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Wtf is going on?

Opening night was nearly just as dead as well.
 
Maybe people actually are boycotting the MODA center?
 
First it was that people were more interested in following the Ducks, then after yesterday they just want to take a break from sports. Give it a couple of weeks, all will be good. Although one guy I know doesn't want to follow the blazers till LMA is gone because he's tired of getting attached to players just to see them leave.

Me, I haven't been yet since I've just been traveling so much.
 
I've never been a huge "live game" kind of guy but in years past I'd usually go to at least 5 or so games a season, but last year and this year I've really lost my desire to go at all and I don't watch games religiously like I used to. I haven't replaced it with anything really, but I sometimes wonder if maybe the Oden and Roy drama didn't dampen my enthusiasm for the team?

Let's face it, this team has been gut-wrenching and exhausting to follow for a long time and the Roy injuries and Oden implosion have made it very hard to re-invest myself and care about how they are doing. I doubt I'm the only person who feels this way.
 
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First it was that people were more interested in following the Ducks, then after yesterday they just want to take a break from sports. Give it a couple of weeks, all will be good. Although one guy I know doesn't want to follow the blazers till LMA is gone because he's tired of getting attached to players just to see them leave.

Me, I haven't been yet since I've just been traveling so much.
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I'd say it's more to do with the Timbers, too.
 
There are 2 ways to obtain high attendance.

1. Be a big winner, as we were under Bob Whitsitt until the Oregonian forced him out.

2. Convince fans that we're within a couple years of becoming a big winner, e.g. the McMillan era.

Attendance is down because the golden future appears more than 2 years away.
 
jlprk said:
There are 2 ways to obtain high attendance.

1. Be a big winner, as we were under Bob Whitsitt until the Oregonian forced him out.

2. Convince fans that we're within a couple years of becoming a big winner, e.g. the McMillan era.

Attendance is down because the golden future appears more than 2 years away.
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The PR machine failed, then, because they are def. trying to sell the blazers as a win now team. lol.
 
I would be there if I could. This is the time to get into them with young, vet, and new players on the team. Oden and Roy is old news. Lick your wounds and reinvest in the new Blazers. I like what I've seen so far. The team is working together and trying to win and that's all I ask of the Blazers. A few more wins and the seats will fill.

GO BLAZERS!!!
 
I've already bought tix to 2 games. Won't buy much more since I have season tix to the Timbers and Beavs.
 
I'm sorry, but this is freaking pathetic. If people in Portland don't think a guy like Dame is worth watching, how/why will the NBA market him at all?

EDIT: BTW, tonight will be the third game out of our first six on KGW. Is this normal? Perhaps they're trying to increase interest/exposure with the Comcast issue going on?
 
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Maybe soccer has replaced basketball as the young person's sport in Portland, and the Blazers are for olde people who can't acknowledge that soccer is a way better live experience here...?
 
Can't be a price issue either. Resale prices on Stubhub for the game vs DET on Monday for example are ~$10 with fees for the upper deck.

I haven't lived in PDX in seven years now. Are the Timbers really that big of a deal?
 
Portland Timbers?

I think we need to be careful with this if we love the Blazers though. Just sayin'
 
yuyuza1 said:
Can't be a price issue either. Resale prices on Stubhub for the game vs DET on Monday for example are ~$10 with fees for the upper deck.

I haven't lived in PDX in seven years now. Are the Timbers really that big of a deal?
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Their last game had 20,000+ people at it... just saying'. Yeah, the Timbers are a big deal here, and the live experience is bar-none amazing. Plus it's playoff time right now, so if you're comparing $20 ticket to $20 ticket, and you can only buy one this week, the Timbers are the better value.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
Their last game had 20,000+ people at it... just saying'. Yeah, the Timbers are a big deal here, and the live experience is bar-none amazing. Plus it's playoff time right now, so if you're comparing $20 ticket to $20 ticket, and you can only buy one this week, the Timbers are the better value.
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I'd rather go to a Timbers playoff game than a Blazers/Lakers game right now.

But there are a lot of qualifiers there. No Kobe, early season, and the atmosphere at the Timbers. If it was WCFs vs WCFs, and the Blazers were favored/best team in conference, I'd go to Blazers.

Btw, the Timbers should totally see about playing a game at Autzen. They'd sell out that place easily, imho.
 
Nikolokolus said:
I've never been a huge "live game" kind of guy but in years past I'd usually go to at least 5 or so games a season, but last year and this year I've really lost my desire to go at all and I don't watch games religiously like I used to. I haven't replaced it with anything really, but I sometimes wonder if maybe the Oden and Roy drama didn't dampen my enthusiasm for the team?

Let's face it, this team has been gut-wrenching and exhausting to follow for a long time, but the Roy injuries and Oden implosion have made it very hard to re-invest myself and care about how they are doing. I doubt I'm the only person who feels this way.
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This is me now also. Two years ago I cancelled my season tickets after the team tanked the second half of the season and I couldn't give away my seats. Since then I've been only mildly interested in sports in general and especially in the NBA. I'm tired of being so emotionally invested in a sport that has a fundamentally flawed system that is not in our favor. The lock out just made me more bitter towards the system add that to the Roy Oden heart break and its just to much for now. On top of that games are so expensive, for me to have seats worth me getting off my couch I need to spend $150 at least on two tickets for a single game, plus parking, plus food, plus beer, its just not worth it for the most part. I'll go to one game for sure because my job pays one game, and I'll probably keep an eye one the ticket resale center for a steal on a game for date night with my girlfriend, but thats about it for the year.
 
