dolphins fan over the age of 15. Once the team proves itself a serious, professional organization again you will see a starving fanbase fill that crappy stadium.
And enough with the myth that the Heat have attendance problems. Their home attendance is among the best in the NBA. They are one of the few teams to sell out above capacity. If you see empty seats in the lower bowl it is because douchey corporations and the recklessly rich hold on to them primarily for prestige. That's how highly the Heat are thought of down here. Or get a ticket in the cheap seats and look around. You'll see a passionate fanbase that enjoys watching a good, winning team.
And enough with the myth that the Heat have attendance problems. Their home attendance is among the best in the NBA. They are one of the few teams to sell out above capacity. If you see empty seats in the lower bowl it is because douchey corporations and the recklessly rich hold on to them primarily for prestige. That's how highly the Heat are thought of down here. Or get a ticket in the cheap seats and look around. You'll see a passionate fanbase that enjoys watching a good, winning team.
I think having Joe here and changing the thought process and how the players play will have a positive impact. If Jeff is still here he has to do a better job in the draft and free agency. They don't have to be All Pro players, but he has to bring a good amount of play makers to which that will put butts in the seats.
DeathStar
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How many versions of the same thread do you haters need to have?
DefensiveEnd76
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If you locals would fill the seats and not sit on your rear at home then you wouldn't hear about it!
If they win it will be filled its as simple as that. It's like here in Phoenix, the population is so diverse there are people living here that are from everywhere else. If you win you will sell out.
DefensiveEnd76
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We should've built a stadium with about a 40,000 seat capacity. That's all that shows up anyway.
Phinatic8u
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Start winning, the people will show, that damn simple.
AFCMiamiEast
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I am sick and tired of hearing crap on this forum that fans don't show up for Heat games. Why in the hell are we in the top 3 in sales last season than? We sold more seats than the damn Celtics. The Heat arguably have the best playoff atmospshere there is as well, you obviously do not watch the games. Stop chirping what you read from other clueless people on here. I'm not trying to start anything, but for real it's growing tired now of this crap on this forum "fans don't show up to heat games" garbage.
I may be an "out of towner" now but I grew up in Miami, my father had season tickets from 1972 - 1976 in the Orange Bowl. I remember very well what the fans USED to be like. I root for every Miami team because even though I no longer live there, my heart is still in Miami. The rest of my family still lives in Miami and my father, who started me on this freakin ride, is still an avid Dolphins, Heat, Marlins fan...he doesn't follow hockey (he's Cuban, they don't play that stuff in Cuba, lol) but my brother is what I refer to as a fair weather fan...he roots for whoever is winning. He stopped being a Dolphin fan when, as he tells it, they forced Shula out. I used to get upset when people talked about the Dolphins moving from Miami but after watching these games and looking at all those empty seats I seriously don't think the city of Miami deserves a sports franchise. I watch Heat games and there are empty seats...in the playoffs. You can't use the crappy product excuse there and the stadium only sits...what...20,000? People buy the tickets but they don't show up, they count the bought tickets in the attendance, not the actual people in the stadium. Given that, I don't think that when the Dolphins become winners again, they will sell out. That's just the way it is in Miami, some people will buy the tickets and try to scalp them to make money and then if they don't sell them they'll go home and leave the seats empty. I'm resolved to accept that fact, but I'd be OK right now with 90% capacity. Can we not get 65,000 fans to show up to a game, they may be announcing we have 55,000 fans showing up but that stadium looks half full. There may be 45,000 fans showing up and that's just flat out sad. You think it's too hot, don't want to sit in the sun...then what the heck are you doing living in Miami?
Last time I went to a home game was 2006 against Minnesota (which we won and Jason Taylor had a pick 6) and the stadium was more than half empty. I like going to see them when they're nearby. Saw them in Carolina, where we had almost as many Dolphin fans as Panther fans and I saw them in Baltimore a few years ago and that stadium was awesome, packed house, loud crowd, good fan base...I was jealous of their fans. It's sad for me, growing up watching them in the Orange Bowl to packed crowds and now seeing the people of Miami with only a few fans that have any pride in their city. I guess out of the 4.3 million people in the area, 4.25 million of them must be from out of town or another country since we only get about 50,000 showing up...those are the last remaining true Miamians.
AFCMiamiEast
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Kudos to you sir! You spoke my mind, and more.