Blue Cross Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Check this What do you think? Mexico City currently holds the maximum attendance ever to a NFL game with almost 120,000 people going to watch a Dallas vs Houston exhibition game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Yeah, home games should be at the team's HOME field. This crap is fine for exhibition, but you're limiting a fan's ability to go watch his favorite team(s). What if some Niners fan that retired to Phoenix wanted to go see his team play? Who cares if the Cards don't always sell games out? Oh, NFL. Money. Forgot. This is lame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REZ Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Hope it's not the Cards home game against the 49ers. That's about the only game I can get to that doesn't include a very long drive. Arizona is a lot easier to get to then SF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 (edited) Hope it's not the Cards home game against the 49ers.That's about the only game I can get to that doesn't include a very long drive. Arizona is a lot easier to get to then SF. 734793[/snapback] Check out the link provided. It's the Cards' home game. And exactly that's why this sucks... for people like you, or like I noted, retirees or "transplants" that live in Phoenix that actually want to go see the crappy-a$$ Niners... Edit: This also screws the Card season ticket holders. All 4 of them. Do they get a discount based on 7 home games instead of 8? Edited March 15, 2005 by darin3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Cross Posted March 15, 2005 Author Share Posted March 15, 2005 This also screws the Card season ticket holders. All 4 of them. 734798[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REZ Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 That sucks. Lately the games against the Cards are the only ones we have a realistic chance of winning. It's nice to go to those ones since they don't get blown out by halftime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAUgrad Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 It doesn't matter where AZ plays. No one pays attention anyway, especially at home. Perhaps this will actually help attendance since all home games are blacked out from being far from a sell out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Check out the link provided. It's the Cards' home game. And exactly that's why this sucks... for people like you, or like I noted, retirees or "transplants" that live in Phoenix that actually want to go see the crappy-a$$ Niners... Edit: This also screws the Card season ticket holders. All 4 of them. Do they get a discount based on 7 home games instead of 8? 734798[/snapback] I believe I read where they where adjusting all season tix holders invoices for 7 games instead of 8. The 'tards have horrible attendence. If they only get half the gate and 100,000+ show up, that's still double a normal home game. Thank God they didn't move here in '88. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Any NFL games in Mexico should be EXHIBITION games only. They can have all they want of those!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 If there were a way to make it aroad game for both, I'd be ok w/ it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 Bidwell gets a chance to make more money at the NFL's expense without having to open the doors to his own stadium? Yeah, he'll do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outshined Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 If 100,000 people bought tickets, I still would not think they would make money. These people aren't going to pay 40-80 bucks for a ticket or the equivilant of that in Mexican money. Just think of the security costs. I think it is a losing proposition for the NFL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 This is, I think, part of the NFL's long term plan..... NFL Europe, preseason games in Japan, now a regular season game in Mexico City. They have saturated the US, so the only place they can expand is internationally. It's a buisness, and buisnesses have to grow. I don't like it, but it's the way I see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Furley Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutrun Jellies Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Yeah, home games should be at the team's HOME field. This crap is fine for exhibition, but you're limiting a fan's ability to go watch his favorite team(s). What if some Niners fan that retired to Phoenix wanted to go see his team play? Who cares if the Cards don't always sell games out? Oh, NFL. Money. Forgot. This is lame. 734789[/snapback] To do this a bit more equitably is to pick a division rivalry where teams play each other twice and put BOTH games in mexico city ... But it is still stupid as it costs each team a home game compared to their conference counterparts. BAH!! Money grubbing stunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 BAH!! Money grubbing stunt. 741243[/snapback] And an indication of what the NFL really thinks about the fans, despite their protestations to the contrary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 It's about the money, and will always be about the money. The handwriting is on the wall, the NFL is trying to go international. It may take some time, but it's quite obvious. Same reason MLB never cracked down on steriods.....breaking home run records increases attendance. Things like tradition and fans play little role in the whole equation. That is why the Super Bowl has all that crap.... to attract more money, has nothing to do with the loyal fan base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJoTheWebToedBoy Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 (edited) To do this a bit more equitably is to pick a division rivalry where teams play each other twice and put BOTH games in mexico city ... But it is still stupid as it costs each team a home game compared to their conference counterparts. BAH!! Money grubbing stunt. 741243[/snapback] Come Jellies, after the first game, do you really think the Mexican people would pay to see the second one? This has the smell of politics. Either the Mexican Govt. Cleans up it's act and slows down the smuggling of drugs across the Arizona Boarder or we are going to punish them with sh!tty NFL games. Edited March 19, 2005 by JoJoTheWebToedBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 ESPN news just announced this will be a Sunday Night game on October 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 ESPN news just announced this will be a Sunday Night game on October 2. 744526[/snapback] A total disgrace. I don't care how well run the NFL is, this craps all over the fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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