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This is me now also. Two years ago I cancelled my season tickets after the team tanked the second half of the season and I couldn't give away my seats. Since then I've been only mildly interested in sports in general and especially in the NBA. I'm tired of being so emotionally invested in a sport that has a fundamentally flawed system that is not in our favor. The lock out just made me more bitter towards the system add that to the Roy Oden heart break and its just to much for now. On top of that games are so expensive, for me to have seats worth me getting off my couch I need to spend $150 at least on two tickets for a single game, plus parking, plus food, plus beer, its just not worth it for the most part. I'll go to one game for sure because my job pays one game, and I'll probably keep an eye one the ticket resale center for a steal on a game for date night with my girlfriend, but thats about it for the year.
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Oh yeah, I almost completely forgot about the lockout; that definitely soured me a little bit on basketball last year.

Who knows, maybe I'll rediscover my love, but for now I just can't seem to muster much excitement.
 
I think LeBron leaving Cleveland, and in a round about way the Sonics leaving Seattle, hurt the long term health of the NBA more than it helped.

It basically told long time fans in colder, less popular cities "fuck you, we don't care about you".

Yes, OKC is a smaller city than Portland (iirc?) but it still told Seattle to F off.

And then Lebron leaving the Cavs (while technically allowed in the CBA) basically screamed "there are 5 teams in the NBA that matter, and the rest of you might as well take up knitting".
 
yuyuza1 said:
EDIT: BTW, tonight will be the third game out of our first six on KGW. Is this normal? Perhaps they're trying to increase interest/exposure with the Comcast issue going on?
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Well I'm not sure who has or how much say Paul Allen has in as to where the Blazers games gets aired but according to Blazers Brass they don't like how Comcast has handled the situation. I hope that's true.
 
Posted this in the game thread but maybe more appropriate here. The win last night was tainted by my "Moda Center" experience. There is serious apathy in Blazer land these days and as a die hard Blazer fan . . . this sucks!

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Was at the game last night . . . it's like with a new name Moda Center comes a new crowd. A more sparse and subdued crowd. Any advantage the Blazers had playing home with some of the best fans in the NBA is currently gone. The seats were empty and the crowd gives a mild attempt of cheering the team on.

The Blazers have definitely gone big business. No more free tickets, no more filling the Garden for free where blazer maniacs are vocal from the very start. This year has big business feel all over it. There are some advantages to it (i do like the food options) . . . but I miss the RG being filled on a regular season night with a crowd that can be heard throughout the arena and onto the floor.

Maybe if the Blazers get some big wins and look to be a surprise team, the seats may start to fill up. Maybe Allen will miss the mayhem behind him and gives away tickets to fill the arena (two sections behind him had no more than 50 people in the whole section) or maybe I just get used to the new environment. I will continue to defiantly chant Chalupa with the crowd but it's only a matter of time till we go with the program and chant mick--ee--dee (although I don't think I will chant at all) and accept the new environment.

Oh and those free sausage McMuffins you get . . . the coupon expires in 5 days after the game. Welcome to the new corporate Blazers . . . no mayhem, no crowd, no chalupas, no HCP.
 
Wait, when did they ever give out free tickets to fill the arena?
 
yuyuza1 said:
Wait, when did they ever give out free tickets to fill the arena?
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How do you think they maintained that home sellout streak they had. Even after that they would distribute tickets out there to the public.

I used to not like the idea that I was paying for my tickets while so many got theirs for free. Now I say toss the tickets out like candy and let's all cheer on the Blazers.
 
What? Were there some secret ticket handouts that I missed? How did one get in on these deals???!
 
Treaty_of_Batum said:
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Was at the game last night . . . it's like with a new name Moda Center comes a new crowd. A more sparse and subdued crowd. Any advantage the Blazers had playing home with some of the best fans in the NBA is currently gone. The seats were empty and the crowd gives a mild attempt of cheering the team on.

Maybe if the Blazers get some big wins and look to be a surprise team, the seats may start to fill up. Maybe Allen will miss the mayhem behind him and gives away tickets to fill the arena (two sections behind him had no more than 50 people in the whole section) or maybe I just get used to the new environment. I will continue to defiantly chant Chalupa with the crowd but it's only a matter of time till we go with the program and chant mick--ee--dee (although I don't think I will chant at all) and accept the new environment.

Oh and those free sausage McMuffins you get . . . the coupon expires in 5 days after the game. Welcome to the new corporate Blazers . . . no mayhem, no crowd, no chalupas, no HCP.
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10% of seats were empty. 10%. That's a great crowd in any other NBA market, and for a home game against the lowly Kings its even better by comparison. Was it sold out? No, but that's definitely not the norm around the league and it hardly meant that the Rose Garden felt empty last night. As for enthusiasm, it was a second week game against the Kings - not exactly a thrilling matchup.

This whole Chalupa thing is nonsense - by giving out McMuffins, the Blazers have gone corportate. You do realize Chalupas are a Taco Bell product - a company owned by YUM Foods, right? They also own KFC and Pizza Hut, not exactly a mom-and-pop operation. What a ridiculous complaint. It's even more ridiculous when the change was prompted by Taco Bell discontinuing the promotion. That wasn't the Blazers' decision. In fact, the Blazers worked to make sure fans still got something, and yet you're somehow dinging them for the effort. Just stupid.
 
On top of that games are so expensive, for me to have seats worth me getting off my couch I need to spend $150 at least on two tickets for a single game, plus parking, plus food, plus beer, its just not worth it for the most part.
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I think this is all that needs to be said. The Blazers have finally reached the point of no return where even low-priced tickets are out of reach for middle-class fans, and lowering ticket prices isn't an option because of the obscene salaries that must be paid to players these days, as well as squeezing blood from every little stone that makes up the gameday experience.

The sad part is, when the team loses fans like us, who obviously care enough about the team to participate in a forum about it, the decline is neigh.
 
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