Blazers Way Below Average.....

[THE HCP]

When it comes to the cost of taking your family to the game....... Props!


http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2013/11/trail-blazers-entertaining-and.html


Sent from my baller ass iPad FAMS!

 

[Eastoff]

I wonder how all of those prices compare if scaled to the median family income in their respective metro areas.

 

[Draco]

I wonder how all of those prices compare if scaled to the median family income in their respective metro areas.

Do the Blazers expenses get scaled to the median income?

 

[Draco]

The Blazers are a bad deal if you want to stuff your face with wieners.

The Blazers rank No. 18 of 30 teams in terms of affordability. Ironically, at an average of $6, Portland does have the NBA’s most-expensive hot dog.

 

[Draco]

cost for a family of four to attend a Blazer game is $424

The analysis is based on prices for tickets, a 16-ounce beer, a 16-ounce soda, hot dog and parking.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers and Dallas Mavericks are the three cheapest teams

I was surprised to see Dallas in here.

 

[blazedanugz]

The Blazers are a bad deal if you want to stuff your face with wieners.

hahaha I always try not to bring a girl who stuffs her mouth with tooooo many wieners

 

[illmatic99]

Not surprising tbh. The market in PDX can sustain it, and it's mostly because PDX is a one sport town. (this is soon changing with the Timbers, however). Biggest surprise on the list is OKC.

 

[Spud147]

When it comes to the cost of taking your family to the game....... Props!


http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2013/11/trail-blazers-entertaining-and.html


Sent from my baller ass iPad FAMS!

The Blazers are also currently way below average....









At losing!!!

 

[BBert]

The article says the Blazers are 3% below average. That seems pretty close to average.

I'm more interested to know how they rate compared to the median?

According to http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/which-nba-teams-most-affordable/

The Blazers are ranked 19th in "Total Family Cost": 18 teams are less expensive and only 11 teams are more expensive.

So, I guess the Blazers are 'way' below the median: in affordability.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Yeah, like THAT'S not gonna change...

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

Spud sighting! Hey Spud! Come around more often! Play the predictions game again!

Gramps...

 

[BBert]

I wonder how all of those prices compare if scaled to the median family income in their respective metro areas.

That is a much better measure. The concept is probably way over the head of the guy who wrote the fluff piece for the Portland Business Journal.

 

[BBert]

As hard as we are on sports writers, I don't feel like giving this PBJ writer/editor a pass on this. He wrote:

Yet there’s one area where the Blazers are, thankfully, below the NBA average. They are one of the NBA’s more affordable teams.

Yet the article he based his editorial on clearly shows the Blazers are one of the least affordable teams at 19th out of 30 in "affordability". (Not accounting for 'cost of living', of course, which was not accounted for.)

 

[3RA1N1AC]

cheaper than average, but not cheaper than most

 

[BBert]

cheaper than average, but not cheaper than most

Yes. And the guy who writes for the Business Journal should know the difference. And he should know how a very few expensive data points can skew the average. Ignorant journalists and deceptive writing are peeves of mine.

OK, I'm done making too big a deal out of this now.

How 'bout dem Blazers!

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Are the hot dogs good at least?

 

[Wizard Mentor]

You would think that Basketball-Crazed Indiana would be most expensive (since demand should theoretically be high).

 

[julius]

The Dogs are a wee bit spendy (same with a bottle of coke or sprite). Simple solution? don't buy a dog at a game and sneak in your drinks....



and if any blazer employee is reading this, I'm kidding about bringing in a dog.......

 

[Eastoff]

Do the Blazers expenses get scaled to the median income?

So I went through all of their data, and then went through the median income for each city, and we are still right in the middle, and actually got moved up a little for affordability.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Last game I went to was the come back and a round of beers for me and 2 buddies nearly sent me into bankruptcy.

 

[crandc]

I think you could save a lot by taking MAX instead of parking. At least that's true here in Oakland. Round trip $4.70 (less if youth, senior or disabled); parking $20.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I think you could save a lot by taking MAX instead of parking. At least that's true here in Oakland. Round trip $4.70 (less if youth, senior or disabled); parking $20.

Parking at the RG is $15, Max is $5.

 

[Strenuus]

Parking at the RG is $15, Max is $5.

Even simpler solution. Park at the Lloyd Center and walk to the Rose Garden.